Jack Roslovic signed a 1-year, $1.5 million contract with the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday.
The 28-year-old forward had 39 points (22 goals, 17 assists) in 81 games for the Carolina Hurricanes last season and four points (one goal, three assists) in nine Stanley Cup Playoff games.
“We’ve been talking to Jack going back to the summer,” Oilers general manager Stan Bowman said Wednesday. “We’ve been in touch with him the whole time and I said to [his agent] back then what I did the other day when this thing picked back up, that we love the player but we don’t have a lot of money to spend, so if he wants to come here and kind of bet on himself and get a chance to play, we’d love to have him. I think he was weighing his options and came to the decision this is the place he wants to be.”
Selected by the Winnipeg Jets with the No. 25 pick in the 2015 NHL Draft, Roslovic has 260 points (102 goals, 158 assists) in 526 regular-season games for the Jets, Columbus Blue Jackets, New York Rangers and Hurricanes, and 17 points (three goals, 14 assists) in 45 playoff games.
Roslovic is expected to join the Oilers this week.
Edmonton opened the season with a 4-3 shootout loss against the Calgary Flames at Rogers Place on Wednesday. The Oilers will host the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday (10 p.m. ET; CBC, SN, CITY).
“Our power play has been really strong the last few years. We haven’t had as much success scoring when we weren’t on the power play and I think that’s something that Jack does really well, so that was a big thing that we think he’s going to bring,” Bowman said. “We also like his speed. There’s a lot of quickness to his game, he can make plays, play with good players, he’s been an offensive player and he plays at a high pace. I think his qualities fit perfectly with our group here.”
NHL.com staff writer Derek Van Diest contributed to this report
