Edmonton Claims Ryan Jones On Waivers

by Derek Zona on Mar 3, 2010 9:29 AM PST in News Comment 8 comments

Via @JonathanWillis on Twitter the Oilers have plucked 25-year-old forward Ryan Jones off of waivers from the Nashville Predators. Jones is a gritty fourth line player with physical prowess and some skating problems. He's a fan-favorite in both Minnesota (where he began his career) and Nashville.

Tyler looks at the bizarre nature of this move, as apparently the Oilers have had interest for some time, but didn't get him included in the trade. Read Tyler's piece, it's very interesting.

Ryan Jones

#28 / Left Wing / Nashville Predators

Height: 6-1

Weight: 206

Born: Jun 14, 1984

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	PCT
2009 - Ryan Jones	41	7	4	11	3	18	2	0	0	0	53	13.2

A brief look at his microstats shows a 4th line player, and a replacement for Ethan Moreau or Jean-Francois Jacques. He delivered about 1.5 hits per game in extremely limited ice time - he only plays 9:03 at even strength per game.

	Hits	Rk	QC	Corsi QC	Corsi Rk	PDO	PDO Rk	ES +/- 15	ES +/- Rk	ZS	ZS Rk
2009 - Ryan Jones Micros	63	1/11	10/11	6/11	11/11	103.6	1/11	.165	5/11	48.9	4/11

The most interesting piece to Ryan Jones' game is his ability to draw penalties. This year he's 5th out of 379 NHL forwards in Penalties Drawn to Penalties Taken Differential / 60 behind only Patrick Kaleta, Dustin Brown, Jordin Tootoo and Vladimir Zharkov. He draws 3 penalties for every 60 minutes of time on ice and only takes 1.2 - if he is Ethan Moreau's replacement, it will be an enormous difference in the penalties category alone. Ethan Moreau is 366/379 in this category.

He's not a fighter, so he's not going to replace the out-of-favor Zack Stortini, and we can sit and wait and only surmise that this means Ethan Moreau is on his way out.

It seems like like a fourth line of Ryan Jones - Marc Pouliot - Ryan Stone is somewhere in the making.

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One positive I can give you is that he draws penalties very well. He’s persistent about getting to the front of the net and forces opponents to do whatever it takes to stop him.

Obviously there are other aspects of his game that needs work, but that point sticks out.

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by Dirk Hoag on Mar 3, 2010 9:32 AM PST reply actions

Never heard of him. Did he play last night?

One thing’s for sure……I’d rather have a guy in the line-up that I’ve never heard of than either Moreau or Jacques.

by jonnybluejay on Mar 3, 2010 10:11 AM PST reply actions

Nice pickup, Tambs! Great day so far!

by Benjamin Massey on Mar 3, 2010 10:11 AM PST reply actions

I agree! This waiver pick-up in isolation strikes me as a good move.

by Scott Reynolds on Mar 3, 2010 10:29 AM PST up reply actions

Jones leads Nashville forwards in hits (63), despite playing just 41 games. He’s not a smurf either. He can score at least a tiny bit 14 goals over two half-seasons (87 GP, 14-14-28, +3). I’m a little surprised he’s available given numbers like that. A weird wrinkle to the Grebs deal?

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by Bruce McCurdy on Mar 3, 2010 10:47 AM PST up reply actions

So taken in concert with the Grebeshkov deal — like Marchant as part of the Fedorov deal between CBJ and ANA a few years ago — does this make a flying poop’s degree of sense now? It certainly seems less stupid when you call it “Grebs for Jones and a 2nd” than “Grebs for a 2nd.”

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by Doogie2K on Mar 3, 2010 2:00 PM PST reply actions

That’s only true if you can legitimately say that this was a negotiated part of that deal which I would put at less than 50% odds. Maybe someone will ask him. But if this really is a negotiated part of the deal then, yes, it makes the Grebeshkov trade make a lot more sense. It goes from terrible to defensible IMO, though I would still prefer Grebeshkov to the package.

by Scott Reynolds on Mar 3, 2010 2:13 PM PST up reply actions

Agreed, especially considering the cap space cleared today. The “cap space” argument loses support in light of today’s action.

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by Derek Zona on Mar 3, 2010 4:51 PM PST up reply actions

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