I'm not sure why this was done.
In his previous stint Grebeshkov had moments of brilliance and moments of "has this guy played before?" - more of the latter near the end. I'm not really sure what the thinking here was unless there's another move coming. The Oilers have some good D prospects but they need seasoning in the AHL, which I assume is why Tuebert and Plante were let go. Above that though (in no particular order):
Nick Schultz
Jeff Schultz
Ladislav Smid
Jeff Petry
Andrew Ference
Philip Larsen
Anton Belov
Corey Potter
Denis Grebeshkov
If MacT wanted another defenseman I'm not sure why he didn't sign Fistric, hometown boy who actually brings something the Oilers could use (toughness, grit).
Head scratcher, but at least it wasn't Tom Gilbert.
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