Gerbe, 30, has registered 58 goals and 80 assists for 138 points with 172 penalty minutes in 396 career NHL games with the Blue Jackets, Buffalo Sabres and Carolina Hurricanes and added 3-1-4 in nine Stanley Cup playoff contests. Signed by the Blue Jackets on January 24, he has appeared in two games with Columbus this season and tallied 2-11-13 and 10 penalty minutes in 18 games with the American Hockey League's Cleveland Monsters, raising his career AHL totals to 43-64-107 and 119 penalty minutes in 119 games.

The Oxford, Michigan native tallied 2-5-7 and 85 penalty minutes in 19 games with Genève-Servette HC in the National League (Switzerland) earlier this season and registered 13-22-35 and 107 penalty minutes in 38 games with the club over the past two campaigns. Prior to joining Genève-Servette HC, Gerbe spent six seasons in the NHL, including 2010-11 when he set career highs in goals and points with 16-15-31 in 64 games with Buffalo. He later tied his career highs in goals and points with 16-15-31 in a personal-best 81 games with Carolina in 2014-15. He most recently recorded 3-4-7 and 14 penalty minutes in 47 games with the Hurricanes in 2015-16.

The 5-4, 176-pound forward was drafted by Buffalo in the fifth round, 142nd overall, at the 2005 NHL Draft. Prior to turning pro, he racked up 71-62-133, 216 penalty minutes and a +43 plus/minus rating in 123 career games at Boston College from 2005-08. He helped the Eagles win a national championship and was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award as the nation's top collegiate hockey player in 2007-08 after leading the NCAA in goals and points with 35-33-68 in 43 games.