36 years old? Sigh....
22 points last year / Veteran / Great Character / Good on Faceoffs / 1 Year Deal
What more do you want for the 4th line ?
Gionta had 1 goal in 82 games last year
1!
No more Gionta and Tootoo!
Time to celebrate!
We already knew Ruutu wasn't back. Ruutu means two year deal in a Euro league or retirement.
Thank god...JJ shouldn't be a center, he's a winger at most.
Right now the fourth line is basically Josefson-Fiddler-Kalinin - in pencil
It was a guideline for expensive long term contracts, not one year deals or cheap stopgap signings.
I'll miss gio though and so will rico
Stars fans saying he's really slowing down. If 22 points and 12 goals is slowing down then I want slowing 4th liners over Gionta.
It wasn't about the points . He could still produce offensively . He was just was not very good at taking defensive assignments anymore or at winning draws. Worst part was because he's been good at it in previous years he would still get used as primary PK Center by Ruff until he started trusting Faksa enough. Our PK was basically a layup for any decent PP for a while with Fiddler there.
Wish Fiddler all the best with you guys. Great guy , hard nosed player and can score some but at 36 it would've made zero sense to keep him around with the amount of young Centers the Stars have.