Tribute How do you feel about Mark Giordano...

[Darcy Tucker]

I think the big question is does Treliving bring him back next season as a 7d in a mentor role for a minimal salary? I know Giordano would be up for it but would it work given how far his game can drop off at times. I'd be all for it personally.

 

[rumman]

I think the big question is does Treliving bring him back next season as a 7d in a mentor role for a minimal salary? I know Giordano would be up for it but would it work given how far his game can drop off at times. I'd be all for it personally.

No way Gio is on the team next season, at least as a player, he’s had a impressive career, but time waits for no man. It’s time to call it a career………

 

[Darcy Tucker]

No way Gio is on the team next season, at least as a player, he’s had a impressive career, but time waits for no man. It’s time to call it a career………

I don't know if it's that cut and dry. If Gio has a strong stretch run and performs well in the playoffs then having him back is a possibility. Treliving has history with him and he loves being a Leaf so I can see it happening. It all depends on how he plays in the playoffs IMO.

 

[ULF_55]

Rotating in and out, bottom pair, but some extra minutes when the body is willing.

 

[rumman]

I don't know if it's that cut and dry. If Gio has a strong stretch run and performs well in the playoffs then having him back is a possibility. Treliving has history with him and he loves being a Leaf so I can see it happening. It all depends on how he plays in the playoffs IMO.

well I hope if his career continues it's with another team, he's old and can't do it anymore, nothing wrong with getting old...........

 

[keonsbitterness]

I feel he should sit every third game. Maybe every second game in March/April.

 

[ACC1224]

Mark Giordano's agent says he spoke to Flames, Leafs, Oilers

Mark Giordano isn't ready to call it quits just yet. Ritch Winter, the 40-year-old defenceman's agent, joined the Eric Francis Hour of Flames Talk on Friday and said he's had discussions with a number of teams but that he and Giordano are still waiting for the right fit.

www.sportsnet.ca

 

[conFABulator]

I like Gio and was just trying to think about a way to have him come back and play a very bit role and provide leadership and depth come playoffs.

I don't see how we could do that. Could we justify him taking a roster spot and blocking our accruing of cap space?

How about this? We sign him and we send him down to the Marlies a lot. He doesn't play for them or even travel with them (unless he wants to) but he does practice with them and stays in shape. He serves as a bit of a player/coach with the Marlies and mentors the Niemelas, Webers, Myers, and Rifais. We call him up when we need him and play him 20 or 30 games a year and maybe he practices with the team half of the year?

We sign him to a one way, $900k contract and he lets it know if anyone claims him on waivers he may retire....I think Spezza did this.

Could it work? Is it worth it?

 

[Frostitute]

I like Gio and was just trying to think about a way to have him come back and play a very bit role and provide leadership and depth come playoffs.

I don't see how we could do that. Could we justify him taking a roster spot and blocking our accruing of cap space?

How about this? We sign him and we send him down to the Marlies a lot. He doesn't play for them or even travel with them (unless he wants to) but he does practice with them and stays in shape. He serves as a bit of a player/coach with the Marlies and mentors the Niemelas, Webers, Myers, and Rifais. We call him up when we need him and play him 20 or 30 games a year and maybe he practices with the team half of the year?

We sign him to a one way, $900k contract and he lets it know if anyone claims him on waivers he may retire....I think Spezza did this.

Could it work? Is it worth it?

If possible I'd rather just sign him as an official coach for the Marlies D. If he does successfully mentor some young Dmen and improve our farm teams overall D performance then we promote him in a few years.

 

[conFABulator]

If possible I'd rather just sign him as an official coach for the Marlies D. If he does successfully mentor some young Dmen and improve our farm teams overall D performance then we promote him in a few years.

Yeah, that requires him to retire though and he doesn't sound ready for that.

The approach I outlined is more transitional and gives us some depth and maybe a "win for Gio" factor too.

 

[rumman]

Time waits for no man, Gio hasn’t grasped this concept yet, I wish him well in his retirement……..

 

[ACC1224]

Yeah, that requires him to retire though and he doesn't sound ready for that.

The approach I outlined is more transitional and gives us some depth and maybe a "win for Gio" factor too.

It’s hard to see the Leafs having any interest in bringing him back.
I could see him as a mentor on a young team like Chicago say and then moving as depth at the deadline

 

[LeafSteel]

I appreciate Gio, he’s been a warrior and should be template for all our D to emulate.

Having said that, he’s done and should retire so as to not diminish his own legacy.

We cannot stifle or lose any young defenceman in order to keep him. Losing Lagesson should be a lesson in itself.

Would love to offer Gio a coaching/development role on the club, but as a player he’s done and if he wants to chase a playing role, then he needs to go somewhere else.

 

[conFABulator]

It’s hard to see the Leafs having any interest in bringing him back.
I could see him as a mentor on a young team like Chicago say and then moving as depth at the deadline

Yeah, I have no sense for their interest and can see them not having a fit. My approach was a way to get him here and not have it tie up a spot or cap space.

 

[Apex Predator]

Mark Giordano's agent says he spoke to Flames, Leafs, Oilers

Mark Giordano isn't ready to call it quits just yet. Ritch Winter, the 40-year-old defenceman's agent, joined the Eric Francis Hour of Flames Talk on Friday and said he's had discussions with a number of teams but that he and Giordano are still waiting for the right fit.

www.sportsnet.ca

 

[al secord]

He's not really my type.

 

[Obo]

He was a heck of a player for many years but at this point I don't see him taking a regular shift on any team that is expecting to compete.