He looked good with us. Good skater, high compete, a touch of skill. I was really confused why we didn't retain him.
I remember him looking like a tweener. Interchangeable 4th liner with AHL callup.
Then the next year, I watched a couple of his games in Toronto(I think one was against Ottawa) and I was happy he wasn't on our roster then..
And either this past year or the year before, he started off really hot (I think he was leading Vegas in goals a month in or something) so I made sure to look for him and he touched the puck a few times and did nothing much and have watched almost a dozen games or so, and never saw a difference maker in the bottom 6. Just a warm body. I see he put some ok numbers...but I don't see anything more than replacement 4th liner every time I see him. Like a Chartier...like a Highmore... Either he's inconsistent AF and I happen to always watch bad games, or he's not much different than those guys.
I would just expect for almost 3 mil for 3 years, you should get more of a difference maker or a guy who moves the needle on the third line or something. For example, many people thought Joseph was our best forward in many given games at the start of the year.
I don't think amadio has any skill or ability that would have him be our best forward in any random game.
Compared to our third liners of old like havlat(I understand he wasn't a true 3rd liner) to guys like Fisher to guys like Kelly, our third line vets seem to suck these days lol we always scrap the bottom of the barrel to fill our holes.
On tsn they keep showing our lineup and it looks so bad lol...much worse than the last couple years.