The Shrike
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I think he'd make a good player/assistant coach in the AHL, eventually transitioning to full time coaching down the line. A guy like him could be an effective mentor for young defensemen in the minors.
Lots of snarky “he’s 40” responses but not a lot of substance in this thread. Guy is a former Norris winner and captain (plus his Norris was 5 years ago, not 15) if he’s willing to take $800k and play 60% of games there’s not much of a compelling argument for why you wouldn’t take him in your lockerroom and let him be a #7. He’ll end up somewhere.
It clearly has made a huge difference since we’re discussing a league minimum contract to be a #7 and locker room guy. My point was only that it’s not like he hasn’t played at a high level in THIS league against its current talent. He has valuable experience and I’d be shocked if he isn’t signed before camps start.
He was in that role in Toronto last year and wasn't very good.
What do you mean in his prime, you have to give him some time to round out his game first.Somebody needs to get Kyle davidson on the phone. He likes his washed up old defenseman.
40 years old is a player in his prime to the Blackhawks.
He has mentioned he has a few knees left to throw. Perhaps a team in need of that will pick him up.
He stated that he isn't ready for retirement and wants to play for a few more seasons. No teams want this guy even as a #7D?
ANA: Fowler-Mintyukov-Dumoulin-LaCombe-Zellweger-Vaakanainen
CAL: Weeger(RH)-Bean-Bahl-Hanley-Solovyov-Grushnikov
EDM: Ekholm-Nurse-Broberg-Kulak
LAK: Gavrikov-Anderson-Edmundson-Englund-Moverare
SJS: Ferraro-Walman-Vlasic-Thrun-Mukhamadullin
SEA: Dunn-Oleksiak-Evans-Mahura
VAN: Hughes-Soucy-Forbort-Brisebois
VGK: Hanifin-Theodore-McNabb-Hague-Hutton
CHI: Vlasic-Martinez-Korchinski-Brodie-Kaiser
COL: Toews-Girard-Kylington-Brannstrom-de Haan
DAL: Heiskanen-Lindell-Harley-Smith-Bichsel
MIN: Brodin-Middleton-Merrill-Chisholm
NSH: Josi-Skjei-Lauzon-Stastney
STL: Leddy-Suter-POJ-Perunovich-Tucker-Krug(LTIR)
UTA: Sergachev-Valimaki-Cole-Kolyachonok
WPG: Morrissey-Samberg-Stanley-Heinola
BOS: Lindholm-Zadorov-Lohrei-Wotherspoon
BUF: Dahlin-Power-Byram-Samuelsson-Bryson
DET: Chiarot-Edvinsson-Gustafsson-Maatta
FLO: Forsling-Mikkola-Schmidt-Kulikov-Bjornfot-Balinskis
MON: Matheson-Guhle-Xhekaj-Hutson-Harris
OTT: Chabot-Sanderson-Kleven
TBL: Hedman-McDonagh-Moser-Lilleberg
TOR: Rielly-McCabe-OEL-Benoit
CAR: Slavin-Orlov-Gostisbehere-Stillman-Smith
CLB: Werenski-Provorov-Svozil-Johnson
NJD: Siegenthaler-Hughes-Dillon-Hatakka
NYI: Romanov-Pelech-Reilly-Bolduc
NYR: Lindgren-Miller-Jones-Harpur
PHI: Sanheim-York-Seeler-Zamula
PIT: Pettersson-Graves-Grzelcyk-Aho-Shea-Ludvig
WSH: Chychrun-Fehevary-Sandin-Alexeyev
Absolutely but some bottom feeder may take a chance on him as a veteran for the young guys to play behind or as a 7D maybe? Josh Brown plays in this league soThe hold up is the fact he is washed.
Exactly.
I'm baffled why there was a Leaf fan in this thread claiming Giordano could still deliver "solid minutes."
Is he a liability defensively? Rather get someone who won't feel tired when the playoffs begin. Can he skateI was also thinking NYR makes sense as a #7
Is he a liability defensively? Rather get someone who won't feel tired when the playoffs begin. Can he skate
Hrs 40 yrs old. Time to move on.He stated that he isn't ready for retirement and wants to play for a few more seasons. No teams want this guy even as a #7D?
Buffalo also has ryan johnson.Probably not that many spots left, most teams already have a few candidates to be a warm body #7 and/or don't want another veteran blocking a prospect. (insert McDonald's vs McDonald's at home meme here)
Ballpark LHD depth charts by division, obviously some guys can play on the right side like Heiskanen/Dahlin:
Maybe Vancouver, but they already have guys like Mark Friedman - Noah Juulsen- Guillaume Brisebois under contract to compete for the #7 spot. I'm guessing that Calgary wants to lean more towards younger guys.
Barring further injuries, I don't see any openings.
Maybe Ottawa, but they already have a #7D between Travis Hamonic or Jacob Bernard-Docker. Maybe Tampa?
As other posters noted, the Rangers might have a #7 spot open if they don't have that spot earmarked for Chad Ruhwedel. Maybe the Caps depending on Ethan Bear's status with the player assistance program.
His artistic ability to simultaneously land a clean yet dirty hit will be missedPart of me will miss Mark kneeordano
Two parts of me in particular will not
I think Utah signed Cole for this reason and combined with Sergachev and Crouse is probably enough. I mean I wouldn't hate him since I think he can play his offside but Utah really needs RHD and are already inundated with plenty of LHD.Could ask veteraN Leadership to a team like utah hocey club
Could ask veteraN Leadership to a team like utah hocey club