Value of: No teams interested in Mark Giordano?

[Arthur Morgan]

if he has one chance left it will come off a PTO or a injury and a team needs someone.
cant imagine many teams are lining up to give him a shot though

 

[Sol]

The NHL misses his kneeshots

 

[LeafalCrusader]

He is a loser for a few years now. Should be thrown in jail for his knee injuries to real players. Once Gio got old and could not play, the loser started the cheap shots. Jail is where he belongs

 

[Jared Dunn]

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.

Here's my compelling argument: he's very, very old and it shows

 

[Breakers]

“A few more years”

Guy is delusional if he actually said that.

 

[LokiDog]

Here's my compelling argument: he's very, very old and it shows

Sure, and that’s valid. My point is simply that worse players - or marginal players who don’t bring his experience and leadership, at least - manage to hang around in the league. If Gio wants to be a #7 somewhere, he probably will find a contract.

 

[Toronto makebeleifs]

I love gio, but he was a visible shell of his former self, even from last year. You could certainly do worse for a #8 to help some young guys, but he should 100% be done as a regular player, in any capacity.

 

[Leaf Fans]

There are a number of UFAs left- Gio is one of them

 

[Bank Shot]

If he guarantees 2 knees a season only for the Oilers I’d give him a 5M contract in Calgary just to watch you guys cry.

That's about the only thing Calgary fans would have to look forward to for the next 7 seasons so I don't blame you.

 

[Volica]

That's about the only thing Calgary fans would have to look forward to for the next 7 seasons so I don't blame you.

You guys would know a thing or two about 7-10 years of nothing to cheer for, so I'll take your advice.

 

[simeon van loon]

honestly I think if he doesn't get a deal done I think the flames will sign him to a one-day contract to retire a flame sort of what happened to Eric staal with the hurricanes

 

[SirClintonPortis]

Time flies when you realize it's not "yesterday" that you saw him break out on in fantasy hockey 15 years ago, like with me. LOL

 

[Warh1ppy]

That's about the only thing Calgary fans would have to look forward to for the next 7 seasons so I don't blame you.

Well, they also get to look forward to seeing Broberg and Holloway in Blues uniforms in a few days. And of course seeing McJesus watch Dry-Saddle walk off in to the sunset a UFA.

So they have that going for them too

 

[HockeyVirus]

People being overly harsh on him with his current ability. Probably the usual if you aren't the best you are trash a lot of fans do.

He is for sure a #7 at this point, but is capable of coming in to play top 4 minutes for 5-10 games before falling off a cliff. Best left in spot duty.

Was he bad at the end of the season? Yeah but go watch his concussion injury he had. He was out for a while and came back right before the playoffs when hockey was most intense. He struggled to get back to the pace and was also rotated in and out with the other dmen because we had like 10 of them post deadline.

I think he has value to an NHL team. Almost certainly not a contending team but he can help a bubble team

 

[Golden_Jet]

Probably in Europe if he stills wants to play

 

[Oleksiak]

He's still better than any Oiler not named Ekholm, but I can understand preferring to play in Europe.

 

[Gorskyontario]

At least he learned how to get respect in the handshake line for the last few years.

 

[McHelpus]

He's still better than any Oiler not named Ekholm, but I can understand preferring to play in Europe.

Kinda sad Pettersson and Hughes got lockdown by a defense which Giordano would be 2nd best

 

[Soundwave]

Kinda sad Pettersson and Hughes got lockdown by a defense which Giordano would be 2nd best

Also funny their Norris D got outplayed badly by Bouchard, he took their whole team to the cleaners.

 

[McHelpus]

Also funny their Norris D got outplayed badly by Bouchard, he took their whole team to the cleaners.

Will probably say it was Desharnais that did all work

 

[DingerMcSlapshot]

He has Oiler written all over him.

 

[Golden_Jet]

He's still better than any Oiler not named Ekholm, but I can understand preferring to play in Europe.

lol no

 

[SEALBound]

He might be a mid season addition to a team needing a depth guy due to injuries.

 

[Junohockeyfan]

He really should hang em up. He's a total liability on the ice and continues to regress at a rapid rate. I can see a post-playing career as a Defense Coach.

 

[Hobnobs]

You guys would know a thing or two about 7-10 years of nothing to cheer for, so I'll take your advice.

That's true for both teams tbh. People tend to forget the travesty that was Flames between 97-03 as well as the medicrity of the 2010s onward....