He has spent, according to TSN, US$900,000 of it on veteran winger Tom Kostopoulos.
The 28-year old will be playing for his 3rd NHL team, after stints with Pittsburgh (2001-2004) and Los Angeles (2005-2007).
He has totaled 70 points (25-45) in 231 NHL games.
Note: This signing surprises me, as I would be tremendously stunned to see Kostopoulos making the team out of training camp, with guys like Mark Streit, Andrei Kostitsyn, Kyle Chipchura competing seriously.
Gainey had US$2 million to spend on a replacement for Mike Johnson, and has wasted half of it on a career 4th line/reserve player. Instead of putting convincing offers on the table for guys like Glen Metropolit, Kyle Calder, Jeff O'Neill... he gave up, and signed a "10 point a season" guy.
2 comments:
Calder already signed with LA.
Why would we need a bum like O'Neill or Calder when we could have a nice power forward?
Oh and Calder's in LA, like Mike said.
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