Jason Spezza, you say?
Yes, free agency day is here and we’ve already seen massive movement from Jim Nill and the Dallas Stars, as you surely already know by now. Alex Chiasson is gone but the Stars are improved down the middle, and Cody Eakin can play to his strengths in a more natural role on a third line, with, what you might imagine will be Antoine Roussel and Ryan Garbutt.
Meanwhile Mike Heika has floated the idea of Tanner Glass as a name of interest.
Christian Ehrhoff has signed for a single year in Pittsburgh, Chad Johnson has signed to be the backup in Boston, Manny Malhotra has gone to Carolina.
For comedy’s sake, I assume, Josh Gorges has approved a trade to the Buffalo Sabres when he would not approve one to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
And the main dish of the day… Paul Stastny has signed in St. Louis, to make the division that much harder.
Let’s chat, and here’s the sportsnet feed streaming on NHL.com…