How much is not expensive??Short term would be mean a one year deal....And while more than likely this is true,he would also be our most sheltered one as he would be our worst defensive forward...Also we already have guys like Tierny,Smith and Bodker to buy time for our kids
Tierny Smith and Boedker are on the team regardless, how are they buying time for the spots we have open?
Spezza makes so much sense in that we don't need to worry about term, money, and we don't need to worry about him succeeding.
What's the harm if signing Spezza doesn't work out? We move on at the end of the year and he was around to help with the kids for a season while allowing our prospects to stay in Belleville?
That seems like a win-win.
You seem to believe that Spezza is not a guy you want young guys to learn from, I'm guessing because of his "defensive deficiencies". Thats absurd, he's exactly the type of guy we want White and Tkachuk to learn from. They aren't going to change their style of play, but they may pick up on things that Spezza knows about, which they don't.