Confirmed Signing with Link: [CBJ] F Justin Danforth signs extension with the Blue Jackets (1 year, $1.1M)

[BonMorrison]

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[SteelCityCannon]

Love Danforth. Can play anywhere in the lineup if needed. Happy he’s sticking around.

 

[BKarchitect]

He’s a great utility player if healthy. That’s a terrific AAV for an additional year as he can slide all over the line-up. Only worry is keeping him healthy as he’s undersized but plays like a honey badger.

 

[CBJx614]

Great for Danforth, got his season cut short after his injury but he's looked great both before and after. Good little bit of motivation for him.

 

[Marioesque]

Great contract for the team, he'll easily be more value. Ideal 3rd-4th line player, always brings it and is cheap. Doesn't hurt a higher line either. Cheaper Lehkonen type player.

 

[Necrobutcher]

I love late bloomer warrior stories like this. I wish him all the best and hope he stays in the NHL for many years to come.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

He's a good little player, great contract for CBJ

 

[Viqsi]

I love late bloomer warrior stories like this. I wish him all the best and hope he stays in the NHL for many years to come.

Dunno how much time he has since he's already 30, but yeah, absolutely.

 

[Marioesque]

"I'll tell you a little story," CBJ associate head coach Pascal Vincent said recently when he was leading the team. "We play Pittsburgh, and after the game I see Sidney Crosby. I coached Sidney with Team Canada, so I've known him for a long time. He stops by and we have a little chat -- 'How are you doing? How's the family?' A regular chat. And then he says, 'That Danforth guy, who is he?' That's coming from Sidney Crosby.
"He said, 'He's a young guy, Danforth?' I said, 'He's not so young, but he's a good player for us. He's on the puck, he works hard, he can shoot the puck.' He said, 'Yeah, I was looking at him, and he's hard to play against.' To me, it tells you everything about Danforth."

 

[mattihp]

Great contract for the team, he'll easily be more value. Ideal 3rd-4th line player, always brings it and is cheap. Doesn't hurt a higher line either. Cheaper Lehkonen type player.

Done some growing then. Was pretty much just hustle and offense in liiga.

 

[Marioesque]

Done some growing then. Was pretty much just hustle and offense in liiga.

Yeah he has. But even when he was just hustle and offense, he was the best player in Liiga. And seems to have gotten better in all aspects in KHL after that.

 

[Kshahdoo]

One of rare NA players who could find his game in Europe and then got back and made an NHL team.

 

[mattihp]

One of rare NA players who could find his game in Europe and then got back and made an NHL team.

Liiga had a few of those back in the day.Tim Thomas, Brian Rafalski

 

[Kshahdoo]

Liiga had a few of those back in the day.Tim Thomas, Brian Rafalski

Yeah, but it was long ago. You can say that Hedman and Giordano got to the next level after playing in Europe, but they still played in NHL before they went to Europe.

Danforth didn't play a single game in NHL before going to Europe, he played his first NHL game at age 28.

 

[krutovsdonut]

this should stop canuck fans from trying to unload hoglander or garland on cbj. teams do not like to carry multiples of that player profile.