Confirmed with Link: Curtis McKenzie signed.

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Renaud Lavoie @RenLavoieRDS 3m
Curtis Mckenzie signed a two year contract with #stars #RDS

http://mobile.twitter.com/RenLavoieRDS/status/322497012614438912

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[FrailSwan]

Meh.

 

[haf]

hmm. strange move. wonder why? AHL run as a tryout?

 

[BigG44]

Why is it strange that Dallas signed a draft pick?

 

[Troy McClure]

Had to google the name.

 

[Verbal Kint]

Report says he's been given a NTC

 

[haf]

I was thinking Derek MacKenzie. Smooth.

 

[Ampersand]

Seems like a goon to me. Lots of PIMs.

 

[Ampersand]

 

[Bluesoma]

He's a bottom 6 defensive winger/energy type player. Not much offensive upside I believe.

 

[Dr Pepper]

....Didn't we just trade Jagr for one of those?

 

[Frozen Failure]

Gotta have organizational depth in that energy winger department.

 

[English stars fan]

....Didn't we just trade Jagr for one of those?

MacDermid is NHL ready. Mckenzie is not, and will quite probably never make it

 

[Bluesoma]

We love our Bottom 6 energy guys. There was some question in the Texas Stars thread on if this guy would get an ELC. I figured they'd wait on him. Guess they liked what they saw in the one game he played in.

 

[piqued]

McKenzie is more than just an energy guy. He's an agitator who will also be a fighter at the pro level. He brings a lot of the same type of things Roussel does but with a bigger frame and more weight. Good on the PK as well. Also he's great friends with R. Smith which doesn't hurt.

 

[Troy McClure]

He'll make a nice AHLer.