Confirmed with Link: Lightning sign D Dan Girardi (2 years, $3M AAV)

[Volodya Krutov]

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[FDfranklin]

****

 

[dechire]

Boooooo

 

[Leonardo87]

Welcome G! Know you will do well down here.

 

[2MinutesforGiraffing]

Dislike.

 

[Volodya Krutov]

He's Matt Carle bad, mark my words.

 

[Todd1a]

I choose not to believe this till the Lightning announce it

 

[JoVel]

It's not a contract we'll be in trouble with but after clearing all that cap space this has been very very disappointing so far. Well, there's still time left.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Kill me now.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

awful move

 

[Flat Ronnie]

HAAAAAAhahahahahahaha

 

[HoseEmDown]

My take is Foote needs 2 years before he's ready, this bridges the gap till then. It also probably means Sergachev is in junior next year or brought along real slowly and has to beat out Koekkoek and Sustr for ice time. If he outplays both we look to move them for something during the year.

Our top 4 should be Hedman - Dotchin, Coburn - Stralman both those units have really good advanced stats when together. The bottom pair is a mix of the other 4 guys, nothing wrong with depth and competition.

 

[Volodya Krutov]

awful move

They overpaid by $3M and 2 years too much on that one.

 

[FDfranklin]

Still nothing official from the Lightning?

 

[Todd1a]

Still nothing official from the Lightning?

nope nothing yet

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

The biggest thing is I just don't understand this. All things aside, Girardi seems like a terrible fit for what we want to do and how we want to play. Why not go after other UFA dmen if Yzerman was set on adding to our depth. His greatest asset is his leadership and he'll be a great lockerroom guy, those are always invaluable, but still what he can contribute on ice... eh idk. Hopefully he proves me wrong, I just don't see this working out well.

 

[Flat Ronnie]

Still nothing official from the Lightning?

They're probably too embarrassed to confirm it.

 

[DFC]

Does anyone not affiliated with the team like this deal?

 

[gn2007]

maybe Girard hated playing for vigneault for so long, idk but we will see how he does with cooper

 

[Todd1a]

They're probably too embarrassed to confirm it.

I think it's more yzerman is on the phone still looking for a forward

 

[Flat Ronnie]

Does anyone not affiliated with the team like this deal?

Nope. And there's some serious spin trying to happen from Tampa homers.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

They overpaid by $3M and 2 years too much on that one.

this

 

[Oxbow Lakes]

Not only is this contract terrible, but it also is so pointless... not a good fit at all.

 

[VinikToWinIt]

Woof. That's a rough one.

 

[Iceman]

We gave Brian Boyle's money to Dan Girardi. Why the **** Stevie.