I think Babs is going to pick Shore over Spezza (Due to PK abilities alone) when Hyman/Dermott come back. I don't think Spezza makes it into November as long as babs is around
Confirmed with Link: TOR sign Jason Spezza to a 1 year, 700K deal
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Ever is not today last I check players of that level of excellence only brag about cups not points. Your not off on the Spezza signing but I'm sure if they don't use him like aggressively he will be fine in his limited role.
Marleau >>>>>> Spezza. But so what? Marleau obviously didn't want to return.
The Spezza experiment looks destined to end early. He seems entirely unsuited to the role of a 4th liner. Safe plays are not what he instinctively does. He doesn't participate in a forechecking cycle. He can win a high percentage of faceoffs in the defensive zone but he's a defensive liability otherwise. He's lost so much foot speed that any defender can just simply close space on him so there's no chance he can use those passing, shooting and stick handling skills he still possesses.
The Spezza experiment looks destined to end early. He seems entirely unsuited to the role of a 4th liner. Safe plays are not what he instinctively does. He doesn't participate in a forechecking cycle. He can win a high percentage of faceoffs in the defensive zone but he's a defensive liability otherwise. He's lost so much foot speed that any defender can just simply close space on him so there's no chance he can use those passing, shooting and stick handling skills he still possesses.
I think Spezza would do very good on a team that has centermen who can PK. He's still good enough offensively and in the faceoff dot that he can hold a fourth line role, its just not what we need here unfortunately (since a lot of the stars here are offense first and not very defensive). He doesn't suck like many posters are saying, he's just not necessarily a fit here, where we need lower end guys to PK and play in a lot of defensive zone situations. I wonder if they could get anything for him in a trade? (Maybe a pick?)
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Think of him as extra insurance incase one ofnthe other Leafs centers goes down. Obviously they wont want to split up Matthew's and Nylander gi en how amazing they look together, and the GOAT cant play 3c.
Theyll keep giving Spezza the odd game to keep him loose in case they really need.him later.
Cody Franson was a Corsi monster too before Chicago waived him out of the league permanently. Time to stop being so credulous about these junk stats.
He was never fast and at 36 he's a liability, always have a soft spot for vets but in this case have to take the Team first.
I get your point but if Matthews or Tavares go down, it's Nylander who becomes a top 3 center not Spezza. Spezza's here for the 4th line. I'm disappointed with how he has adapted to the role.
BTW if you think I don't want this to work out, I suggested this signing a month before it happened:
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All I saw was an older player who could not keep up with the play anymore. The skating is gone.
The most pitiful part was Spezza's attempts at forechecking. He's chasing down a slow defenseman, and he is still 3 to 4 steps behind.
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