Happy Friday, my friends! I can’t wait to get off work tonight, head home, and turn on some Step By Step and Dinosaurs on TGIF. Not the Mama!
Hopefully the following statement will soon be outdated as well, but as of writing, Tyler Seguin is closer to being the Dallas Stars’ third highest-paid center than he is to being No. 1. This, of course, is due to the misused, bad fit for Hitch’s system, and DBD commenter trade fodder that is Jason Spezza. Spezza was quite productive for the Stars during his first three years in Dallas, but his numbers took a precipitous dip last year after being relegated to the fourth line for much of the season:
Last season, Spezza finished with 18 assists, eight goals and averaged 13 minutes per game, all near his career-lows.