Over the past two seasons, the former head coach of the Dallas Stars, Lindy Ruff, has experimented by putting a veteran of 911 National Hockey League games on the wing. That veteran is Jason Spezza, whose time alongside Mattias Janmark and Radek Faksa on the right side has been a bit rocky.
Spezza has made his money, figuratively and literally, by playing down the middle. A nearly point-per-game player from his rookie season with Ottawa to now, Spezza is signed for two more seasons at $7.5 million annually, but he’ll now be making that cash on the wing, it appears.