Absent Canuck Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 I think its a good signing. A utility player comes to South Florida in the twilight of his career to help out a bunch of solid youngsters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insomniac604 Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Good signing. Gomez will be a mentor. He can take face-offs and put up assists. Lots of young players to help take care of goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilly Canuck Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Interesting. Florida is a good retirement package team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudson bay rules Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 'significant free agent signing' hahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 Well, more significant than any other they've made, but hard to sell a 1 year $900K deal as a splash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinkaruk98 Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 He will probably be a deadline accusation for a playoff contending team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Huberdeau Matthias Gomez Is that their top 3 centers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 He will probably be a deadline accusation for a playoff contending team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCNeil Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Good signing, he was on a 30 point pace with SJ last year. No reason playing on an eastern team, with perhaps more ice time and pp time, he couldn't score 35-45 points next year. Its a good signing for 900K. Florida has different goals than a team like Vancouver. They aren't really contending for the cup. They are trying to fill their arena and keep payroll low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Huberdeau Matthias Gomez Is that their top 3 centers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Florida has too many centers now even without this signing. I could see them shipping out Bjugstad or Shore for some help on the back end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keslerific Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 The have Barkov, Shore, Bjugstad, Trochek, Goc etc, as well. I could their forwards look something like this: (barring any signings/trades) Huberdeau - Barkov - Versteeg Fleischmann - Matthias - Shore Howden - Trochek - Gomez Bergenheim - Bjugstad - Kopecky I could definetly see Florida signing someone like Grabovski to give them a little more depth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandmaster Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Gomez was one of the quickest players to drop from superstar to a player that should not be in the NHL anymore. Kind of weird how that happens. Reminds me of Cheechoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missioncanucksfan Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Gomez was one of the quickest players to drop from superstar to a player that should not be in the NHL anymore. Kind of weird how that happens. Reminds me of Cheechoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 Florida has too many centers now even without this signing. I could see them shipping out Bjugstad or Shore for some help on the back end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BieksaSedin Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Trade Booth for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 This is just a precursor to the Luongo for Goc and Petrovic deal... To be followed by a deal bringing Lehner to Vancouver... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drouin Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Wasn't bad for SJ, 900,000 is a good price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucklehead44 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Gomez was never really an amazing player, he only surpassed 20 goals once. His two seasons in New York he scored more goals than he did in his season with New Jersey before his big contract. He has had really only one terrible season (11-12) and one poor season (10-11). But even in the 10-11 season with the Canadians they had only one player with over 40 points (Plekanec 57) so his 38 points is relatively not awful. I think Gomez could still be a 15 goal, 40 assist second line player again if in the right situation. For 900k he is well worth the gamble. With the Sharks he was 6th for forwards in points & corsi playing 13 minutes per game (12th). His most frequent linemate was Andrew Dejsardins who has put up a whopping 7 goals in 135 career games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 Gomez was never really an amazing player, he only surpassed 20 goals once. His two seasons in New York he scored more goals than he did in his season with New Jersey before his big contract. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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