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Originally Posted by Muta
Yeah, no kidding. The guy has been a non-factor since we acquired him, and has, frankly, been passed by other younger players at this point. He has regressed for several years now.
Nevertheless, he'll still get a spot on this team because he's a 'veteran' and he makes $4M per.
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IIRC, he did have a strong start in Calgary last year.
Not that I am disagreeing.
The book on Jones sort of mirrors Rene Bourque's. When playing a hard-nosed gritty game, he is an impact player and can get on the scoresheet with reasonable frequency. However, plays that way and gets injured, then goes back to being generally ineffective at offence, but still a good checker (though enormously over-priced as a checker). Bourque did have more offence, and I will not say they are the same player - just their playing styles and results are eerily similar in that regard.
I remember Avs fans posting that somewhere as how Jones always seems so great for stretches, and then gets hurt. Returns and is a totally different player. Rinse and repeat every season apparently. After his first season here, that does seem to be true.