I disagree with Marek and don't see any dots to connect here, but Jeannot is an interesting case. He was a beast in his first full season and incredibly noticeable out there. Then he declined right away. Why? Is he washed up? That certainly wasn't a fluke of a first season - he was rolling over guys.
That first season was enough for Tampa to bet basically an entire draft class on him. He still hasn't rebounded. Given the cap room and the usefulness of having a deterrent while you bring up rookies into the NHL, I would throw a low-round draft pick to see if he rebounds here. If he does, you can either re-sign him, or you can flip him for a great return. If he bombs, who cares? Not that you want to throw low-round draft picks away, but with the cap room and roster, I am all for signing UFAs to show-me deals to flip at the deadline, or buy-low candidates to either flip or keep for the rebuild. The key here is cheap acquisition cost. I am also all about grabbing other team's bad cap hits (no longer than 3 years - preferably 1 year term left) with a sweetener. Calgary just has to maximize their cap room.
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