[Signing] Ducks sign Beauchemin (1 yr, $1m + $500k performance bonuses)

[sureLoss]

Renaud Lavoie @renlavoietva
François Beauchemin contract with #ducks 1 year / $1M + around $500 000 in performance bonuses. #tvasports

[GoJetsGo]

Good.

Between this and Bieksa it gives some good pylon time on ice when playing the Ducks.

[activeStick]

Wow... Cheap I suppose but can the guy still skate?

[AC]

Originally Posted by activeStick

Wow... Cheap I suppose but can the guy still skate?

According to LGA, no:

Originally Posted by LGA

Resident Avs fan here. He was awful. If you didn't know better, judging by the way he jumped into the offensive zone, blew off his assignments, and his defensive positioning you'd think he could skate better than Erik Karlsson. The only problem is that he has negative speed these days and that positioning I was talking about earlier? Yea, it got exposed a lot.

[Karl]

Originally Posted by activeStick

Wow... Cheap I suppose but can the guy still skate?

Nope.

[Karl]

Good signing Ducks. Beauchemin is done.

[Cheese]

I guess if your playing in the offensive zone most of the time having a defenceman deficient in defence doesnt hurt quite as much. /colorblind greentext

[Machiavelli]

He's pretty bad now; I'm surprised he could get an NHL contract at this point.

[GreenLantern2814]

Third go round for Beauchimen in Anaheim.

I've always liked him. Somehow, he was the most dangerous Duck in our 05 playoff series. He had two morale-destroying moments - obviously the fight with Iggy was one, but he hit Kipper in the face with a shot, and #34 did not track point shots well for the rest of the series.

That son of a bitch.