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Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Roenick un-retires to be a Shark (Wow?)

The news that Jeremy Roenick has accepted a deal to join the San Jose Sharks is great news for fans and writers of the game, but for fantasy owners, his impact days are long behind him. My take is he'll play third line center at most, behind Thornton and Marleau, and be a decent shut-down pivot but very limited offensively. If you're drafting Roenick with the hope he might rekindle some magic, you are wasting a draft choice. My advice is to avoid him altogether and instead take a real flyer on a younger player with upside.

Negative - only if you draft him.
Positive - who knows, he might see 35 points if sees a little PP time.
Positive - for what he brings to the room, and the Sharks run to the playoffs.

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