Dallas Stars General Manager Doug Armstrong announced today that the club has signed left wing Todd Fedoruk to a one-year deal ($875,000) for the 2007-08 season.
"Todd adds the elements of size and toughness to our hockey club," said Armstrong. "We expect our fans to enjoy his style of play and we look forward to his contributions to the Dallas Stars in 2007-08."
Fedoruk, 28, appeared in 58 total games last season with the Anaheim Ducks and the Philadelphia Flyers, registering three goals and 11 assists for 14 points with 120 penalty minutes. The Redwater, Alberta, native ranked second on the Flyers in penalty minutes after being acquired by Philadelphia in exchange for a fourth round pick on Nov. 13, 2006.
The 6-2, 241-pound left wing was originally drafted by the Flyers in the seventh round (164th overall) in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. Over parts of six NHL seasons, Fedoruk has appeared in 354 career games and collected 17 goals and 48 assists for 65 points with 785 penalty minutes. In 19 career playoff games, he is scoreless with 38 penalty minutes.
Acquired by Anaheim from Philadelphia on July 29, 2005 in exchange for a second round draft pick in 2005, Fedoruk produced career-highs in goals (4), assists (19), points (23), penalty minutes (174) and plus/minus (+6) in 2005-06 with the Ducks. A member of the Philadelphia Phantoms' AHL Calder Cup Championship team in 2005, he played in 16 playoff games, earning four points (2-2-4) with 33 penalty minutes.
Glad he's off the Flyers' payroll. I like the guy's hard work, but he's well past his prime in the way he plays the game. Is he even going to be ready to start the season after that brawl with Orr?
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The guy has the heart, but why hasnt he retired? he has been bruatally beaten and im surprised his body can still take it, I am just puzzled that hes coming back for more, like said above his way past his prime, I wouldnt be surprised to see him in Iowa for the majority of the season.
The Stars have certainly added size this offseason. Fedoruk and Winchester will give the Stars decent size and a physical presence which they'll need when they play teams like the Ducks. Now they just have to find some way to add scoring.
I'm not sure about the stars line-up, but this may be too help with the farm...
The guy plays hard every game, but he's old, and washed up... Not a bad signing...
He's not old and not washed up, he just can't be a fighter every night like he used to be.
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"The Marines will never disappoint the expectations of of their country - never!" - Capt. C. W. Morgan, US Navy
"I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world." - Gen. Douglas MacArthur, US Army
I'm not sure about the stars line-up, but this may be too help with the farm...
The guy plays hard every game, but he's old, and washed up... Not a bad signing...
He and Winchester are going to be fourth liners who spend most of their time as healthy scratches or on the bench. As glad as I am that the Stars finally added some size to the lineup, they really need to get some scoring help.
But if that's his job and he can't do it properly then he is...?
I think he's capable of playing on a grind line, he doesn't have to be a fighter. Fighting is, unfortunately, becoming less and less of a part of the game anymore. He can at least skate pretty well and he improved his game while he was in San Jose.
I hope he can continue to play and enjoy a few more years in the league. He just needs to realize that with his face, or should I say mask, he can't be fighting anymore unless they can make all that stuff permanent and immovable.
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"The Marines will never disappoint the expectations of of their country - never!" - Capt. C. W. Morgan, US Navy
"I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world." - Gen. Douglas MacArthur, US Army
He and Winchester are going to be fourth liners who spend most of their time as healthy scratches or on the bench. As glad as I am that the Stars finally added some size to the lineup, they really need to get some scoring help.
Winchester is a very nice person off the ice, ask anyone who met him, hes a great guy in the lockeroom he can make players laugh out of the blue, but on the ice he lacks edge and thats why he lost a roster spot halfway through the year, who knows what success dallas can bring him ton though, time will tell, but he has a scouring touch in the AHL but has yet to adapt it to the NHL.
Stars Sign Todd Fedoruk
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