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Matt Gilroy Signs With Tampa
by Paul on 07/02/11 at 10:44 AM ET
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TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed free agent defenseman Matt Gilroy to a one-year contract today, vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman announced.
Gilroy, 6-foot-1, 201 pounds, played in 58 games with the New York Rangers last season, recording three goals and 11 points with one game-winning goal. He also had a career-best plus-5 rating in just his second NHL season. Gilroy also made his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut in 2011, recording his first career NHL playoff goal in his first game, April 13 against Washington.
A native of North Bellmore, New York, Gilroy has played in 127 career NHL games with the Rangers, recording four goals and 15 points. In 2009-10, his rookie season, he notched career highs with four goals and 11 assists in 69 games. That season he tied for sixth in the NHL among rookie defensemen in goals, seventh in blocked shots (77) and ninth in points.
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Good for Matt Gilroy, I wish him well in Tampa. Hope he will get a better opportunity to prove hiself then he got from Tortarella.
Posted by scrangersfan on 07/02/11 at 01:36 PM ET
So happy for Matty. Great guy and I am sure he will prove his worth in that system.
Posted by NHLJeff from Pens fan in Chicago, IL on 07/02/11 at 02:11 PM ET
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A blueline with Gervais, MAB, and Gilroy? Interesting.
Hopefully Gilroy’s on a two-way otherwise I don’t really get it.
Posted by JBM on 07/02/11 at 11:49 AM ET