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Rob Niedermayer Signs With Devils
by Paul on 09/25/09 at 12:19 PM ET
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via Tom Gulitti’s Twitter,
The Devils have signed C Rob Niedermayer, younger brother of ex-Devil Scott.
added 2:04pm, from Tom Gulitti of Fire & Ice,
Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello announced this afternoon that the team has signed Rob Niedermayer, the younger brother or former Devil Scott Niedermayer.
“I felt that we needed a little size and strength down the middle and now with Travis [Zajac] and [Dainius Zubrus] and Robbie [6-2, 200] I think we’ve got three pretty good size-strength center icemen,” Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello said. “We know Robbie very well, of course. We played against him in the Stanley Cup [in 2003 with Anaheim. He’s one of those forwards that can be used in different roles.”
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This would have been nice before Scott resigned in Anaheim. Or better yet 5 years ago.
Anyway the need center depth so a good signing.
Posted by jkrdevil on 09/25/09 at 12:53 PM ET
when was the last time this dude actually played center?
he took 68 faceoffs last year at a 38% clip.
69 the year before at 33%.
76 in 06-07 at a 40% clip.
447 in 05-06 and was 45%
hopefully he can still win a faceoff.
Posted by Death Metal Nightmare from MKE on 09/25/09 at 03:58 PM ET
Oh come on now, you know that’s not fair. Eastern faceoffs are FAR easier than West coast tilts.
Posted by shazam88 from SoCal on 09/25/09 at 04:23 PM ET
Great signing. It’s a good replacement for Madden. I’m surprised he remained unsigned so long.
Posted by Josh on 09/25/09 at 10:14 PM ET
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