All aboard the Jonathan Cheechoo train
which broke good news of Jonathan Cheechoo(notes) signing together with the St. Louis Blues: "Blues Sign Former 50 Objective Scorer."
Which is actually bit like employing "From The Director of 'The Sixth Sense'" for your poster with the new M. Night Shyamalan movie: It ignores "The Village," "Lady Within the water," "The Final Airbender" thinking that film when the wind made an effort to kill Marky Mark.
Cheechoo scored 56 objectives in 2005-06 by using the San Jose Sharks and followed it with 37 far more in 2006-07. But concerned with the Sharks and then the Ottawa Senators from 2008-10, he'd 17 objectives in 127 games.
The Senators purchased him out final summer right after acquiring him while in the Dany Heatley(notes) trade. He was invited to the Dallas Stars teaching camp and couldn't latch on. He signed an established tryout contract utilizing the Worcester Sharks associated with the AHL last October and scored 18 objectives in 55 games by the AHL, creating the minor league's all-star game.Now, he's a St. Louis Blues project, essentially the most tabbed for Peoria to begin with. From Andy Strickland of TrueHockey.com:
Cheechoo increases the Blues some added offensive depth with two-way contracts while getting likes of Chris Porter(notes), Ryan Reaves(notes), and Brett Sterling(notes).
Cheechoo has spent point about this summer season using his foot speed searching that needs to be far more explosive. He's hired a trainer who he's been working on twice daily up at Stanford University. Cheechoo's contract gives him $600/$225. His base spend possibly $600/$105 but in the case he never ever gets called about NHL he will probably get and other $120,00 at the end of the summer season. If he is known as to the NHL he will probably clearly be paid back of his $600,000 salary.
Spending $600K on Cheechoo that is Brian Elliot funds was definitely worth shot just for the Blues, if the fact is that this offseason coaching does everything to strengthen his skating. Cheechoo turns 31 on July 15.
Hopefully game titles: He'll do not be the ball player he what food was in 2006, but you would like to see Jonathan Cheechoo become something more compared to a hardworking journeyman cautionary tale.
