For most of the lockout I think I just forgot that the Leafs got this guy. This is a nice write up my Mirtle.
But when Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Dave Nonis, then acting as Brian Burke?s right-hand man, sat down with their pro scouts in the summer, the one player they kept coming back to was an unfamiliar one for most hockey fans.
They wanted Jay McClement.
And they wanted him to fill a void as what his former coach Andy Murray calls ?the stopper.?
?The more and more we went over our list, the more his name came up,? Nonis said.
After seven seasons and 553 NHL games, McClement?s name has hardly become a household one. The Kingston, Ont., native has only 63 goals, 114 assists and is a minus-76 over that span, with the latter statistic putting him second last out of every player since the 2004-05 lockout.
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But when Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Dave Nonis, then acting as Brian Burke?s right-hand man, sat down with their pro scouts in the summer, the one player they kept coming back to was an unfamiliar one for most hockey fans.
They wanted Jay McClement.
And they wanted him to fill a void as what his former coach Andy Murray calls ?the stopper.?
?The more and more we went over our list, the more his name came up,? Nonis said.
After seven seasons and 553 NHL games, McClement?s name has hardly become a household one. The Kingston, Ont., native has only 63 goals, 114 assists and is a minus-76 over that span, with the latter statistic putting him second last out of every player since the 2004-05 lockout.
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