2008-09 Cap Hit: $830,000
Pros:
- Stepped in when
signed from purgatorycalled upon, following long-term injury to 14-year-contract holding defenseman Bryan Allen - I have his rookie card. Many of them. Unintentionally
- Gains points by spelling his name "Jassen"
- A bargain. Won't command anywhere near $1M (US) next season
- Shoots a lot (52 SOG) for a stay-at-home
- Very responsible defensively, utilizing size and aggressiveness
- Helped Zednik off the ice "that night"
- Won Stanley Cup with Tampa Bay in 2004
- From Simcoe, ON. "Simcoe" is, in fact, an awesome hockey name
Cons:
- Won Stanley Cup with Tampa Bay in 2004
- Best offensive year was 1998-99 (aka: a billion years ago), garnering 17 points
- Born in 19-freaking-72 (Apollo XIV is the cutoff for old guys in these here parts)
- Loses points by spelling his name "Jassen"
- Somehow failed to make the Wings as a walk-on in '07( ...the Hell!)
- Spent an entire day of his life looking like this:
