Sharks Sign Scott Gomez to One-Year Contract
 

SAN JOSE, California -- San Jose Sharks Executive Vice President and General Manager Doug Wilson announced today that the club has signed unrestricted free agent center Scott Gomez to a one-year deal. In keeping with club policy, financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Gomez, 33, posted 11 points (two goals, nine assists) in 38 games with Montreal in 2011-12. This season, he spent 11 games with the Alaska Aces of the ECHL this season recording 13 points (six goals, seven assists).

The 12-year NHL veteran has appeared in 902 career regular season games with the New Jersey Devils, the New York Rangers and Montreal, amassing 686 points (169 goals, 517 assists).

The 2000 Calder Memorial Trophy winner, awarded to the League’s best rookie, was also named to the 2000 NHL All-Rookie Team.

A two-time NHL All-Star (2000, 2008), he has made three Stanley Cup Finals appearances with New Jersey (2000, 2001 and 2003), winning the Stanley Cup twice (2000, 2003). In 140 career NHL playoff games, Gomez has posted 99 points (29 goals, 70 assists) and his 70 assists are T-55th most in NHL Playoff history.

Gomez has represented the United States of America in several international tournaments including: 2006 Olympics, 2004 World Cup of Hockey and the 1998 and 1999 World Junior Championships.

The five-foot-eleven, 200-pound native of Anchorage, Alaska was originally selected by New Jersey in the first round (27th overall) of the 1998 NHL Draft.

So Gomez gets money from his buyout plus this contract? Cha-ching. Kennedy was a young player and when the Sabres didn't like arbitration ruling they got rid of him. Many fans didn't like that. Hope a team pick him up. Good guy.

Good. Gomez can go stink up the western conference.

After the Sharks scored 6 goals in the first period on the Oilers last night, the Oil are now breathing a sigh of relief that somebody who cant' score might be dressed for the sharks next game

you can make all the jokes you want on scott gomez hes still a bargain for the sharks at 700 000 $ per yr

Send him down to Worcester just so I can heckle the **** outta his ass :)

At least it's Kennedy on waivers and not McLaren.

Unlike Wade Redden, this duster isn't even worth his new contract.

Can't you just feel the love?

i dont like the idea of bringing him in on this kind of year.

cha-ching... exactly......he knows his role....hes centering are 4th line and is a great bargain..... burish is getting paid 300k more then him this year

rather have him then james sheppard on the 4th line center..... weird we do this every year... aka.. roenick, lemeiux, graves, etc,,,, and its never worked out lol except claude getting his ass kicked

I don't get what the Sharks are doing. They once had a good thing going, but in recent years they are just trading and acquiring players that don't make sense and they are not moving forward. They are getting older and they keep doing nothing to improve.

Just to make it clear:
since 2009 they
traded Christian Ehrhoff for nothing (ever heard of Patrick White and Daniel Rahimi ?) to the Canucks
traded Milan Michalek and Cheechoo for Heatley
they signed a useless Roenick and washed up Lemieux
they traded Devin Setoguchi and 2 1st round draft picks for Brent Burns
they traded away Heatley again for Martin Havlat
they signed Anttero Niittymaki
they signed James Sheppard

now signing Scott Gomez doesn't make sense to me either...

scott gomez can still be an effective player, just don think that he is the answer to your scoring woes. at best a 3rd line/special teams player. i think his agent is pretty good though. got him that deal and shet

Heckle him about what? The fact that he is getting a pay cheque from two different NHL teams at the same time and without the any of the pressure? I'm sure that will cut right through him haha.