Cheechoo on waivers

No thank you. Cheechoo is far too slow to keep up with our scoring lines, and isn’t really a depth player that will effectively fill out the lower lines. I just don’t see him fitting in here.

It would be nice to see him in a #14 teal jersey again but he can’t provide much more than a younger player would.

I voted yes on the basis that he would only cost like 500k. He would still probably score more points than guys like Mclaren, Ortmeyer, Nichol, etc. Although i suppose they offer intangibles that Cheech probably wouldn’t…

I dunno it’s a tough decision. I guess his roster spot would be better used to test out the young guys like Ferriero, Desjardins or that maybe that Cam McIntyre kid.

It would still be awesome. If the Sharks did sign him that cheap I definitely would not be upset.

He still looked pretty damn good when he was playing against us that one time we played the Sens last season.

maybe this was part of a years long master plan to have heatley and cheechoo on the same team

I like Cheechoo and its sad to see where his career has turned. Unfortunately he could not fit in our top 6 now and he is not a good bottom 6 player. Bringing Cheechoo back would be a disservice to both the team and him.

It would be great for nostalgia’s sake, but I don’t really see him as a fit on this roster. I really do hope he gets a chance with another team though since I really want to see him bounce back.

Sucks, but also a no from me as well. Basically, I’m a skeptic to his abilities at this point, but I hope some team takes a flyer and he makes the most of it. Until he can show some of the ability we saw earlier here in his career, he shouldn’t be in teal, sentimental value notwithstanding.

Here are the highlights of a Sens game i remember watching where Cheechoo was playing great. Kipperusof robbed him with a couple amazing saves otherwise he would’ve had at least 2 goals and an assist. They actually announced he would be put on waivers a couple days after that game though.

In the poll it looks like people would like him on the team, and in the comments it’s a resounding NOOO!!!!

I, personally, would not mind having Cheech back on the team for a VERY favorable cap number. I still think he has something to contribute to a hockey team. I would basically start him out on the 3rd or 4th line with low expectations and see if he can work his way up the roster.

Maybe this doesn’t work for the Sharks, but I think that there is a team out there that will give him the opportunity. In all events I hope that he can put his injuries behind him and get his game back. The guy would take a stick to the throat for his team, I wish him the best.

Only for cheap (yes, under $1 mil)

Poor guy, I wonder what happened to him. How do you go from the Rocket Richard Trophy to THAT in just a few years…???

GREAT player until he got injured
Then he was never the same.
I hope he signs here for 1 mill or so.

$500k, YES.

but, IF he could remain injury-free and IF he regains his nose for the net, I would welcome Cheech in teal with a spot on the 4th line. However, at this stage in his career, Cheech has a chip on his shoulder to show that he still is a top 6 winger, and I don’t think he would be ready for such a role. Perhaps if he is able to stick around in the NHL for a few more years, that would be an option similar to the invitations the Sharks offered Jeff Friesen, Sandis Ozolinsh, and others.

Cheech is one of those character guys that you can’t help but root for. And after his contract gets bought out, i’m sure there will be a few GMs willing to give him a serious look based on his reputation as a heart and soul kind of player. Maybe Atlanta? Toronto?

my Chachi and I was devastated when he got traded. So yeah, for a reasonable salary, I’d love to have him back.

Heart the size of Texas, that boy. That’s worth something too.

but I had to vote no…he just wouldn’t quite fit in anymore. But who knows maybe coming back is motivation enough for him to ‘do better’? I dunno…

… but we don’t have that choice, at any price.

Still, no for me. He’s had two good seasons in his career. Maybe he just needs to go to a different team. Ottawa just seems depressing to me…

Still, I don’t think he’s going to have any sort of new motivation if he were to come to the Sharks. Getting number 14 again isn’t exactly the cure he needs IMHO.

if he’d be willing to take a 2-way contract.

Cheechoo has been bought out by the Sens.
Sharks can pick him up? for 1 mill?

I hope San Jose could sign him very cheap and scores 25-30 goals next year!!! It’ll make Senators general manager Bryan Murray look foolish…you don’t turn your back on a hard worken canadian kid!!!!

Cheechoo be good back up too for jumbo if heater ever went down injured

Let nostalgia go, Cheechoo isn’t a 3rd liner.

2010-11 SAN JOSE SHARKS
CAPGEEK.COM CAP CALCULATOR

FORWARDS
Dany Heatley ($7.500m) / Joe Thornton ($7.200m) / Patrick Marleau ($6.900m)
Ryane Clowe ($3.625m) / Joe Pavelski ($4.000m) / Devin Setoguchi ($3.200m)
Mike Modano ($1.500m) / Manny Malhotra ($1.500m) / Logan Couture ($1.242m)
Jonathan Cheechoo ($0.700m) / Scott Nichol ($0.760m) / Jamie McGinn ($0.997m)
Torrey Mitchell ($1.367m)

DEFENSEMEN
Dan Boyle ($6.667m) / Douglas Murray ($2.500m)
Marc-Edouard Vlasic ($3.100m) / Niclas Wallin ($2.500m)
Kent Huskins ($1.700m) / Jason Demers ($0.543m)
Derek Joslin ($0.700m)

GOALTENDERS
Antero Nittymaki ($1.000m) / Thomas Greiss ($0.550m)

CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS
(these totals are compiled using the bonus cushion)
ROSTER: 22; CAP:$59.4m; PAYROLL: $59.750m; CAP ROOM: $0.365m BONUSES: $0.715m

Unless we’re talking insanely cheap, as in <$1 mil, I’d say no. As much as I’ll always have a special place in my heart for Cheech, he’s so injury-prone and seems to just fizzle out without a premiere set-up guy on a line with him.