Toronto Maple Leafs‘ recent acquisition in the Dion Phaneuf(4) deal, sixth year center Colin Greening(38) was buried in the minors on the second season of his three-year multi-million dollar extension.
Judging by his stats through the first 41 AHL games, scoring only 7 goals and 6 assists he did not appear to be happy.
No worries about that for now, as his new home team has been inserting him straight into the lineup on a nightly basis and he’s popped in a goal and an assist with a +2 rating averaging 17 minutes ice time per game.
The 6’2″ 211 lbs. power forward had his best production as a sophomore skater and his first full campaign up in the big league.
Through a complete 82 game schedule he had a pretty serious 17 goals and 20 assists and never quite matched those totals in the following years.
A new building to play in, wearing a different emblem on his chest may be the switch up what the now 29-year old needs to come back to life.
He’s on the hook for one more year for $3.2m so they are likely hoping this will happen.
Colin Greening(15) Ottawa Senators
2005 7th round Ottawa Senators draft pick (#204 overall) Colin Greening(15) has to be viewed as somewhat of a diamond in the rough find by their scouts, considering how low he was drafted.
In the off-season he signed himself a three-year, one-way deal before his one-year entry level contract ran out and now is being hyped as a sizable pick-up for the Sens.
Last season in his rookie year he appeared in 24 NHL games (6 goals, 7 assists) and 59 with Binghamton in the AHL (15 goals, 25 assists), plus another 23 Calder Cup Playoff games (1 goal, 4 assists) en route to winning it. That totals a pretty outstanding 106 games played in the 2010/2011 season.
The future for Ottawa is looking brighter. He also recently got to play a preseason game in St. John’s, Newfoundland, where he was born.
Colin Greening(15) Binghamton/Ottawa Senators
Ottawa Senators‘ 2005 7th round draft pick (#204 overall), rookie Colin Greening(15) has played 24 games with the big club and made it work for 6 goals, 7 assists.
He has still yet to contribute much to Binghamton‘s Calder Cup push but I feel like his presence with the team is important to the mix.