Toronto Maple Leafs‘ 8th year veteran left wing Colin Greening(38) had a decent season with affiliate Toronto Marlies scoring 10 goals and 14 assists in 69 AHL games with a +6 rating but for the first time in his career was not recalled.
Maybe a bit odd as after a trade brought him to the club, he played 30 straight games in the big league scoring a tidy 7 goals and 8 assists on a non-playoff squad.
Heading into 2017/2018, the 31-year old was scheduled to once again become an unrestricted free agent but the parent club stepped in immediately to re-up him for another campaign, which seems to have him pegged to assume the captain’s role of the farm team but also could get him closer to 300 NHL games played.
Colin Greening (38)
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.