The Steve Downie experienced was short lived for the Arizona Coyotes.
The former 20 goal scorer and full-time pest played in just 26 games with the team last season.
He contributed 3 goals and 3 assists for 6 points.
Downie found himself on the waiver wire in January.
At the time, we wrote about Downie’s plight that, “His love of mixing it up and goading opponents got him into penalty trouble on more than one occasion, hurting the team at times when his actual hockey abilities would have sufficed.”
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“Despite his reputation, Downie is actually a very serviceable veteran player, but seemed unwilling to pick his spots with his role as pest in order to maximize the return he could give to his team.