Giroux Deserves a Shot In the NHL

A legitimate opportunity to secure a full-time position on an NHL team's roster. That is what Alexandre Giroux should receive after putting up 75 goals in the American Hockey League last season.  The reality is we are roughly three weeks into free agency, and he still has not found a job for the upcoming year. Giroux, 28, recorded one of the greatest seasons in the history of the AHL with the Hershey Bears during the '08-'09 season.  He recorded 60 goals and 97 points in 69 games during the regular season, then followed that up by tallying 15 goals and 28 points in 22 postseason games while leading the Bears to the Calder Cup championship. The French Canadian also put himself into the record book on January 18th by scoring in his 15th consecutive game, breaking Brett Hull's 22 year-old AHL record. Giroux is no one year wonder either.  He's put up five straight 30-plus goal scoring season at the AHL level.  However, he has only had the opportun...