Bolts Add Randy Jones

The Tampa Bay Lightning made a second signing on Wednesday, adding veteran defenseman Randy Jones into the mix, signing him to a 1-year deal worth $1 million.  This signing doesn't come as any surprise to me, as I posted in the Downie blog yesterday, I had a feeling that GM Steve Yzerman would use some of their cap space to go after some of the veteran defensive talent on the free agent market.

The 2010 season was a bit of a rough one for Jones, starting the season in the Flyers minor system, he was claimed off of waivers by the Kings to help fill a gap or two, but found some limited success in with some injury problems.  He finished the season with 48 games under his belt, scoring 5 goals and adding 16 assists with the Kings, which was actually good enough for 83rd among defensemen and he's ranked 2nd among Lightning defensemen going into this season.

I would expect Jones to be on the 3-4 pairing for the Lightning, also picking up plenty of power play time, likely on the second unit, but only time will tell for sure.