BOSTON - APRIL 26: Mark Recchi #28 of the Boston Bruins is hit by Toni Lydman #5 of the Buffalo Sabres in Game Six of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals during the 2010 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at TD Garden on April 26, 2010 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
THE TELETYPE:
Per TSN's Bob McKenzie, Anaheim has signed defenseman Toni Lydman to a three year contract at 3M per year. The 32 year-old Finn made 3.15M last year with the Buffalo Sabres and posted the following numbers:
Regular Season
| GP | G | +/- | A | Pts | PIM | Avg/TOI |
| 67 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 30 | 18:52 |
Playoffs
| GP | G | +/- | A | Pts | PIM | Avg/TOI |
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 26:15 |
A solid skater and positional player, Lydman has regularly placed in the Top 20 in shotblocking in the NHL. While his hitting has fluctuated, it has always been in the Top 5 on the Sabres team. He was sidelined this year with hand and groin injuries, but played 80 games last year and 82 the year before.
ARTHUR:
Notes on 'Toni Turnover.' OCR noted a report card for this year by our friends at Die By the Blade pointing to Lydman's inopportune turnovers. You can't argue with that, but at the same time, statistically, it's not like Buffalo was taking such good care of the puck last year without Lydman. I'm retooling a GvA/G chart, which I'll add below. Turnover artist? Yes. Hitting his peak? No.
| Lydman GvA/G | GvA/G Leader on BUF | GvA/G Leader on D | Lydman Total GvA on BUF | |
| 2005-06 | 0.80 | 0.85 | Lydman | 3rd |
| 2006-07 | 0.82 | 1.16 | Campbell (0.96) | 7th |
| 2007-08 | 1.01 | Lydman | Lydman | 1st |
| 2008-09 | 0.84 | 1.22 | Spacek (0.88) | 3rd |
| 2009-10 | 0.73 | 1.15 | Myers (1.15) | 6th |
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