Arnott? Didn't he say "high quality"? Yeah, I know, he put up some good numbers here, but I don't think it's a coincidence the team got much better when they didn't re-sign him. I couldn't stand seeing him coast around on the ice and just from my outside view he didn't seem to be a good influence on the team. I can't prove it, but they just never seemed to rally around him like they would for Weber.
People were really excited when we signed Arnott. It was a big deal at the time. I was disappointed with his production after the second year, and wasn't too sad to see him leave, either.
As for J.P., I don't remember there being any sort of Nashville connection, but he's still here so maybe so. What I remember is he was a part of a very good Sabres team and went to arbitration at the trade deadline and we ended up with him instead of Buffalo. Somehow I thought he made the choice of teams but maybe not.
Cody Hodgson had a sister in Nashville at Belmont but that was much later than J.P.
Whatever, I don't regret putting Kariya at 7th--it's a subjective poll.