After failing to catch on with a team in free agency, Jim Slater is headed overseas.
On Tuesday, news broke that Slater signed with Geneve-Servette of Switzerland’s National League A, per multiple sources. The move comes after the 30-year-old spent the entire summer trying to secure a gig, on the heels of a 10-year career spent entirely with the Jets/Thrashers organization.
A first-round pick (30th overall) in 2002, Slater broke in with Atlanta and moved with the team to Winnipeg in 2011. A checking forward with some grit, he was a constant presence in the Jets lineup last year -- Slater appeared in all 82 regular-season and four playoff games, one of just three Winnipeg skaters to accomplish the feat.
Former Jets forward Jim Slater has signed a deal to play in Geneva, Switzerland. A little surprised an NHL team didn't grab him first.
— Craig Custance (@CraigCustance) September 29, 2015
In Geneva, Slater will be skating alongside fellow ex-NHLers Matthew Lombardi, Tom Pyatt, Matt D’Agostini and Cody Almond.