Dumb question here... If an NHL team signs him and he has to be waived to come up to that team, is that 'Re-entry Waivers'... even though he was not there in the first place to be 'recalled'... and if it is, and they do have to 'recall' him, does the team claiming him have to only pay and be responsible for half the salary and Cap hit? I know he has to clear waivers or be claimed before he can return to the NHL.
I'd like an answer from someone who knows rather than a guess... Thanks in advance.
Dumb question here... If an NHL team signs him and he has to be waived to come up to that team, is that 'Re-entry Waivers'... even though he was not there in the first place to be 'recalled'... and if it is, and they do have to 'recall' him, does the team claiming him have to only pay and be responsible for half the salary and Cap hit? I know he has to clear waivers or be claimed before he can return to the NHL.
I'd like an answer from someone who knows rather than a guess... Thanks in advance.
I'm not totally sure about this one, but if you have a twitter account if you tweet @capgeek and ask them, they are pretty good about answering questions. I asked them a couple things and they answered relatively quickly.
I'm not totally sure about this one, but if you have a twitter account if you tweet @capgeek and ask them, they are pretty good about answering questions. I asked them a couple things and they answered relatively quickly.
Thanks; I emailed him with a detailed question... I'll post the answer if he gives me one.
its not re entry waivers. Check Svatos situation last week. Re Entry is for someone who was already signed and was on a loan, not a UFA who got signed from europe, who played in the NHL last year.
its not re entry waivers. Check Svatos situation last week. Re Entry is for someone who was already signed and was on a loan, not a UFA who got signed from europe, who played in the NHL last year.
That makes total sense... but since he has to clear waivers to be able to return to the NHL, as a demoted player would, I thought they might make it tough on the higher situated teams and give the lesser teams a boost.
I didn't know of any examples offhand... Since you cited one, I guess that answers the question. Thanks.
According to that CBA rule once obtained and signed to trade or loan the player he must once again clear waivers... So he cannot be sent to the A directly... and you can't get a player for him if he is wanted by another team. Makes no sense for a team to trade a player anyway when they can claim him if he gets by the other teams.
Interesting... I learn something new about the CBA each day it seems.
Yeah, capgeek is the man. It's probably so annoying getting questions like this (no offense, I have sent him a bunch in the past too, haha) but he answers pretty much all of them and pretty quickly too.
