I'll defend it if he makes it through. It's funny that people assume he has no idea what he is doing. Obviously he may be picked up and if he is then this is a terrible, terrible, move. But if he clears, then its fine. You can't assume he doesn't know the interest level in Walker and the likelihood that he will clear just because you don't.
5/6ths of the time, Russian Roullette is perfectly sound judgment, you're right.
There is SOME level of collusion between GMs in the NHL. There are "rules", and those that violate them are "blacklisted". It's a relationship business, not just bean counter moving assets...
Obviously, but you cant tell me with confidence Homer has a pact with every single other GM out there?
This is a dumb analogy. There is no positive to head butting a sidewalk, unless you are on the cast of jackass and then you make movies and lots of money...so there it's worth the risk.
There is a positive to recalling walker if he clears...perhaps...homer is willing to eat the cap hit just to clear the contract # limit too...
I don't like the move....but 850k isn't going to destroy us like some are acting...it's not like this is reddens contract.
This is incorrect. We are a team that needs to ride the pine in regards to cap related. 850k is HUGE. Its a difference between a player that can contribute and cant. Its the difference between having Schenn on the roster or Shelly.
Lol. No one is psychic, yet you know what information Paul Holmgren has based on nothing more than it is what you think. While my thinking that it is possible he has information (not that he 100% has any info, only that it is possible) is ridiculous. Ok. You win.
Didn't he **** this up a couple of years ago too with Randy Jones? It's not like he doesn't have a track record of FINALLY being smart and sending someone down to help the cap, only to recall a guy and be SHOCKED that he gets taken when everyone is looking for d-men. This isn't coming out of nowhere. HOMER HAS DONE THIS SAME STUPID MOVE BEFORE.
The Flyers don’t have to necessarily go for a trade, they could look to free agents. Veteran Bryan McCabe is still without a job. The 36-year-old 6-foot-2 blueliner last played for the Florida Panthers and New York Rangers last season. He had a combined seven goals and 21 assists in 67 games.
Some have linked his name to the Flyers, but his agent told Philly Sports Daily he wouldn’t comment on whether the Flyers have reached out to him and said “there isn’t much to talk about,” when asked about what his client’s intentions are of playing in the NHL again or where he would want to play.
Because they have only 6 healthy defenders going on a wearisome roadtrip, two of them having an NHL experience of 6 games combined, and they have zero confidence in Kevin Marshall?
It sucks but other teams may refrain from taking Walker because he is still signed for 1 more season...
Didn't he **** this up a couple of years ago too with Randy Jones? It's not like he doesn't have a track record of FINALLY being smart and sending someone down to help the cap, only to recall a guy and be SHOCKED that he gets taken when everyone is looking for d-men. This isn't coming out of nowhere. HOMER HAS DONE THIS SAME STUPID MOVE BEFORE.
He made that move after sending a league wide email and then implicitly trusting all the other GMs. Yeah, he really knows the pulse of the league.
See it's not an all or nothing logic here. I can tell you with confidence GMs do not know what is going to happen when they recall or waive a player. They make guesses or educated guesses, but I firmly believe they do not know what other GMs are thinking about doing. Value of a player and value of a player to a specific team are two different things.
But that is exactly what I am saying. Homer likely has information that we don't have. What that information is, I don't know. But he isn't making this decision based on nothing. And if he is, then this is a terrible move. If he gets claimed, I will be all over him like everyone else. If he doesn't, I am not going to say "wow, what luck!" because it is just silly to assume that he is sitting there picking his nose waiving players.
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Originally Posted by bryzgalovsky
So you're saying it's possible that Paul Holmgren knows exactly what every other GM in the league is thinking and none of them will claim Walker?
This is a dumb analogy. There is no positive to head butting a sidewalk, unless you are on the cast of jackass and then you make movies and lots of money...so there it's worth the risk.
There is a positive to recalling walker if he clears...perhaps...homer is willing to eat the cap hit just to clear the contract # limit too...
I don't like the move....but 850k isn't going to destroy us like some are acting...it's not like this is reddens contract.
The potential benefit is minuscule if walker makes it through. He's a bad player who would chew up 1.8 million of cap space.
Howis that worth potential catastrophic cap crippling risk?
The salary cap matters. Nearly 1 million dollars of dead space on a team that operates right at the cap and has several players on LTIR is a big ****ing deal. Homer's cap mismanagement in the past has caused players to be sent down or traded away for scraps...Upshall, Giroux, JVR, and Gagne for example. Once people start coming off LTIR and we are 850k short of cap space, some perfectly good player is going to either be traded for nothing or sent back down. We've seen this song and dance many times before. This team cannot afford to have 850k of dead cap space, and therefore it shouldn't be running the risk of having Walker claimed.
I don't like the move...but it's not get a pitchfork and storm the castle bad....we just cleared 850k of dead cap space yesterday!
