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Adam Pardy. $2M. $900,000. $1.1M cap hit for Buffalo.
less to do with cap than with roster spots. Buffalo has a lot of dmen in the NHL right now, apparently have decided pardy was the worst. They have plenty of capspace for this year and he's a UFA this summer. Of course, they also could be about to pull a trade to add 5M+ in cap hit, but that's probably unlikely.
calgary goalie situation is weird. One would make sense, both being waived doesnt make any sense to me.
Maybe a move to give them NHL jobs? One gets claimed, the other is the backup?
then you dont waive the one who you think can be your backup this year.
waiving one would make sense, giving him a chance at another team rather than carrying three goalies. Waiving both doesnt make any sense, unless calgary is working on a trade to acquire a goalie.
Interesting, has Leland Irving been struggling this season?
Yeah, definitely. With that said he has been given very little opportunity with the Heat, and has only played in six games this season.
He impressed management last year so much so that they were not willing to expose him to waivers earlier this year and elected to sign him to a PTO instead.
Obviously things have changed, or they feel they can now get him through the waiver wire due to his recent struggles.
I don't know if this has been discussed already, but what exactly are the rules of waivers?
For example, I read somewhere that Tim Erixon was waived (didn't say sent down, but waived). Can teams claim Erixon? Why can a team claim Keith Aucoin, but not a player like Tim Erixon? Is it simply the NHL experience?
AN: Corey Elkins (Might be termination waivers as he signed in Finland)
BOS: Jamie Tardif
BUF: Adam Pardy, Chris Porter, Nick Tarnasky,
CGY: Leland Irving, Henrik Karlsson, Paul Byron, Brett Carson,
CAR: Tim Wallace
COL: David Van Der Gulik,
CBJ: Nick Holden,
EDM: Dane Byers, Tanner House, Alex Plante,
FLA: Nolan Yonkman, Michael Caruso, James Wright, Mike Santorelli
LA: Andrew Bodnarchuk,
MIN: Nick Palmieri, Jacob Dowell, Stephane Veilleux,
MTL: Frederic St-Denis, Michael Blunden,
NJ: Matt Anderson, Jeff Frazee, Jay Leach, Tim Sestito, Chad Wiseman, Steven Zalewski,
OTT: Pat Cannone
PHX: Chris Conner, Chad Johnson, Nick Johnson, Rob Klinkhammer, Joel Rechlicz,
PIT: Philippe Dupuis, Brian Strait, Trevor Smith, Riley Holzapfel, Warren Peters, Dylan Reese, Alex Grant, Ben Ferriero,
STL: Taylor Chorney
SJ: Matt Pelech, Bracken Kearns, John McCarthy
TB: Mike Angelidis, J.T. Wyman, Kyle Wilson, Matt Taormina
TOR: Tim Connolly
VAN: Derek Joslin, Andrew Gordon
Everyone on waivers yesterday, save Aucoin, cleared
I don't know if this has been discussed already, but what exactly are the rules of waivers?
For example, I read somewhere that Tim Erixon was waived (didn't say sent down, but waived). Can teams claim Erixon? Why can a team claim Keith Aucoin, but not a player like Tim Erixon? Is it simply the NHL experience?
Thanks in advance!
To be eligible to get picked up on waivers a player has to have 3 professional season played, 70 nhl games played (i think?) or a certain # of pro games (120? 150? can't remember).
At any rate Erixon hasn't played enough to be eligible to be claimed on waivers.
My guess, especially with the other guys on waivers, is that Calgary announces three signings tomorrow: Steve McCarthy, Steve Begin and one of Barry Brust or Danny Taylor (Most likely the former).
I don't know if this has been discussed already, but what exactly are the rules of waivers?
For example, I read somewhere that Tim Erixon was waived (didn't say sent down, but waived). Can teams claim Erixon? Why can a team claim Keith Aucoin, but not a player like Tim Erixon? Is it simply the NHL experience?
Thanks in advance!
if tim erixon was waived, anyone could have claimed him. I dont think he's ever been waived though.
Regular waivers are waivers players must clear to be sent down to the AHL. Some teams also waive players when they just want to get rid of him, but have no intention of sending them down. Certain young players, based on age, time of first signing, and experience thresholds are exempt.
Recall waivers were waivers players had to go through to return to the NHL from the AHL. These have been abolished.
There are also less common forms of waivers, such as unconditional waivers and termination waivers (used for buyouts and mutual releases, players signing midway through the season after having played in europe, etc.)
then you dont waive the one who you think can be your backup this year.
waiving one would make sense, giving him a chance at another team rather than carrying three goalies. Waiving both doesnt make any sense, unless calgary is working on a trade to acquire a goalie.
Or at least waive them on different days, so you know they won't both be claimed (not that I think it's all that likely, but it would be hilarious)...
