Canucks Re-Acquire Wade Brookbank

[Hockey Moose]

The 6-foot-4, 225 pound, native of Lanigan, Saskatchewan, was originally signed as a free agent by the Ottawa Senators on July, 27, 2001. Brookbank was claimed by the Nashville Predators in this year’s NHL Waiver Draft on October 3, 2003. Vancouver traded for the rugged defenceman in exchange for Future Considerations on December 17th. He was then claimed off waivers by Ottawa on December 19th. Ottawa then traded Brookbank to Florida on December 28th, before be re-claimed off waivers by the Canucks.

Poor Guy

[Thalia]

So, the 'Nucks are planning on keeping him up with big club for a week or so before they put him on waivers again??

Won't another team (mainly Ottawa) just claim him again?

How many times can one player be put on waivers; is there even a limit?

We need some waiver wire experts on merry-go-round situation.

[Teemu]

Originally Posted by Hockey Moose

Poor Guy

Dont feel too sorry. He gets $5000 every time he's claimed.

[Big McLargehuge]

good freaking lord

[Hockey Moose]

Originally Posted by Teemu08

Dont feel too sorry. He gets $5000 every time he's claimed.

somebody ****in claim me!

[Thalia]

Originally Posted by Hockey Moose

somebody ****in claim me!

Can we at least borrow him for the Flames game? :p

[Douggy]

Originally Posted by Thalia

Won't another team (mainly Ottawa) just claim him again?

How many times can one player be put on waivers; is there even a limit?

I'm pretty sure a team isn't allowed to claim a player they've allready lost on waivers that year. Something similar happened with a Calgary Colorado trade last year.

[Marshall]

This whole thing is wacky.

[Jeff Goldblum]

Originally Posted by Douggy

I'm pretty sure a team isn't allowed to claim a player they've allready lost on waivers that year. Something similar happened with a Calgary Colorado trade last year.

That was a trade involving Dean McAmmond. I'm sure the NHL has different rules for waiver wire pick-ups. Unless they let this one slip through their radar like the previously mentioned trade did.

[c-carp]

Very cool, that just adds more spice to Canuck Blues games which are still awesome.

Is there a link for this?

[Shane]

Originally Posted by Douggy

I'm pretty sure a team isn't allowed to claim a player they've allready lost on waivers that year. Something similar happened with a Calgary Colorado trade last year.

In fact, it's quite the opposite. If a team loses a player on waivers and within the next 30 days if that player is again placed on waivers, his previous team is given a chance to claim that player before anybody else.

[Shane]

Originally Posted by dragonwyck

Is there a link for this?

http://www.canucks.com/news/pressrel...onID=31&id=345

[KirkP]

Well, I'm going to the game tomorrow night, so I am hoping to catch a glimpse of Brookbank.