Confirmed Buy-Out [ARI] Antoine Vermette

[mcpw]

I thought he was waived. Don't they have to wait until he clears before actually buying him out or did he have an NMC?

He had a NMC.

is vermette a UFA once he clears waivers?

He's a UFA right now.

 

[Mike Jones]

They have to put him on waivers for purpose of buyout. The player then has 24 hours to accept the waivers or just be bought out. He apparently was pretty quick to say "buy me out suckas"

But if another team claims him ...

 

[Mike Jones]

He had a NMC.

OK I was confused then I saw the "Waived" prefix at the beginning.

 

[Goon42]

This is so random

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

If Vermette would sign for dirt cheap (ie. $1 million or less), I'd be in favor of the Pens signing him as the 4C to replace Cullen. He'd bring a lot of the same things Cullen did to that spot.

 

[Jakey53]

Is it important when those minutes are likely to not be available for him next season?

Exactly. Have to make room for some of the kids.

 

[rt]

This is so random

I completely agree. Arizona has Hanzal (who is usually good for 15-20 games missed due to injury) and Brad Richardson (who is a 3rd line center on a team with horrible C depth and a 4 C on a team with pretty good C depth) on the NHL roster. They might consider Ryan White an NHL 4th line C but that's pretty nutty. Dylan Strome and Christian Dvorak are both Cs but neither has ever played a professional hockey game. They've got Dauphin and Gaudet in the minors, but that would mean they intend to move Richardson up to 3rd C, which kinda sucks because Vermette(3)-Richardson(4) is a hell of a lot more effective than Richardson(3)-Gaudet/Dauphin/White(4). This is a clear downgrade.

 

[JT Kreider]

Chayka is getting **** done.

 

[rt]

Exactly. Have to make room for some of the kids.

True. If he was getting the lion's share of his pts on the PP and he's no longer got a spot on the PP than Brad Richardson (who doesn't get PP mins already) is an adequate replacement.

Richardson had 31 EV pts last year while Vermette had 21 EV pts last year. I guess if Antoine's PP mins are going to be stripped from him, than Richardson is just as good a #3 C.

 

[frederixx]

Habs are signing him and buying out Desharnais.

 

[Curufinwe]

Can an Arizona fan give us an estimated opening night lineup?

 

[MXD]

Habs are signing him and buying out Desharnais.

Habs cannot buy out Desharnais.

 

[uncleben]

But if another team claims him ...

He supercedes any claim.

Consider Vermette #1 on the priority list for a Vermette waiving.

 

[rt]

Can an Arizona fan give us an estimated opening night lineup?

No. None can. It's all HIGHLY dependent on the performance of key rookies in camp.

I suspect the 1st line is locked in tight with Domi-Hanzal-Duclair. Beyond that, it's a crapshoot.

 

[FLYLine27*]

Terrible move. Could have gotten a pick for him.

 

[mgd525]

Like someone else said, He would be a perfect replacement for Cullen if he would sign cheap enough. What a strange ****ing move by ARI if this wasn't to set up a big deal.

 

[CraigBillington]

Terrible move. Could have gotten a pick for him.

Youd think that they would have if they could....

 

[seafoam]

Terrible move. Could have gotten a pick for him.

I'm pretty sure he had a full NMC.

 

[PG Canuck]

I bet Vermette is loving this other then having to leave home. Chance to pick whatever team he wants to go win a Cup again.

 

[SnoopDogg]

What happened? I didn't think he was bad at all..

 

[KeepItDeep]

That club is so addicted to dead cap space, they needed another fix.

 

[Booba]

Weird move.

They got rid of one of the rare UFAs who wanted to play in Arizona... Vermette's NMC might have been an issue but this move is certainly not going to help Arizona attract UFAs.

Also with Ribeiro and Vermette's buyouts, Arizona now has 2.7 millions of dead money on their cap for 2017-2018... That's a start but I guess they'll need more moves in order to replace Pronger and Datsyuk's phantoms cap hit.

 

[number72]

Chayka is the smartest GM in the NHL. What a brilliant last minute buyout.

 

[Curufinwe]

No. None can. It's all HIGHLY dependent on the performance of key rookies in camp.

I suspect the 1st line is locked in tight with Domi-Hanzal-Duclair. Beyond that, it's a crapshoot.

OK, that's fair enough.

 

[Roboturner913]

Carolina should sign him and trade away one of Nordstrom/McClement. He fits the defense first team philosophy and can play center in case Lindholm doesn't cut it. He could also pair with Staal to form a great shutdown line/PK unit.