Claimed off Waivers: [ARI] Harri Sateri claimed off waivers by the Coyotes from the Maple Leafs

[EastVillageBlues]

If anyone ever had any doubts that the Leafs are the main character, a minor league goalie signing getting almost 100 posts proves it.

That, and the pure comedy of the situation.

 

[Ezpz]

So why did he need to clear waivers, anyway?

Players coming from Europe mid-season have to go through waivers. It's to stop cap circumvention or give already good teams an advantage on KHL free agents as their seasons end.

 

[leaffaninvancouver]

Players coming from Europe mid-season have to go through waivers. It's to stop cap circumvention or give already good teams an advantage on KHL free agents as their seasons end.

We wouldn't want anyone cheating the system. They should sign in the summer and then go on LTIR until the play offs.

 

[ijuka]

Players coming from Europe mid-season have to go through waivers. It's to stop cap circumvention or give already good teams an advantage on KHL free agents as their seasons end.

So that's a problem but playoffs cap circumvention with LTIR is alright? Hm.

 

[beowulf]

Players coming from Europe mid-season have to go through waivers. It's to stop cap circumvention or give already good teams an advantage on KHL free agents as their seasons end.

yes unless the team already owns said players rights if I recall.

 

[LemmyUlanov55]

I bet 32 year old Säteri wasn't expecting to play in Arizona when signing this deal..

 

[saffronleaf]

the irony is that the Leafs will indirectly pay his salary, too

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Does shrewd translate to “unable to sign your own free agents so you need to take someone else’s”

Waiver system for signings like this makes no sense. Who exactly does this help. Surely not either party that originally wanted this transaction to take place.

You can't sign pro players in season and add them to your organization. He's not an amateur free agent. Vegas signed Pouliot and he got claimed too.

The European season is much shorter. The rule is there to prevent teams heading into the post-season from signing Euros to bolster their roster for Stanley Cup playoffs.

You can thank Edmonton Oilers for this rule. They did this frequently in the 80s, which is when they enacted this rule.

If you had waited til Off-season then waivers wouldn't have been necessary.

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

I'd refuse to report to Arizona if I were Sateri since he signed from Europe to play in Toronto and then just wait for the off-season.

He would still be Arizona's property if he refused to report.

HAAAAAAAAA HAHA HAHA

ARI are my 2nd fav team now

Trade him back to the Leafs for a 1st and they'll become my fav team

Hopefully BA has a plan to flip him back to Toronto with a pick for Mrazek and Knies

Now they trade Mrazek for him?

He could be traded only if no other team claimed him, or if any such team refused to pick him up.

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

I feel for Harri…

“I get a shot at the triple gold club, I get a shot at the triple gold club, I get….fukked?”

To get to triple club, need to make a few rounds

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

Or maybe Soup regains his all star form and he saved trading unnecessary assets. Can only play one goalie at a time. You seem pretty obsessed with the Leafs lately?

The bolded is the fly in the ointment.

 

[GreatSaveEssensa]

Does shrewd translate to “unable to sign your own free agents so you need to take someone else’s”

Waiver system for signings like this makes no sense. Who exactly does this help. Surely not either party that originally wanted this transaction to take place.

It helps the player

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

yes unless the team already owns said players rights if I recall.

Right IIRC

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

I bet 32 year old Säteri wasn't expecting to play in Arizona when signing this deal..

If his agent knew anything about the CBA, that was a distinct possibility.

 

[elmaco]

Straight savage

 

[Hamilton Bulldogs]

The poster that suggested the coyotes sign all of team Finland is one step closer to that dream becoming a reality

 

[GermanSpitfire]

Leaf fans: “Arizona please take our goalie off waivers”


Arizona: “Okay…..”


Leaf fans: “NO NOT THAT GOALIE!”

 

[Mestaruus]

First round exit for Toronto it is.

 

[Mike Dukarm]

Coyotes need fans in the arena: Hope that Sateri have a big family.. x more ticket X 20 games... Coyotes will maybe make money this year

 

[soothsayer]

"Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" ~ Kyle Dubas

 

[JAK]

Seeing salty Leaf fans makes this claim that much better.

If it was the other way around, Leafs fans would be holding a parade over everyone and saying how Dubas is a genius.

 

[Mestaruus]

I bet 32 year old Säteri wasn't expecting to play in Arizona when signing this deal..

I don't think he minds. He's free to play at Finland's home WHC (World Hockey Championships) after the NHL regular season ends. It doesn't give him salary to play for the national team but most Finnish players want to play there. Those home tournaments don't come very often.

It was a win win situation for Säteri to get a 1-way contract for the end of the NHL season. The destination didn't really matter.

 

[Mike Dukarm]

Coyotes management dont have to pay for scout.... GMs of others teams do it for free for him....

Toronto need to find a goalie... but where and how...
I wonder how many GMs claimed Sateri too...

 

[PostBradMalone]

The best part of deadline day has no doubt been watching Steve Dangle melt down over a rule he apparently just learned existed. How can you be such a “prominent” hockey pundit and not know the history behind why waivers exist for non-NA free agent signings?

 

[Recipe Unlimited]

HAAAAAAAAA HAHA HAHA

ARI are my 2nd fav team now

Trade him back to the Leafs for a 1st and they'll become my fav team

This might be the happiest I've ever seen someone about a waiver claim.