This is baffling asset management by Nashville. I just don't get it.
Who needs a rebuild when waiving the perpetually pressboxed dman will lead the team to glory? We've already beaten Utah since the waiver. Clearly Fabbro was pressbox poison.So the rebuild begins in Nashville.
Tolvanen was weird, this was weirder.This is baffling asset management by Nashville. I just don't get it.
Source? I tried to figure it based off of the CBA rules and it looked like three times that many teams to me.It was precisely 5 teams that passed on him. CBJ was sixth in line.
Waivers is Standings in Reverse Order. On the 9th the order would have been something around 1 SJS, 2 MTL, 3 ANA, 4 CHI, then it would skip NAS, and then 5 PHI and finally in 6th its Columbus.Source? I tried to figure it based off of the CBA rules and it looked like three times that many teams to me.
See, the thing is, I actually checked the CBA and it's not precisely the same as the standings. Standings are normally points total, with percentage being the first tiebreaker. For waiver claims, however, per the CBA, you start with points percentage. See post #41 in this thread from when I was researching earlier. The relevant bit:Waivers is Standings in Reverse Order. On the 9th the order would have been something around 1 SJS, 2 MTL, 3 ANA, 4 CHI, then it would skip NAS, and then 5 PHI and finally in 6th its Columbus.
(ii) is for exceptions in which one is outside of the regular season (we're not), or before November 1st (we weren't).In the event that more than one Club makes a claim for such Player, he shall: (i) be transferred to the claiming Club having earned the lowest percentage of possible points in the League standing at the time of the request for Waivers
Pretty sure you have it spot on.See, the thing is, I actually checked the CBA and it's not precisely the same as the standings. Standings are normally points total, with percentage being the first tiebreaker. For waiver claims, however, per the CBA, you start with points percentage. See post #41 in this thread from when I was researching earlier. The relevant bit:
(ii) is for exceptions in which one is outside of the regular season (we're not), or before November 1st (we weren't).
Really it depends on how one reads the CBA - it says it's based on points percentage "at the time of the request for Waivers", which I'm interpreting as "therefore, since the request was midday on the 9th, don't include games played the evening of the 9th, or after that". And on the 9th, before playing that evening the Jackets were still a .500 team. So many other teams were in consideration.
Unless you've got a League source that clarifies the CBA further, then, I feel pretty confident in saying it was more than 5 teams.
He’s probably happy he doesn’t have to play for TortsWould have been nice if the Flyers made the claim but they keep the trash playing nightly that they do.