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Waived: Goaltender Mike McKenna (PHI)
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inthe6ix
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Possibly just dumping a crap goalie since they have 3 others on the roster already.
Or maybe because they have Talbot, Hart and Elliot
BritainStix
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Elliot is fit again. Why in the world would it be Bob? We just traded for Talbot.
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Rich Nixon
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Just as likely a precursor to a reanimated Sawchuk.
krutovsdonut
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i wonder did they really need mckenna all this time or have they been trolling the canucks for some reason.
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SpeakingOfTheDevils
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This has nothing to do with Bobrovsky.
Elliott was just activiated, Talbot was just acquired, and Hart is their guy.
Elliott was just activiated, Talbot was just acquired, and Hart is their guy.
When they claimed McKenna, they had three injured goalies (Neuvirth, Stolarz and Elliott) and no one in support of Hart in the NHL or Lyon in the AHL. McKenna was a band-aid, not a troll job.
hellstick
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Vancouver would have but got Mrzanek and Leighton now so doubt it.........he could clear and go to the AHL this time around.
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krutovsdonut
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but didn't stolarz get healthy a while ago and get nhl starts, meaning they have had an nhl backup to hart for a while? mckenna needed to clear waivers to be an ahl backup.
i didn't follow the saga closely, but it seems like mckenna has been a second nhl backup for a couple of weeks now.
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GirouxGiroux
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Why waive someone that another team blatantly wants. I'm really confused why so many people think the Flyers should have done Vancouver a favor.
krutovsdonut
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i wouldn't expect them to do a favour, but it kind of looks to me like they held onto a guy after they no longer needed him for no apparent reason while paying an nhl salary. maybe this was an ahl competitive move to prevent utica getting stronger. just wondered if there was an explanation.
LickTheEnvelope
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Feel much worse for McKenna. Guy keeps getting shuffled around.
They had the roster room and cap space to carry a third goalie in case Stolarz wasn't fully healed. It was an insurance move so that they didn't end up in a predicament exactly like the one Vancouver was in.
Now that Elliott is healthy, they don't need McKenna as insurance.
Canucks won't claim him. Leighton is a better goalie and a whole lot cheaper than McKenna and his one way contract...
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So the Flyers paid McKenna $700K for 6 weeks when he could have been making the $175K rate in the AHL. His wife should be happy, he has money for a new car for her. Let's face it, a 35 yr old with 34 NHL games played is lucky to get an NHL jersey, never mind make $700K. He'll look back fondly on these days after he retires this summer and takes a job making $50K to scout or be a roving goalie coach in the minors.
