Confirmed with Link: Jason Spezza, Aaron Dell on waivers (UPD: Dell claimed by NJ, Spezza Clears)

[Gabriel426]

Devils is like my office. I use Mac but when it fails, there is always a Dell around for backup.

 

[ToneDog]

Dear god man, you are relentless with your comments about Dubas. 3 games in and you know it all. If Bogo is our 9th best, that's pretty darned good and you might question his usage, not Dubas' ability to stock the cupboard. Does Brodie not move the needle in a positive way at all? Does having Sandin and Lehtonen not give you some meager crumbs of hope? Is there a chance that Bogo might see an uptick in his game? Might integrating 2/3 new D with 3/4 F while combining new F lines and D pairings take a bit of time?

Sorry to see Dell go, but we've still Hutch to offer up come the Seattle draft, the reason I'm sure he was signed. Hopefully, he doesn't play, but if he does, is he really worse than most team's 3rd choice? Spezza will play according to Keefe's decisions and his own abilities, we'll see how it plays out. Meanwhile, we're accruing cap space.

What are you talking about? If you go back and read my post I claimed that Bogo was our #3RHD and if he was our 9th best dman as the poster suggested, it was a failure on Dubas to address the D as he said he would. I have never criticiced Bogo once. Jury is out on Brodie but he and Rielly did look terrible in game #2 vs Ottawa.

I also do not think I have been relentlessly criticising Dubas or the team. Yes it is 3 games which the team has yet to show much vs two supposed weaker teams and I have said that we need to give them more games in order to see what this team is. Any critisism I have of Dubas has mostly been for his previous 2 years but the jury is out on year #3 and we wait to see the results.

Not of fan of relying on 3 vets who's best before date is long and gone. I'll wait to see how this team does but from what I have seen so far, I am not bullish.

 

[ToneDog]

I understand that. Since we can now put Robertson on LTIR, we may just keep one on the roster full time again.

Or claim + waive and hope they clear through waivers. The original team waiving them won't claim them again, so it would mostly just be the team that originally put them on waivers who will care.

Or the Leafs can just stick with Hutchinson. He sucks, but Forsberg and Comrie haven't proven to be much better in the NHL. TBH, Even Dell the past two years hasn't been great, but that could be more due to playing on San Jose than anything else.

Garret Sparks is still available, and he's better than Hutchinson. People crap on him all the time, but as a 3rd goalie, you could do much worse. I wouldn't be surprised if he does significantly better under Keefe and behind this defense than what he was given when he was backup 2 years ago.

Dubas would have to have quite a pair to bring Sparks back. Then again, it might be a nice story if he came back and played well.

 

[SeaOfBlue]

This really shows how bad our goalie pipeline is. Not having a guy we dont have to run through waivers to call up hurts.

Not many teams do, and those who do (Ottawa, Colorado, San Jose, Vancouver, etc.) are using guys who are completely unproven... And would effectively be the same as if the Leafs used Joseph Woll as our #3.

 

[Marshy]

Not many teams do, and those who do (Ottawa, Colorado, San Jose, Vancouver, etc.) are using guys who are completely unproven... And would effectively be the same as if the Leafs used Joseph Woll as our #3.

Ayres is still available. He's undefeated.

 

[Critical13]

Ayres is still available. He's undefeated.

This must be the 20th time I've read this joke in the last 24 hours.

 

[Marshy]

This must be the 20th time I've read this joke in the last 24 hours.

and I just saw it on Twitter about 2 minutes after I posted it here too.

 

[X66]

The league not letting you carry 3 goalies this year is just so stupid.

 

[Warden of the North]

The league not letting you carry 3 goalies this year is just so stupid.

I agree.

The fact so many goalies are getting claimed this year seems to back that up.

 

[Censored23]

The league not letting you carry 3 goalies this year is just so stupid.

Didnt the Leafs carry 3 goalies through the first three games, or did i miss something somewhere?

 

[Marshy]

If you lose your 3rd goalie on waivers, you should go to the front of the line on Goalie waivers. And you continue to keep your place in line until you claim a goalie off of waivers (in other words if one goes on waivers and you pass you still keep your spot until you choose to use it for a waiver goalie pickup).

 

[JT AM da real deal]

If you lose your 3rd goalie on waivers, you should go to the front of the line on Goalie waivers. And you contiue to keep your place in line until you claim a goalie off of waivers (in other words if one goes on waivers and you pass you still keep your spot until you choose to use it for a waiver goalie pickup).

that would help stop da merry go round ... good idear

 

[Censored23]

If you lose your 3rd goalie on waivers, you should go to the front of the line on Goalie waivers. And you contiue to keep your place in line until you claim a goalie off of waivers (in other words if one goes on waivers and you pass you still keep your spot until you choose to use it for a waiver goalie pickup).

What happens if another team loses their 3rd goalie after your team did. Technically, wouldnt that now bump you down to 2nd?

 

[Golden_Jet]

I understand that. Since we can now put Robertson on LTIR, we may just keep one on the roster full time again.

Robertson can't go on LTIR until 10 games missed or 24 days.

 

[Black hat blue eyes]

Too bad. So now he's gonna need a new Devils-themed setup

Too bad, those were a sweet set.

 

[Marshy]

What happens if another team loses their 3rd goalie after your team did. Technically, wouldnt that now bump you down to 2nd?

No they would be second. That's how a line works.

 

[Warden of the North]

Didnt the Leafs carry 3 goalies through the first three games, or did i miss something somewhere?

Yes, but they should have made the third goalie waiver exempt for this year.

 

[JT AM da real deal]

Robertson can't go on LTIR until 10 games missed or 24 days.

Dubie has stated he is not going into LTIR this year ... they will accumulate CAP space and add a guy at TDL ... Robertson will go into IR for 4 weeks that it

 

[BrannigansLaw]

When are we raising Dell's number to the rafters? Best goalie we've had since Eddie

 

[Censored23]

Yes, but they should have made the third goalie waiver exempt for this year.

Ok. I understand what you're saying now. Thanks.

 

[rumman]

Is your ‘guarantee’ based on inside knowledge?

 

[8816 others]

When are we raising Dell's number to the rafters? Best goalie we've had since Eddie

Right after they put Olaf Kolzig's up there.

 

[Deebo]

Yes, but they should have made the third goalie waiver exempt for this year.

I don't think the PA would have agreed to that. Dell, and others in his position, might get a chance to play some games now.

 

[Tak7]

Dubie has stated he is not going into LTIR this year ... they will accumulate CAP space and add a guy at TDL ... Robertson will go into IR for 4 weeks that it

Was this before Robertson's injury, or after?

Have a hard time believing he won't put Robertson on LTIR - given all the league minimum contracts the Leafs have, they could easily move things around, end up maximizing their upper cap space limit, and then using LTIR to essentially go into "bonus" for the rest of the season

 

[Critical13]

Right after they put Olaf Kolzig's up there.

Don't you put disrepect on Olaf's name!

Playing mini-sticks as a kid, I was always pretending to be Olaf Kolzig by making wildly out of position glove stops.