Claimed off Waivers: [MTL] Canadiens claim F Chris Tierney off waivers from the Panthers

[MMC]

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[Captain97]

Makes sense given our injury situation

 

[Laus723]

Looked good his first few games, got injured, hasn’t done anything since.

Rather White go, though. Kinda funny he has a color for his last name since he’s mostly invisible.

 

[General Fanager]

Trading Dvo?

 

[Colezuki]

Trading Dvo?

Getting Belzile out of Center

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Trading Dvo?

It's just to add another warm body with the never ending list of injuries.

 

[General Fanager]

Getting Belzile out of Center

It's just to add another warm body with the never ending list of injuries.

Why? Juist call up guys form the ECHL.....they are trying to be bad no???

 

[pth2]

Cheap expiring contract, perfect pickup for a team down many player (and many centers as well)

It just means one less contract slot is available for college UFAs...

 

[violaswallet]

Good for Tierney: I really liked him on the Panthers

 

[uncleben]

For those interested, this cost Montreal $11,250, paid to Florida and not counted against the cap.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Habs going for the tank.

He's so, so bad now.

 

[Prairie Habs]

Why? Juist call up guys form the ECHL.....they are trying to be bad no???

Hopefully it means we are planning to move out some bodies at forward in the next week

 

[cyris]

For those interested, this cost Montreal $11,250, paid to Florida and not counted against the cap.

How is that cost determined?

 

[beowulf]

I mean they need bodies that are not totally broken I guess.

 

[uncleben]

How is that cost determined?

It is based on years experience in the League
The more experience, the less expensive

You can sort of think of it as compensation for developing the player, so if it's a younger, less experienced player they, in theory, still have some potential, so the cost is more. An older vet player, more like Tierney, well, you sort of know what that kind of player is like already when they go on waivers, so the cost is less. That's the best way to frame it, imo

 

[HuGo Sham]

Habs going for the tank.

He's so, so bad now.

12 regular players injured.
tanking teams don't go into NJ and win 5-2.
facts are your friend

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Why? Juist call up guys form the ECHL.....they are trying to be bad no???

In the last game the Laval Rocket played, the C's were Mitchell Stephens (NHL contract), Peter Abbandonato (AHL contract), Brandon Gignac (AHL contract) and Jan Mysak (NHL contract, just came back from lengthy injury). Stephens is really the only real option and they clearly want the AHL team to make the playoffs, so taking him away from the Rocket would be a big blow.

There is nothing left in the ECHL.

This is just to add another body who can play C in the NHL, especially since Dach is out for who knows how long.

 

[cyris]

It is based on years experience in the League
The more experience, the less expensive

You can sort of think of it as compensation for developing the player, so if it's a younger, less experienced player they, in theory, still have some potential, so the cost is more. An older vet player, more like Tierney, well, you sort of know what that kind of player is like already when they go on waivers, so the cost is less. That's the best way to frame it, imo

Thank you. I always see you post the fee but don’t know what that cost was based on. Is there a specific formula?

 

[LG18]

Jake Evans' replacement until he comes back.

 

[Hobnobs]

Why? Juist call up guys form the ECHL.....they are trying to be bad no???

You think Tierney is going to turn the whole franchise around? Boy, thats some next level optimism about a 4th liner.

 

[Dust]

12 regular players injured.
tanking teams don't go into NJ and win 5-2.
facts are your friend

The org is tanking, the players aren't.

 

[banks]

I always kind of liked Tierney. Hope he gets a stretch of NHL games here now.

Players like him have value as NHL experienced depth that can usually be stashed in the AHL.

 

[uncleben]

Thank you. I always see you post the fee but don’t know what that cost was based on. Is there a specific formula?

The actual dollar numbers and how they scale, I'm truthfully not entirely sure, but the number drops for each year of experience and for the first 5 years of a player's career, it follows a different scale for skaters vs goaltenders.
6 or more years of experience, the scale doesn't differentiate between skaters or goaltenders


What is slightly more surprising to me is that the CBA contains no mention of these numbers shifting as the Cap or League Revenue shifts. They seem to be locked in (versus something like league minimum, buried cap hits, ELC maxes, etc. that slide with the cap), so in theory, a waiver claim nowadays costs less than in the past, as the teams become more profitable, and the player contract values increase

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Probably get hurt his 1st, or 2nd game

 

[GermanSpitfire]

Now worth a 3rd because Chariot got a 1st

jokes aside - nothing move, gives the Habs another roster player once guys get traded.