Claimed off Waivers: [TBL] Alex Barre-Boulet claimed off waivers by the Lightning from the Kraken
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Bobby Orrtuzzo
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Aoko
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Stive Morgan
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Oh no! We suck again!!
You mean Kraken legend Alex Barre-Boulet?
Claim a guy with potential, fly him across the country, give him 4th line minutes for 2 games and then waive him? Why?
Gentle Man
09/12
So like, 12 teams decided not to put a claim on him?
Montreal? Chicago? Hello?
Montreal? Chicago? Hello?
I don't know but if I was a Seattle fan I'd be getting a little worried about their GM and coach.
I think it has more to do with waiver rules. Since TB originally lost him to Seattle they had first claim on him. And, as I said in another post, that may mean they can send him straight to their AHL team if they want.
Shroud of Orrin
Come on, Bob
Probably wanted to see what he can bring and they noticed/thought that he wasn't good enough to replace some other guys on their roster.
Zirakzigil
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Put him back on waivers please, the Penguins need a center for tomorrow. You can have him back in 7-10 days.
Gentle Man
09/12
Wouldn't the other teams (if any) after Seattle tried to claim ABB the first go around, have first priority?
Although that would mean that no other team tried to claim him the first time
Within 30 days, waiver priority is to the team that waived him originally.
EDIT: Apparently not.
Makes sense. I stand corrected.
I wonder if 31 teams passed and this was TB claiming him for Syracuse. I guess we'll never know.
Zirakzigil
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Thats always been the rule. Thats how a player bounced around a few teams a couple years ago.
CaptBrannigan
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Lots of waiver misconceptions here.
The Lightning had no special right on reclaiming him. The only special circumstance is if no other team put in a claim, they can send him to AHL without waivers.
Waiver priority is still based on last season’s standings until Nov 1st. Then it’s based on points percentage (god remember that yahoo last season who argued for pages that points percentage never meant anything to the league…anyway).
The Lightning had no special right on reclaiming him. The only special circumstance is if no other team put in a claim, they can send him to AHL without waivers.
Waiver priority is still based on last season’s standings until Nov 1st. Then it’s based on points percentage (god remember that yahoo last season who argued for pages that points percentage never meant anything to the league…anyway).
Gentle Man
09/12
Yea. Thats what I thought. But apparently it was floated around Twitter verse that Tampa had priority.
It just means a bunch of teams below Tampa didnt make a claim which is nutty to me. Montreal could have used him lol
Zirakzigil
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Twitter, the source of all knowledge and truth.
Pens could use him too with covid/injuries. Mildly surprised he cleared.
Gentle Man
09/12
Kraken Have Five Players in COVID Protocol on Eve of Opener
Kraken have 5 players in COVID-19 protocol who are unlikely to play opener
Easy to forget now, but Seattle had four forwards go on Covid protocol right as the season was about to begin so they were potentially desperate for forwards. So they had the option of calling up an AHL guy(s) or combing the waiver wire for potential warm bodies. Three of the forwards ended up being cleared for the opener and the last one (Calle Jarnkrok) got cleared this week. Mix in Yanni Gourde being cleared with his shoulder injury and Seattle just ran out of roster spots.
Just a matter of circumstance. If they didn't have the Covid scare, then they probably don't put in a claim.
jellybeans
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Of course the other 31 team passed TB is the last one on the list.
