Renaud Lavoie @RenLavoieRDS
Waivers: Maxwell, Ben(WPG) Bass, Cody(CBJ)Joudrey, Andrew (CBJ)Russell, Ryan(CBJ) Drazenovic, Nick(CBJ) Hendry, Jordan(ANA)
Maroon, Patrick (ANA) Guenin, Nate (ANA) Smaby, Matt (ANA) MacIntyre, Steve (PIT) Zatkoff, Jeff (PIT)Thiessen, Brad (PIT) Moore, Mike (NSH) Finley, Joe (BUF) Leggio, David (BUF) Schiestel, Drew (BUF)
Nothing there - is there?
Maybe an AHL contract to help The Whale?
I think some of those guys are just done though. Don't expect to see them back in the NHL.
James Mirtle @mirtle
Nonis said today he thinks the waiver wire will be interesting at end of this week because teams will be shedding talent after short camp.
Since we have a 22 man squad at camp and 1-3 spots open in New York/Hartford combined - would think this might be opportune moment for us as well. No?
Thomas Hickey was waived.
i wouldnt mind Maroon or Bass for some grit and a little scoring help.. on d maybe bring back Guenin. other than that i dont see much
Jessiman was not that off the board. Just bad luck.
Hickey and McIlrath were about on par if memory serves correctly.
Biggest reach I can remember in recent years was Blake Wheeler in 04. And that one worked out.
If you pick up player on waivers doesn't he have to start year on NHL roster? I thought that was case
thats gotta be one of the worst picks in history...nearing jessiman level of bad. imagine if the kings had picked mcdonagh instead
Don't see why you'd want to pick up Hickey. The Kings waived him wout even giving him a shot in camp. That tells you something.
That does, and where you're picked in the draft doesn't mean much after 5 years.
That draft in the first round has turned out pretty crappy overall. Only real impact players taken were P. Kane, McD, and Couture.
Second tier players (so far) are Vorecek, Van Reimsdyk, Gagner, Sutter, Alzner, Pacioretty, and Shattenkirk.
Turris is pretty much a bust for a 3rd overall pick. Same goes w Hickey. Lot more busts in the first round as well.
IMO Subban was a pretty good pick.