Claimed off Waivers: [WSH] Capitals claim Nicolas Aube-Kubel off waivers from the Maple Leafs

[Maurice of Orange]

Oh where in the hell is uncleben at, I need to know how much this is going to cost Washington in salary not counted against the cap since my interest in the Caps acquiring NAK via waivers have been peaked since I’ve last posted in this thread.

 

[uncleben]

For those interested, this cost Washington $15,000, paid to Toronto and not counted against the cap.

 

[capfit9]

wow, $250k SB

Good agent to get him that.

Good agent or Generous GM ?

 

[cyris]

Didn’t realize Doobles gave him a 250k signing bonus and only got 6 games out of it.
MLSE must love that ROI.

Yeah the Toronto Maple Leafs are notorious for how concerned they are about spending money on the team. How will they ever recover from this?

 

[Maurice of Orange]

For those interested, this cost Washington $15,000, paid to Toronto and not counted against the cap.

That’s not so bad I thought it would cost the caps much more then $15,000.

Thanks you for the salary postings.

 

[JoeSakic13]

wow, $250k SB

Good agent to get him that.

It all went towards fixing the dent in the cup

 

[uncleben]

How many players have the Leafs lost to waivers since Dubas’ tenure began?

13

2018-19	Curtis McElhinney
2​	Calvin Pickard
2019-20	Drew Shore
2​	Dmytro Timashov
2020-21	Aaron Dell
3​	Jimmy Vesey
.​	Travis Boyd
2021-22	Adam Brooks
5​	Michael Amadio
.​	Adam Brooks
.​	Ryan Dzingel
.​	Harri Sateri
2022-23	Nicolas Aube-Kubel

 

[GermanSpitfire]

13

2018-19	Curtis McElhinney
2​	Calvin Pickard
2019-20	Drew Shore
2​	Dmytro Timashov
2020-21	Aaron Dell
3​	Jimmy Vesey
.​	Travis Boyd
2021-22	Adam Brooks
5​	Michael Amadio
.​	Adam Brooks
.​	Ryan Dzingel
.​	Harri Sateri
2022-23	Nicolas Aube-Kubel

You’re the man UncleBen.

I have to imagine they’re by far the most claimed from team in this time period as well - just goes to show that maybe it’s not just fans that hold contempt towards the Maple Leafs haha

 

[Mitch nylander]

13

2018-19	Curtis McElhinney
2​	Calvin Pickard
2019-20	Drew Shore
2​	Dmytro Timashov
2020-21	Aaron Dell
3​	Jimmy Vesey
.​	Travis Boyd
2021-22	Adam Brooks
5​	Michael Amadio
.​	Adam Brooks
.​	Ryan Dzingel
.​	Harri Sateri
2022-23	Nicolas Aube-Kubel

Thats gotta be the most in that time period out of any team.

 

[uncleben]

You’re the man UncleBen.

I have to imagine they’re by far the most claimed from team in this time period as well - just goes to show that maybe it’s not just fans that hold contempt towards the Maple Leafs haha

Thats gotta be the most in that time period out of any team.

Toronto has 13.

The next highest is Winnipeg with 7.

The league average, per team, over Dubas's tenure is 3.6...
(3.3 if you remove Toronto and take the average of everyone else. EDIT: though, I guess I didn't factor in that VGK and SEA didn't exist that whole time wouldn't change it that much anyway)

Toronto is practically double the next highest team, and over 3 times higher than league average!

 

[BKarchitect]

NAK is nothing special but if he gets the same boost he has last year after the Avs grabbed him from Philly, he could still be a useful 4th liner.

 

[CupInSIX]

Dubas has a real NAK for losing guys off waivers.

You’re the man UncleBen.

I have to imagine they’re by far the most claimed from team in this time period as well - just goes to show that maybe it’s not just fans that hold contempt towards the Maple Leafs haha

Maybe it shows how sad the average team's pro scouting is. They take players from the team that gets the most media coverage.

Having said that, it's not a shocker that Aube-Kubel would get claimed after having a couple of standout playoff games in Philly, and being on a cup winning team last spring. It's surprising this guy couldn't return a 7th at least.

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Surprised they couldn't get at least a low round pick for him.

 

[max21]

Another dirty player for the dirtiest team. Nice!

 

[HockeyVirus]

Surprised they couldn't get at least a low round pick for him.

He's not an NHL player

 

[GirardSpinorama]

He's not an NHL player

Based on what 6 games?

 

[HockeyVirus]

Based on what 6 games?

Based on what he showed. Maybe he is but he doesn't bring anything. Another Vesey

 

[zappa4ever]

physical 4th liner stopgap while the Caps are down with a boatload of injuries

Don't think he'll be in the lineup after Caps get a cpl back from IR, but hey, maybe he does some of that hockey and stays awhile, we'll see

 

[LeafChief]

I think NAK can be a successful NHLer if he cuts out the stupid penalties. He looked much better in pre-season than he did in his 6 regular season games.

 

[Mohar Ikram]

Remember that last year he was a waiver claimed by Avs and end up winning the SC...

Same fate with Washington this year?

 

[dirtydanglez]

wow, $250k SB

Good agent to get him that.

nah. that's just kyle dubas.

 

[biturbo19]

You’re the man UncleBen.

I have to imagine they’re by far the most claimed from team in this time period as well - just goes to show that maybe it’s not just fans that hold contempt towards the Maple Leafs haha

Could also be that the Leafs tend to collect a lot of slightly desirable fringe/depth guys that other teams wouldn't mind having on their own roster when offered for free.

Or as a component to that, it could also just be that Dubas is really bad at "managing depth" by constantly having waivers eligible guys on the fringes where they can't be shuttled up/down to the Minors easily. Not planning ahead for easily rotated depth.

Lot of ways of a looking at it.

 

[The Andrew Peeke Fan]

Is he Fun?

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Could also be that the Leafs tend to collect a lot of slightly desirable fringe/depth guys that other teams wouldn't mind having on their own roster when offered for free.

Or as a component to that, it could also just be that Dubas is really bad at "managing depth" by constantly having waivers eligible guys on the fringes where they can't be shuttled up/down to the Minors easily. Not planning ahead for easily rotated depth.

Lot of ways of a looking at it.

I think it is more of the former. Also there is like 1(maybe 2) useful players out of all 13 players that have been claimed by us in the last 5 years.

 

[Xirik]

Is he the french nephew of Mike Knuble?