2011-2012 Waivers thread

[bustaheims]

The waiver window has officially opened. Lots of guys on waivers today, though, probably no one worth claiming:

renhockey Renaud P Lavoie
Stafford, Garrett (PHX) Bouchard, Francois (WSH) Greentree, Kyle (WSH) Miskovic, Zach (WSH) 
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renhockey Renaud P Lavoie
Backlund, Johan (PHI) Jancevski, Dan (PHI) Kalinski, Jon (PHI) Legein, Stefan (PHI) Beaudoin, Matt (PHX) Bolduc, Alexandre (PHX)
9 minutes ago

renhockey Renaud P Lavoie
Kearns, Bracken (FLA) Strachan, Tyson (FLA) Yonkman, Nolan (FLA) Redden, Wade (NYR) Valentenko, Pavel (NYR) Bacashihua, Jason (PHI)
12 minutes ago

renhockey Renaud P Lavoie
Lukowich, Brad (DAL) Morin, Travis (DAL) Sawada, Raymond (DAL) Spang, Dan (DAL) Wathier, Francis (DAL) Cullen, Mark (FLA)
13 minutes ago

renhockey Renaud P Lavoie
Brophey, Evan (COL) Liffiton, David (COL) Mauldin, Greg (COL) Van Der Gulik, David (COL) Fortunus, Maxime (DAL) Godard, Eric (DAL)
15 minutes ago

renhockey Renaud P Lavoie
Whitmore, Derek (BUF) Bellemore, Brett (CAR) Blanchard, Nicolas (CAR) Soryal, Justin (CAR) Huet, Cristobal (CHI) Segal, Brandon (CHI)
18 minutes ago

renhockey Renaud P Lavoie
Waivers: Chaput, Stefan (BOS) McIver, Nathan (BOS) Tardif, Jamie (BOS) Kotalik, Ales (BUF) Leggio, David (BUF) Morrisonn, Shaone (BUF)

 

[CarltonTheBear]

And just like that the Sabres cap problem is solved (assuming they're reassigned to the AHL after they clear).

 

[bustaheims]

And just like that the Sabres cap problem is solved (assuming they're reassigned to the AHL after they clear).

Well, their cap problems are eased, yeah. I don't know about solved. Depending on how they configure their roster, they might not have enough cap space to add players when short-term injuries pop up.

 

[Tigger]

Ah Redden, it just never gets old.

 

[BlueWhiteBlood]

Did Legein even show up to camp?

 

[WAYNEINIONA]

And just like that the Sabres cap problem is solved (assuming they're reassigned to the AHL after they clear).

Does Buffalo have that kind of cash to pay these guys to play in the OHL?

 

[ZBBM]

Always a little sad when a vet like Lukowich gets dumped.

 

[bustaheims]

Today's waiver list:

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=376709

FLA- Michael Caruso
MIN- Jon Disalvatore
MIN- Dennis Endras
MIN- Jed Ortmeyer
MIN- Jeff Penner
MIN- Warren Peters
MIN- Jeff Taffe
S.J.- Ben Guite
S.J.- Matt Pelech
T.B.- Mike Angelidis
T.B.- Michel Ouellet
T.B.- Richard Petiot
T.B.- Alexandre Picard
T.B.- Trevor Smith
T.B.- Michael Vernace
T.B.- James Wyman
TOR- Luca Caputi
TOR- Jeff Finger
TOR- Ryan Hamilton
TOR- Michael Zigomanis

 

[BlueWhiteBlood]

Jeff Taffe must be trying for some sort of waiver record or something.

 

[Tigger]

Always a little sad when a vet like Lukowich gets dumped.

Yeah. Wonder if he'll hang 'em up?

 

[Zee]

Not saying it would happen but could the Leafs lose all 4 guys on waivers or is there some rule if one guy gets claimed you can't lose all of them or something?  I'm making it up so it sounds good to me.

 

[bustaheims]

Not saying it would happen but could the Leafs lose all 4 guys on waivers or is there some rule if one guy gets claimed you can't lose all of them or something?  I'm making it up so it sounds good to me.

No, they could definitely lose them all. They won't, but they could.

 

[maplesyrup]

By most accounts all 4 of them are nice guys and everything but really, are any of them going to be all that difficult to replace... For next to or completely nothing?

 

[Madferret]

Today's waiver list:

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=376709

TOR- Luca Caputi

NOOOOOOOOOOO!!

 

[bustaheims]

By most accounts all 4 of them are nice guys and everything but really, are any of them going to be all that difficult to replace... For next to or completely nothing?

Considering they're unlikely to get anything more than a cup of coffee with the big club this season? No loss. Other than Caputi, I wouldn't even blink if any of these guys were claimed.

 

[Boston Leaf]

Ive never seen the big deal on Caputi anyway..

 

[Guilt Trip]

Ive never seen the big deal on Caputi anyway..

I think he's been replaced by depth. Caputi did make the team last year if it weren't for the numbers, and then getting hurt really killed his chance here, for now. Looks like we gave Poni away for nothing when all is said and done.

 

[Chev-boyar-sky]

Ive never seen the big deal on Caputi anyway..

I think he's been replaced by depth. Caputi did make the team last year if it weren't for the numbers, and then getting hurt really killed his chance here, for now. Looks like we gave PONI nothing away for nothing when all is said and done.

Fixed.

 

[ZBBM]

Ive never seen the big deal on Caputi anyway..

Me either.  He's shown pretty much nothing, IMO.

 

[Bender]

Ive never seen the big deal on Caputi anyway..

I think he's been replaced by depth. Caputi did make the team last year if it weren't for the numbers, and then getting hurt really killed his chance here, for now. Looks like we gave Poni away for nothing when all is said and done.

Yeah, I mean Poni's just played his way out of the NHL. We gave up nothing to roll the dice. If Caputi is claimed then there's an issue. If he isn't we'll still have him as trade bait, even if his stock is significantly lower than it once was.