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A bit of a shocker with Mike Richards being waived.
Surely he is still good enough to remain in this league. His defensive skills are still very good. I would probably take him over Travis Zajac
Surely he is still good enough to remain in this league. His defensive skills are still very good. I would probably take him over Travis Zajac
$5.75M per season until 2020 is a bit too much for a fourth line plugger. 15 points for the season, only one goal since Nov 22nd. No sane general manager is going to acquire that contract. The Kings should have bought him out last summer.
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Glen Maxwell - or has he changed it to The Big Show or the Show or something.
They can as long as his big contract doesn't put the Kings over the salary cap. I assume by sending him down they are freeing up space to get a player(s) of some use, more than likely some D-men.
Salary cap doesn't apply in the post-season, so I could see them going down that route...provided they actually make the playoffs. I assume he wouldn't need to clear re-entry waivers on his way back up.
Boston, Colorado and Minnesota are getting outdoor games next year. Boston getting the winter classic at Gillette stadium against the Canadians
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Can someone give me the run down of what Waivers actually are? Like a dummy guide. I see the word all the time. Is it kind of like a delisting of sorts?
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Basically for any player who isn't young, it is the only way of sending them to a different league, majority of the time it is the AHL. Except of course for conditioning stints for players who have missed a fair amount of time. If a team claims them off of the waiver wire, then they pick up his contract as if he was traded to them for nothing. Previously when a team wanted to recall such a player they had to put him in re-entry waivers which meant if someone claims him they only pay half his wage. However that is no longer part of the CBA
If more than one team puts a claim in for a player on waivers the team with the lowest points per game played gets the player. Not in Mike Richards case, he's cleared and is off to Manchester for some AHL hockey.
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AFL example would be if you dropped an older player back into the VFL - before he could play for your VFL team any other AFL team league could just take the player and add him to their playing list so long as they are willing to pay his salary.
It would allow scrubbers like Brock McLean to get game time by being passed around from club to club as their need arises.
Also stops clubs being able to f#ck players over by sending them down if they don't like something they've done. They run the risk of someone else grabbing the
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Flames sniffing around Richards for a trade - LA better be shipping us decent draft picks too if we are going to eat that cap space.
Flames sniffing around Richards for a trade - LA better be shipping us decent draft picks too if we are going to eat that cap space.
Whoops, my bad
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