isles claim nabby

[li0lsh]

Sources tell TSN that Evgeni Nabokov has decided to NOT report to NYI after being claimed on waivers today.

 

[TiLoBrown]

Uncle Gary will then say he WILL report to Pitt or become unemployed

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

Ha. Well. It's kinda like signing with the New York Yankees and then being told you gotta play for the Pirates instead.

So now what happens?

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Hey Nabokov go back to Russia & stay their you chicken shit. You thought you were going to the Red Wings. Didn't you know you were going to have to go through waivers first? Now you get nothing. It's your loss becaise now you won't get to play in the NHL this year.

 

[li0lsh]

Hey Nabokov go back to Russia & stay their you chicken shit. You thought you were going to the Red Wings. Didn't you know you were going to have to go through waivers first? Now you get nothing. It's your loss becaise now you won't get to play in the NHL this year.

too bad for the isles

 

[Destroydacre]

I wonder if the Isles will put Nabby back on waivers again. This saga just might not be over yet.

Anyone have a list of all the teams that put in a claim for Nabokov? I'd be interested to see who was 2nd in priority.

 

[Urkie]

I think they'll just put him back on waivers again. In which case, I'm sure the Sens will claim him and I strongly doubt he'd report to them either.

Unless Gonchar and Kovalev convince him to I guess...

 

[TheRobotDevil]

I wouldn't put him on waivers if I were the isles if he wants to play he will play if not the isles have plenty of cap space not to care.if nabby wanted control over what team he was going to he should have dealt with this over the summer.

 

[naslundfan19]

if nabby wanted control over what team he was going to he should have dealt with this over the summer.

^^^^This

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

Nabokov should be able to come up with a pretty good novel about this whole thing.

 

[devs30rko]

i'm sorry.

its all kinda funny that he isn't reporting because its the isles.

 

[Eddie_Shack]

On Thursday it was announced that Evgeni Nabokov had signed a contract for the remainder of the year with the Detroit Red Wings. The contract has a salary cap hit of $570,000 and would pay him less than half of that amount since less than half of the regular season remains. Because Nabokov had played in a major European league earlier this season (KHL), he was subject to re-entry waivers and there was very little chance he would actually play for the Red Wings.

Somebody else would claim him just like somebody claimed Marek Svatos and Kyle Wellwood from the St Louis Blues. Svatos was claimed by Nashville and Wellwood by San Jose. Both were returning from the KHL.

There is no point for an NHL team to sign a player like that. The player in question will not remain property of the team that signed him. They are merely signing a player for a competitor - so why bother?

The rule that subjects a player to re-entry waivers if they return to play in the NHL in the same season they had already played in a major European league is a relic of the 1980’s. It no longer fits in today’s game. There is no purpose in having this rule. It keeps potential NHL talent out of the league. However, as it exists, there is no point ever signing such a player.

Evgeni Nabokov must have known that there was no chance he would play with the Detroit Red Wings this season. He even released a statement with any team that claimed him. It turned out that statement is not true.

The New York Islanders claimed Nabokov. Their only veteran goalie is the injury risk Rick DiPietro. He missed his last game due to the flu and has recently had groin issues. The Isles used rookie goalies Nathan Lawson and Kevin Poulin in their game last night. Lawson left with a knee injury during the game. Obviously Nabokov is an upgrade and could help the Isles.

Nabokov has refused to report to the Islanders. The Islanders cannot trade Nabokov unless he clears waivers, which he likely won’t. Their options are to hope he changes his mind and reports or suspend him for failing to report. This leaves Nabokov out of the NHL. Essentially we had a complicated trip to get to a situation that is not significantly different from where we started. Evgeni Nabokov is still not playing in the NHL.

To add another level of stupidity, the Detroit Red Wings have been forced to make roster moves to accommodate Nabokov, who will not be playing with their team. Once he was signed he was presumed to be a member of their team, even though he had to clear waivers - which seemed unlikely. Joey MacDonald has been in the NHL with the Wings as an emergency callup since Chris Osgood got hurt. With Nabokov on the roster, it was no longer an emergency situation. To prevent subjecting MacDonald to waivers when he was returned to the minors, he was sent down for a day and replaced by Jordan Pierce, who would not have to clear waivers to be returned to the AHL.

All of this is much ado about nothing. I have no idea why Detroit signed Nabokov. They had nothing to gain from the move. If Nabokov won’t play with the team who has claimed him, why did he sign at all? He had nothing to gain from the move. This was all pointless.

Why bother? Because Holland saw what life was like as Joey MacDonald as your #1 goalie, and did not like it one bit. They are signing a player for a competitor? The Blackhawks, Canucks, Stars, and Predators are competitors. Lotto teams from another conference are not.

They had nothing to gain from the move? You mean besides Evgeni Nabokov?

 

[TheRobotDevil]

i'm sorry.

its all kinda funny that he isn't reporting because its the isles.

Would be even funnier if Garth Snow replied to him by saying "Do you really think you would be the first Russian on our payroll that's not playing ." He needs to either suit up or share a room with yashin

 

[dash]

I wonder what kind of message this sends to Jimmy Howard...Hope the kid is mentally strong, this type of thing could shake a guy's confidence.

 

[li0lsh]

I haven't put much thought into it, but the Islanders are terrible so I'm not sure why they did that.

-Chris Osgood in regards to the Islander's claiming him.

 

[beantownmaniac]

I wonder what teams who passed on inquiring about Tim Thomas last year are thinking right now.------------------------->

 

[puckhead]

Would be even funnier if Garth Snow replied to him by saying "Do you really think you would be the first Russian on our payroll that's not playing ." He needs to either suit up or share a room with yashin

If he doesn't report, the isles suspend him nd don't have to pay him
If I was Garth, I'd let him rot.

Played his way out of the KHL, and frozen out of the NHL. how fucked is that?

-Chris Osgood in regards to the Islander's claiming him.

was that really Osgood's quote? harsh. funny, but harsh.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

-Chris Osgood in regards to the Islander's claiming him.

Hey Chris when was the last time the Red Wings beat the Islanders?

 

[esls79]

Hey Chris when was the last time the Red Wings beat the Islanders?

Probably when Osgood was the Isles starting goalie?

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Probably when Osgood was the Isles starting goalie?

It's been like 5 or 6 years since the Wings beat the Islanders. In fact the two previous years the Islanders had outscored Detroit 8-0. This year the Isles went to the Joe & beat them in overtime.