Waiver Wire FRENZY

[pixburgher66]

Caps claim Marco Strum, Jackets claim Craig Rivet, Flyers claim Nick Boynton; Kris Newbury, Wade Belak, Todd Ford and Mike Commodore all clear waivers; Put on waivers today (with period ending Monday at noon ET): Bret Carson (Car), Jason Jaffray (Ana), DJ King (Wash), Nathan Lawson and Rob Schremp (NYI), Pascal Leclaire (Ott), Ty Conklin (StL), Curtis McElhinney (TB) and Tim Stapleton (Atl).

 

[TOX1]

Flyers claim Nick Boynton; Kris Newbury, Wade Belak, Todd Ford and Mike Commodore all clear waivers;

Whaaa??!

 

[pixburgher66]

Whaaa??!

You claimed Boyton. The others there all cleared, there was a sneaky little ; in between.

 

[TOX1]

Kidding Pix.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Columbus sure did Buffalo a BIG favor.

 

[TOX1]

You claimed Boyton. The others there all cleared, there was a sneaky little ; in between.

lol

I kind of thought the Flyers would grab Rivet, but....I guess one worn out D man is as good as the next, right?

 

[Automattic]

Kidding Pix.

Yeah right, you thought you had some talent for a second there, didn't you...

 

[TOX1]

Columbus sure did Buffalo a BIG favor.

Did he suck that bad DBN?

 

[TOX1]

Yeah right, you thought you had some talent for a seond there, didn't you...

lol Yeah....I was looking forward to screaming at Belak.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Did he suck that bad DBN?

He's got a 3.5 million cap hit & from what I've read on this board Sabres fans don't seem to be happy with his play at all. I'm expecting Sabres nation to be quite happy with this development.

 

[IPostedWhat]

Did he suck that bad DBN?

Maybe this will help sum it up.

The Sabres, who were unsuccessful in their attempt to trade their captain, waived the oft-scratched defenseman Wednesday with hopes someone would take him and his $3.5 million salary. Once that failed, they assigned him to Portland and put him on re-entry waivers Friday. The Blue Jackets picked up the 36-year-old today and have to pay only 50 percent of his salary. The Sabres will pay the other half.

Rivet played in just 23 games for the Sabres and was scratched for the past 18. He has one goal, three points and a minus-5 rating.

Sabres Edge - Blogs - The Buffalo News

 

[TOX1]

He's got a 3.5 million cap hit & from what I've read on this board Sabres fans don't seem to be happy with his play at all. I'm expecting Sabres nation to be quite happy with this development.

Ouch.

 

[TOX1]

 

[TOX1]

Maybe this will help sum it up.



Sabres Edge - Blogs - The Buffalo News

Wow.....I never thought of him as that shitty of a player when I've seen him play.

Did he just flat out suck or was he injured, clash with the coaches or whatever?

 

[IPostedWhat]

Did he just flat out suck or was he injured, clash with the coaches or whatever?

He was injured earlier in the season by the Flyers, and he never quite seemed to get it done on the ice, so that's why he was a healthy scratch game after game.

He wanted to play, the Sabres didn't have any use for him, so something had to give.


EDIT: Just kidding about the Flyers injuring him this season, but he was injured in a Flyers game back in 2009. I think it had more to do with the fact that he has a bad shoulder. He played with a bad shoulder for the end of last season, and had to get surgery in the off-season for it. I don't think he was quite the same after that.

 

[TOX1]

He was injured earlier in the season by the Flyers, and he never quite seemed to get it done on the ice, so that's why he was a healthy scratch game after game.

He wanted to play, the Sabres didn't have any use for him, so something had to give.

Cool.

...and at a 3.5 hit, the decision was rather easy huh?

 

[pixburgher66]

PHI will assign (temporarily) James van Riemsdyk to AHL to make room for Boynton. With Pronger out, PHI needs Boynton/Gustafsson now

Reaaally. I guess JvR is one of the few with a 2-way deal?

 

[puckhead]

poor Tabasco Kid.

traded to a new team: alright, a fresh start, where I can really prove.... awwwwwwww

 

[IPostedWhat]

Cool.

 

[TOX1]

Took you long enough.