Claimed off Waivers: [CBJ] Blue Jackets claim G Spencer Martin off waivers from the Canucks

[StreetHawk]

I really don’t understand this at all for Vancouver. Why not wait until waiver activity picks up and try to sneak him through waivers? Waiving him now is just dumb asset management. Although at the same point, I don’t know how much of an “asset” Martin is.

Silovs and tolopilo are their expected AHL goalies with the acquisition of DeSmith.

Thinking that they hope he gets claimed to clear out a contract slot. Silovs would be their first call up.

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

Looks like this year's Cup-winning goalietender with the Avs eh?

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Yup, was thinking the same thing. I don't know the waiver wire order for claiming though.

It's last season's standings in reverse. Colorado is 7th last in terms of waiver priority.

 

[Moose Head]

I really don’t understand this at all for Vancouver. Why not wait until waiver activity picks up and try to sneak him through waivers? Waiving him now is just dumb asset management. Although at the same point, I don’t know how much of an “asset” Martin is.

Maybe they don’t want him in the organization anymore and are trying to beat the rush when all the other 3rd goalies hit waivers.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

Wasn’t Spencer Martin a bit of an up and coming goalie asset last year?

He's 28 years old and this will be his ninth pro season. If he's still "up and coming" he'd better hurry up.

 

[StreetHawk]

Maybe they don’t want him in the organization anymore and are trying to beat the rush when all the other 3rd goalies hit waivers.

Their goalie depth chart is Demko, DeSmith, Silovs, Tolopilo. Signed Sawchenko as well to a 2 way deal. So, he's another minors guy, who played with Chicago last season, so I'm guessing he is going to be loaned out to Chicago Wolves.

That is why the Canucks are waiving Martin. Have plenty of goalies for now. And no where for him to play.

 

[Jets]

Why VCR all of the sudden

Because
Martin came and broke your heart
Put the blame on VCR

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

He had a case for the worst goaltender in the NHL last season

A couple models had him at the worst

He has a massive problem of living in the butterfly position

Elvis.

 

[Love]

 

[krutovsdonut]

I really don’t understand this at all for Vancouver. Why not wait until waiver activity picks up and try to sneak him through waivers? Waiving him now is just dumb asset management. Although at the same point, I don’t know how much of an “asset” Martin is.

they don't want to sneak him through waivers. they have seven goalies under contract right now, of which 4 are fighting to be splitting the starts in the ahl, and they don't have a solid echl affiliation. they're basically running a goalie school.

 

[Warden of the North]

I was wondering the same thing. I have never in my life seen VCR. I live in Vancouver.

Why VCR all of the sudden

Friedman has a thing where purposely uses wrong abbreviations.

 

[dirtydanglez]

Friedman has a thing where purposely uses wrong abbreviations.

the don cherry of abbreviations.

 

[LeafalCrusader]

 

[Bleedred]

He was a disaster last year. Nothing more than a career minor league netminder.

He only even got the backup job because he was out of this world for 6 games (literally just 6, that’s all he played in the NHL the year before) and he was an extremely cheap cap hit. I’m also to assume that the hope was for Demko to play 60-65 games and he wouldn’t hurt too bad if he played 20-25 games. Instead, Demko got hurt and he wound up playing in 29 of the team’s first 53 games at the time he played his last NHL game and got waived last year.

I can’t figure they expected a 27 year old career AHL goalie to be anything great at the NHL level last year.

If there was one thing Boudreau can be criticized for it’s that he kept going back to the well with this guy. At best he’s a wash with Colin Delia. He’s not better than him. Both are late 20’s aged career minor league tweeners.

 

[vanarchy]

He's just not very good.

- VCR fan

 

[Bleedred]

Wasn’t Spencer Martin a bit of an up and coming goalie asset last year?

No

He was 27 years old last season and had played 9 career NHL games before last year.

He only had any hype because he had a .950% in 6 NHL games the year before.

 

[Peter Griffin]

I really don’t understand this at all for Vancouver. Why not wait until waiver activity picks up and try to sneak him through waivers? Waiving him now is just dumb asset management. Although at the same point, I don’t know how much of an “asset” Martin is.

I think they want to dump him and his 1-way contract.

Somebody needs to photoshop Jim Benning’s face onto the cassette.

 

[BCNate]

If he’s not a guy that would get claimed off of waivers I don’t know why they expect they’d get anything back for him in a trade.

a future 7th is kinda the lowest value you can trade. If someone like the Avs sees potential in Martin, they pay a minimal amount to jump the waiver wire.

Don't think anyone in the canucks org is losing any sleep over this one.

 

[Ceremony]

Looks like this year's Cup-winning goalietender with the Avs eh?

If he's improved from his last Avalanche stint, that'll do.

 

[Nucker42]

He was bad but the Canucks defense was also tragic. Played well in Abby. I don’t think he’s a complete write off.

 

[Breakers]

Elvis.

Elvis was hands down the worst goaltender at even strength lasts season.
Spencer Martin was trash all the time

 

[Mrfenn92]

If he’s not a guy that would get claimed off of waivers I don’t know why they expect they’d get anything back for him in a trade.

Contract for contract

 

[Prairie Habs]

Because players have more value once they pass through

The note in the title is unless he is traded BEFORE, so he wouldn't have passed through waivers.

 

[MS]

Martin has been fine when playing backup minutes (including last year) but he absolutely imploded when Thatcher Demko got hurt in November and he was asked to be the #1 guy. The pressure just seemed to totally break him, his technique fell apart, and he dropped an ,850 over the next couple months in what was one of the worst goaltending performances in modern memory.

Seemed to right his game a bit after being sent to the AHL late in the season, and would probably be a serviceable veteran #3 goalie for some team.

 

[ToDavid]

I really don’t understand this at all for Vancouver. Why not wait until waiver activity picks up and try to sneak him through waivers? Waiving him now is just dumb asset management. Although at the same point, I don’t know how much of an “asset” Martin is.

Could arguably have injuries through camp that open up spots. They may figure right now teams have their hands full with 3+ goalies on their camp rosters, and there are no significant injuries opening up spots yet.