Claimed off Waivers: [CGY] Flames claim F Radim Zohorna off waivers from the Penguins

[BigRangy]

Expecting him back to Pittsburgh, at least he maybe got a jersey out of it haha

 

[Rubi]

Doesn't Pittsburgh get first right to reclaim Zohorna and then send him to the ahl without passing him through waivers again? Or am I mistaken?

 

[Gurglesons]

Doesn't Pittsburgh get first right to reclaim Zohorna and then send him to the ahl without passing him through waivers again? Or am I mistaken?

No. He has to go through waivers again and if he does then we can claim and drop him to AHL.

 

[Rubi]

No. He has to go through waivers again and if he does then we can claim and drop him to AHL.

Yeah... perhaps I didn't explain myself well. He's on waivers now but the Pens jump to the head of the list of teams that can claim him and if they do claim him they can immediately send him to the AHL without exposing him on waivers again... like the Flames have just done.

 

[Gurglesons]

Yeah... perhaps I didn't explain myself well. He's on waivers now but the Pens jump to the head of the list of teams that can claim him and if they do claim him they can immediately send him to the AHL without exposing him on waivers again... like the Flames have just done.

No we don’t. He has to clear waivers then we can grab him.

 

[SlyIslands]

Yeah... perhaps I didn't explain myself well. He's on waivers now but the Pens jump to the head of the list of teams that can claim him and if they do claim him they can immediately send him to the AHL without exposing him on waivers again... like the Flames have just done.

No every team can still make a claim to keep him in the NHL, if nobody claims him Pittsburgh can claim him and send him to the AHL without putting him on waivers again. If another team makes a claim then they will need to put him on waivers again to send him to the AHL. It wouldn't be fair to the player to not be able to play in the NHL.

 

[SuperZero]

Yeah... perhaps I didn't explain myself well. He's on waivers now but the Pens jump to the head of the list of teams that can claim him and if they do claim him they can immediately send him to the AHL without exposing him on waivers again... like the Flames have just done.

That's not correct. The pens stay in the same spot in the waiver priority that they were. If he makes it to them and they are the only team to put in a claim they can then send him directly to the AHL. If another team ahead of them claims him that team get him. If another team after them in priority puts in a claim, the Pens would need to place him on waivers again

 

[Rubi]

No we don’t. He has to clear waivers then we can grab him.

Gotcha.

 

[treple13]

Wonder if the Flames put in a claim on another forward? It's clear there's opportunity

 

[Some Other Flame]

Huh. He wasn't great or anything but still, not a lot of time with the team.

Flames making another move? Sizable hole in the top 9 And Sutter's thumbed his nose at all the other internal options.

 

[Maurice of Orange]

Wonder if Sutter plans on shifting Adam Ruzicka to 3LW, if Calgary doesn’t bring in another winger.

 

[DesertPenguin]

Puus looked good in his one and only game.

The problem is that guys like Simon, Jank, ZAR, Sceviour, Archibald get endless leashes while younger guys are banished immediately after playing 6 minutes with Simon and ZAR.

These guys are not getting legitimate chances. They are set up to fail. Gaudreau was the perfect example. He only got a shot once we had several injuries. Otherwise, sleepy and sully would have kept him buried all season.

I just want guys like Archibald to sit when it’s clear they don’t deserve a roster spot.

I think the Penguins way, and it seems it is the same under Hextall as GMJR, is to sign enough cheap veterans to fill out the roster, low ceiling/high floor types, and then challenge the young guys to go through those players to earn a spot.

 

[Rubi]

Wonder if Sutter plans on shifting Adam Ruzicka to 3LW, if Calgary doesn’t bring in another winger.

Either that or play Rooney there and Ruzicka plays center on the 4th line

 

[MMC]

Guess Pittsburgh didn't want him back after all

 

[Empoleon8771]

Guess Pittsburgh didn't want him back after all

The justification posted in the waivers thread explained why they may not claim him back. If they claimed him and someone else with a lower priority also claimed him, they'd have to keep him up in the NHL. They'd be up shit creek with the cap being due tomorrow if that happened, so the risk of that wasn't worth the reward of having Zohorna as depth.

Pretty tactical waiver usage by Calgary there. If he would have been waived any earlier than yesterday, the Penguins would have been able to claim him.

 

[n8]

Also, if anyone cares, here's a Zohorna highlight:

I wouldn't get too excited. Julien Gauthier has a goal that's pretty much like that. These guys all manage to get one decent goal in their career.

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDo]

No we don’t. He has to clear waivers then we can grab him.

One more question—when Calgary waived him did Pit need to put in the claim then or could they wait and if nobody else claimed him, THEN Pit could snag him back?

 

[Rubi]

Guess Pittsburgh didn't want him back after all

So he cleared and will play for the Calgary Wranglers this year? Nice.

 

[InfinityIggy]

Either that or play Rooney there and Ruzicka plays center on the 4th line

It’s going to be this. Sutter clearly likes Rooney.

 

[Rubi]

It’s going to be this. Sutter clearly likes Rooney.

I've got no problem with that. I think Rooney had a decent camp.

 

[Syrinx]

Always liked his game. He never had a shot with Sullivan for some reason. Hope he does great.

 

[HarrySPlinkett]

Except Ruzicka is Slovakian.

He’s mate.