Waived: Jake Dotchin on Unconditional Waivers

[Ziggy Stardust]

This comes as a surprise. I thought he was considered to be one of Tampa's promising young dmen, and he came at a very low cost. Is this another Paul Ranger situation playing out?

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[seafoam]

Any particular reason why?

I thought he was NHL caliber even in a low capacity.

 

[Freudian]

Some off-ice issue?

 

[Clayonator]

Sens should pick him up to replace Karl. Would fit right in with the “plan”

 

[Mr Tadakichi]

Snatch him up Edmonton. Gotta take some chances on these guys.

 

[TheDoldrums]

BriseBois putting his stamp on the team already!

 

[SHANNYPLAN]

Leafs should take him...

Rielly - - Hainsey
Gardiner - Zaitsev
Dermott - Dotchin

 

[Devilsrock17]

This makes no sense I thought he be part of their future moving forward cause they have a lot veteran d men that are free agency at the end of the year.

 

[Le Barron de HF]

This comes as a surprise. I thought he was considered to be one of Tampa's promising young dmen, and he came at a very low cost. Is this another Paul Ranger situation playing out?

Holy moly, yeah, can any Bolts fan chime in?

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

he'll get signed easily

 

[DownIsTheNewUp]

Really kind of odd. He was listed on the morning group for training camp this morning, but never made it on the ice.

 

[DownIsTheNewUp]

 

[Michael Farkas]

Zero hockey sense. Not a reliable NHL player. That said, I'm surprised someone wouldn't give something up for him...because he is athletic, even if he's a goof...maybe he did something stupid...

 

[hamzarocks]

@DominicBoltsFan wasn't this guy supposed to be a top 4 defender. How did he fall so far?

 

[Cor]

There must be some off ice issues.

Didn’t he play with Hedman on the top pairing quiet a bit last year?

 

[DistantThunderRep]

We just had no space for him. We were carrying 8 Dmen and we have more promising youth in the wings. Plus we are probably going to give Koekkoek more of a shot. Dotchin took a step back last year. Actually kind of shocked we couldn't find a taker for fourth or something.

 

[ChaoticOrange]

Played 18+ minutes a night two seasons ago, 16+ minutes a night last year. Didn’t get in all the time because of depth but he looked like an NHLer.

Teams don’t throw big young RHD to the curb for no reason. There’s got to be a pretty sizeable reason why behind the scenes. Did he show up to camp 50 pounds overweight or something?

 

[Beauner]

We just had no space for him. We were carrying 8 Dmen and we have more promising youth in the wings. Plus we are probably going to give Koekkoek more of a shot. Dotchin took a step back last year. Actually kind of shocked we couldn't find a taker for fourth or something.

this isn't waivers because he couldn't cut it. The reasoning is a "material breach" of contract. Which could be any number of things really. Weird situation

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Material breach of contract... that's not good. The last time we heard those words used was when the whole Mike Richards saga was playing out and he was arrested at the Canadian border for sneaking in prescription pills that weren't prescribed to him.

 

[ChaoticOrange]

We just had no space for him. We were carrying 8 Dmen and we have more promising youth in the wings. Plus we are probably going to give Koekkoek more of a shot. Dotchin took a step back last year. Actually kind of shocked we couldn't find a taker for fourth or something.

That’s my thought as well. 6’3 RHD that’s only 24 and showed he can play at the NHL level, teams would have been lining up to toss a low pick Tampa’s way. Something must have happened off-ice.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Bye Felicia

 

[DistantThunderRep]

There must be some off ice issues.

Didn’t he play with Hedman on the top pairing quiet a bit last year?

He was carried by Hedman. He has flashes but nowhere near that spot. Our right side is pretty heavy with Stralman, Girardi, and Sergachev. Hedman, McDonagh, Coburn playing the left. Koekkoek is our seventh D, so there was no point in carrying Dotchin.

 

[Schooner]

Bye Felicia

Technically, if the leafs sign him he can't injure their players anymore

 

[DistantThunderRep]

this isn't waivers because he couldn't cut it. The reasoning is a "material breach" of contract. Which could be any number of things really. Weird situation

Just read that. Must be him violating drug policies. I might be mixing it up with someone else, but I remember he got pinched for it by the team before.

 

[These Are The Days]

What the actual f***? Alright so anyone looking for information lol yeah right. Good luck. The Lightning literally tell us nothing. Your guess is as good as ours....... seriously. YOU let US know if you hear anything.

There's no rhyme or reason other than the fact that we are carrying a gluttony of defensemen and Dotchin regressed last year after being outstanding with Hedman the season prior. He was also inexplicably suspended by the team for almost all of the preseason for a reason that was never publicly disclosed and promptly spent the whole year in the doghouse. He was clearly a product of Hedman's greatness but to Dotchin's credit he did exceedingly well in that brief period of time.

I honestly think this is an issue with Dotchin's sobriety and it must be very serious. It could explain last year's suspension by the team and why his play fell off a cliff. I just hope the kid is okay