Waived: Jake Gardiner - Cleared
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SvechneJerk
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Boom Boom Apathy
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Cap savings by getting him to the taxi squad
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Seth Jarvis is Elite
ok, that makes sense
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Smart to keep that flexibility open in case something comes up they want to do. Especially if he'll be out a bit.
DaveG
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He's been much better this season, have to think they know he'll clear and they're doing this for the cap savings.
For a prospect, maybe that helps. For a veteran, it has no meaning. If he clears waivers now, he'd clear waivers a month from now. The term on his contract will be just as prohibitive at that point.
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This is very much a wrong qualifier in the thread title. I went like eek! and then I went like no wait. Now I'm like stand-by. Not standing back but more like standing on the side, like, I'm not same gang with those guys over there.
HisIceness
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I would like to take this opportunity to say, while I have no real issues w/ Gardiner and agree w/ Dave that he's improved this season (when he's on the ice that is), I really wish the BORG had kept de Haan instead. CDH imo is/was a much more realiable no-worries kind of guy.
It is what it is though.
It is what it is though.
And dealing CDH due to injury risk followed by signing Gardiner after some back concerns didn't make much sense either.
That said I've liked his play much more this season when healthy. He just seems to have trouble staying in the lineup.
I wonder if this is as much an attempt to get Gardiner a chance to play somewhere because Bean has taken his job.
I don't want to sound arrogant about this as I'm just a fan as well, but if anyone thinks that the Canes are trying to sneak a player through here, they're not paying attention. A team is not going to risk a player it doesn't want to lose for the small benefits of the daily equivalent of 212k in cap space and NHL money for Bean. If Gardiner has as much name value to an organization out there as he does to that fan and gets claimed, Waddell's reaction might be equivalent to his emotion after McGinn scored in 2OT. I wish I had that gif!
HisIceness
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Makes sense. I'm not sure if the Borg agrees but I think Bean is a keeper unless Francis wants him in Seattle for a good return.
Oh Bean is absolutely a keeper. He's a no brainer for Seattle if exposed due to age, cost control, and ability.
But if the Hamilton negotiation is at a stalemate, hold on it and protect Bean.
WreckingCrew
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This also tells me Gards injury flare-up is probably not a short-term thing. Waive him, taxi squad, save some money, and bring him up for an occasional game when needed. Gards has been pretty good this year but the injury is concerning moving forward.
Drivebytrucker
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Can't believe he doesn't get picked up
There's a lot of teams with shitty D men
There's a lot of teams with shitty D men
NotOpie
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Injury....very few teams are going to wait out that injury and those extra years at $4.05 million will rule a number of teams out, especially knowing the flat cap situation.
AD Skinner
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I know exactly the face you mean and it would indeed make a great gif. I must have watched that series rewind video on YouTube a dozen times and seeing his reaction always really gets me in the feels
Edit: this one the shot im thinking of is around 7:25
Boom Boom Apathy
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cptjeff
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Gentlemen, don't let your dreams be dreams.
Edit: Seems in the 10 minutes I was futzing around somebody else had the same idea. Oh well.
AD Skinner
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I don't think he's going to get claimed. Nothing is a guarantee either way, but many clubs don't have space. It's been said that even some that do only want dollar in dollar out transactions with the state of things. Perhaps we could move him for a similar contract if we were actually interested in moving him. For now, this is just saving cap space while he heals/isn't playing. Of course, even though he has played well this year, they probably won't lose much sleep if he is claimed and just focus that much harder on deadline depth.
Canes
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No one is going to claim Gardiner when the cap is going to be flat for a few years and Gardiner still has 2 more years after this one, especially if he's having back issues again. If you want a great chance to waste money you can just light it on fire.
