Waived: James Neal | Clears

[McDNicks17]

It actually happened.

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[fuswald]

It actually happened.

Nothing to see here. Nobody takes him at this time of the year.

 

[Debbie Mathers]

Nothing to see here. Nobody takes him at this time of the year.

Oh well... I can´t see anybody claiming him off waivers at any time of the year to be honest.

 

[Heavy Dee]

They won't, but please Nashville, pretty please

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

no one is taking him
taxi squad purposes only

 

[SwedishFire]

Surprised, but also not surprised. It finally happened.
Will he retire after the season??

 

[soothsayer]

Surprised, but also not surprised. It finally happened.
Will he retire after the season??

I can't see him leaving 11.5M on the table.

 

[SwedishFire]

I can't see him leaving 11.5M on the table.

Even with the pain of doing nothing at all for one - two years. What happend to him? Probably very overrated, consudering veeing a big body with a scoring touch - just scoribg 20 + goals everyvseason and nothing else, really. Its average NHL numbers for me for a scorer

 

[FDBluth]

I'm baffled at how bad his skating is now. Seriously looks like half of any decent beer league team could outskate him

 

[LTIR]

Its just part of shuffling and us having to carry 9 Dmen.
Im sure Neal wouldnt take this as the end of the road. Ennis, Khaira, Shore have been waived already but still playing.
I think Chiasson was waived once too. No?

 

[Jumptheshark]

this is going to be fun

 

[Blue Line Turnover]

I still think that he can be effective; he was very good with Khaira during the Chicago series and hasn't had the best puck luck this year

 

[Tobias Kahun]

This should mean he’s on the top powerplay over chiasson next game.
Love this move

 

[Sweetpotato]

This is likely a paper transaction. It was discussed earlier in the year that during breaks players would be waived to save small amounts of money. He'll be back, we've seen everyone else waived.

 

[Heavy Dee]

Man if Holland could somehow get Seattle to take him... Might cost a very high pick.

 

[Snipes45]

The first thing I thought of is a paper transaction as well. Neal is ok at the front of the net on the PP and was ok with Kassian and Turris.

Hopefully Haas is back right away.

 

[MessierII]

There’s no chance he gets claimed it’s just a paper transaction to save some cap for a couple of days.

 

[fireantz]

Its just part of shuffling and us having to carry 9 Dmen.
Im sure Neal wouldnt take this as the end of the road. Ennis, Khaira, Shore have been waived already but still playing.
I think Chiasson was waived once too. No?

And Nygard Haas and PRuss I think Turris would also clear. Too bad Bakersfield doesn’t have anyone lined up to steal an opportunity

 

[Jumptheshark]

to the taxi squad for a week

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

Come on burke.

 

[FlameChampion]

Does this mean Haas is back? Bear?

 

[fireantz]

He’ll probably stay on the roster unless Pulj is back for Monday. With Kassian hurt and Arch playing well with Khaira that only leaves Chia for top six

 

[BlackDogg]

Flames pick him up because...

 

[HockeyHistorian]

I had never looked at his age before - by looking at his face and play, I thought he must be close to 40. Turns out, I'm closer to 40 than him.

I feel old(er than before).

 

[EchoesoftheEighties]

If Neal made 3 million I wouldn't want him gone.

Because he makes double that, I hope he's claimed.