Kings News: Jets Claim Ellerby off Waivers

[TonySCV]

Ellerby to Winnipeg just in time for winter! He must be thrilled.

https://twitter.com/BrownScottTN/status/396668558844780544

We hardly knew ye.

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[Telos]

Good luck to him, wish we had the room, would've liked to have kept him for a #7, but the youth isn't going to stay down in Manchester forever.

 

[KingsHockey24]

Goodbye I guess...

 

[Scottkmlps]

Ellerby to Winnipeg just in time for winter! He must be thrilled.

https://twitter.com/BrownScottTN/status/396668558844780544

We hardly knew ye.

He's used to it. He played juniors in Kamloops, and usually for 2 or 3 weeks in the winter it hits -20+ degrees celcius. That's without the windchill. Plus he grew up in Alberta, another cold spot come winter time.

 

[Omni Owl]

Good luck to him, I'd like to see what he can do with some more minutes. He definitely still could blossom into a solid D-man...

 

[allan5oh]

What are we getting in this guy? I can't escape the feeling that this is only temporary due to injuries to Trouba, Stuart, and Postma. At least he's a lefty. We're pretty weak on the left side, Clitsome is our 2nd line LHD. If Ellerby can out play Stuart and Pardy he could easily be our #6.

Can he play the right side? I never thought I'd be asking that question this season.

 

[Jason Lewis]

Still very young at 24. Best of luck too him, helped out last year when we needed him. Hopefully get the minutes in the peg.

 

[Captain Mittens*]

What are we getting in this guy? I can't escape the feeling that this is only temporary due to injuries to Trouba, Stuart, and Postma. At least he's a lefty. We're pretty weak on the left side, Clitsome is our 2nd line LHD. If Ellerby can out play Stuart and Pardy he could easily be our #6.

Can he play the right side? I never thought I'd be asking that question this season.

Ellerby is going to win 5 Norris Trophies this year

 

[KINGS17]

Well, that sucks. I think Ellerby has potential and will be an NHL regular in the not too distant future.

No way the Kings will be trading Martinez or Muzzin at this point. There is no way they can know how much longer Mitchell and Regehr can hold up or play well enough to remain in the top 4, especially with Regehr.

The Kings are going to need both Muzzin and Martinez unless Dean makes a deal for another defenseman. Expect to see Muzzin paired with Doughty more and more as the season goes on, if it isn't almost permanent in Sutter's mind already, and that's not a bad thing.

 

[Basilisk]

Well, that was a 5th round pick well spent.

 

[Quattro]

Best of luck to him. Seems like a good guy. I'm glad he'll get a chance to play some in Winnipeg. Just no room for him here.

 

[tigermask48]

Godspeed, you black emperor you.

May you keep warm in the frozen tundra that is Winnipeg.

 

[Holden Caulfield]

Best of luck to him. Seems like a good guy. I'm glad he'll get a chance to play some in Winnipeg. Just no room for him here.

Likely not for long. The Jets is hugely banged up right now (Stuart, Postma, Trouba, Redmond all hurt) and Jets have little to no depth on the farm after that (Melchiori and Chiarot are currently with the Jets, both might not make Manchester in reality). Once healthy, Ellerby is looking like a #7 at best, more likely #9/10 on Jets (Enstrom-Byfuglien, Clitsome-Bogosian, Stuart-Trouba, Postma-Redmond-Ellerby-Pardy). Don't be surprised if he is back on waivers before the season is over.

 

[HYORI 1963]

Happy for Ellerby. I think he'll make a solid bottom pairing, perhaps even second pairing down the road.

Best of luck to you Keaton!!!

 

[allan5oh]

Likely not for long. The Jets is hugely banged up right now (Stuart, Postma, Trouba, Redmond all hurt) and Jets have little to no depth on the farm after that (Melchiori and Chiarot are currently with the Jets, both might not make Manchester in reality). Once healthy, Ellerby is looking like a #7 at best, more likely #9/10 on Jets (Enstrom-Byfuglien, Clitsome-Bogosian, Stuart-Trouba, Postma-Redmond-Ellerby-Pardy). Don't be surprised if he is back on waivers before the season is over.

Just to correct you holden, Redmond is back with the Icecaps as of yesterday. He potted a goal and an assist. Nowhere near game shape obviously, as he's only played a handful of games since the incident.

 

[Papa Mocha 15]

Good luck. Decent player but needs to work on his breakout of the zone and staying a bit more at home. I felt he was sometimes a half a step behind speedier teams but servicable. He needs some work, but who doesn't...

 

[Butch 19]

Still very young at 24. Best of luck too him, helped out last year when we needed him. Hopefully get the minutes

I didn't realize that. He's so slow I assumed he was 30+

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Sucks we lost him for nothing...joining lots of recent Kings waivers in the NHL

Good for Keaton, deserves a shot to play. I'm glad this thread isn't slagging his play. He's a serviceable bottom pairing d-man with some upside potential there. Great attitude, shows up. Nothing bad to say about the dude. Can't believe he got past the Oilers though

 

[Ollie Weeks]

Can't believe he got past the Oilers though

Are you kidding? They have everything under control over there. Just ask their management!

 

[Jason Lewis]

Can't believe he got past the Oilers though

I honestly thought the same, but then when I looked at their D chart..

Smid - Petry
Ference - N. Schultz
J. Schultz - Belov

I don't think he honestly challenges any of them for a spot. Would end up being in the PB.

 

[KingKopitar11*]

Maybe one day people will stop claiming all of our waived players.

 

[CowMix]

I wish we would have seen him in a game before waiving him, I don't think he was as bad last year as Regehr is this year.

 

[King'sPawn]

"But Keaton... Keaton was the real prize, for obvious reasons."

Shame he's gone. Did okay with priority minutes. But with a healthy Mitchell, Greene, Regehr, he had no spot.

Jets fans asking: he's a big, mobile stay at home dman who doesn't hit much. Similar style to Bouwmeester, just very far from polished

 

[Vamos Rafa]

Never got to be in the lineup this year because of the stupid re-signing of Regehr.

 

[Scottkmlps]

I honestly thought the same, but then when I looked at their D chart..

Smid - Petry
Ference - N. Schultz
J. Schultz - Belov

I don't think he honestly challenges any of them for a spot. Would end up being in the PB.

Well, he is defensively better than J. Schultz. That guy should either be a forward or down on the farm learning how to play in the defensive zone. Just brutal.