Waived: Lightning place Zach Bogosian and Gabriel Fortier on waivers | Update: both clear

[Felonious Python]

Fortier also on waivers.

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[Felonious Python]

Colorado and Tampa Bay have short-term injury needs. (One executive mentioned St. Louis’s Malcolm Subban for the Lightning, because he was outstanding against their AHL team, Syracuse, in the playoffs.)

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Merela make it?

 

[DistantThunderRep]

Merela make it?

He does now if BOGO clears. Enough cap space without doing a thing.

 

[Felonious Python]

Merela make it?

It's tough to say. The first day of the season can require some roster moves to put us in the best cap situation.

Also, Watson doesn't have a contract, and Merela is exempt from waivers. Different factors in play right now.

 

[DistantThunderRep]

I think someone grabs Fortier. He's almost NHL ready, a team like Chicago could use him.

 

[Felonious Python]

I think someone grabs Fortier. He's almost NHL ready, a team like Chicago could use him.

Fortier scored 11 goals with Syracuse last season. That may give teams pause.

Watson was scoring 20-25+ a year in the AHL.

If we wanted a goalie, Malcolm Subban, Aaron Dell, Colin Delia, Magnus Hellberg, Alex Stalock, Ivan Prosvetov and Martin Jones are affordable.

 

[DistantThunderRep]

Fortier scored 11 goals with Syracuse last season. That may give teams pause.

Watson was scoring 20-25+ a year in the AHL.

If we wanted a goalie, Malcolm Subban, Aaron Dell, Colin Delia, and Martin Jones are affordable.

Fortier is young, got speed, and does well enough defensively. For a team like Chicago who needs fillers, boom or bust types, Fortier kind of fits the mold.

Subban is the obvious choice IMO.

 

[Felonious Python]

Fortier is young, got speed, and does well enough defensively. For a team like Chicago who needs fillers, boom or bust types, Fortier kind of fits the mold.

Subban is the obvious choice IMO.

But would Chicago put a claim on him, given the other waived players available?

 

[Felonious Python]

 

[JFleegs]

Wow didnt see bogo going on waivers, although that bogo fleury combo was abysmal this preseason. I figured it would have been Fleury though.

 

[Rschmitz]

Was Bogo really that bad this pre-season? I buy that Raddysh, Cernak, Perbix are ahead of him but why not keep him on as a healthy scratch? Lord knows Cernak is going to be injured and sharing some time with Raddysh against more physical teams I feel would be an asset.

 

[Tampa22]

Was Bogo really that bad this pre-season? I buy that Raddysh, Cernak, Perbix are ahead of him but why not keep him on as a healthy scratch? Lord knows Cernak is going to be injured and sharing some time with Raddysh against more physical teams I feel would be an asset.

Maybe is only to accommodate the cap space. Bogo is loved by his teammates but clearly is not the preference of the coaching staff. I took him over Raddysh or Perbix, more physical and more experience, but in the paper Copper doesn't like him.

 

[Felonious Python]

There's a good chance Bogo will clear. TB has looked into trades for him, and apparently, no one felt enough urgency to actually do it.

 

[RussianGuyovich]

Yeah. Highest likelihood to clear, imo.

 

[JTBF81]

Surprised to see Bogo waived, as I thought he was ahead of Fleury for sure. I'd say at least s 50/50 shot he's claimed. Just because JBB couldn't find trade interest for him doesn't mean much either, as while it could indicate most teams weren't interested, it could also mean some teams realized he had a higher % of being waived. Some GM's may have just decided to take thelr chances with a claim. Hope he clears and can still be a helpful part of the team(especially when the inevitable right side injury occurs), buy it wouldn't surprise if he's claimed by someone like Vancouver, Pittsburgh,.or even Toronto maybe.

 

[These Are The Days]

I'm not happy Bogo was waived. He was still incredibly useful for us

 

[Rschmitz]

Maybe is only to accommodate the cap space. Bogo is loved by his teammates but clearly is not the preference of the coaching staff. I took him over Raddysh or Perbix, more physical and more experience, but in the paper Copper doesn't like him.

I thought cap shenanigans too, but they are openly talking about how they tried to trade him. They did the same this offseason, I guess coaches/management see something different.

 

[ccman68]

i mean it was just preseason but bogosian looked completely unplayable. we are trying to get faster as a team and he really sticks out

 

[Ducati Boy]

I’d prefer to see someone like Jack Thompson or Liljeberg take a spot and learn in sheltered minutes than keep borderline old guard types- even if Bogo is a popular guy.

 

[DistantThunderRep]

I’d prefer to see someone like Jack Thompson or Liljeberg take a spot and learn in sheltered minutes than keep borderline old guard types- even if Bogo is a popular guy.

Lilleberg and Thompson both have 2 years on their contracts. We can afford to wait on them until next year.

 

[Crunchrulz]

The fact they had Bogo playing quarterback on the power play had to make folks look up and go "huh". Now that reports are they were shopping him, it makes more sense.

 

[PettersonHughes]

Surprised to see Bogo waived, as I thought he was ahead of Fleury for sure. I'd say at least s 50/50 shot he's claimed. Just because JBB couldn't find trade interest for him doesn't mean much either, as while it could indicate most teams weren't interested, it could also mean some teams realized he had a higher % of being waived. Some GM's may have just decided to take thelr chances with a claim. Hope he clears and can still be a helpful part of the team(especially when the inevitable right side injury occurs), buy it wouldn't surprise if he's claimed by someone like Vancouver, Pittsburgh,.or even Toronto maybe.

One can hope. Thanks in advance if we do, after you guys gifted us Luke Schenn and JT Miller.

 

[JTBF81]

One can hope. Thanks in advance if we do, after you guys gifted us Luke Schenn and JT Miller.

J.T. Miller was a move that needed to happen because of cap, and he wasn't being used well(nor performing that great in Tampa anyway). Considering the 1st Tampa got in return led to a key final piece in b2b Cup wins, I don't think Tampa is concerned about supposedly "gifting" Miller to anyone.

 

[Felonious Python]

The fact they had Bogo playing quarterback on the power play had to make folks look up and go "huh". Now that reports are they were shopping him, it makes more sense.

I read into that as it just being pre-season. If Serge and Hedman are scratched that night...