Claimed off Waivers: [PHI] Zack MacEwen claimed off waivers by the Flyers from the Canucks

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[Petey O]

Lmao. Expected. All the best to Zack. Hard nosed, hard working player who had a down year last season but has been on an upward trajectory.

You'll enjoy him, Flyers fans.

My team is stupid.

 

[Breakers]

Philly should like his skillset for when comes into the lineup for a bunch of games he brings some nice energy in limited minutes.

Vancouver values age, and rustiness which is why we still suck

 

[Ginger Papa]

My Philly friends, you’re going to love Zach. I really hope your coaching staff handle him better than the Canucks did. Hits anything in sight, doesn’t take stupid penalties and will take on anyone to defend a teammate

Also has some skill as well when given the chance. An ideal 4th liner imho. Best of luck to him.

 

[Gurglesons]

Damn. I wanted PIT to grab him.

 

[uncleben]

For those interested, this cost Philadelphia $41,250, paid to Vancouver and not counted against the cap.

 

[BruinsBtn]

Who gets bumped off Philly's roster?

 

[3074326]

I don't understand much about the Canucks.

 

[Cogburn]

Of course they did.

 

[rubikscube]

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My Philly friends, you’re going to love Zach. I really hope your coaching staff handle him better than the Canucks did. Hits anything in sight, doesn’t take stupid penalties and will take on anyone to defend a teammate
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Also has some skill as well when given the chance. An ideal 4th liner imho. Best of luck to him.

Meh. McEwen is awful.

 

[uncleben]

Who gets bumped off Philly's roster?

PHI has the roster and cap space to carry him, but as for the game roster, I guess he would rotate through with Thompson and Brown? Idk Philly's roster too well, but I was wondering the same thing after seeing them pick up two forwards off of waivers, back to back

 

[sting101]

Man it's tough being a Canuck fan right now

Congrats Philly.............we have dumb management and this is what happens when you protect AHL plugs who had decent camps and would have easily gone up and down as needed.

 

[jd22]

I don't understand much about the Canucks.

Nor does the Canucks GM.

 

[deckercky]

2 seasons ago, McEwen looked like an up and coming bottom 6 player that would be on the team for years to come. Last season he struggled, and this pre-season continued that trend. Certainly some potential, but I'm mildly surprised to see him get claimed.

 

[flyerslducks]

PHI has the roster and cap space to carry him, but as for the game roster, I guess he would rotate through with Thompson and Brown? Idk Philly's roster too well, but I was wondering the same thing after seeing them pick up two forwards off of waivers, back to back

ya that's pretty much how it will go until our injured players come back. Thompson, brown, and mcewan will probably swap in and out...maybe even nak. Hayes also goes to LTIR now

 

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[deckercky]

ya that's pretty much how it will go until our injured players come back. Thompson, brown, and mcewan will probably swap in and out...maybe even nak. Hayes also goes to LTIR now

There could be some decent players on waivers in the coming month as players come back from injury and COVID protocol to replenish the players the Canucks lost (they're carrying a number of journeymen that have negligible waivers risk on the roster currently)

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Enjoy him Flyers fans. He's everything you want in a 4th liner but just couldn't stay consistent enough in his final few seasons here.

Fights like a goddamn tank.

 

[M2Beezy]

 

[Nona Di Giuseppe]

I don't understand much about the Canucks.

Jimmy B ? Is that you ?

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

Benning and Green : develop a bunch of young guys to dump them all for aging AHL vets.

Unbelievable.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

The Metro division has some tough players in it this year. Added, Reaves, and now MacEwen. The division already had Wilson, Chara, Johnston in it. Should be fun.

 

[Curufinwe]

Right now the have 13 healthy forwards with Hayes on LTIR (out until at least November 10th).

Giroux-Couturier-Konecny
Farabee-Brassard-Atkinson
Lindblom-Laughton-JVR
Aube-Kubel-Thompson-Brown/McEwen

 

[bossram]

Ehh, I'm not really that high on Mac. His max upside is a physical 4th liner who's willing to drop the gloves.

His lack of explosiveness limits his forechecking and defensive value, which removes a lot of utility that you'd want from a 4th liner. He doesn't have the hockey IQ or processing speed to really be an offensive player or defensive player (loses coverage often). His straight-line speed is okay and he has decent hands for a big man, so he can make a play on the rush or if he has time and space, but you can say the same for umpteen fringe NHLers.

The waiver claim is really emblematic of the bigger story of Benning's (lack of) asset management ability.