Reid Boucher's New Team

[adsfan]

From the Admirals Roundtable dated January 2, 2017:

Reid Boucher was claimed on waivers by the New Jersey Devils. That’s the organization that Boucher had been part of before the Nashville Predators plucked him off of waivers in early-December.

Harry Zolnierczyk has been recalled by the Predators from the Admirals.


So Boucher's new team is his old team. I have to wonder why Harry Z didn't get the call up in the first place, but I guess Poile/Fenton are trying to find players for the teams.

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[Preds Partisan]

Anything to know about HZ?

 

[AdmiralsFan24]

Meet the new team. Same as the old team.

 

[adsfan]

Meet the new team. Same as the old team.

Tomorrow, I may meet my new boss, who is really the same as my old boss. Good thing that we always got along!


For PP: Harry Z. Left handed left wing who has played 61 NHL games, including one for Nashville! I don't know how that escaped my attention. His hockeydb.com picture has a Preds jersey. He has 5 G and 4 A with 85 PIMs. He is 29 years old, he is 5'11" and 180 pounds, is a good skater and a smart player.

In Milwaukee, he has 6 G and 10 A in 24 games with 20 PIMs.

 

[bdub24]

God speed Waterboy. We hardly knew ye.

 

[AdmiralsFan24]

We got a point against Minnesota that we wouldn't have gotten without him.

 

[Drake744]

Didn't HZ play for the Ducks in the playoffs last year against us?

 

[Scoresberg]

Boucher on the waivers again.

 

[NSH615]

Boucher on the waivers again.

Why did they claim him then? I still don't get why Poile waived him only to call up Harry Z.

 

[thecloser]

I don't understand this move at all.

Why isn't Aberg getting more playing time? What's the reasoning behind HZ's call up?

And yes, HZ played for the Ducks.

 

[adsfan]

Anything to know about HZ?

The Admirals Roundtable on 1-3-17 selected him as the Admiral of the Month for December!

 

[NSH615]

Boucher to Vancouver. Wild few days for him.

 

[Paulinvancouver]

Understand why jersey waved him but why did Nashville waive him? he's got one goal in three games as plus one. what's wrong with him?

 

[NSH615]

Understand why jersey waved him but why did Nashville waive him? he's got one goal in three games as plus one. what's wrong with him?

I do not get the waiver. They waived him and called up Harry Zolnierczyk to take his place.

 

[bdub24]

Bizarre. All around weird waiver and call up.

 

[adsfan]

I do not get the waiver. They waived him and called up Harry Zolnierczyk to take his place.

I assume that the waiver was to get him to Milwaukee as a depth player.

Harry Z has good speed, at least at the AHL level.

 

[NSH615]

I assume that the waiver was to get him to Milwaukee as a depth player.

Harry Z has good speed, at least at the AHL level.

Maybe so, but it still makes zero sense to waive him to call up a guy who for the most part is a career AHL player. He's 29 with 61 games played and 9 career points, 37 of those games came in 2011-2012.

 

[Drake744]

Have we ever over-analyzed a move made around a guy with 3 games played with us?

 

[deanwormer]

Have we ever over-analyzed a move made around a guy with 3 games played with us?

While I don't recall them specifically just now, I'm pretty sure I remember a few board conversations that were similar.

 

[triggrman]

Have we ever over-analyzed a move made around a guy with 3 games played with us?

I only remember 1 of them....

 

[NSH615]

I only remember 1 of them....

I only remember 2. Philly and Minnesota. I somehow missed that he played against Chicago.