Roster moves prior to season opener (Emmerton clears waivers)

[Vladdy84]

Helene St. James @HeleneStJames
Red Wings will place Darren Helm on Long Term Injured Reserve Monday.

Maybe he will be healthy by 2014 or 2015? What a shame.

 

[SoupNazi]

Really sad that Helm just can't get healthy.

 

[odin1981]

So thats 2 of the three spots needed to be cleared right there. Wonder who the last cut is? Cause its holland its not like there will be a trade or anything.

 

[Unfriendly Ghost]

Emmerton placed on waivers.

Glendening made him expendable. but it somebody really going to claim Cory Emmerton?

 

[Crymson]

Barring the promotion of Glendening or one of the other AHL centers, Emmerton will likely be back with the Wings at season's start. Waiving him was a calculated move to free up cap space ahead of tomorrow's deadline, as Emmerton is totally unremarkable and certainly clear.

Nyquist and DeKeyser will be sent down soon, as they are both are waiver-exempt. The combination of Nyquist, Emmerton, and DeKeyser will free up the necessary cap space and roster space until certain players are put on IR; at that stage, DeKeyser will be brought back to the team, and perhaps Emmerton and Nyquist as well.

 

[Unfriendly Ghost]

Damn. I was sort of hoping the Wings would move out a player for real, not just on paper.

 

[Fugu]

Damn. I was sort of hoping the Wings would move out a player for real, not just on paper.

Yes, but you have to find someone willing to trade. 6-7 teams need to get cap compliant right now, so I'm sure GMs are waiting to see who's dumped on waivers or cut before giving up assets.

 

[Frk It]

Barring the promotion of Glendening or one of the other AHL centers, Emmerton will likely be back with the Wings at season's start. Waiving him was a calculated move to free up cap space ahead of tomorrow's deadline, as Emmerton is totally unremarkable and certainly clear.

Nyquist and DeKeyser will be sent down soon, as they are both are waiver-exempt. The combination of Nyquist, Emmerton, and DeKeyser will free up the necessary cap space and roster space until certain players are put on IR; at that stage, DeKeyser will be brought back to the team, and perhaps Emmerton and Nyquist as well.

That sucks. Good thing we picked Cleary up

 

[19Yzerman19]

somebody will claim him my guess CGY or EDM

 

[joe89]

Yes, but you have to find someone willing to trade. 6-7 teams need to get cap compliant right now, so I'm sure GMs are waiting to see who's dumped on waivers or cut before giving up assets.

When guys like Raymond and Morrow are being picked up for free and for roughly a million a year at training camp time, there's no market for the Sammys, Tootoos or Emmertons. So you're totally right about that.

Honestly I kinda hope Emmerton gets claimed. The writing is on the wall for him with Detroit, and I'm eager to see if some other guys can do the job better than him.

 

[Heaton]

Hmm - maybe I'm wrong, really looks like Emmerton is just gone for now.

 

[Boomhower]

somebody will claim him my guess CGY or EDM

I would throw Tampa, Dallas and Chicago in the mix.
based on past relations with the org. and past waiver trolling.

 

[newfy]

Roose tweeted hes gone. Wings like Glendening and Sheahan for the bottom 6 more, which they should.

As for Glendening on draws, he was fine in the AHL he'll be fine after a bit of practice the guys one of the hardest workers on the griffs

 

[GoAwayDanCleary]

There's no way Detroit would waive Emmerton if they expect him to play for the team this season. I think Glendening will make it as 4C.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Roose tweeted hes gone. Wings like Glendening and Sheahan for the bottom 6 more, which they should.

As for Glendening on draws, he was fine in the AHL he'll be fine after a bit of practice the guys one of the hardest workers on the griffs

Emmerton also still hovers at the 44% rate, so just finding somebody with upside to get to being mediocre at draws would be an improvement. I don't think Glendening will be much worse than 44% and hopefully not by the time the playoffs role around.

 

[RedWingsNow*]

Glendening is mediocre

 

[Heaton]

Glendening is mediocre

So is Emmerton, but we've seen what Emmerton can do for a few years, may as well let Sheahan and Glendening get a shot.

 

[Frk It]

If only Nyquist and Tatar were grinder's...

 

[Henkka]

Barring the promotion of Glendening or one of the other AHL centers, Emmerton will likely be back with the Wings at season's start. Waiving him was a calculated move to free up cap space ahead of tomorrow's deadline, as Emmerton is totally unremarkable and certainly clear.

Nyquist and DeKeyser will be sent down soon, as they are both are waiver-exempt. The combination of Nyquist, Emmerton, and DeKeyser will free up the necessary cap space and roster space until certain players are put on IR; at that stage, DeKeyser will be brought back to the team, and perhaps Emmerton and Nyquist as well.

We don't have to send Nyquist and DeKeyser down.

Emmerton waived + Helm & Eaves to LTIR puts us under the cap with 23 roster players.

 

[GoAwayDanCleary]

Glendening is mediocre

Any 4th line center is going to be mediocre. What we need is a bottom-six with more of a physical grind-it-out mentality and Glendening is a good start.

 

[newfy]

Glendening is mediocre

Maybe at 5 on 5 but hes a great PKer, Emmerton was mediocre at everything.

And you dont even watch the griffins so Im not sure how you always decide how these guys are based on a couple preseason games. You said the same about Mantha.

Give the guy time to get his feet wet in the NHL, he'll help the PK and play better defensively than Emmerton. Hes an upgrade at 4C and Holland is cutting some dead weight to let other players work their way up

 

[Brandel*]

Glendening is mediocre

he has also never played an nhl game, lay off

 

[Crymson]

We don't have to send Nyquist and DeKeyser down.

Emmerton waived + Helm & Eaves to LTIR puts us under the cap with 23 roster players.

Teams must be cap and roster compliant by the deadline without any players going to IR. Players can only be put on LTIR after the deadline.

The sum of this is that DeKeyser and Nyquist will spend a couple of days as members of the Griffins.

 

[bababooeyII]

Pretty surpricing. They had a chance to LTIR Helm+Eaves -package and send Nyquist to Griffins, but did not use that option.

Bad management from Holland wasting an asset and keeping Nyquist up!

Emmerton has very favorable caphit to help some teams with tight cap. I think someone could claim him.

I know you're trying to be funny but you do know that Nyquist may get sent down just because. It's bad management that someone who is one of your best 6 players on the team has to start in the minors because the GM can't manage the cap correctly as he continues his fetish for re-treads.

 

[SoupNazi]

Glendening is mediocre

Remind me. How many NHL games has he played?