Makes sense. He can go straight to the AHL now, right?
Makes sense. He can go straight to the AHL now, right?
If nobody else put a claim in i believe
I think that Buffalo waived him and gets first dibs if he goes back on waivers. Not sure what the time limitation on that is though.
BTW, Grant was interviewed after being claimed by Nashville and said that he was told when the Sabres put him on waivers that the team intended to keep him on the roster if he cleared, so it's not definite that he's headed to the AHL permanently.
Thanks for the clarification. Makes sense.
the original owning Club is the successful and only Club
To further clarify I'd like to emphasize another part of that CBA passage:
emphasis on successful and only
Buffalo gets to send Grant down to the minors because nobody else put in a claim. If a team with worser priority, say Minnesota, put in a claim, Buffalo would get Grant back but not be able to send him down (happened to New Jersey with Boucher earlier this year).
If something with greater priority, say Colorado, puts in a claim, Colorado gets him. Buffalo does not have first dibs, going back to your first comment. Normal waiver process is followed.
are you sure about that? it seems to be saying if another team puts in a claim he can't go straight to AHL, but the original club always gets first dibs if the player gets waived again. At least that's how I've always seen it explained.
are you sure about that? it seems to be saying if another team puts in a claim he can't go straight to AHL, but the original club always gets first dibs if the player gets waived again. At least that's how I've always seen it explained.