Waived: 2019-20 Ongoing Waivers Thread

[aufheben]

He is very below average without his shot. You need top line minutes with pp time to capitalize that skill. He is not the caliber of player for top 6 minutes in the NHL, but is great with top minutes in the AHL. Again with his skill set, he is a horrible bottom 6 player.

I think that's a stupid reason to keep a 36-point player out of a lineup. The Sabres have Jimmy Vesey as their 3LW, he has 2 assists in 17 games. Pirri must have just looked bad for Vegas this year.

 

[CartographerNo611]

I think that's a stupid reason to keep a 36-point player out of a lineup. The Sabres have Jimmy Vesey as their 3LW, he has 2 assists in 17 games. Pirri must have just looked bad for Vegas this year.

He has never once gotten 36 points in the NHL, closest he has gotten was 24 back in his Panther days.

 

[Atoyot]

He has never once gotten 36 points in the NHL, closest he has gotten was 24 back in his Panther days.

He had 29 in 15/16, 25 in 13/14.

 

[Atoyot]

I think that's a stupid reason to keep a 36-point player out of a lineup. The Sabres have Jimmy Vesey as their 3LW, he has 2 assists in 17 games. Pirri must have just looked bad for Vegas this year.

Because narratives. Way too much value is put into players that skate around like chickens with their heads cut off and look like they're trying hard because they're terrible at everything. Most "energy" players are just players that have to put in twice the effort to get half the results because they don't do things well or efficiently. Then you have the flip side where players effortlessly produce tangible results but get called out for lacking "drive" or looking disinterested because they don't flail around as much while doing it. A good example from my favorite team (Winnipeg) was how many people (media, fans, management) loved James Wright (2 goals, 7 points in 97 games played as a Jet, bad defensively by every metric) and hated Kyle Wellwood and Nik Antropov.

 

[caley]

So just to clarify: LA is waiving Mario Kempe in order to terminate his contract

 

[MapleLeafs9]

Damn Friedman didn't clarify and made me look like a fool. I didn't even know Mario Kempe was in LA.

 

[caley]

So just to clarify: LA is waiving Mario Kempe in order to terminate his contract

 

[voxel]

Damn Friedman didn't clarify and made me look like a fool. I didn't even know Mario Kempe was in LA.

Ontario Reign. Seemed like a good AHL vet but I guess he can make more overseas.

 

[FlameChampion]

So just to clarify: LA is waiving Mario Kempe in order to terminate his contract

That makes more sense lol

 

[Yog S'loth]

Kings just bleeding forwards. Kovalchuk sitting home playing X-box, Kempe the Elder skipping town... the gong show continues

 

[TheKingSlayer]

You'd think at some point he'd try to round out his game. He's got nobody to blame at this point but himself, because if he had absolutely any other skills to go with his shot he could at least stick on a 3rd line somewhere.

The fact that he's been cut multiple times from teams that need goal scoring help should be enough to stop these "my team should definitely take a chance and claim Pirri" posts. But here we are...

I'm pretty sure Pirri has his family in the Chicago area - so him going on waivers does not bother him. He gets his 1-way salary either way. Probably an understanding with Vegas to allow him to play. Also, his agent has probably told other teams to not put in a claim as his preference is either Vegas or Chicago. It's possible.

 

[caley]

Should be interesting; lots of teams were interested in him as an UFA this past summer

 

[Zman5778]

Should be interesting; lots of teams were interested in him as an UFA this past summer

Any team looking for defensive depth should absolutely look into claiming him. He's been just fine when he's played. Not sure I want him as a full time 3rd pairing guy, but he's certainly worth being rostered as a #7. And he looked solid as a 4th line forward for one game.

 

[CartographerNo611]

Any team looking for defensive depth should absolutely look into claiming him. He's been just fine when he's played. Not sure I want him as a full time 3rd pairing guy, but he's certainly worth being rostered as a #7. And he looked solid as a 4th line forward for one game.

The guy had a tough time cracking the Sabres insanely mediocre at best D and was switched to forward. The guy is clearly not an NHL defenseman lol. Went unclaimed to boot.

 

[Mike Jones]

Any word on whether or not he cleared?

 

[caley]

 

[caley]

 

[Mike Jones]

I read that Arizona's jonesan for D.

 

[RABBIT]

Thought AZ would take a flyer on McIlrath

 

[CupInSIX]

Thought AZ would take a flyer on McIlrath

Vegas should have grabbed him. A slight upgrade on Engelland is still and upgrade.

 

[rt]

Thought AZ would take a flyer on McIlrath

As an AZ fan I was hoping so. I guess this means we have a better target in mind. Which is encouraging.

 

[caley]

 

[serp]

 

[Hennessy]

Vegas should have grabbed him. A slight upgrade on Engelland is still and upgrade.

What? No.

 

[RedMenace]

As an AZ fan I was hoping so. I guess this means we have a better target in mind. Which is encouraging.

Apparently that target was Saarijarvi for Comrie.