Waived: Ben Smith [Claimed by TOR]

[Freudian]

Space for Rantanen/perhaps someone coming off IR?

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[henchman21]

Best choice to go down.

 

[Makar Goes Fast]

has to be for rants to come up

 

[tigervixxxen]

Does this mean Mitchell is spry too?

 

[ASmileyFace]

Getting Mitchell back and adding Rants to our top six makes our lineup look significantly better.

 

[flyfysher]

Getting Mitchell back and adding Rants to our top six makes our lineup look significantly better.

Who gets waived when Mitchell returns? McLeod?

 

[tigervixxxen]

Who gets waived when Mitchell returns? McLeod?

Nobody. He was never on IR.

 

[Freudian]

Smith is basically an overclocked Cliche, operating at 110% speed.

Can't really do much at the NHL level.

 

[Cypher]

It'll be interesting to see who sits when Mitchell returns. I would think they rotate guys (Gourque/Rourque/McLeod/Martinsen/Comeau/Iginla) in/out.

 

[The Kingslayer]

It'll be interesting to see who sits when Mitchell returns. I would think they rotate guys (Gourque/Rourque/McLeod/Martinsen/Comeau/Iginla) in/out.

Iginla should definitely sit on back to backs the same way Selanne did

 

[Avsblitzkrieg]

So with Mitchell on IR do you have to free up a roster spot for that?

 

[StayAtHomeAv]

Mitchell isn't/wasn't on IR.

He has got to be back. We need at least one real center in the bottom 6.

 

[Pokecheque]

He practiced today and wasn't in a non-contact jersey from what I saw, so he's probably ready.

 

[Sea Eagles]

Guys, what's the standard when a player is waived? Like, how does the League & other teams get notified? Can a team do it on the hush, hush?

 

[klozge]

He practiced today and wasn't in a non-contact jersey from what I saw, so he's probably ready.

Awesome news. The team needs him.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Guys, what's the standard when a player is waived? Like, how does the League & other teams get notified? Can a team do it on the hush, hush?

No, all waivers are announced at noon eastern. There's some league database and the NHL media who has access to it tweets who is on it every day. I'm sure the teams have access to it too.

 

[Hans Landaskog]

Guys, what's the standard when a player is waived? Like, how does the League & other teams get notified? Can a team do it on the hush, hush?

I would have to assume the league has some sort of Intranet with all of this that is accessible to the appropriate members of each team.

 

[AvsGuy]

Lol are we calling them Gourque and Rourque now? Because that's good

 

[tigervixxxen]

Holy ****, the Leafs claimed Smith.

 

[RockLobster]

Holy ****, the Leafs claimed Smith.

And I'd say there's a decent chance the Avs will have an opportunity to re-claim him before the season is out.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Holy ****, the Leafs claimed Smith.

They want all our Smiths.

 

[tigervixxxen]

I'm sure they can get him or someone else if they want to, I just wouldn't have minded seeing what Smith could do in the AHL.

 

[chet1926]

Holy ****, the Leafs claimed Smith.

No offense to Ben Smith, but thank you Toronto, well at least for the time being. Now there is no temptation to play a guy that clearly isn't NHL caliber. Now we can insert Rantanen into the lineup and push everyone down. Plus it sounds as if Mitchell is close too.

Hopefully this weekend we see:

Landeskog-MacK-Rantanen
Grigorenko-Soderberg-Duchene
Colborne-Mitchell-Comeau
Martinsen-Bourque-Iginla (the coaching staff can't be blind, he has been terrible)

That's a much better lineup top to bottom without McCleod and Smith.

 

[The Kingslayer]

No offense to Ben Smith, but thank you Toronto, well at least for the time being. Now there is no temptation to play a guy that clearly isn't NHL caliber. Now we can insert Rantanen into the lineup and push everyone down. Plus it sounds as if Mitchell is close too.

Hopefully this weekend we see:

Landeskog-MacK-Rantanen
Grigorenko-Soderberg-Duchene
Colborne-Mitchell-Comeau
Martinsen-Bourque-Iginla (the coaching staff can't be blind, he has been terrible)

That's a much better lineup top to bottom without McCleod and Smith.

More or less what I want. The thing I want most is Iginla out of the top 6.

 

[henchman21]

Surprised Toronto claimed him, but I'm okay with it. Avs will have their chance to get him back at some point.