Confirmed Signing with Link: [CGY] D Mark Pysyk signs with the Flames (1 year, $775k, two-way); placed on waivers (cleared)

[MMC]

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[Mike Jones]

Another trade happening or is Oesterle (or somebody else) not working out?

 

[Chainshot]

Good for Pysser.

 

[InfinityIggy]

Cool. Depth to replace Big Z.

 

[Empoleon8771]

He was apparently so bad in the AHL that the Penguins AHL team released him. Good for him to get a NHL deal but the dude looks cooked after these injuries.

 

[TheHudlinator]

Gotta wonder if a Tanev deal is close to being completed

 

[Nanuuk]

Depth signing for the Wranglers.

 

[Lunatik]

Another trade happening or is Oesterle (or somebody else) not working out?

He was placed on waivers, this is to replace Solovyov and Oesterle on the Wranglers.

Cool. Depth to replace Big Z.

Depth to replace Solo and Oz on the Wranglers.

Gotta wonder if a Tanev deal is close to being completed

No. It's an AHL move.

 

[SEALBound]

He was apparently so bad in the AHL that the Penguins AHL team released him. Good for him to get a NHL deal but the dude looks cooked after these injuries.

Was just going to say the same. Seems like an odd signings truthfully.

I wish him luck though.

 

[Lunatik]

Was just going to say the same. Seems like an odd signings truthfully.

I wish him luck though.

after recalling Solovyov and Oesterle, we were down to only 4 AHL caliber defensemen in the AHL and had recalled 3 guys from the ECHL

 

[Filthy Dangles]

He was placed on waivers, this is to replace Solovyov and Oesterle on the Wranglers.

Depth to replace Solo and Oz on the Wranglers.

No. It's an AHL move.

Why did they sign him to an NHL deal instead of AHL only?

 

[Some Other Flame]

Depth move for sure to help with the present but it also suggests more moves are coming

 

[Lunatik]

Why did they sign him to an NHL deal instead of AHL only?

Because we might need him IN the NHL later if we trade Tanev & Hanifin

 

[SEALBound]

after recalling Solovyov and Oesterle, we were down to only 4 AHL caliber defensemen in the AHL and had recalled 3 guys from the ECHL

And I assume you are trying to trade Tanev as well.

I'd love to figure out a way to send PO Joseph to you guys for Dube.

 

[Srsly]

Why did they sign him to an NHL deal instead of AHL only?

Seems like an easy way to kill two birds with one stone if they think he has a chance of recovering his game while filling in for AHL injuries.

 

[Lunatik]

And I assume you are trying to trade Tanev as well.

I'd love to figure out a way to send PO Joseph to you guys for Dube.

I don't think we are trying to trade Tanev right now, I think you don't see that happen until mid-January, and Hanifin will probably be moved towards the deadline too. Who knows, maybe Kylington too.

I think Pysyk is definitely insurance if we don't get roster defensemen back in deadline deals. Also I think they want the Wranglers to have success since the team is mostly prospects and them winning would be great for their development, but they are down 3 of their top 4 defensemen in the AHL (1 injured, 2 recalled).

 

[Silky mitts]

Now he can buy a vowel

 

[FLAMESFAN]

The real question is how much longer will Poirier be out?

 

[Nanuuk]

Poirier is an LD and really isn't germane to Pysyk's signing I think.

 

[biturbo19]

Depth move for sure to help with the present but it also suggests more moves are coming

Definitely feels like putting more pieces in place to help backfill potential future moves off the NHL roster, if there isn't an NHL D coming back in return.


Pysyk isn't any good, but he's a pro who has experience and you can just throw him out there and let him drown in minutes without feeling to bad about it or derailing some prospect's trajectory. If Calgary reaches the point where they're jettisoning Tanev and Hanifin as well, they'll need something like that. Though it's also entirely plausible they end up having to take back a salary offset defenceman in the deal anyway. But something like this postures them to be flexible in how they deal comes together, if someone walks in and shops without sending some dead money back, as Vancouver did with the Zadorov trade.

 

[Reinhart]

This is a good move. Zadorov has been dealt, and Hanifin and/or Tanev are likely to be traded at some point later this season, and probably closer to the deadline I would assume. On top of this, Poirier is out long-term with an injury (bad cut). This gives some time for the Flames and Pysk to see if he can get his career back on track, and help shoulder the load for the young players on the Wranglers, or even step back into the NHL at some point.

Hopefully this works out so that the Flames get that depth that they will probably need in the 2nd half of this season, and Pysk gets the patience and opportunity of bouncing back from that injury and very long lay-off. It will be a feel-good story if t works out anyway, so I am keeping my fingers crossed for him.

 

[Voodoo Glow Skulls]

Happy that he keeps playing.

 

[Zirakzigil]

Pure depth move for the AHL. Wranglers have some injuries on the blueline and the Flames have called up a couple of people.

 

[wasunder]

Isn’t this that dude who the panthers chose to give up Smith and last years smythe winner in order to protect? He must be really. good amazing contract

 

[Larry Hanson]

I would assume that he is an emergency plan. If they trade Hanifin and Tanev they will probably be trying out a few defence prospects, if they don't work out (or if there are injuries) they can call up Pysyk. In the meantime, as others have said, the Wranglers can use him.