Speculation: Cleary's ice time

[Peter Tosh]

Less ice time, realbad sarcasm stats, forward logjam. Is there any chance Dan Cleary might retire mid season to join the coaching staff? To a big extent, signing Cleary was a locker room decision. Him retiring would open the possibility of keeping him as a leader but not taking ice time from more productive players.

He is 34 years old (>35), so wouldn't his contract just get off the books?

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[Henkka]

Wouldn't mind that at all.

 

[Pavels Dog]

He looks more done than I could ever imagine he would. Much, much worse than last season which wasn't great to begin with for him.

If he doesn't have anything physically bothering him I'm not sure he'll actually realize how done he is. But I hope he does because it's a little bit sad to see him right now. Retiring on his own terms instead of forcing Kenny to waive him would be a more honorable end to his career.

 

[SoupNazi]

Though I would not mind this, I would probably be the most shocked person in the world if this happens.

I am hoping perhaps the Wings are realizing he is done and will think twice before bringing him back.

 

[Hobnobs]

Wishful thinking. He will cash in his money even as a healthy scratch which is the best we can hope for really.

 

[ricky0034]

retire mid-season?

he's coming back after this year for at least a couple more

 

[InjuredChoker]

retire mid-season?

he's coming back after this year for at least a couple more

'we feel like he can play till he's 40s'.

 

[Vladdy84]

Thanks for getting my hopes up. I'm under the assumption Cleary will be here for a couple more years until he's not re-signed.

Last night I was thinking how great it would be if Cleary announced this was gonna be his last season. And he would have a send-off like Mariano Rivera. In all the Canada cities there would be standing O's for Danny boy. The HNIC tribute montage would be one to remember.

 

[Unfriendly Ghost]

Can we rename this thread, mods? I thought this was credible at first. Totally got my hopes up.

 

[lilidk]

S&C must be gone

 

[SoupNazi]

Can we rename this thread, mods? I thought this was credible at first. Totally got my hopes up.

Done.

 

[Flowah]

He looks more done than I could ever imagine he would. Much, much worse than last season which wasn't great to begin with for him.

If he doesn't have anything physically bothering him I'm not sure he'll actually realize how done he is. But I hope he does because it's a little bit sad to see him right now. Retiring on his own terms instead of forcing Kenny to waive him would be a more honorable end to his career.

He's been battling injuries constantly for the past few years. Injuries to his knee. The guy's not skilled enough to make it without a healthy body and it's not like he's 25 and can just bounce back.

Thats why it was so obvious he should not have been brought back. Oh well. At least the rest of the team is waking up to that now.

 

[benusmc]

They should waive him and Sammy (though I have no issue with him) and bring up Tootoo and Glendening for this next Ottawa game.

 

[Heaton]

They should waive him and Sammy (though I have no issue with him) and bring up Tootoo and Glendening for this next Ottawa game.

No cap space.

 

[Vladdy84]

No cap space.

What if Bert and Cleary were to go on LTIR?

 

[Hobnobs]

No cap space.

Mikael Samuelsson is a *******... cant play for **** and still think he deserves 3 mill per year... If the man had any integrity and self respect he would have retired... greedy a-hole

 

[Heaton]

What if Bert and Cleary were to go on LTIR?

It's still just a stop gap, the Wings need to make a move before DeKeyser comes back. And Cleary isn't going on LTIR, he's not hurt.

Teams just can't randomly put players on LTIR, if the league caught wind there would severe penalties. Not to mention the NHLPA would be all over the organization.

 

[Heaton]

Mikael Samuelsson is a *******... cant play for **** and still think he deserves 3 mill per year... If the man had any integrity and self respect he would have retired... greedy a-hole

Why are you blaming Samuelsson? That's not his problem, it's Holland's. He deserves whatever a GM will pay him, Holland thought he deserved it. Blame him.

 

[InjuredChoker]

Mikael Samuelsson is a *******... cant play for **** and still think he deserves 3 mill per year... If the man had any integrity and self respect he would have retired... greedy a-hole

+35 deal. cap hit stays.

 

[Hobnobs]

+35 deal. cap hit stays.

oh yea, forgot about that.

Why are you blaming Samuelsson? That's not his problem, it's Holland's. He deserves whatever a GM will pay him, Holland thought he deserved it. Blame him.

Wait, u think a player deserves a salary because someone is willing to pay it? I blame Holland too, should be fired, he has slowly made this team worse and worse. Been living on Devellano, Bowman and Murray for far too long now.

 

[tfong]

Coincidence that we won with DC having less TOI? I hope they put 2 and 2 together.

 

[ArGarBarGar]

It's still just a stop gap, the Wings need to make a move before DeKeyser comes back. And Cleary isn't going on LTIR, he's not hurt.

Teams just can't randomly put players on LTIR, if the league caught wind there would severe penalties. Not to mention the NHLPA would be all over the organization.

Honest question: what could the NHL do? Take a draft pick like they did with Mew Jersey?

 

[Flowah]

Wait, u think a player deserves a salary because someone is willing to pay it? I blame Holland too, should be fired, he has slowly made this team worse and worse. Been living on Devellano, Bowman and Murray for far too long now.

I think a player, just like anyone else, is entitled and deserves whatever salary/wage someone will pay him to do a job.

 

[SoupNazi]

Wait, u think a player deserves a salary because someone is willing to pay it? I blame Holland too, should be fired, he has slowly made this team worse and worse. Been living on Devellano, Bowman and Murray for far too long now.

Yes. If someone offers Sammy $10 million a year, they obviously think he deserves it. If someone is willing to pay it, why wouldn't he take it?

 

[The Zermanator]

Mikael Samuelsson is a *******... cant play for **** and still think he deserves 3 mill per year... If the man had any integrity and self respect he would have retired... greedy a-hole

I'm positive that Samuelsson's a better hockey player than you are. If Holland offers you $3M to play, do you refuse?

Blaming Sammy is like blaming a business that's about to go under for accepting a bailout, instead of the government which never should have offered it in the first place.

The person to blame here is Holland.