Claimed off Waivers: Ducks claim Chad Johnson

[MMC]

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[Tryblot]

Well, Binnington or Husso better be ready.

 

[CartographerNo611]

Man Murray rebuilding his AHL team EA style lmao. Trades and claims everywhere.

 

[TheBluePenguin]

Good for him, he was not good here but no one has been this year lol (Well except RoR) He always seemed like a decent guy when interviewed.

 

[TheBradyBunch]

I guess this means Miller will be out for a bit?

 

[Majorityof1]

Well that's good for him, but as a Blues fan, I wish he'd have cleared. We need to see what we have in Husso and Binnington, but its quite possible neither could be ready. It wasn't totally CJ's fault here. On the bright side, having no back-up goalie and a starter prone to self-destructing for months at a time can only help our quest to keep our top-10 protected draft pick.

 

[quackquackquack]

Glad to have him but must be bad news on the Ryan Miller injury front

 

[Muffin]

Man Murray rebuilding his AHL team EA style lmao. Trades and claims everywhere.

Waiver claims can't play in the AHL unless he's placed on waivers again.

 

[Rude Dog]

Was hoping he would be Sparks replacement for the Leafs. The quicker they realize he is not an NHL goalie the better. Leafs are in trouble if Andersen goes down for an extended period.

 

[BlueDream]

Hopefully Binnington can at least be a serviceable backup for the Blues.

Now time to find a starter...

 

[justafan22]

Was hoping he would be Sparks replacement for the Leafs. The quicker they realize he is not an NHL goalie the better. Leafs are in trouble if Andersen goes down for an extended period.

LOL Johnson is worse

 

[GoldenSeal]

Hopefully Binnington can at least be a serviceable backup for the Blues.

Now time to find a starter...

Blues could trade for Quick as a stopgap and hed help Husso and Binnington in terms of positioning and mentality. Injuries aside, the Blues need a mentally strong netminder to help and they can keep Quick healthy by rolling him on a tandem with the two kids and ship Jake out of town.

If... IF they can make the playoffs, Quick can steal games if they can get their offense together and they got the pieces to do it, they just need a head coach and new staff, which Army should have hired yesterday.

 

[Paul4587]

Well that's good for him, but as a Blues fan, I wish he'd have cleared. We need to see what we have in Husso and Binnington, but its quite possible neither could be ready. It wasn't totally CJ's fault here. On the bright side, having no back-up goalie and a starter prone to self-destructing for months at a time can only help our quest to keep our top-10 protected draft pick.

You’ll get a chance to claim him back in about 6 weeks which is roughly Miller’s expected return date.

 

[Colt55]

Blues just gained 1.75 mil in cap whoo hooo

 

[Kamiccolo]

I think if he cleared waivers the Leafs would have dealt something for him. They desperately need a goalie in the AHL considering they lose all their depth to waivers.

 

[Kamiccolo]

Blues just gained 1.75 mil in cap whoo hooo

Clearing cap space for that Zaitsev for Pie swap Sportsnet told us about

 

[McDonald19]

This puts the Ducks at 50 contracts.

 

[Majorityof1]

Blues just gained 1.75 mil in cap whoo hooo

We had to call up Binnie, so we only saved $1.1M. We only saved $725k over having him clear waivers as $1.025 would have been buried. But the real question is, what are we saving cap for? Next year? His contract expires. Being buyers at the TDL?

 

[uncleben]

For those interested, this cost Anaheim $7,500, paid to St. Louis and not counted against the cap.

 

[pled]

I think if he cleared waivers the Leafs would have dealt something for him. They desperately need a goalie in the AHL considering they lose all their depth to waivers.

they already traded glass to the ducks ahl team for future considerations. probably mean anaheim will give them coreau

 

[Booba]

Not sure what was the point of acquiring Glass...

Maybe they "feared" other teams had put a claim on Johnson...

 

[Duck Off]

Not sure what was the point of acquiring Glass...

Maybe they "feared" other teams had put a claim on Johnson...

I think this is exactly the reason. Plus glass is on an ahl deal so not a giant deal either way. That said, I’m guessing that if they knew no one else would claim him first, they probably don’t trade for glass.

 

[bleedblue1223]

We had to call up Binnie, so we only saved $1.1M. We only saved $725k over having him clear waivers as $1.025 would have been buried. But the real question is, what are we saving cap for? Next year? His contract expires. Being buyers at the TDL?

Maybe they just wanted to cut payroll so we spend less cash. Maybe we just want to know if Binnington can be the backup next season.

 

[Colt55]

Clearing cap space for that Zaitsev for Pie swap Sportsnet told us about

Hey you can wish in one hand and sheet in another and see which one fills up first

Trust me if zaitsev is in a deal for petro, you can believe a cap dump like that is going to raise the price. Think about this

Nylander, Zaitsev, Liljgren Sandin 1st 2019

for

Petro

Thats the price of a 4.5 x 5 million cap dump. Good luck with that

 

[Colt55]

We had to call up Binnie, so we only saved $1.1M. We only saved $725k over having him clear waivers as $1.025 would have been buried. But the real question is, what are we saving cap for? Next year? His contract expires. Being buyers at the TDL?

I was just trying to find joy in something. No matter how small it may be/.