Elliott Friedman on Sportsnet predicting Corrado will be picked up on the waiver wire....would be a shame, but with Tryamkin, Subban and Brisebois in the system, they should be fine...and will probably mean the Biega is the first call-up.
Waived: Frank Corrado, Linden Vey, Alex Biega (UPDATE: Corrado claimed by TOR)
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me2
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A lot of teams looking at Vey would be thinking "is he worth a look? maybe he is worth a look, but if he flames out we are stuck with a $1m AHLer....not sure he is worth the risk/reward". You would have to be 100% certain you wanted to take that risk. If Vey was 2-way there would be no harm in looking. A team like TO might not blink twice at $1m but a lot poorer NHL teams are going to risk averse.
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maybe he blames them for stunting his development by sitting him in the pressbox half of last season, and this was the final straw.
I still don't understand why that happened..
neither tryamkin or brisebois have shown they're anything to anticipate as of now
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Any team that put in a claim isn't going to end up with Vey in the minors anyway. That's just not a concern. A claiming team can't send him to the AHL without basically offering him back to us (or others who put in a claim
)...which presumably, we'd take him back for the AHL. Same deal as Markstrom last year basically. Where nobody was able to snipe him for their own farm team.
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So you have to carry him for a month, you hate him, then wait? Teams pick guys off waivers for a look and then move on. Do the Canucks even claim him back? They could just wait for him not be be qualified next year?Any team that put in a claim isn't going to end up with Vey in the minors anyway. That's just not a concern. A claiming team can't send him to the AHL without basically offering him back to us (or others who put in a claim
Markstrom is a different story because he is a backup.
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Corrado isn't a huge loss, I'd rather him than biega. Still doubt either of them are claimed. But corrado over biega is poor scouting.
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I mean, if a team wanted to "take a look" at him for some reason, and then moved on...I can't imagine why the Canucks wouldn't claim him back in that scenario. He would/will be great for Utica. He's a clear #1C in the AHL. And if it came down to claiming him back like that, they'd be able to assign him straight there. It's a negligible cap impact to help keep a competitive Utica staffed.
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Any team with a blueline in bad enough shape to be claiming either of them is probably at the very least, in a "retool" or "transitional" phase though...where the younger Corrado would make more sense.
Biega certainly outplayed Corrado in the preseason, but neither are real world-beaters at the NHL level. Age matters there.
A scenario people are forgetting with Corrado is that if he clears he may be traded right after for another prospect / low pick. This happens often where another team is not interested in the player on their roster but interested in them as a prospect in the minors. If this were to happen I would think the odds are that it would be a equally struggling prospect coming back. Also this assumes Corrado is not happy with the situation and the Canucks are ready to part ways.
As for Biega, imo he is the most likely to be claimed. He could have and arguably should have make the Canucks. He is good enough to be a 6th-7th dman on many teams in the NHL has a really low salary.
Vey I don't see anyone claiming unless they did not scout him since early last year. He should clear and make it down to the minors.
As for Biega, imo he is the most likely to be claimed. He could have and arguably should have make the Canucks. He is good enough to be a 6th-7th dman on many teams in the NHL has a really low salary.
Vey I don't see anyone claiming unless they did not scout him since early last year. He should clear and make it down to the minors.
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That is a possibility, if Corrado clears. That he could be swapped for a different prospect/pick if he's disgruntled with the situation or whatever.
Can't say it would make much sense to me, given the Canucks lack of depth with defensive prospects. Especially with re-entry waivers nixed. Corrado may not have made the Canucks opening roster, but if they get down into the depth chart and need a call-up for a few games, it wouldn't hurt to have him around. Nor would it hurt to have him around in the AHL where he's halfway to being a "vet" there, with an otherwise pretty young and inexperienced looking blueline.
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I don't see them trading Corrado, he provides important depth. Vey is handy as well, probably first/second injury callup - Virtanen or McCann could easily be gone by 9 games into the season. If you want to move them do it late in the year when next year's waivers is more of a consideration, ala Baertschi/Clendening.
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Past 9 o'clock! News should start trickling out in the next few minutes. Hopefully all our guys clear.
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It's easy to find at least one person you disagree with and then 3/4 seems like dozens
not worried about losing Frankie, rather call up Subban/Pedan/Biega
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good luck Frankie
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not a big deal imho... but will likely be the first thing that benning really gets ripped for in the local media
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