Waived: Happy Trails Dale Weise (Waived - Unclaimed)

[nuclear reactor]

Is it possible the Finnish police mixed up Weise and Lehtera?

 

[Chuck Downie]

 

[Outlaw Samurai]

Is it possible the Finnish police mixed up Weise and Lehtera?

Jori Pablo Escobar is certainly a useless piece of shit slug but at least for his sake he doesn't have a horse's ass for a face.

Both should be taken to the dog food factory for....a tour

 

[Danko]

 

[kudymen]

Go home and pack your stuff

 

[Outlaw Samurai]

Hooray if he's gone forever!!!!

Now only Torgo the coked up slug and useless turd Farmer to go.

 

[Tripod]

Sounds like they are working on a trade to me.

Reminder, Hak PROMOTED this guy to the 2nd line for a few weeks, just 2 months ago.

Note: let's just hope we get someone with less term or cap hit back. Could care less how bad they are, demote them. But a pending UFA or lesser cap hit is the goal. Actually getting someone better back would be a miracle.

 

[Danko]

Sounds like they are working on a trade to me.

Reminder, Hak PROMOTED this guy to the 2nd line for a few weeks, just 2 months ago.

he had no place on that 2nd line but he did have a couple of good games

 

[Outlaw Samurai]

Sounds like they are working on a trade to me.

Reminder, Hak PROMOTED this guy to the 2nd line for a few weeks, just 2 months ago.

He was such a legendary ass-clown. Nobody wants him for FREE but Hak liked him on a scoring line

That man-beet was almost the death of us.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

When Engels had it the first time, it should have been assumed. The connections are obvious. That was a player/agent leak.

 

[Danko]

Watch it be a trade for yet another goalie.

 

[Outlaw Samurai]

Watch it be a trade for yet another goalie.

That would be classic. It goes without saying that any goalie we would get for Weise would be as useless as him

 

[ponder719]

Now we can try playing the sleuth game. If it was Montreal, he’d probably have gone with the team. The mystery team didn’t claim him, so either they needed the retention, have a full roster and need to send him to the AHL, or both.

Anyone have any thoughts who might want him?

 

[DaphneLion]

Anyone have any thoughts who might want him?

My first thought was Edmonton. I really hope we fleece them in a trade at least once before Chia's fired

 

[BernieParent]

Now we can try playing the sleuth game. If it was Montreal, he’d probably have gone with the team. The mystery team didn’t claim him, so either they needed the retention, have a full roster and need to send him to the AHL, or both.

Anyone have any thoughts who might want him?

Nashville

 

[nuclear reactor]

Maybe Fletcher is okay with packaging him with a pick (3rd rounder or so) just to get rid of him. He may want the cleanest cap roll slate possible for maximum maneuverability this summer.

 

[David St Hubbins]

Amazing. A 2nd line winger with a $2.35M cap hit available for nothing in return, and no one bites. Are all the NHL GMs morons? It couldn't possibly be that that the former coach (and GM) were flat out stoopud for playing him as a middle 6 winger, could it? Didn't they have any other choice?

 

[BernieParent]

My unpopular opinion is that I'm okay with Weise as Forward #12-13 on this squad in 2019-20 after Lehtera is gone, Simmonds and Raffl have been traded, and some prospects crack the lineup. He seemed to start doing this season what he was brought in to do, which is be a big-bodied bottom-6 forward with some scoring touch (okay, not so much) and decent all-around play.

Giroux – Couturier – Konecny
Lindblom – Patrick – Voracek
van Riemsdyk – Frost / Vorobyev / someone else – Aube-Kubel
Laughton – Knight / Vorobyev – Rubtsov / Weise / Allison / etc.

Have someone like Weise as the designated F sitter, and getting a game every 4-5 wouldn't be a bad thing.

 

[The Madrigal]

Wow, so instead of getting claimed on waivers the Flyers might actually get something for him. It wouldn't be the first time a guy cleared waivers only to be traded soon there after. I wonder if Fletcher could actually get a pick for him if he retained some of his salary #WeiseWatch

 

[The Madrigal]

Maybe Fletcher is okay with packaging him with a pick (3rd rounder or so) just to get rid of him. He may want the cleanest cap roll slate possible for maximum maneuverability this summer.

They don't need the cap space that bad. My guess is they trade him and a 7th for a 5th, or retain some salary and just get a 5th or 6th.

 

[Curufinwe]

I can't see him coming back next season given what has happened. To waive but not demote a guy, then tell him he's not welcome at practice is very abnormal.

 

[ponder719]

Now we can try playing the sleuth game. If it was Montreal, he’d probably have gone with the team. The mystery team didn’t claim him, so either they needed the retention, have a full roster and need to send him to the AHL, or both.

Anyone have any thoughts who might want him?

Just to follow up on this line of thought, here's the list of teams (not counting us and Montreal) who have 23 man rosters and at least one open contract slot, sorted from least to most projected cap space on CapFriendly:

DET, WAS, ANA, EDM, LA, PIT, STL, SJ, NYR, TBL, FLA, BUF, VGK, BOS, WPG, NSH, VAN, NYI, NJ

Looking at this, my top 5 guesses are Anaheim (b/c Murray), Edmonton (lol Chia), Vegas, SJ (for no real reason, just a hunch), and Nashville.

 

[Outlaw Samurai]

My unpopular opinion is that I'm okay with Weise as Forward #12-13 on this squad in 2019-20 after Lehtera is gone, Simmonds and Raffl have been traded, and some prospects crack the lineup. He seemed to start doing this season what he was brought in to do, which is be a big-bodied bottom-6 forward with some scoring touch (okay, not so much) and decent all-around play.

Giroux – Couturier – Konecny
Lindblom – Patrick – Voracek
van Riemsdyk – Frost / Vorobyev / someone else – Aube-Kubel
Laughton – Knight / Vorobyev – Rubtsov / Weise / Allison / etc.

Have someone like Weise as the designated F sitter, and getting a game every 4-5 wouldn't be a bad thing.

I agree in theory, assuming he's far away from special teams. However, with Hak's overuse of him, and considering how long he's been here, I just can't stand seeing him anymore. I just want him gone at this point. It's sports PTSD.

Also, where the heck is Panarin and Kapanen in your lines next year?

 

[The Madrigal]

They aren't going to waive him, not re-assign him, and tell him not to travel with the team unless they are planning to trade him. Ladies and gentlemen, looks like the Dale Weise era in Philly is coming to an end soon #WeiseWatch

 

[Tripod]

They aren't going to waive him, not re-assign him, and tell him not to travel with the team unless they are planning to trade him. Ladies and gentlemen, looks like the Dale Weise era in Philly is coming to an end soon #WeiseWatch

And for sure we will be getting a contract back. That's almost always how these things shake out.

But as long as it's cheaper or with less term, who cares who it is.