Seravalli: Kevin Labanc waived by the Sharks (or not)
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BonMorrison
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What's the deal with this guy? Obviously not worth the contract but seems to produce decently for a bottom six guy. One dimensional, can only play in the top six, kinda guy?
Go, Kings, Go ! (For him. He's 100% Slovak from his parents, although officially American.)
I'm convinced that the only reason sj signed him to his current contract is because he took that 1x1 a few years back. He looked good the year before and just never amounted to anything after that.
Zirakzigil
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Crazy how he has fallen. Dont see anyone claiming him with that contract.
LeProspector
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Can’t create his own offence. he is a complementary winger.
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Respect to Doug Wilson for upholding his end of the bargain, but yeah it seemed clear at the time it was a way to get out of their cap situation and keep the band together to try and win a cup.
This 100%
I guess it benefit everyone at the time. Even now at 4.75 doesn't hurt sj in any way.
Stewie Griffin
What the deuce
Kudos if someone takes him. Hasn't been good the last few years and Quinn never wants to play him.
He’s a slow-thinking winger who plays a sloppy game. He’s got NHL offensive skills but he’s a bad top six winger and a bad bottom six winger at this point. He’s also a poster child for hammering some of the analytics math models which see him as an impactful player. Definitely a loophole there.
-10000% he gets claimed at that hit.
-10000% he gets claimed at that hit.
He's making nearly $6 million in actual salary this year. Nobody is touching that.
JoeSakic13
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His previous contract was arguably the best in the league and his current likely won’t get claimed. Wild.
I’m not sure he gets claimed at a quarter of his current salary.
He’s a complete reclamation project at this point. I think both his on ice play and mentality is currently in need of major rehab.
Once he passes waivers does he get traded for Myers?
Breakers
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$1 million owed
Vs
$6 million owed
What do you think?
Vancouver would have to be STUPID desperate to pay like $5 mill in real cash for $$1.2 million in cap space.
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Gecklund
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Absolutely not. Sharks have too many D already.
When I need a chuckle, I'll re-read posts from summer 2019 from a couple Devils fans who were convinced that offer sheeting Labanc (and giving up an unprotected 1st) was the solution to our problems.
BlackFrancis
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If they weren't going to play him and now don't even want him, why didn't they just buy him out over the summer? He had a really low buyout number, if I recall.
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Pretty crazy he had a helluva season, helped the Sharks circumvent the cap, and then never came close to living up to the contract when he finally did get paid
