Seravalli: Kevin Labanc waived by the Sharks (or not)

[Faterson]

Yeah... His dad & mom, Milan (former hockey player) & Anika, only moved to the US from Slovakia in 1994, and Kevin was born the following year.

[MOD]

 

[Gecklund]

Honestly I’d guess Seravalli was wrong than this was on the Sharks. Super weird timing to put him on waivers with him just being told he was going to make his season debut. Quinn also JUST talked him up yesterday.

 

[dirtydanglez]

they probably just want to give him a chance first.

 

[Kcoyote3]

Frank should own up to this if his source was wrong, because saying they reversed course within like 30 minutes seems sketchy as f***.

 

[Three On Zero]

@MMC did us dirty on this one

 

[Gecklund]

Frank should own up to this if his source was wrong, because saying they reversed course within like 30 minutes seems sketchy as f***.

Yep definitely. I mean don’t get me wrong Sharks and NHL teams in general make weird decisions all the time but it was weird timing in the first place and even weirder claiming they reversed.

 

[Phion Keneuf]

“Reversed the course”. Tf does that mean.

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

$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.

I think you're right. The only way the trade would happen is Vancouver being stupid.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

What do you mean by this?

Do we even want to know?

 

[cwede]

ok cool now please (re)waive Emberson,
Sharks not playing him and his pals/fans in Hartford would love to have him back
[ if NYR claim him back, and are only claim, he can be assigned to AHL immediately ]

 

[Zirakzigil]

4D chess match

 

[Qward]

 

[TGWL]

I heard his family sent a nasty letter to the organization and got their decision reversed.

 

[Play]

Don’t get me wrong Sharks…make weird decisions

You can say that again


Also agreed, this gives Sharks a bad look, dude needs to own up

4D chess match

Lol!

 

[JaegerDice]

If he’s only got a year or two left at that number, the Blackhawks should take a flier.

 

[Chuck Norris Trophy]

Sharks playing mind games on Boston!

 

[Jared Dunn]

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.

They kind of owed him one as he clearly could have dug his heels in a lot more. Maybe not the best business decision on the surface to honour the back half of what was pretty clearly a handshake agreement but players take note of these things

 

[Breakers]

If he’s only got a year or two left at that number, the Blackhawks should take a flier.

Why?

 

[Qward]

Why?

sell at TDL for a pick

 

[Breakers]

sell at TDL for a pick

Too high of a salary
even if you did 3rd party retention to get his cap hit down it still wouldn't be worth it considering his money owed

 

[Djp]

Crazy how he has fallen. Dont see anyone claiming him with that contract.

How much is it him falling vs his usage/ who he played with?

 

[CupfortheSharks]

It’s bad Frank.



Unless we think Grier is lying.

Curtis is a long time Sharks beat writer. His quote of Grier is 100% believable. Frank got it wrong.

 

[SimpleJack]

f***in Frank…

 

[Play]

f***in Frank…

I’ll forever know this day as the San Jose screwjob by Frank Seravalli

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

Perhaps Frank’s source was part of a mole hunt and just got canned.