Waived: Nestrasil

[Heaton]

Pierre LeBrun ‏@Real_ESPNLeBrun 3m3 minutes ago
Leafs put Matt Frattin on waivers; Red Wings place Andrej Nestrasil on waivers as well

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[GoAwayDanCleary]

He'll clear easily. Good addition for GR.

 

[SoupNazi]

Interesting. What else is coming down the pipeline?

 

[redwingsphan]

Interesting. What else is coming down the pipeline?

I guessing Weiss off the ir?

 

[Heaton]

Interesting. What else is coming down the pipeline?

Could be nothing, Nestrasil needs to play somewhere.

 

[Rzombo4 prez]

Could be nothing, Nestrasil needs to play somewhere.

I could be wrong but I think Weiss had to come off of IR to be assigned to GR for a conditioning stint.

 

[Heaton]

I could be wrong but I think Weiss had to come off of IR to be assigned to GR for a conditioning stint.

Probably right, good to see Jurco staying up.

 

[redwingsphan]

Probably right, good to see Jurco staying up.

If this was just to send Weiss to GR, then I doubt nesty even really goes down. It is just a paper transaction and they will recall him after Weiss is down. It is a little strange that they would unnecessarily subject him to waivers if this is the case though. They could have done the same thing with Jurco.

 

[Heaton]

If this was just to send Weiss to GR, then I doubt nesty even really goes down. It is just a paper transaction and they will recall him after Weiss is down. It is a little strange that they would unnecessarily subject him to waivers if this is the case though. They could have done the same thing with Jurco.

Kuflan says he'll be re-assigned if he clears.

 

[redwingsphan]

Kuflan says he'll be re-assigned if he clears.

Interesting. So, is Weiss still going for a conditioning stint?

 

[DanZ]

Nestrasil > Cleary.

Waive Cleary.

 

[joe89]

Should've been Cleary, but from a development standpoint Nestrasil needs to play games to progress -- and he should clear.

This creates open competition for injury callups, because we have little of substance in the pressbox.

 

[InjuredChoker]

Helene St. James ‏@HeleneStJames 3m3 minutes ago
#RedWings GM Ken Holland on Andrej Nestrasil being waived: "We know it's risk, but he needs more time in AHL to establish himself."

 

[Pavels Dog]

Thought he looked easily good enough to stay in the NHL. Hope no other team noticed him.

 

[VM1138]

I don't think any team was looking for a guy who works hard but doesn't really do anything. He didn't suck per se but he wasn't anything special. There's really no need for a team to claim him because every team has players like him right now.

 

[VM1138]

So we just sent down Nestrasil because he wasn't good enough? Not because they want to make room for someone else? Unless I'm forgetting someone now we will only have one healthy scratch forward each game (Cleary).

 

[Flowah]

Thought he looked easily good enough to stay in the NHL. Hope no other team noticed him.

Me too.

He was a perfectly competent bottom 6 type player. Gritty, won some board battles, had decent offensive instincts. He just wasn't scoring, but at the time that was a team-wide problem. He had some shots and some chances and set up some others as well.

I honestly could not say Jurco clearly outplayed him to the point where the waiver concern would have been overridden.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Interesting. What else is coming down the pipeline?

Most likely Weiss coming off IR and it's either Nestrasil being put on waivers or Jurco getting sent down and I take it that they plan on keeping Jurco up on the big team.

 

[Vladdy84]

Welcome back Stephen, now kick Cleary to waivers and bring up XO.

 

[Heaton]

Thought he looked easily good enough to stay in the NHL. Hope no other team noticed him.

Just curious, but good enough to do what? 2 assists, -3 in 13 games. I don't think he established himself as anything. He's a poor mans Mark Mowers at this point.

 

[FissionFire]

More like Kindl or Lashoff. Waiving Cleary for XO leaves us with 8 D in the roster and none of them really capable of playing as a forward.

 

[SirloinUB]

Ill go out on a limb of optimism and say they want Jurco and Pulkinnen on the roster


But on the real, with Smith out for (at least) the Jets game, might they being making room for XO?

 

[JPE123]

I hope he clears and really would rather him playing in GR than being a scratch here. I think he clears and it will work out for us and good for GR

 

[Flowah]

Ill go out on a limb of optimism and say they want Jurco and Pulkinnen on the roster


But on the real, with Smith out for (at least) the Jets game, might they being making room for XO?

Where would Pulks play? Without injuries, he got no spot at all.

 

[SirloinUB]

Where would Pulks play? Without injuries, he got no spot at all.

Pulks and Jurco was pretty much a for fun thought. I brought up the point of making room for XO since Smith is out; This is a much more likely scenario.


But for the sake of fun:

Z - Pav - Mule
Tats - Sheahan - Nyquist
Jurco - Helm - Pulks
Miller - Glendening - Abdelkader