Waived: Ongoing 2018-19 Waivers Thread

[izzy]

berglund signs in washington with oshie

 

[xECK29x]

Damn when was the last time we had a mutual contract termination on such a big contract?

I don't recall this ever happening, maybe a one year deal but not for multiple years.

 

[IslesNorway]

Imagine hating your team, town and teammates so much you're willing to leave that much money on the table....He better have a Plan B lined up

 

[Cygnusx1018]

I don't recall this ever happening, maybe a one year deal but not for multiple years.

Mike Richards?

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Imagine hating your team, town and teammates so much you're willing to leave that much money on the table....He better have a Plan B lined up

I mean, he's earned some money so far, so I don't imagine he's starving or in danger of doing so.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Mike Richards?

That was more LA trying to get out of that contract in a technicality.

 

[Michael Farkas]

I don't recall this ever happening, maybe a one year deal but not for multiple years.

Kovalchuk?

 

[xECK29x]

Kovalchuk?

Berglund isn't "retiring" though, he is just straight up bailing on the team.

 

[Michael Farkas]

Kovalchuk didn't and wasn't retiring either...he wanted out of his contract and NJ did too...mutual termination...

 

[joestevens29]

Imagine hating your team, town and teammates so much you're willing to leave that much money on the table....He better have a Plan B lined up

Probably better than getting his name ripped apart in the media and by fans for the next 4 years

I actually have a lot of respect for a guy that realizes he is done in the NHL and rather go and live a happy life.

 

[joestevens29]

I don't recall this ever happening, maybe a one year deal but not for multiple years.

What was Shipachyov?

 

[uncleben]

Kovalchuk didn't and wasn't retiring either...he wanted out of his contract and NJ did too...mutual termination...

There actually is a very specific difference in the CBA between retiring and mutually terminating a contract.

And Kovalchuk's path assured him that NJD couldn't stop him. Retiring is not a mutual decision, if the results on the surface are the same.

 

[xECK29x]

What was Shipachyov?

Yea but he didn't just walk away from a spot on the team, he didn't cut it. Looking for an NHL established player who could play on multiple teams with multiple years on his team who just wanted out for playing from the team so much he was willing to walk away from guaranteed money and willing to play on another NHL team.

 

[The Nuge]

Imagine hating your team, town and teammates so much you're willing to leave that much money on the table....He better have a Plan B lined up

Assuming he’s half decent with his money, he should have 10+ million in the bank. It’s not unreasonable for a guy who’s spent his whole career (~700 games) in one city, to not want to start over. Especially when it’s a team you never would have agreed to go to if it wasn’t for your agent screwing up.

And he could still sign like a 4 year deal at like 2 million somewhere he actually wants to be. Realistically, he’s probably not leaving 12.5 million on the table. He’s probably leaving like 4 on the table.

 

[bruins4thecup65]

Berglund to Voston?

Makes sense.

 

[Royale With Cheese]

Imagine hating your team, town and teammates so much you're willing to leave that much money on the table....He better have a Plan B lined up

Agreed, this is baffling to me (as an outsider).

Does anyone have the skinny on why he won't play in Buffalo? I mean, that is a team on the rise IMO, there's no hockey reason for it.

 

[joestevens29]

Yea but he didn't just walk away from a spot on the team, he didn't cut it. Looking for an NHL established player who could play on multiple teams with multiple years on his team who just wanted out for playing from the team so much he was willing to walk away from guaranteed money and willing to play on another NHL team.

Can he? In the role that he wants?

Buffalo had a lot of spots up for grabs and Berglund has exactly done anything to take any. Guy has one of the worse PPG on the team

 

[joestevens29]

Agreed, this is baffling to me (as an outsider).

Does anyone have the skinny on why he won't play in Buffalo? I mean, that is a team on the rise IMO, there's no hockey reason for it.

There's really no reason why a player would want to stay on one of the worse teams in the league that is trending down, however Carter wants to stay in LA

Guys want different things. Some guys don't care as long as they are winning, some guys will refuse to move their family regardless of money or how the team is, some guys just want money etc...

 

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[caley]

 

[caley]

 

[Mike Jones]

Any takers for Dotchin?

 

[paine]

Must be something going on behind closed doors. Dotchin is clearly better than Schenn, Sustr, and Welinski.

 

[gilfaizon]

Must be something going on behind closed doors. Dotchin is clearly better than Schenn, Sustr, and Welinski.

I agree. Head scratcher on the surface.

 

[belair]

Must be something going on behind closed doors. Dotchin is clearly better than Schenn, Sustr, and Welinski.

Not exactly behind closed doors at this point, is it? Tampa Bay fired him.