Confirmed with Link: Sabres claim Christian Wolanin off waivers from LA (Waived 11/30, re-claimed by LA 12/1)

[Taro Tsujimoto]

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[Jim Bob]

Christian Wolanin Stats | Hockey-Reference.com

LHD with 61 NHL GP over the last four seasons between Ottawa and LA.

 

[enthusiast]

 

[Jim Bob]

 

[Jacob582]

He makes the correct salary.

I was wondering if they might claim him. Was thinking the answer would be yes if he were a RHD.

 

[Old Navy Goat]

Samuelsson must be farther away than Granato was implying or they want him to get some AHL games to shake off rust

 

[Jim Bob]

 

[coladin]

Hope it works out for him. He is an awesome guy, and had horrific luck in Ottawa with injuries. Before he got injured by simply stepping on the ice and falling (shoulder), he was basically pencilled in as a Top 4. He is super slick. You will watch him on one shift and think "how the hell was he waived" followed by another shift of "this isn't an NHL player".

Hope it works out

 

[Fjordy]

Welcome

 

[TehDoak]

Adams searching every corner for reinforcements

 

[Buffaloed]

Son of Craig Wolanin

 

[Jacob582]

Sabres were down to 11 healthy D under NHL contract.

For context, Darcy liked having about 16 under NHL contract.

 

[Ehran]

Hopefully this guy sticks around longer than the last one.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Hopefully this guy sticks around longer than the last one.

If he’s American, he should. Because he won’t need a work visa then.

 

[missingmika]

Sabres were down to 11 healthy D under NHL contract.

For context, Darcy liked having about 16 under NHL contract.

That’s because Darcy had to learn a hard life lesson.

 

[Jacob582]

That’s because Darcy had to learn a hard life lesson.

Yes, and that's also when we made the playoffs and didn't want to be caught unprepared.

 

[Chainshot]

If he’s American, he should. Because he won’t need a work visa then.

Since he played for the US at the WCs, that should answer that question.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Since he played for the US at the WCs, that should answer that question.

Yea. I saw that this morning. I was also surprised to see that he’s only 26. I thought he was older.

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

 

[Jim Bob]

 

[Buffaloed]

He either doesn't know what 86ed means or he doesn't want to be here.

 

[Jim Bob]

 

[Jacob582]

Interesting, he transitioned to defense at 20 years old.

 

[Jim Bob]

 

[joshjull]

What was his upside potential before the injuries derailed things?