Waived: Shayne Gostisbehere placed on waivers (Mar. 30); UPDATE : cleared waivers (Mar. 31)

[Starat327]

When did NAK become top NHL forward? He is a borderline NHL player. For chrissake....

are we running a contest to see how many times someone can be wrong in a thread?

 

[Jettany]

I remember when every GM not wanting NAK was proof that he was a garbage non-NHL player.


That ended up being wrong. Like I said, hockey GMs are largely not a horde of unmatchable brain-geniuses.

That’s a bad take. The flyers snuck him thru at a time when all teams were in the same boat. They had to finalize rosters and had their own players to worry about. Not someone’s else 4th line player that would have to stay on the roster all year.
Said it then and stand by it. It was more about timing.
Ghost was waived with the hopes of him being claimed.

 

[Tripod]

I guess it’s revenge. But when no one picks him and obviously no one would trade for him is it really revenge? I thought it was that. But maybe many think that he’s nothing more then a 5-7 dman and possible pp qb, with a huge contract.

when you can waive a lesser Dman who makes 3 million and would ALSO clear waivers, yes, it's revenge.

I posted a week ago that it's clear the Flyers don't see Ghost as a top 4 Dman. Fletch has gone on and on how we need to add a partner for Provy.

But that still doesn't change the fact that we didn't "need" to waive Ghost. There were other options to expose a lesser player. Or to scratch Lindblom 1 game and Patrick the other...and expose no one.

 

[Starat327]

Going neck and neck for wrong most times in the thread.

 

[Tripod]

are we running a contest to see how many times someone can be wrong in a thread?

 

[Beef Invictus]

That’s a bad take. The flyers snuck him thru at a time when all teams were in the same boat. They had to finalize rosters and had their own players to worry about. Not someone’s else 4th line player that would have to stay on the roster all year.
Said it then and stand by it. It was more about timing.
Ghost was waived with the hopes of him being claimed.

That would immensely stupid and the whole management team should be instantly fired if that's the case. People that stupid are incapable of building a contending team.

 

[Beef Invictus]

When did NAK become top NHL forward? He is a borderline NHL player. For chrissake....

Who said anything about top forward? Why do you have to lie about what was said in order to respond?

 

[Tripod]

Pierre slobbering all over AV....time to go to GDT...lol.

 

[Flyer lurker]

When did NAK become top NHL forward? He is a borderline NHL player. For chrissake....

Compared to TWAR Kubel is Bill Barber in his prime.

 

[Jettany]

That would immensely stupid and the whole management team should be instantly fired if that's the case. People that stupid are incapable of building a contending team.

But shouldn’t every gm who had cap space(roughly 14) be fired then?

 

[Beef Invictus]

But shouldn’t every gm who had cap space(roughly 14) be fired then?

What other reasoning do they have?

For sure, there are at least several GMs who have failed here. Hockey GMs tend to be a pretty bland and unremarkable group.

 

[Jettany]

when you can waive a lesser Dman who makes 3 million and would ALSO clear waivers, yes, it's revenge.

I posted a week ago that it's clear the Flyers don't see Ghost as a top 4 Dman. Fletch has gone on and on how we need to add a partner for Provy.

But that still doesn't change the fact that we didn't "need" to waive Ghost. There were other options to expose a lesser player. Or to scratch Lindblom 1 game and Patrick the other...and expose no one.

They wanted to rid themselves of a bad contract. Couldn’t get an asset. So were willing to give him up for free to add space. No takers.

 

[Jettany]

What other reasoning do they have?

For sure, there are at least several GMs who have failed here. Hockey GMs tend to be a pretty bland and unremarkable group.

Did who have?

 

[Starat327]

Imagine thinking a top 4 d man on a sub 5m contract is a bad contract

 

[Flyer lurker]

So farabee is a 4th liner but Kubel a 3rd?

SMH

 

[Beef Invictus]

Did who have?

Who do you think

 

[Beef Invictus]

Imagine thinking a top 4 d man on a sub 5m contract is a bad contract

Remember how I've spent years asking these people to produce people in Ghost's pay range who are better and available, and nobody can ever come up with a single name?

Yeah. Funny.

 

[Jettany]

Who do you think

No clue who you mean. That’s why I am asking.

 

[Beef Invictus]

No clue who you mean. That’s why I am asking.

Who were we literally talking about? The group of people who run hockey teams and decide on waiver acquisitions?

 

[Jettany]

The other gms? I assume they all believe it’s a brutal contract.

 

[Beef Invictus]

The other gms? I assume they all believe it’s a brutal contract.

Then who are the available players in a similar price bracket who are better than Ghost?

 

[Curufinwe]

So farabee is a 4th liner but Kubel a 3rd?

SMH

Farabee has been on the 1st line most of the season. NAK on the 4th.

 

[Starat327]

Then who are the available players in a similar price bracket who are better than Ghost?

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[Flyerfan4life]

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[Jettany]

Then who are the available players in a similar price bracket who are better than Ghost?

I’m not looking. I was just saying what the other gms must have believed. You asked. Why do you think he wasn’t claimed?