Claimed off Waivers: [VAN] Canucks claim Travis Boyd off waivers from Maple Leafs

[Siludin]

Everyone is missing the point that Loui Eriksson couldn't even cut it as a 12th forward and Canucks picked up waiver claims to fill the spot.

I really want to know what is wrong with Loui, my gut says that first goal he scored in the first game in a Canucks uniform against his own team, gave him the YIPS.

He gave up when they told him he wasn't going to be playing with the Sedins, getting free points.

 

[CatchyTune]

lol i knew he would probably get claimed but hilarious its Vancouver again. i liked him but truth is he doesnt make our lineup when its healthy

 

[krutovsdonut]

The fact that there’s a million Leafs fan overshadows what the Canucks are actually doing, collecting ex-Capitals. Boyd, Schmidt, Holtby, and Beagle now.

and graovac

 

[Leafidelity]

Perfect for Vancouver. Now we can trade Sutter with salary retained to Toronto for a draft pick and we get no worse after picking up Boyd and Vesey ;-)

Im not sure the Marlies are buyers

 

[krutovsdonut]

lol i knew he would probably get claimed but hilarious its Vancouver again. i liked him but truth is he doesnt make our lineup when its healthy

probably not ours when healthy either. not counting ferlund, we have four forwards on injury reserve or ltir, 15 forwards on our active roster, plus graovac and eriksson on the taxi squad.

either management is desperately shuffling the deck chairs in a final effort to make the playoffs and save their jobs, or they are about to be sellers in quantity and are preparing the ground.

 

[CatchyTune]

probably not ours when healthy either. not counting ferlund, we have four forwards on injury reserve or ltir, 15 forwards on our active roster, plus graovac and eriksson on the taxi squad.

either management is desperately shuffling the deck chairs in a final effort to make the playoffs and save their jobs, or they are about to be sellers in quantity and are preparing the ground.

yeah if they need warm bodies or are selling that makes sense. could be placed back on waivers who knows

 

[JAK]

eriksson is getting old now and to be fair to him he was given no chance at the beginning of the season to find his legs or take on a role. you play any 35 year old once every two weeks in random fill in assignments with unfamiliar line mates and see how they do.

It's not just this year, he's been 'bad' since that first game.

 

[AcerComputer]

So Vancouver takes our sloppy seconds, again. damn.

 

[Prometheus]

Bad. Probably bottom five in the league.

By "league" we are talking ECHL here....

 

[Arthur Morgan]

Quick put Hutch on waivers!

if we do that whos going to back up Campbell? I think Andersen went down with an injury
Scott called up to the Taxi Squad Im assuming

 

[Buresflyingelbow]

Vesey was purely a quarantine cheap option that worked out perfectly due to Pearson’s injury. Boyd is an actual pickup as Vancouver’s scout have liked him and all have watched tape on him specifically.

 

[krutovsdonut]

It's not just this year, he's been 'bad' since that first game.

obviously he's been terrible relative to his contract from day one, but he has been a serviceable bottom 6 winger until this year who easily "made the team" on merit.

 

[Nucker42]

 

[thewookie1]

Maybe Vancouver is hoping to cripple the Leafs through attrition by taking their waivers every time.

 

[gianni]

probably not ours when healthy either. not counting ferlund, we have four forwards on injury reserve or ltir, 15 forwards on our active roster, plus graovac and eriksson on the taxi squad.

either management is desperately shuffling the deck chairs in a final effort to make the playoffs and save their jobs, or they are about to be sellers in quantity and are preparing the ground.

I hope so. I want Brandon Sutter gone like yesterday. And w/ Vasili Podkolzin coming soon, I wouldn't be surprised if Jake Virtanen, Antoine Roussel, etc are made more available.

 

[LesDiablesRouges]

Boyd has actually always been so underrated to me. Certainly has top-six skill/talent and puts up points (at the AHL and NHL level), in limited ice time (at the NHL level). For whatever reason, he just hasn't been able to consistently stick in lineups. I think it could be the physical aspects because all of the other tools, talent, and production are there.

 

[sting101]

couple good pick ups for Van.

Pettersson Pearson Beagle Bailey all injured, Eriksson is done and Michaelis is not an NHL player.

 

[BWJM]

The biggest thing here is both Boyd & Vesey are on 1 year deals. The Canucks are soon to be shedding some of those horrible dead weight contracts. They can likely resign guys like this for cheap deals... not to mention they will have some experience with the team already.

If they turn out of course..

 

[Hivemind]

and graovac

Is he actually still in the league? Dude is not good at professional hockey

 

[PettersonHughes]

So Vancouver takes our sloppy seconds, again. damn.

Looks like the pattern goes Washington/ Toronto => Vancouver ==> Calgary.

Rest assured Flames fans, you can have your go with them after we're done

 

[thebigbea]

Vancouver need guys with so many injuries to their forwards.

 

[Martin Skoula]

Boyd has actually always been so underrated to me. Certainly has top-six skill/talent and puts up points (at the AHL and NHL level), in limited ice time (at the NHL level). For whatever reason, he just hasn't been able to consistently stick in lineups. I think it could be the physical aspects because all of the other tools, talent, and production are there.

He doesn't really drive offense, he's just pretty good at maintaining it once it's set up. He can't be the best guy on his line, Spezza did the bulk of the work on most of his points this year. That's not to say he doesn't deserve credit for them, his finishing ability is a pleasant surprise for a bottom-6er.

 

[vpasla1]

The biggest thing here is both Boyd & Vesey are on 1 year deals. The Canucks are soon to be shedding some of those horrible dead weight contracts. They can likely resign guys like this for cheap deals... not to mention they will have some experience with the team already.

If they turn out of course..

No guarantee either of them will want to sign with Vancouver, but it can't hurt to try.

 

[Ciao]

I could see a backroom deal here. Vesey and Boyd were pushed out but still should be in the NHL. So Leafs and Nucks make a deal where they claim them and if the leafs have injuries pilling up 1 of them gets waived and reclaimed by the Leafs. Kind of a win win, Vancouver gets help in their bottom 6, Leafs get to have a spare getting NHL games.

There's no way to assure the Leafs that the waived player would still be available to them.

They don't get first dibs.

 

[Toronto makebeleifs]

Ah, too bad. I liked Boyd, he's shown to be an effective 4th liner, albeit disappearing at times. Maybe now there's some credence to that rumor to the leafs asking about glendening. Oh well, enjoy Boyd van city, he's a likeable player.