you have to think someone at some point will want Weber and be willing to pay a 3rd for him.
We waive him. He's not even more useful than Weber at this point.
When Nokelainen is back, we will have 24 players (extra: him, White, Weber, Kaberle), what should we do then ?
There's absolutely no way to keep 24 players ?
Who will be on waiver ? Who will be sent to Hamilton ?
I assume somebody gets traded on defense.
Hopefully, they gonna find a desperate taker for Kaberle.
Hopefully, they gonna find a desperate taker for Kaberle.
I don't see that happening. I wish, but I doubt it.
Players traded straight up for a 3rd rounder in recent seasons:
Brad Winchester
Nikita Filatov
Derek Morris
Steve Staios
Anton Stralman
Andrew Alberts
Jim Vandermeer
Darrol Powe
James Sheppard
I don't think it's crazy to expect a 3rd.
Are you kidding? Weber is behind Kaberle on the depth chart. Nokia is an excellent face off man that doesn't take dumb penalties like White does. You can flip White and Nokia in and out depending on the club.
Room needs to be made so I'm expecting a trade. Placing Nokia on the waiver wire means we'll lose him. I don't want to lose a good faceoff man with a right handed shot.
I'm not kidding at all.
Of course Weber is behind Kaberle on the depth chart. However he is one injury away from being no7.
We don't need nokes unless a couple forwards get injured and even then we can call up equivalent players.
He's good at faceoffs, thats it.
He's good at faceoffs, thats it.
You could be right, although Weber doesn't compare to most of those guys. Like NTN said, new CBA, draft picks will be harder to come by with lower cap.Players traded straight up for a 3rd rounder in recent seasons:
Brad Winchester
Nikita Filatov
Derek Morris
Steve Staios
Anton Stralman
Andrew Alberts
Jim Vandermeer
Darrol Powe
James Sheppard
I don't think it's crazy to expect a 3rd.
I prefer to waive Noke than Weber.
From best scenario to worse:
1. Kaberle traded
2. Noke waived/traded
3. Armstrong waived/traded
4. White clears waiver, going to Hamilton
5. Weber waived/traded
6. White waived/traded
Keep trying to trade Kaberle, anyway. If Nokelainen is back before the roster expansion and we somehow still don't have any injuries (?! is that even possible ?!), then he obviously gets the max conditioning stint in Hamilton anyway. That'll buy us a little more time. And get a sense of where his play is at too... he was borderline before, and hasn't played this year, so it's entirely possible he just can't make the cut.
It's all observables, can't really make a decision what to do *now*, and there's really no need. It'll sort itself out, and waiving Kaberle or Nokelainen if that's what it comes down to is nothing to worry about.