What happened to Nick Crawford?

[FanboySlayer*]

“We’re pleased to have Nick signed to a three-year contract,†said Regier. “He’s made tremendous progress since we drafted him two years ago in the sixth round, and we look forward to him having a bright future with the Buffalo Sabres organization.â€


Renaud Lavoie ‏@LavoieRenaud 27m

Waivers: Mitchell, John ANA) Marshall, Kevin TOR) Crawford, Nick BUF) Biega, Alex VAN) Deschamps, Nicolas WSH)

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[Old Navy Goat]

Never developed; his offensive game didn't transfer with him to the AHL and his defensive game stayed in Midget

 

[Rhett4]

He will easily clear and be depth again in Rochester. Hockey is littered with prospects that don't pan out.

 

[FanboySlayer*]

why waive him - his current contract must be league minimum so they won't save anything if they re-sign him for rochester depth.

could have tried converting him to forward

 

[Rhett4]

why waive him - his current contract must be league minimum so they won't save anything if they re-sign him for rochester depth.

could have tried converting him to forward

He isn't waiver exempt anymore. He has to clear to go to Rochester, and he sure isn't staying in the NHL.

 

[sabrefan27]

“We’re pleased to have Nick signed to a three-year contract,†said Regier. “He’s made tremendous progress since we drafted him two years ago in the sixth round, and we look forward to him having a bright future with the Buffalo Sabres organization.â€


Renaud Lavoie ‏@LavoieRenaud 27m

Waivers: Mitchell, John ANA) Marshall, Kevin TOR) Crawford, Nick BUF) Biega, Alex VAN) Deschamps, Nicolas WSH)

Good AHL defenseman. Not every player drafted turns into an NHLer.

 

[dotcommunism]

Crawford was never a huge prospect in the first place. Him ending up as an AHLer isn't that out of line with expectations (in fact, he's probably exceeded expectations since he was a 6th round pick). He's on waivers because that's the only way he can go to the AHL. It's pretty standard. I have a feeling you kind of don't get how waivers work

 

[French Connection]

He will easily clear and be depth again in Rochester. Hockey is littered with prospects that don't pan out.

Never say never as anything can happen if "Finley" was claimed.

 

[Moskau]

why waive him - his current contract must be league minimum so they won't save anything if they re-sign him for rochester depth.

could have tried converting him to forward

Yep I agree we drafted the guy so we at least owe it to him to try his hand at 4th line forward duty.




is sarcasm smiley necessary?

 

[dotcommunism]

Never say never as anything can happen if "Finley" was claimed.

Finley was originally a 1st round pick and had a lot of injury issues and had actually played in the NHL prior to being claimed on waivers. I don't think him being claimed has anything to do with Crawford

Yep I agree we drafted the guy so we at least owe it to him to try his hand at 4th line forward duty.

Hey, let's take every failed defensive prospect and try to make him a forward even if his game wouldn't translate and he's never played forward before!

 

[zbubble]

Hey, let's take every failed defensive prospect and try to make him a forward even if his game wouldn't translate and he's never played forward before!

Ya, give 'em the Nathan Paetsch treatment.

 

[Moskau]

Hey, let's take every failed defensive prospect and try to make him a forward even if his game wouldn't translate and he's never played forward before!

Where is Kirill Koltsov playing nowadays? He would have been the next Pavel Bure if Vancouver just tried him at forward. Maybe we can sign him.

 

[SundherDome]

I see biega is also on that list too.

 

[Clock]

Ya, give 'em the Nathan Paetsch treatment.

Laughed. Well done.

 

[Djp]

Finley was originally a 1st round pick and had a lot of injury issues and had actually played in the NHL prior to being claimed on waivers. I don't think him being claimed has anything to do with Crawford

I agree....Finley was a former 1st round pick, comes with size, and the contract he was on was cheap. He was worth the risk.

Its sooooooo rare to get anything from a 6th round or later pick. To clasify this as some sort of blown pick is idiotic.

 

[sabresandcanucks]

Where is Kirill Koltsov playing nowadays? He would have been the next Pavel Bure if Vancouver just tried him at forward. Maybe we can sign him.

lol....so true. Vancouver has had such great success with Russian players since Bure.

 

[Ruckus007]

If he hadn't had a PPG age-20 year, he may not have been signed in the first place. As others have said, nice AHL player, probably not even an emergency call up but there's value in having vets who have been in the organization for a few years for continuity. I don't think there was any reasonable idea of him being even a mid-level prospect.

 

[NotABadPeriod]

Crawford was a 6th round pick and has turned into an OK AHL defenseman. That's a win. Most 6th round picks don't amount to anything at all.