Waived: Yannick Weber waived (UPDATE: Clears waivers and assigned to Utica)

[Jyrki21]

Elliotte Friedman @FriedgeHNIC
Weber (VAN) on waivers today...


Elliotte Friedman ‏@FriedgeHNIC 2m
Hopefully, Weber finds a spot somewhere. Always thought he could play.

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[SeawaterOnIce]

Argh, would have rather preferred to see Alberts on waivers!

Perhaps we'll shoot him out of a rocket.

 

[thepuckmonster]

No ****s were given. Too much of a liability to play any sort of ES minutes.

 

[Kickassguy]

Yannick Weber waived

...according to Elliote Friedman.

https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC

Huh. Would've personally sent down Alberts ahead of him.

 

[Kickassguy]

Elliotte Friedman @FriedgeHNIC
Follow Weber (VAN) on waivers today...


Elliotte Friedman ‏@FriedgeHNIC 2m Hopefully, Weber finds a spot somewhere. Always thought he could play.

/shakes fist

Curse you, Jyrkiiiiiiii...

 

[Tanevian*]

Weise back in.

 

[thepuckmonster]

Weise back in.

Never thought I'd be reasonably over joyed to see Weise back.

 

[Jyrki21]

/shakes fist

Curse you, Jyrkiiiiiiii...

It's been like six years since I started a thread. I was due.

 

[Taelin]

No ****s were given. Too much of a liability to play any sort of ES minutes.

Likewise, but I'd put Sestito or Alberts on waivers ahead of him.

 

[Tanevian*]

It's been like six years since I started a thread. I was due.

6 years and you break out with a Yannick Weber thread?

 

[Free Edler]

That just figures. Why keep a guy who can play forward and defense competently when you can keep Andrew Alberts, who does neither?

 

[Jyrki21]

6 years and you break out with a Yannick Weber thread?

Sometimes, the call finds you.

Anyway, I echo those saying this is the wrong guy. They didn't even try him out in the one role where he could be useful. Silly resource allocation.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

That just figures. Why keep a guy who can play forward and defense competently when you can keep Andrew Alberts, who does neither?

i think at this point you have to wonder, why is AA still here? and i have to think he's a lovable mascot in the room and probably a guy who gives it his all to be a human pylon in practice and maybe also gives good foot rubs after games or something. but i bet the guys love him and that probably counts for something; why else would he be here?

 

[Nuckles]

Ugh, I guess the coaching staff really dislikes Weber. They refused to put him on the struggling PP when he was in the lineup (as a forward), and now waives him even though guys like Alberts and Dalpe have been completely useless.

 

[canucksfan]

Yet Alberts is still on the team?

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

and so yannick weber joins that illustrious list of guys we picked up and never even tried to use. yanni, meet mika noronen, fedor fedorov, sergei shirokov, alex sulzer, cam barker, and, what the hell, also derek roy.

sure you probably would have sucked anyway, but now we'll never know. will keep me up at night; what if you were kimmo timonen just waiting to break out...

 

[thepuckmonster]

and so yannick weber joins that illustrious list of guys we picked up and never even tried to use. yanni, meet mika noronen, fedor fedorov, sergei shirokov, alex sulzer, cam barker, and, what the hell, also derek roy.

sure you probably would have sucked anyway, but now we'll never know. will keep me up at night; what if you were kimmo timonen just waiting to break out...

Derek Roy played every game he was with Vancouver for and they were significant minutes.

One of these things is not like the others. Actually two because Cam Barker was an atrocity at everything.

 

[y2kcanucks]

I don't get why we waived Weber yet keep Alberts employed. Wow.

 

[vancityluongo]

Alberts is a character guy in the pressbox. Obviously gotta keep him around over the guy who could've helped our PP (not that it needs help).

 

[Free Edler]

Alberts is a character guy in the pressbox. Obviously gotta keep him around over the guy who could've helped our PP (not that it needs help).

He uses real butter when he makes the pressbox popcorn. That kind of leadership can't just be replaced.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Echoing the comments here, no idea why we are waiving Weber and keeping Alberts. Head scratcher.

 

[Wolfhard]

Wow this team must really be hung up on size, because it's the only thing Alberts has over Weber.

 

[VeteranNetPresence]

they probably kept alberts because he provides an element that weber doesn't have and that is physicality. not like it matters though since they both play like a minute a game.

 

[NoShowWilly]

ill be surprised if he is picked up

 

[Lindgren]

ill be surprised if he is picked up

Is it possible that this is the plan? Weber makes it down to Utica and helps turn the Comets around.