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FlamesFanFromBC · 10-25-2018, 02:31 PM

New York Rangers forward cleared waivers on Thursday, paving the road for the maligned winger’s return to the AHL.

That would make for Beleskey’s third stint in the minors, all during a five-year, $19 million deal signed with the Boston Bruins on July 1, 2015, that is one of the worst in recent Free Agent Frenzy history.

Beleskey, 30, has been scratched for an incredible 108 of the last 148 NHL games he was eligible to play in. Only 32 of those were due to injury, meaning the rest have been spent either healthy in the press box or the minors...

[FULL ARTICLE & VIDEO on TSN]

List includes:

KARL ALZNER, LD, Montréal [CP Thread July 2017]
DAVID BACKES, C, Boston
MATT BELESKEY, LW, N.Y. Rangers [CP Thread July 2015]
LOUI ERIKSSON, RW, Vancouver [CP Thread July 2016]
DMITRY KULIKOV, LD, Winnipeg
ANDREW LADD, LW, N.Y. Islanders
MILAN LUCIC, LW, Edmonton [CP Thread July 2016]
MATT MOULSON, LW, Buffalo [CP Thread July 2014]
ZACH PARISE, LW, Minnesota [CP Thread July 2012]
KEVIN SHATTENKIRK, RD, N.Y. Rangers

I always find it fun to look back at these contracts. At the time I remember thinking along with the majority of CP community that a lot of contracts were stinkers

10-25-2018, 02:31 PM	#1
FlamesFanFromBC First Line Centre Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: BC Exp:	Beleskey among 10 worst active free-agent signings [ARTICLE] New York Rangers forward cleared waivers on Thursday, paving the road for the maligned winger’s return to the AHL. That would make for Beleskey’s third stint in the minors, all during a five-year, $19 million deal signed with the Boston Bruins on July 1, 2015, that is one of the worst in recent Free Agent Frenzy history. Beleskey, 30, has been scratched for an incredible 108 of the last 148 NHL games he was eligible to play in. Only 32 of those were due to injury, meaning the rest have been spent either healthy in the press box or the minors... [FULL ARTICLE & VIDEO on TSN] List includes: KARL ALZNER, LD, Montréal [CP Thread July 2017] DAVID BACKES, C, Boston MATT BELESKEY, LW, N.Y. Rangers [CP Thread July 2015] LOUI ERIKSSON, RW, Vancouver [CP Thread July 2016] DMITRY KULIKOV, LD, Winnipeg ANDREW LADD, LW, N.Y. Islanders MILAN LUCIC, LW, Edmonton [CP Thread July 2016] MATT MOULSON, LW, Buffalo [CP Thread July 2014] ZACH PARISE, LW, Minnesota [CP Thread July 2012] KEVIN SHATTENKIRK, RD, N.Y. Rangers I always find it fun to look back at these contracts. At the time I remember thinking along with the majority of CP community that a lot of contracts were stinkers __________________