Interesting notes on the Walman salary dump, apparently Yzerman didn't really shop him and SJ was willing to take Walman for free off waivers.
https://www.shapshotshockey.com/p/wh...anything-about
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The other puzzling thing is that Yzerman apparently didn’t shop Walman around a ton. Based off some of my conversations and reading reports from others, there were multiple teams that would have been interested in actually trading something for Walman.
And if the Red Wings were truly desperate to be clear of Walman, they could have kept the second-round pick and simply waived him. The San Jose Sharks, I know for a fact, would have claimed him on waivers since they are first in the waiver order, like they did with Barclay Goodrow. In fact, I’ve heard San Jose was happily stunned when Yzerman simply didn’t ask for a return and offered a second-round pick sweetener.
Whether Walman was part of the plan or not, this was pretty horrific asset management by Yzerman.
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