[News] Waiver Wire - Sept 29th (yes Chris Butler is there) UPD: everyone clears

[sureLoss]

Some interesting names including Chris Butler


Renaud Lavoie @renlavoietva
Waivers: PATRICK MULLEN
OTT
MARK CUNDARI
CGY
TROY BODIE
TOR
CHRISTOPHER BREEN
BOS
PIERRE-CEDRIC LABRIE
CHI
CODY BASS
CHI

Renaud Lavoie @renlavoietva
Waivers: RYAN CRAIG
CBJ
SEAN COLLINS
CBJ
JOEL RECHLICZ
MIN
JUSTIN FALK
MIN
JONATHON BLUM
MIN
STEFAN ELLIOTT
COL
PHILIP SAMUELSSON
PIT

Renaud Lavoie @renlavoietva
Waivers: PIERRE-LUC LETOURNEAU-LEBLOND
PIT
CHRIS BUTLER
STL
COLIN FRASER
STL
BRETT GALLANT
NYI
JUSSI RYNNAS
DAL

Renaud Lavoie @renlavoietva
Waivers:
LOUIS LEBLANC
ANA
DAVID VAN DER GULIK
L.A
TAYLOR ARONSON
NSH

[codynw]

Calgary claims Butler, CP explodes.

[bluck]

Please no.

[bubbsy]

butler, van der gulik, breen, plll, and cundari...

plenty of flames related guys on that waiver line today.

[Calgary4LIfe]

I wonder why Breen chose to sign in Boston. I would imagine there is less of an opportunity there than in Calgary. Did Calgary not offer him a contract at all? I would imagine some other organization with less depth than Boston would have taken a shot on him.

[bubbsy]

Originally Posted by codynw

Calgary claims Butler, CP explodes.

not funny man, not funny at all.

[bubbsy]

Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe

I wonder why Breen chose to sign in Boston. I would imagine there is less of an opportunity there than in Calgary. Did Calgary not offer him a contract at all? I would imagine some other organization with less depth than Boston would have taken a shot on him.

no. i believe any player that is picked up has to stick with the NHL club in order to not have to go thru waivers again.

considering the little he's been able to prove, there isn't an NHL team that has a weak enough d depth chart so as to have breen fit in as your top 7.

[devo22]

wasn't Jonathon Blum at one point considered a really good prospect? One of those players who have never been able to make the jump from AHL to NHL, I guess.

[sureLoss]

interesting that Stefan Elliott was exposed, Avs fans thought he still had trade value

[CalgaryFan1988]

I thought there is no way Justin Faulk is on waivers, until I realized there is actually a player called Justin Falk.

[getbak]

Lots of players who were once in the Flames system.


When Butler signed a two-way deal, he had to know this was a strong possibility, especially with the Blues depth on D. You have to think there would be some teams who could use his experience and low salary in the NHL.


Not really a surprise about Cundari. Depending on his play, and the play of some of the young d-men, he'll probably get some action in Calgary later in the year, but he wasn't going to start with the big club unless there were a lot of injuries on the blue line.

[Wastedyouth]

Holy crap, get Elliott!!

[Muta]

Stefan Elliott, hey? Interesting.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Wastedyouth

Holy crap, get Elliott!!

Yeah he looks like a serviceable defenseman. What gives?

[Wastedyouth]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

Yeah he looks like a serviceable defenseman. What gives?

Have you seen the Avs moves today? Roy is a bad GM.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by getbak

...When Butler signed a two-way deal, he had to know this was a strong possibility, especially with the Blues depth on D. You have to think there would be some teams who could use his experience and low salary in the NHL.

I wonder if his decision to sign in St. Louis in the first place was his "best case" scenario, since he is a local there. Maybe he was okay signing the two-way deal in the first place because he had a good sense that even if he were waived, that he would likely get picked up by another team.

[CsInMyBlood]

Butler on waivers.

Wow, what a shocker.

[nik-]

Holy Mary, mother of God. I ready Troy Bodie way too fast.

[Calgary4LIfe]

Originally Posted by bubbsy

no. i believe any player that is picked up has to stick with the NHL club in order to not have to go thru waivers again.

considering the little he's been able to prove, there isn't an NHL team that has a weak enough d depth chart so as to have breen fit in as your top 7.

Yes, I realize that picking a player off of waivers means the player has to play on the NHL team that puts a claim on him. If not, he has to clear waivers again before getting demoted. I was actually not talking about waivers at all.

I was merely wondering why Breen would choose to sign on a team with way more defensive depth than Calgary in the first place. You have to assume there is way less opportunity for him there than in Calgary, or another organization somewhere. I couldn't remember if Calgary offered him a contract or just decided not to re-sign him (or offered him an AHL-only contract).

[Caged Great]

I would claim both of Elliott and Samuelsson. They aren't spectacular, but it would help to address our depth in terms of young D-men. If they suck you can just waive them. They are more or less of the same class of talent as Sieloff and Wotherspoon.