11-26-2018, 09:15 AM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
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Habs put Alzner on waivers. UPD: Clears and assigned to AHL
Eric Engels @EricEngels
Confirmed. Alzner to waivers.
3 more years at $4.625 mil AAV. If it got to this point hard to imagine a claim. Think if he moves on to another team it will be another "bad contract" coming back to the Habs.
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11-26-2018, 09:20 AM
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Franchise Player
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Ouch. This was pretty obviously a bad deal when they signed it.
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11-26-2018, 09:21 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sureLoss
Eric Engels @EricEngels
Confirmed. Alzner to waivers.
3 more years at $4.625 mil AAV. If it got to this point hard to imagine a claim. Think if he moves on to another team it will be another "bad contract" coming back to the Habs.
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Oilers? But they'd have to try and move Looch back. Impossible. Lucic is an anti-Hab (big and slow).
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11-26-2018, 09:24 AM
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In the Sin Bin
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Chiarelli is probably frantically trying to figure out how to clear $4 million in salary to pick him up...
Feel bad for Alzner though. Gets dumped by Washington the year before they win the Cup, then gets dumped by Montreal barely one year into his contract. Though, Getting paid $4.6 million a year takes the sting off. I would imagine the Habs will want to buy him out, but eating about $1.5 million in dead cap space for six years would hurt.
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11-26-2018, 09:25 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: The Bay Area
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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Oilers? But they'd have to try and move Looch back. Impossible. Lucic is an anti-Hab (big and slow).
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Though if he bounced back with the Habs, with the Oil stuck with Alzner, it would be glorious.
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11-26-2018, 09:28 AM
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Both the Oilers and Canucks could use Alzner. We could see some bad contract deck chairs being swapped
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11-26-2018, 09:31 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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Their defense is putrid, so you can imagine how poorly he's played to not be in the lineup. Seems like a decent guy, but the contract was terrible from the start.
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11-26-2018, 09:33 AM
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In the Sin Bin
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Originally Posted by the2bears
Though if he bounced back with the Habs, with the Oil stuck with Alzner, it would be glorious.
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Lucic won't bounce back because he has the same flaw Alzner has: He's slow, and he does nothing well.
That being said, if the Subban-Weber deal is any indication, Bergevin is more than willing to take the lesser player with the larger contract back in a one-for-one deal.
The fun part, however, is that Alzner has a seven-team NTC. You can pretty much guarantee that Edmonton is on it. However, he might be willing to waive anyway since he needs a change as badly as Montreal wants him gone. And, if playing in Edmonton keeps him from being bought out sooner than otherwise, he's got a few million reasons to accept the indignity.
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11-26-2018, 09:35 AM
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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Well, Montreal did want Lucic a few years back.
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11-26-2018, 09:50 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Didn't he say he was sick of losing in Washington or something to that effect? Now he can't hold down a job with the habs? That's rough.
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11-26-2018, 09:51 AM
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In the Sin Bin
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Originally Posted by TheoFleury
Didn't he say he was sick of losing in Washington or something to that effect? Now he can't hold down a job with the habs? That's rough.
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He said that he signed with Montreal because he "wants to win". Which, in fairness, is what everybody says when they sign with a new team.
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11-26-2018, 09:55 AM
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Lucic makes $1.4M more and has a year longer on his deal. If the Oilers want that trade they definitely are adding
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11-26-2018, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
He said that he signed with Montreal because he "wants to win". Which, in fairness, is what everybody says when they sign with a new team.
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Just looked it up. He said "It’s very emotional to leave Washington, That part is difficult, but at the same time, I want to win."
Basically inferred that Montreal gives him a better chance to win, which is hilarious. I know it's just #### guys say when they sign with a new team but its still funny to me given current circumstances and Washington having just won the cup.
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11-26-2018, 10:20 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Ontario
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Will be interesting to see if Chia does anything desperate here to try and save his job
The smart move, honestly, is dumping Lucic on waivers himself. Not sure if Alzner will improve much of anything out there, but you know Lucic won't either.
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11-26-2018, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Lucic makes $1.4M more and has a year longer on his deal. If the Oilers want that trade they definitely are adding
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PullRV.
I could totally see that deal backfiring.
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11-26-2018, 10:22 AM
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Lucic and Pulijarvi for Alzner and something.
Sure, why not?
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11-26-2018, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Split98
The smart move, honestly, is dumping Lucic on waivers himself.
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With his NMC?
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11-26-2018, 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by DownhillGoat
With his NMC?
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Pretty sure Lucic was open to waiving this summer.
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11-26-2018, 10:42 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Ontario
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Originally Posted by DownhillGoat
With his NMC?
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Lol, I forgot that A) he got one of those... and B) that GMs are signing contracts that prevent you from being demoted - regardless of your performance. Even RUSSELL and his $4M has a NMC.
NVM! Not even this ' anything could be an improvement' freebie has to pass them by
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11-26-2018, 10:43 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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What a surprise that another terrible free agency signing that everyone could see from the day it was inked turned out to be exactly what we thought he was. Will GM's ever learn?
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