Nikolai Khabibulin on waivers!

smash88 wrote:

504Heater wrote:I talked to the same 2 guys who had given me this waiver rumour a couple of weeks ago - and they basically said:

-if Murray wants Khabby, he must take him on waivers and not wait until he's put on re-entry. Colorado is salivating at the idea of getting a real goaltender right now - and they feel they're in much worse shape than we are.

-If Ottawa nabs Khabby, they have the option of Colorado having mild to strong interest in Gerber - especially at his cap hit. Murray wants Leopold out of Colorado, thinking that he can get his career back on track after a series of devastating injuries. The 1.5 cap hit that Leopold carries is fine by Murray - assuming Schubert or McAmmond is part of this package.

Essentially they told me that if the dust settles and Murray can acquire Khabby for 6.75, then ship Gerber and McAmmond and maybe even another player out for Leopold, he would consider doing this.

I don't know that much about Leopold, nor do I put too much stock in these rumours, but that's an interesting take from a couple of people that seem to know what they're talking about.

Well McCammond was not on a line at practice this morning.

Wow, way to go heater, that does seem like a good solution.. If Colorado deceides to play-along..... I wouldn't mind seeing that done at all... Leopold and Khabby in my opinion would be an upgrade over Gerber, Shubert and McAmmond...

smash88 wrote:

Wow, way to go heater, that does seem like a good solution.. If Colorado deceides to play-along..... I wouldn't mind seeing that done at all... Leopold and Khabby in my opinion would be an upgrade over Gerber, Shubert and McAmmond...

504Heater wrote:I talked to the same 2 guys who had given me this waiver rumour a couple of weeks ago - and they basically said:

-if Murray wants Khabby, he must take him on waivers and not wait until he's put on re-entry. Colorado is salivating at the idea of getting a real goaltender right now - and they feel they're in much worse shape than we are.

-If Ottawa nabs Khabby, they have the option of Colorado having mild to strong interest in Gerber - especially at his cap hit. Murray wants Leopold out of Colorado, thinking that he can get his career back on track after a series of devastating injuries. The 1.5 cap hit that Leopold carries is fine by Murray - assuming Schubert or McAmmond is part of this package.

Essentially they told me that if the dust settles and Murray can acquire Khabby for 6.75, then ship Gerber and McAmmond and maybe even another player out for Leopold, he would consider doing this.

I don't know that much about Leopold, nor do I put too much stock in these rumours, but that's an interesting take from a couple of people that seem to know what they're talking about.

jamvan wrote:I think Willsie or Laperriere would be a better option than Leopold.

Phoenix30 wrote:Leopold has the potential to put up numbers if he stays healthy. Hopefully any potential deal for Leopold includes a conditional pick. I am not big on giving things away for nothing so I would hate to see him come here and he doesnt play due to injury.

jamvan wrote:

smash88 wrote:

504Heater wrote:I talked to the same 2 guys who had given me this waiver rumour a couple of weeks ago - and they basically said:

-if Murray wants Khabby, he must take him on waivers and not wait until he's put on re-entry. Colorado is salivating at the idea of getting a real goaltender right now - and they feel they're in much worse shape than we are.

-If Ottawa nabs Khabby, they have the option of Colorado having mild to strong interest in Gerber - especially at his cap hit. Murray wants Leopold out of Colorado, thinking that he can get his career back on track after a series of devastating injuries. The 1.5 cap hit that Leopold carries is fine by Murray - assuming Schubert or McAmmond is part of this package.

Essentially they told me that if the dust settles and Murray can acquire Khabby for 6.75, then ship Gerber and McAmmond and maybe even another player out for Leopold, he would consider doing this.

I don't know that much about Leopold, nor do I put too much stock in these rumours, but that's an interesting take from a couple of people that seem to know what they're talking about.

Well McCammond was not on a line at practice this morning.

Wow, way to go heater, that does seem like a good solution.. If Colorado deceides to play-along..... I wouldn't mind seeing that done at all... Leopold and Khabby in my opinion would be an upgrade over Gerber, Shubert and McAmmond...

smash88 wrote:
I just don't understand why he would be placed on waivers? dosen't make sense to me...

504Heater wrote:

smash88 wrote:
I just don't understand why he would be placed on waivers? dosen't make sense to me...

There might already be a deal in place when he clears waivers. Chicago won't assign him to the AHL team, so a trade might already be worked out. They just want to see if Colorado or Ottawa will bite and just take him off their hands. If not, expect Murray to aggressively 'suggest' a Gerber, Schubert for Bulin and Barker (and now I hear some Seabrook rumblings).

Huh. Well, interesting times coming up...someone's gonna get him and Chicago is praying it's not Colorado, but...that's life when you don't know how to manage your cap.

shabbs wrote:

Phoenix30 wrote:Leopold has the potential to put up numbers if he stays healthy. Hopefully any potential deal for Leopold includes a conditional pick. I am not big on giving things away for nothing so I would hate to see him come here and he doesnt play due to injury.

That "if he stays healthy" qualifier applies to both Leopold and Khabby. Is Murray willing to take on so much risk on our back end?

smash88 wrote:

504Heater wrote:

smash88 wrote:
I just don't understand why he would be placed on waivers? dosen't make sense to me...

There might already be a deal in place when he clears waivers. Chicago won't assign him to the AHL team, so a trade might already be worked out. They just want to see if Colorado or Ottawa will bite and just take him off their hands. If not, expect Murray to aggressively 'suggest' a Gerber, Schubert for Bulin and Barker (and now I hear some Seabrook rumblings).

Huh. Well, interesting times coming up...someone's gonna get him and Chicago is praying it's not Colorado, but...that's life when you don't know how to manage your cap.

I just don't understand it, because all it does is undervalue your guy even more...

504Heater wrote:

smash88 wrote:
I just don't understand why he would be placed on waivers? dosen't make sense to me...

There might already be a deal in place when he clears waivers. Chicago won't assign him to the AHL team, so a trade might already be worked out. They just want to see if Colorado or Ottawa will bite and just take him off their hands. If not, expect Murray to aggressively 'suggest' a Gerber, Schubert for Bulin and Barker (and now I hear some Seabrook rumblings).

Huh. Well, interesting times coming up...someone's gonna get him and Chicago is praying it's not Colorado, but...that's life when you don't know how to manage your cap.

shabbs wrote:What is the time frame for clearing waivers?

smash88 wrote:

I just don't understand why he would be placed on waivers? dosen't make sense to me...

504Heater wrote:

smash88 wrote:

504Heater wrote:

smash88 wrote:
I just don't understand why he would be placed on waivers? dosen't make sense to me...

There might already be a deal in place when he clears waivers. Chicago won't assign him to the AHL team, so a trade might already be worked out. They just want to see if Colorado or Ottawa will bite and just take him off their hands. If not, expect Murray to aggressively 'suggest' a Gerber, Schubert for Bulin and Barker (and now I hear some Seabrook rumblings).

Huh. Well, interesting times coming up...someone's gonna get him and Chicago is praying it's not Colorado, but...that's life when you don't know how to manage your cap.

I just don't understand it, because all it does is undervalue your guy even more...

They were never getting anything for him anyway. I have a feeling that if we're in on this -we're either getting Leopold, Barker or Seabrook. Take the pain Tallon, you screwed up - we're one of like...2 teams that needs a goalie - and it's not even a 5 alarm need for us. So if you want to get him out of the West and into the East - we'll take him, but you'll pay either way.

Buahhahaha.