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Adam Messages: 6844
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Location: Edmonton, AB
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Skookum Jim wrote on Thu, 14 January 2021 16:05 |
Kr55 wrote on Wed, 13 January 2021 16:01 | I know it's just business, but this ended up being kind of a d#ck move to Forsberg. Canes just claimed as insurance, but now don't need him and are trying to trade him. He's just sitting in Edmonton waiting to see where he has to go.
Chris Johnston @reporterchris
A note on goaltender Anton Forsberg: He's remained in Edmonton since being claimed on waivers by Carolina this week. Now that the #hurricanes passed Alex Nedeljkovic through waivers and assigned him to their taxi squad, they're taking calls on Forsberg.
Should Forsberg end up with a Canadian team -- perhaps even back with the #oilers -- he won't have to observe a 14-day quarantine since he stayed where he was and didn't cross the border.
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That is a TOTAL dick move, they tell the guy Hey, we don't want you, we have better goaltenders, good luck see ya.. he goes out on the market.. finds a team that actually wants him, with a real chance to play some NHL games since their backup is a question, and no one currently in the minors to bring up.. guy could actually work his way into a backup job for next year.. so for the chance at a job he signs for near league minimum.. then he practices with the team ALL summer and fall.. future looks good..
Then .. Carolina (the team that punted him 5 months ago) decides they'll claim him off waivers, ruin his chances in Edmonton, not because they want him as a player, but so they can sell him for some nickels and dimes.. total dick move.. the kind of move that as a NHL player you look at and wonder if you actually want to ever sign there.. If they did it in case they lost the other guy, then its just as bad, ruin a guys career chances for some roster juggling. Now the guy is in limbo.
If I'm Forsberg I'm absolutely pissed.
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Meh - any time you're claimed on waivers as a player it is a good thing. It means you stay on an NHL roster for a little longer. Forsberg is on a one-way contract anyhow, so it makes no difference to him economically, but still better to be on the 23-man list.
I'm not clear why Carolina would worry about putting the other guy through waivers - his stats are nothing to write home about - but it definitely isn't the year you want to get stuck with a substandard #3 goalie, so I can kind of see why they did it. Probably saves us a tiny bit of money to have him spend 3-4 days on their roster, so there's that?
He must have known right away what their plan was, since he never left Edmonton.
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
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