Toronto claims Jamie Lundmark on waivers from Cgy. NYR put Steve Valiquette on re-entry waivers. May and Cheechoo clear waivers.
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Iiiiiiiiiiiiinteresting
I was about to ask the same thing. No idea about this guy.
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 13, 2010 12:35 PM EST up reply actions
a rangers 1st rounder in 1999, has good hands and a scoring touch but plagued by inconsistency. bounced between the A and the show his whole career.. this sounds like a depth move to me. he’s played for the rangers, coyotes, kings and flames
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by AkiSchennberg on Feb 13, 2010 12:38 PM EST up reply actions
In other words – Welcome back Jason Blake!!!!
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by Another Good Kingston Boy on Feb 13, 2010 1:24 PM EST up reply actions
minus the shitty contract…
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who the fuck is this?
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 13, 2010 12:36 PM EST reply actions
I sense a “whose on first” parody in development
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 13, 2010 6:27 PM EST up reply actions
Cox
says he makes $600,000, is a UFA in the summer
Suggests that maybe he will be a warm body for when poni gets dealt.
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sounds more like a stempy replacement, but then who knows
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 13, 2010 12:42 PM EST up reply actions
I think you’re right. Warm body replacement is what we needed, and we’ll only pay this guy $300K because we only pay half of the salary of guys that we claim off waivers.
not quite, he was claimed going down, not coming back up… but his contract is pro-rated, so it’ll be something like 1/3 of his contract that goes towards his cap hit…
...Being surrounded by Sens and Habs fans makes me lose faith in humanity...
Pretty sure cap hit remains the same no matter what, no?
But ya, we will only have to pay the remaining portion in terms of dollars pro-rated for the rest of the season
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 13, 2010 2:10 PM EST up reply actions
I’m not too sure, you might be right…
...Being surrounded by Sens and Habs fans makes me lose faith in humanity...
Cap hit is constant over the life of a contract, salary dollars are what change.
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Cap hit remains the same because these are regular waivers and not re-entry waivers. On re-entry waivers, the teams split the salary and cap hit 50/50.
by unavoidable on Feb 13, 2010 10:29 PM EST up reply actions
From Matchsticks and Gasoline
Lundmark is a classic NHL Tweener – he’ll lead your AHL team in scoring, get called up and look great for a game or two. Then he’ll fade, get bumped down the depth chart and then be a healthy scratch. He has some puck skills and is a decent passer and has quite a hard shot and quick release. He’s the type of guy you can slot into the top 6 in the short term when there’s an injury – just don’t expect him to perform well indefinitely.
He’s been a nice little asset to the Flames org the last two years. Sad to seem him go.
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This
Makes me happy. I’ve seen him live and he can turn heads
by jmobes on Feb 13, 2010 12:51 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I like Jamie Lundmark, they need some offensive depth and he can provide it.
So when should we start officially calling ourselves the Toronto Mighty Flames?
Fairweather fans can go to hell
We recently started referring to the Flames as the Calgary Maple Rangers.
by Kent Wilson on Feb 13, 2010 1:24 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I laughed at this
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Feb 14, 2010 4:04 PM EST up reply actions
You folks you just claimed a AAAA guy off waivers. I saw enough of him in Phoenix to know he’s not a full time NHLer. Not sure what Burke is thinking. He’ll do in a pinch, but that’s about it. If the Leafs want this type of guy maybe they’ll take Sloan off our hands in DC?
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I assume
he was thinking if we deal poni or stempniak, we are going to need more bodies in the lineup for the rest of the season.
$600k. UFA at end of season. Didnt cost any assets. I dont really see any downside here.
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 13, 2010 2:36 PM EST up reply actions
Ok, that makes some sense. No one on the Marlies worth taking a look at if those guys get dealt?
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Anyone know how many players the Leafs have under contract? The limit is 50, be nice to know how much room the Leafs have leading up to the trade deadline.
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Pretty sure
we are almost at the max. We got a bit of room when we dealt away 6 players and got 4 back
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 13, 2010 3:51 PM EST up reply actions
Haha I count 48 + Lundmark, so 49. (from capgeek)
But that also includes Van Ryn
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 13, 2010 3:53 PM EST up reply actions
I found that it’s 49 minus Kadri and Devine(also on capgeek, under reserve list, but i don’t know how to link it). They are on slider contracts, so if they don’t play 11 games in the NHL this year, they don’t count on the list.
by Sarnia Leaf fan on Feb 13, 2010 6:43 PM EST up reply actions
No, I dont believe so. Or we would be over 50 with the acquisition of Lundmark
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 13, 2010 4:00 PM EST up reply actions
IIRC
Lundmark is a center. Could mean Grabbo might be out logner than anticipated, could be the end of the line for Mitchell or Hanson (ie – send them down to the Marlies, Mitchell being the more likely target I’d hope…) Might be a case of needing more wingers. Don’t see it as a long term solution for anything, no matter how you look at it.
Interesting that he’s coming from the Flames. Burke likes Sutter’s team a bit.
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by blurr1974 on Feb 13, 2010 3:49 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I would be delighted if this meant the end of Mitchell.
I couldn’t believe how much ice-time he got against the Blues. Perhaps it was the coaching staff giving him enough rope to hang himself.
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According to Behind the Net he’s played the toughest minutes of any player on the Flames this year but, sadly, has the worst GAON/60 to show for it.
by Grabovski's better than you think on Feb 13, 2010 4:54 PM EST reply actions
Low-risk pickup for the Leafs. I have no problems with it.
Us Leaf fans should not have very high expectations though. I highly doubt he’ll suddenly “figure things out” at this stage in his career, let alone with the Leafs.
so, essentially we could hope for a ‘Dominic Moore’ out of this? basically a band-aid, short term fix, until the long term plan pans out..?
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if he is good enough to flip for a 2nd ill be more than pleased
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 13, 2010 6:33 PM EST up reply actions
Boyd Deveraux or Bates Battaglia would be comparables in terms of impact. So hopefully he gets a hat trick on the last day of the season to pull us out of a lottery spot.
by Leaf in Habland on Feb 13, 2010 5:17 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Lundmark
Was the hero of probably the best Flames game last season. Check this video to see him at his best.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dfslnqu67zfI&v=fslnqu67zfI&gl=CA
(Sorry is that link doesn’t work- I’m on my blackberry. If it doesn’t, just search ‘red wings flames 09 shootout’ on youtube and its the "amazing finish plus shootout video)
by Rod Blogojevich on Feb 13, 2010 6:41 PM EST via mobile reply actions
This was the game before CGY went to Toronto and lost 9-6 or 8-6 on HNIC, IIRC.
by Rod Blogojevich on Feb 13, 2010 6:42 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I wonder if Burke had this in mind when he swapped four roster players for two – eventually Calgary would be sending people down and he’d snag a bonus…
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good point…
My initial thought was that Burke picked him up off waivers to prevent (or to discourage) other GM’s from offering utility players as a package for Poni or Stemp… Assuming other GM’s have made offers to Burke for Poni, let’s also assume that they are trying to water down the return by offering a utility player to fill in the empty roster spot. Well, now that the spot is full, Burke can go back to the table and say, “look, we don’t need your plug, our roster is fine, now give us that draft pick! Thanks!”
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That’s an interesting thought. Certainly Burkie is smart enough to concoct something like this. Looks like the Lundmark pick up is only win!
by unavoidable on Feb 13, 2010 10:30 PM EST up reply actions
I’d like to think Burke is above the level of scrounging for Calgary’s useless spare parts.
by CanadianMaple09 on Feb 13, 2010 7:15 PM EST up reply actions
But you might be wrong. As much as Burke wants more than anything to return the Leafs to glory, he has shown so far he’s a man of principles and may NOT do some things:
1) Ask a player to waive their NTC (it’s possible he still might, but he’s done a hell of a job in the media insisting he won’t)
2) “Dirty” offer sheeting (without negotiating with the other GM first)
3) Immediately trade away a new free agent signing, ESPECIALLY a college free agent signing (im just assming, as this has more to do with his ability to be able to sign free agents in the future)
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 14, 2010 8:53 AM EST up reply actions
Hey...
does this mean that Wallin is now back in the press box? If so, i think this is a good move.
by Sarnia Leaf fan on Feb 13, 2010 6:47 PM EST reply actions
oh, i’ve missed a couple of games, i just assumed that he would be continuing his previous play
by Sarnia Leaf fan on Feb 13, 2010 7:11 PM EST up reply actions
Wallin and Freddy Shoestrings have developed some chemistry both offensively and defensively.
by unavoidable on Feb 13, 2010 10:31 PM EST up reply actions
they both suck, a lot
Mitchell has had more good games this year than Wallin
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 13, 2010 9:09 PM EST up reply actions
He sent hanson and stalberg down. I hope you guys are right and this is just a fill in move because he’s about to dump bodies for picks. If this is a precursor to trades then cool. If this is to play Lundmark over Mitchell for the remainder of the year then it’s also cool. However, if this is to play him over Hanson and Stalberg then i don’t like it at all. It didn’t occur to me he’s putting in bodies because he’s about to lose some. So I hope you guys are right.
they sent stalberg and hanson down so they could play some hockey while the olympics were going on, not because they deserved to get demoted
Burke just doesnt want them getting lazy
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 14, 2010 3:44 PM EST up reply actions
Hanson and Stalberg were sent down so they could play hockey during the olympic break
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 14, 2010 3:45 PM EST up reply actions
Ok that makes perfect sense. Thanks guys. I’m having a hard time thinking logically today i guess.
by Chuck Diesel on Feb 14, 2010 3:49 PM EST up reply actions
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