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herman said:
I will laugh so hard if we claim Griffith again.
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Yeah, this seems like a management team that will admit to having made a mistake and look for a creative solution to their issues.
 
Nik the Trik said:
Yeah, this seems like a management team that will admit to having made a mistake and look for a creative solution to their issues.
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A goal-scoring winger getting waived from the goal-starved bottom feeding Buffalo Sabres has to be the kiss of death for an NHL career though.

Laich is likely to retire now.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Then: Lou's treating these NHLers unfairly and it's going to bite him in the butt one day

Now: Laich, Michalek, Greening, and Cowen all prove they aren't NHLers
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I guess we also have to add to the list the fringe-NHLers the Leafs also seemingly didn't give a shot last season: Holland, Corrado

In the meantime Greg McKegg is anchoring a Penguins' centre spot.

*weeps
 
herman said:
Nik the Trik said:
Yeah, this seems like a management team that will admit to having made a mistake and look for a creative solution to their issues.
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A goal-scoring winger getting waived from the goal-starved bottom feeding Buffalo Sabres has to be the kiss of death for an NHL career though.

Laich is likely to retire now.
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Herman, you fell in love with Seth, I fell in love with Matty the Frattinator, I have learned that any Leaf can be traded or falls of the radar screen, save Auston Powers Matthews.  Nough said!
 
herman said:
In the meantime Greg McKegg is anchoring a Penguins' centre spot.

*weeps
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Make that was:

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Pour one out for ol' Greggo.
 
I don't know whether to continue weeping or rejoice...

Oh I know, let's trade them Eric Fehr.
 
And now Franson's on waivers.

Before anyone says we should claim him: we're at 50 contracts at the moment.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
herman said:
I doubt he makes it all the way to our slot anyway, even if we did have the space.
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Ah, I had no idea we were at 50 contracts. That's a bummer.
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Grundstrom's status was re-assessed back in December and ruled not exempt as he was loaned to a professional mens team in Sweden, not a junior team.
 
herman said:
Grundstrom's status was re-assessed back in December and ruled not exempt as he was loaned to a professional mens team in Sweden, not a junior team.
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Not sure where you heard this but I don't think that's right. Grundstrom's 20 years old, so his contract isn't a slide candidate. It'll count against the books regardless of where he plays. So he would have counted against the 50 contract list from the get-go.

Also if Grundstrom's contract was a slide risk then he would have been exempt from the list as long as he was loaned out to Europe. Doesn't matter if it's on a professional or junior team. Nylander was exempt from the list when he played in Modo for half the season in his first year.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
herman said:
Grundstrom's status was re-assessed back in December and ruled not exempt as he was loaned to a professional mens team in Sweden, not a junior team.
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Not sure where you heard this but I don't think that's right. Grundstrom's 20 years old, so his contract isn't a slide candidate. It'll count against the books regardless of where he plays. So he would have counted against the 50 contract list from the get-go.

Also if Grundstrom's contract was a slide risk then he would have been exempt from the list as long as he was loaned out to Europe. Doesn't matter if it's on a professional or junior team. Nylander was exempt from the list when he played in Modo for half the season in his first year.
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You are correct. My wording implied that the league re-assessed, when in actuality it was CapFriendly re-assessing their classification of Grundstrom.

Anyway, I was going based on this: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2017/12/12/16767474/toronto-maple-leafs-at-50-spc-limit-per-report parroting the reported reason there, but didn't look up the real reason until after I posted that.

https://twitter.com/CapFriendly/status/950422435119157253
 
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