Lukowich recalled by Canucks

claimed off waivers the only effect is negative, as the Cap room takes a hit to the tune of half of his cap number.

fingers crossed

Dicey move. I guess maybe team figures it’s a calculated risk but I don’t see how you can calculate such things.

Also, I think half his total annual salary still counts as a cap hit to the acquiring team even if they only pay him pro-rata now. Is that correct?

Anyway, if you’re gonna try this … try it on New Year’s day when the other GMs are out of the office? Seriously, they’ve given the other teams 24 hours to get their mgmt teams together to discuss/decide, and they drop it in their laps on New Year’s day? Well, maybe it’ll work; we’ll see.

Surprising. I thought they would have tried this after the deadline when they were guaranteed to get him up. Would be nice if he made it through.

Wow. Ballsy indeed.

so the canucks are not happy with rome? or they’re just trying to save money on plane fare since they’re in texas right now anyway? this is a gamble and if lukowich is able to get through re-entry waivers how much is he going to be able to help the club anyway?

i don’t like it, no sir, not one bit.

Luko cleared re-entry.

http://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/status/7304160018

good news, lucky, but good news.

Does this say anything about how long Bieksa is expected to be out? I suppose it’s not such a huge cap hit if Bieksa is going to be out for awhile?

or someone else can always be sent back down once Bieksa is back.

The worst part of Bieksa’s injury is that he was the one expensive Nuck dman without a NTC so if he’s not healthy before the deadline, that tradable asset isn’t either.

I think Bieksa going down might be a good thing considering the way he was playing of late. His trade value might go up as people forget how poorly he was doing before he went down. As long as Lukowich is a suitable replacement of course.

that train wreck Luko laid on Bourque the other night?