Brad Lukowich Waived
by Yankee Canuck on Mar 2, 2010 10:20 AM PST
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Via Bob McKenzie at TSN, Brad Lukowich has been waived. Talk about an up and down season for the poor guy. Hopefully he clears waivers and heads back to Manitoba or Texas for a bit.
Trying to move his $1.5 million dollar salary bumps up Vancouver's current cap space to around the $2 million dollar mark I believe.
Start your defensive trade wishlist accordingly.
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Heard Rick Ball on the radio at the morning skate in Columbus this morning. I thought he said Bieksa was on the ice this morning and he’d talk to AV after the skate to see if Bieksa would be in the line up tonight. Unless I misunderstood, it sounded like Bieksa was skating with the main group, not the smaller group of the injured, the scratched and the cast off.
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I know juice was skating with the team over break, but that would be the first I’ve heard he’s game ready.
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by Yankee Canuck on Mar 2, 2010 9:46 AM PST up reply actions
I was surprised too. I went back to the BMac and Rintoul podcast from this morning, hour 3. Rick Ball’s quote is around the 48:35 mark
Bieksa is out there now; they are just finishing up their skate. I don’t know if he’ll play tonight. We’ll get an official word in just a few minutes.
My hopes exceed my expectations
-WeepingTile
I just hope if we do make a trade at the deadline it is for someone we can be excited about and not Keith Carney or Geoff Sanderson.
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by Section 312 on Mar 2, 2010 9:52 AM PST reply actions
or Eric *&#@$ Weinrich.
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by Yankee Canuck on Mar 2, 2010 9:54 AM PST up reply actions
LOL at Geoff Sanderson. Didn’t we acquire him on three different occasions? Man, those Canucks teams were effing bad in the late-90s.
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by nucksandpucks on Mar 2, 2010 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
Only 2 times. The first time it was during the turmoil in the late 90s, when the team got rid of McLean and Gelinas. (He was quickly traded later for Brad May in the same season). The second time it was after Bertuzzi was suspended and Burke threw away all picks to try to replace the lost offense.
I liked the first time. The second time (as with everything after what Bertuzzi did) didn’t pan out so well.
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by Yankee Canuck on Mar 2, 2010 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
You liked the first time? 9 games, 0 goals, 3 assists? The second time was actually better. 13G, 3G, 4A.
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"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
"He's got a man deep..wait, no that IS Mandeep!!" - Don Taylor
by Section 312 on Mar 2, 2010 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
I meant I liked the move the first time because he was younger a bit more of a threat. The second time seems like a bad idea overall, but he made the most of his TOI.
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by Yankee Canuck on Mar 2, 2010 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
Oh I see. Yeah. I guess it made more sense earlier in his career. If only being able to skate better than anyone else automatically made you good
"We love them, We mourn for them, Unlucky boys of Red" - Morrissey
"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
"He's got a man deep..wait, no that IS Mandeep!!" - Don Taylor
by Section 312 on Mar 2, 2010 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
The late 90’s were a dark time as you know.
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by Yankee Canuck on Mar 2, 2010 2:03 PM PST up reply actions
Thank God Manchester United were sooooo good in the late 90s. Cause my Cubs and Nucks were awful.
"We love them, We mourn for them, Unlucky boys of Red" - Morrissey
"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
"He's got a man deep..wait, no that IS Mandeep!!" - Don Taylor
by Section 312 on Mar 2, 2010 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
Goddammit Luko. So sorry.
We need a 3rd line center! What’s with all the defenceman talk? Gillis had better address the offence first.
We have two good d-men on the shelf, so Gillis’s decision will rest on his insider info as to their health. As for the offence, something like this might work for the top 9 (flip the ordering of the 2nd and 3rd lines if you like):
Sedin-Sedin-Burrows
Raymond-Kesler-Grabner
Samuelsson-Demo-Hansen
Luko’s waiver might not be to make trade room; it might simply be to help make room for the d-men to return, now that Demo’s back, cuz if we let him go now, then we must already have either a trade in the bag or a d-man set to return, no?
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Wha...?
Bit of a strange move if Bieksa isn’t back. Especially considering we basically said we prefer Baumgartner to Luko (and, of course, we’re hoping that somebody doesn’t grab Luko and stick half of him to our cap…considering the market for lower-level d-men, this wouldn’t surprise me).
Heard Reinprecht’s name a bit. Upgrade on Welly, but how much of one? And at what cost? I mean, if you can get Reinprecht for a 3rd, and get a 4th-5th for Welly, yeah, do it. But not sure he’s THAT much of an upgrade.
And I gotta think that Sammy’s moving down to line 3. I don’t mind either Sammy or MayRay moving down I guess, I suppose that speaks to our depth. Still would really like to pony up the pieces we have a surplus of (basically, scoring/skilled/fancy/flashy wingers) for a big centre. Or use Schneider for something bigger as well. But a bigger move will probably have to wait until the summer for that.
Knights, Canucks, Dolphins, Jays and Raptors all the way.
Lukowich and half cap hit
doesn’t apply this time because it’s a send down waiver. The half cap hit thing only applies to call-up waiver.
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