Topher wroteCOLONWhat I heard is he is going to detroit, because nj will claim him and flip him to them.
not without other teams being fine with that though, since he would have to be exposed to waivers again before getting traded.
At least that's what i got.
Yea if NJ claimed him and tried to trade him it could not be to detroit. Then he would have to be re-exposed to waivers where Detroit could try and claim him again. Its confusing. Read Bob MacKenzies post on it on TSN.
mr. bruin wroteCOLONYea if NJ claimed him and tried to trade him it could not be to detroit. Then he would have to be re-exposed to waivers where Detroit could try and claim him again. Its confusing. Read Bob MacKenzies post on it on TSN.
Yes, but per the CBA if Nabakov were to be waived again Detroit would have first crack at him.
Topher wroteCOLONno i read if he gets put back on waivers detroit gets first stab
No, they cannot put conditions like that in a contract. And even if that was true, the Isles wouldn't do Detroit that favour.. they'd just suspend him without pay. But maybe Detroit makes them a trade offer and Nabokov gives them permission to trade him. I can see something like that happening.
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Nabokov's future
Unless Islanders GM Garth Snow can persuade Evgeni Nabokov to have a change of heart, the Russian netminder has decided he doesn't want to report to Long Island.
So, what are the Islanders' options if Nabokov doesn't report? Here we go:
• They can suspend Nabokov for not reporting to the team.
• They can go to the NHL and say they want to trade Nabokov, but two things have to happen for any trade to happen: Nabokov would have to waive his no-movement clause and the Isles would have to put him back on the waiver wires, as stated in section 13.23 of the CBA. Only teams that put in an initial waiver claim for Nabokov this past Friday/Saturday would have access to the goalie during this waiver period.
• If he clears waivers again, all 29 teams would get to participate in a second waiver-wire process. The team that sits lowest in the standings has first priority here if multiple teams put in claims.
• If he were to clear waivers a third time (this is highly, highly unlikely), the Islanders would then be able to trade the netminder.
TSN's Bob McKenzie reported Saturday that another possiblity is the Isles could suspend Nabokov for rest of season and then argue to NHL that the goalie owes them the full one-year, $570,000 contract next season, citing the Alexei Yashin precedent in Ottawa.
Back to the original trade, I am confused by this move tbh Kareem. Do you feel you are much better off with Pavelec then Halak? ATL has been a sinking ship. I know STL hasnt been that solid either. I just thought id see a flip by now for a new tandem.
mr. bruin wroteCOLONBack to the original trade, I am confused by this move tbh Kareem. Do you feel you are much better off with Pavelec then Halak? ATL has been a sinking ship. I know STL hasnt been that solid either. I just thought id see a flip by now for a new tandem.
Halak loses points consistently, and if you take out the first month of the season, he is one of the worst starting goaltenders in hockey...Pavelec is young, one of the top save pct goalies in hockey and ALOT more reliable, even when his team loses. My team is better with him than Halak, it's as simple as that.
Also this is how Halak's last 6 games have gone: 4 goals, 1 goal, 4 goals, 1 goal, 4 goals, 4 goals. When you backstop a team that rarely gives up 30+ shots a game, you cannot give up 4 every other night, and it seems Halak has been doing that since I got him.
