Connolly placed on Waivers

[Scrif]

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=413760

Think I also heard Aucoin got snagged off of waivers by Islanders

 

[Zee]

Timmay!!!

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

Thanks scoop.

 

[dappleganger]

A little bummed by Aucoin getting claimed by the Islanders.

Big blow to the Marlies.

 

[moon111]

I think Kessel's relationship with Bozak had more to do with this then his actual performance.  He wasn't the least talented...just never was a fit for him.

 

[Omallley]

So, I'm guessing we'll be seeing more of Kadri this year, eh?

 

[Strangelove]

Now we're talking. Nice to see Nonis dealing with Burke's mistakes.  Connolly was an expensive waste of roster space and should not have been allowed to block Leafs prospects - as meagre a group as the latter were (and still are), Connolly was worse, and that's when he wasn't injured.  Jason Allison without the production.

 

[drummond]

A little bummed by Aucoin getting claimed by the Islanders.

Big blow to the Marlies.

Connolly can fill the gap down there

 

[maplesyrup]

Connolly can fill the gap down there

If he clears... Remember, his hit is 4.75 but he's only owed 4. It might make him slightly more attractive.

 

[Champ Kind]

I think Kessel's relationship with Bozak had more to do with this then his actual performance.  He wasn't the least talented...just never was a fit for him.

You really think that?  Connolly did not play well last year.  And I really doubt if Kessel has any pull on personnel decisions.

 

[Bill_Berg]

One thing I don't understand is this:

According to a new agreement between the NHLPA and the NHL, teams can use one of their two compliance buyouts on a player with at least a $3 million in average salary this season and incur a full cap hit, but suffer no cap hit next season or beyond. FROM TSN

So the team still has the cap penalty, they have to pay him, but he's not playing? If they buy him out, it's just so he doesn't play for the team? If there was more than one year left on his contract I'd understand, but with one year left, it makes less sense. Unless they want him to play for the Marlies, or hope someone picks him up on waivers, but the TSN article suggests a buyout.

 

[bustaheims]

They're not buying him out.

reporterchris: Source on whether the #leafs intend to pursue an accelerated buyout for Tim Connolly. "Hasn't been discussed."

 

[cw]

One thing I don't understand is this:

According to a new agreement between the NHLPA and the NHL, teams can use one of their two compliance buyouts on a player with at least a $3 million in average salary this season and incur a full cap hit, but suffer no cap hit next season or beyond. FROM TSN

So the team still has the cap penalty, they have to pay him, but he's not playing? If they buy him out, it's just so he doesn't play for the team? If there was more than one year left on his contract I'd understand, but with one year left, it makes less sense. Unless they want him to play for the Marlies, or hope someone picks him up on waivers, but the TSN article suggests a buyout.

It makes no sense to me either.

I strongly suspect, like Lombardi, Connolly was offered around the league at a contract discount (for up to 1/2 price) trying to get a pick in return and they had no takers.

From that, it looks like he'll replace Aucoin on the Marlies because most teams would part with a 4th-5th rounder before they'd part with up to $2.375 mil (the difference of half his contract as opposed to the full $4.75 mil contract if he was picked up on waivers).

 

[Redleaf]

One thing I don't understand is this:

According to a new agreement between the NHLPA and the NHL, teams can use one of their two compliance buyouts on a player with at least a $3 million in average salary this season and incur a full cap hit, but suffer no cap hit next season or beyond. FROM TSN

So the team still has the cap penalty, they have to pay him, but he's not playing? If they buy him out, it's just so he doesn't play for the team? If there was more than one year left on his contract I'd understand, but with one year left, it makes less sense. Unless they want him to play for the Marlies, or hope someone picks him up on waivers, but the TSN article suggests a buyout.

It makes no sense to me either.

I strongly suspect, like Lombardi, Connolly was offered around the league at a contract discount (for up to 1/2 price) trying to get a pick in return and they had no takers.

From that, it looks like he'll replace Aucoin on the Marlies because most teams would part with a 4th-5th rounder before they'd part with up to $2.375 mil (the difference of half his contract as opposed to a full contract if he was picked up on waivers).

I have no doubt this was the case.

 

[Bender]

One thing I don't understand is this:

According to a new agreement between the NHLPA and the NHL, teams can use one of their two compliance buyouts on a player with at least a $3 million in average salary this season and incur a full cap hit, but suffer no cap hit next season or beyond. FROM TSN

So the team still has the cap penalty, they have to pay him, but he's not playing? If they buy him out, it's just so he doesn't play for the team? If there was more than one year left on his contract I'd understand, but with one year left, it makes less sense. Unless they want him to play for the Marlies, or hope someone picks him up on waivers, but the TSN article suggests a buyout.

It makes no sense to me either.

I strongly suspect, like Lombardi, Connolly was offered around the league at a contract discount (for up to 1/2 price) trying to get a pick in return and they had no takers.

From that, it looks like he'll replace Aucoin on the Marlies because most teams would part with a 4th-5th rounder before they'd part with up to $2.375 mil (the difference of half his contract as opposed to the full $4.75 mil contract if he was picked up on waivers).

IlYoud have to think a team would be better off with him at $2.5mil in their lineup. He's not that bad a player.

 

[cw]

One thing I don't understand is this:

According to a new agreement between the NHLPA and the NHL, teams can use one of their two compliance buyouts on a player with at least a $3 million in average salary this season and incur a full cap hit, but suffer no cap hit next season or beyond. FROM TSN

So the team still has the cap penalty, they have to pay him, but he's not playing? If they buy him out, it's just so he doesn't play for the team? If there was more than one year left on his contract I'd understand, but with one year left, it makes less sense. Unless they want him to play for the Marlies, or hope someone picks him up on waivers, but the TSN article suggests a buyout.

It makes no sense to me either.

I strongly suspect, like Lombardi, Connolly was offered around the league at a contract discount (for up to 1/2 price) trying to get a pick in return and they had no takers.

From that, it looks like he'll replace Aucoin on the Marlies because most teams would part with a 4th-5th rounder before they'd part with up to $2.375 mil (the difference of half his contract as opposed to the full $4.75 mil contract if he was picked up on waivers).

IlYoud have to think a team would be better off with him at $2.5mil in their lineup. He's not that bad a player.

I think he can still play in the league as well - as I do Lombardi. But they're trying to be tougher to play against. Kadri is another kind of soft player. So they became the weakest links in terms of the softies on the roster.

I also wonder if they're clearing the way to make another move.

 

[bustaheims]

I also wonder if they're clearing the way to make another move.

I don't see it. They basically needed to make the decision on the final roster today, since they need guys to clear waivers before the 3 PM deadline tomorrow. Only $900K in cap is freed up by this move - and the Leafs had plenty of that to play with as it was. They're now down to 23 healthy guys in camp - the de facto Opening Night roster.

 

[Bill_Berg]

One thing I don't understand is this:

According to a new agreement between the NHLPA and the NHL, teams can use one of their two compliance buyouts on a player with at least a $3 million in average salary this season and incur a full cap hit, but suffer no cap hit next season or beyond. FROM TSN

So the team still has the cap penalty, they have to pay him, but he's not playing? If they buy him out, it's just so he doesn't play for the team? If there was more than one year left on his contract I'd understand, but with one year left, it makes less sense. Unless they want him to play for the Marlies, or hope someone picks him up on waivers, but the TSN article suggests a buyout.

It makes no sense to me either.

I strongly suspect, like Lombardi, Connolly was offered around the league at a contract discount (for up to 1/2 price) trying to get a pick in return and they had no takers.

From that, it looks like he'll replace Aucoin on the Marlies because most teams would part with a 4th-5th rounder before they'd part with up to $2.375 mil (the difference of half his contract as opposed to the full $4.75 mil contract if he was picked up on waivers).

IlYoud have to think a team would be better off with him at $2.5mil in their lineup. He's not that bad a player.

I think he can still play in the league as well - as I do Lombardi. But they're trying to be tougher to play against. Kadri is another kind of soft player. So they became the weakest links in terms of the softies on the roster.

I also wonder if they're clearing the way to make another move.

And that's what makes it odd. He can produce in the NHL, so seeing him in the AHL will be strange although not unheard of, and someone picking him up on waivers seems like a longshot. I guess getting tougher makes sense, and if he is playing in the AHL, he's depth, but aren't the re-entry waivers terrible for the team that loses the player?

 

[cw]

One thing I don't understand is this:

According to a new agreement between the NHLPA and the NHL, teams can use one of their two compliance buyouts on a player with at least a $3 million in average salary this season and incur a full cap hit, but suffer no cap hit next season or beyond. FROM TSN

So the team still has the cap penalty, they have to pay him, but he's not playing? If they buy him out, it's just so he doesn't play for the team? If there was more than one year left on his contract I'd understand, but with one year left, it makes less sense. Unless they want him to play for the Marlies, or hope someone picks him up on waivers, but the TSN article suggests a buyout.

It makes no sense to me either.

I strongly suspect, like Lombardi, Connolly was offered around the league at a contract discount (for up to 1/2 price) trying to get a pick in return and they had no takers.

From that, it looks like he'll replace Aucoin on the Marlies because most teams would part with a 4th-5th rounder before they'd part with up to $2.375 mil (the difference of half his contract as opposed to the full $4.75 mil contract if he was picked up on waivers).

IlYoud have to think a team would be better off with him at $2.5mil in their lineup. He's not that bad a player.

I think he can still play in the league as well - as I do Lombardi. But they're trying to be tougher to play against. Kadri is another kind of soft player. So they became the weakest links in terms of the softies on the roster.

I also wonder if they're clearing the way to make another move.

And that's what makes it odd. He can produce in the NHL, so seeing him in the AHL will be strange although not unheard of, and someone picking him up on waivers seems like a longshot. I guess getting tougher makes sense, and if he is playing in the AHL, he's depth, but aren't the re-entry waivers terrible for the team that loses the player?

Re-entry waivers is gone under this new CBA. So he's great for depth given we don't need the cap space.

You never know. It might light a fire in him.

 

[Bill_Berg]

One thing I don't understand is this:

According to a new agreement between the NHLPA and the NHL, teams can use one of their two compliance buyouts on a player with at least a $3 million in average salary this season and incur a full cap hit, but suffer no cap hit next season or beyond. FROM TSN

So the team still has the cap penalty, they have to pay him, but he's not playing? If they buy him out, it's just so he doesn't play for the team? If there was more than one year left on his contract I'd understand, but with one year left, it makes less sense. Unless they want him to play for the Marlies, or hope someone picks him up on waivers, but the TSN article suggests a buyout.

It makes no sense to me either.

I strongly suspect, like Lombardi, Connolly was offered around the league at a contract discount (for up to 1/2 price) trying to get a pick in return and they had no takers.

From that, it looks like he'll replace Aucoin on the Marlies because most teams would part with a 4th-5th rounder before they'd part with up to $2.375 mil (the difference of half his contract as opposed to the full $4.75 mil contract if he was picked up on waivers).

IlYoud have to think a team would be better off with him at $2.5mil in their lineup. He's not that bad a player.

I think he can still play in the league as well - as I do Lombardi. But they're trying to be tougher to play against. Kadri is another kind of soft player. So they became the weakest links in terms of the softies on the roster.

I also wonder if they're clearing the way to make another move.

And that's what makes it odd. He can produce in the NHL, so seeing him in the AHL will be strange although not unheard of, and someone picking him up on waivers seems like a longshot. I guess getting tougher makes sense, and if he is playing in the AHL, he's depth, but aren't the re-entry waivers terrible for the team that loses the player?

Re-entry waivers is gone under this new CBA. So he's great for depth given we don't need the cap space.

You never know. It might light a fire in him.

Makes much more sense if the re-entry waivers are gone. And it may be good to replace some of the talent the Marlies may be losing.