Baumgartner and two other Flyers on waivers
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Baumgartner and two other Flyers on waivers
Boy genuis Bobby Clarke is at it again!
After a 9-1 pasting by Buffalo, the Flyers greatest (and only) GM over the last five years has placed Petr Nedved, Nolan Baumgartner and Nicholas Dimitrakos on waivers.
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At his increased salary, I'm not sure Baumer will have many takers.
The bigger question is, who gets fired first? Hitchcock or Clarke?
Don't worry Bobby, I'm sure Dave Nonis will hire you to hand clean the GM Place toilets.
After a 9-1 pasting by Buffalo, the Flyers greatest (and only) GM over the last five years has placed Petr Nedved, Nolan Baumgartner and Nicholas Dimitrakos on waivers.
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At his increased salary, I'm not sure Baumer will have many takers.
The bigger question is, who gets fired first? Hitchcock or Clarke?
Don't worry Bobby, I'm sure Dave Nonis will hire you to hand clean the GM Place toilets.
Modo vincis, modo vinceris.
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pass on nedved and baumer.
But Dimitrakos is intriguing. I think he is an upgrade for the bottom six and he only makes 675k. I doubt he makes it through waivers.
If it doesn't get turned around they will both be fired. At the end of last season, Snider had already put the entire management on notice that he wants results this year. If he doesn't see improvement soon i wouldn't be surprised to see the axe fall on everyone.
But Dimitrakos is intriguing. I think he is an upgrade for the bottom six and he only makes 675k. I doubt he makes it through waivers.
If it doesn't get turned around they will both be fired. At the end of last season, Snider had already put the entire management on notice that he wants results this year. If he doesn't see improvement soon i wouldn't be surprised to see the axe fall on everyone.
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Baumer would be a great sixth for us right now....too bad Clarke's a jackass.
Clarke fucked us twice this offseason: obviously with Kesler, but also indirectly with Baumer. I think Nonis wouldve taken him back even up to somewhere in the neighborhood of 750,000. Clarke's the only idiot that would've given him the money he got.
When the player himself is surprised by how much he gets, you know something's wrong. If Baumer got 1.25/year for two years, what the hell did his agent start negotiations at!?!?!?
Clarke fucked us twice this offseason: obviously with Kesler, but also indirectly with Baumer. I think Nonis wouldve taken him back even up to somewhere in the neighborhood of 750,000. Clarke's the only idiot that would've given him the money he got.
When the player himself is surprised by how much he gets, you know something's wrong. If Baumer got 1.25/year for two years, what the hell did his agent start negotiations at!?!?!?
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Isn't it ironic that Clarke was bitching about Minny giving Johnsson an insane amount of cash but yet he gives a 6th D $1.25 million? Looks good on ya Bobby.nuxfanindallas wrote:
Clarke fucked us twice this offseason: obviously with Kesler, but also indirectly with Baumer. I think Nonis wouldve taken him back even up to somewhere in the neighborhood of 750,000. Clarke's the only idiot that would've given him the money he got.
As for Dimitrakos, he would definitely look good on either of the bottom lines. I say DN picks him up and drops Santala.
GO CANUCKS GO !!!
I like Dimitrakos as well, he's a right-handed shot who can play on the power-play, addressing a couple of our needs and he can chip in from the bottom two lines (the TSN scouting report says that he doesn't need a lot of time to put up points), giving us hopefully a bit better balance than we're getting but that we were counting on.Linden Is God wrote:Isn't it ironic that Clarke was bitching about Minny giving Johnsson an insane amount of cash but yet he gives a 6th D $1.25 million? Looks good on ya Bobby.nuxfanindallas wrote:
Clarke fucked us twice this offseason: obviously with Kesler, but also indirectly with Baumer. I think Nonis wouldve taken him back even up to somewhere in the neighborhood of 750,000. Clarke's the only idiot that would've given him the money he got.
As for Dimitrakos, he would definitely look good on either of the bottom lines. I say DN picks him up and drops Santala.
That said, he does appear to have a work-ethic problem and is not defensively responsible, two black marks in Vigneault's book.
As for Santala, he wouldn't be the guy I dropped, he's been good on face-offs, back-checks and throws some hits, if he's not really lighting it up, well, um, he is a fourth-liner getting paid near the minimum, we shouldn't expect much more. At this point, my concern would be that Chouinard is getting $1.1 mil for fourth-line duty, and while I don't dispute what he brings to the team and is better than Santala, is it really worth the extra $600k?
Mark
Can someone please clarify one issue for me? It's my understanding that if you pick up a player off waivers, you are only responsible for half his salary and his old team is responsible for the other half? Is this correct? In that case, I would CONSIDER taking back Baumgartner because we'd only be on the hook for 600,000. Still, if he's on waivers that clearly means he hasn't impressed.
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Yeah, it only applies if the player is on the way back up to the NHL, not on the way down to the AHL.nuxfanindallas wrote:If I remember correctly, it's only if Philly wants to recall Baumer from AHL that that rule applies. Could be wrong tho.....
I too would love to have Baumer back at 600,000--wouldn't that be an appropiate karmic response to Clarke's Kesler stuff?
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Quite honestly if baumgartner was a serviceable 5/6 guy he wouldn't be on waivers. He was a serviceable #5/6 guy for one season on a team that missed the playoffs and had several injuries on the blueline. That is his career claim right now. He is at most a #6 guy who can play a little PP time. He should be a 7/8 guy.
Though it should also be noted that while Baumgartner was put on waivers he is not being sent down right away. The Flyers are just allowing him to clear waivers now for the potential eventuality that the guys they called up do perform and then they'll perhaps send him down or try to move him.
The other two are going down to the minor.
Though it should also be noted that while Baumgartner was put on waivers he is not being sent down right away. The Flyers are just allowing him to clear waivers now for the potential eventuality that the guys they called up do perform and then they'll perhaps send him down or try to move him.
The other two are going down to the minor.
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Baumer is a classic "In the right situation" kind of player. If all the cards fall in place, he can be quite servicable. I think it really took him a few years to learn the Canucks system and he found that niche here.
With they way Clarke runs Philly and HItch being coach- I can see why he hasn't produced at all in Philly. Odds are if he doesn't get claimed, he'll stay with the team as Clarke has said so. I hope he does stick, but he'll never be more that a #6 guy.
Canucks are thin at the blueline, but I doubt Nonis will waste 600,000 on Baumer...
With they way Clarke runs Philly and HItch being coach- I can see why he hasn't produced at all in Philly. Odds are if he doesn't get claimed, he'll stay with the team as Clarke has said so. I hope he does stick, but he'll never be more that a #6 guy.
Canucks are thin at the blueline, but I doubt Nonis will waste 600,000 on Baumer...