Frank Seravalli @frank_seravalli 26m26 minutes ago
Agent Todd Diamond confirms Alex Semin has a deal in place with KHL's Magnitogorsk for remainder of this season only, pending waivers today.
I was thinking some teams may not trade for him unless he agrees to sign, which in that case the return would be a lot greater. But I suppose he could be traded as a rental as well.Nah, if he gets traded it won't be for much. 1st and a prospect, then probably a conditional pick. Nobody is going to give up much for a 25-30 game rental.
Certainly sounds like that's what he wants and they obviously want him.He's going to Toronto. I'm not going to say "book it", as I'm not there yet, but I have the pen and book out and I'm stretching my fingers.
And Kassian was quickly waived.Panthers send Dave Bolland to the AHL. He's got a $5.5 million cap hit through 2019.
Also Zack Kassian had been reinstated.
That's got to be the cap, right? $2.25 million and his deal is up this year. That's a very expensive third-string goalie, and probably too expensive as the back-up because a team will eat salary waiving their own current back-up.Anton Khudobin was also waived, and cleared waivers as well.
Kind of shocking, I thought he was at least good enough to be a starter somewhere.
Fortunately for him he has time to watch the situation with the deadline still two months away, but as we get near the deadline if they are still out of the playoff picture like they currently are, I think its a move they have to make for the future of the franchise - all signs point to Stamkos leaving in FA anyways, holding on with a marginal chance of winning a Cup instead of leveraging that asset can set the franchise back years.WTF do you do if you are Tampa here? Keep him and hope for a run, or deal him before the deadline for whatever you can get? Good luck figuring that one out, Stevie.
Kekalainen's phone must be ringing off the hook. His $4M cap hit isn't peanuts, but I doubt there are many teams that wouldn't jump to add him given the opportunity. At some point, Torts has to get the Keenan treatment and not see any more NHL coaching opportunities.In other possible trade news, it is looking like Ryan Johansen won't be in Columbus much longer. Torts being Torts, he benched Johansen in the 3rd period of their last game and now Dreger says Johansen will likely be a healthy scratch tonight.
It'll never happen because he grew up a Habs fan despite living in Toronto, but he might be the ultimate "Nature v. Nurture" test case for diving entitlement among NHL players."I have the ability as of right now to encourage other people to get involved," Subban said. "I may not always have that ability to get people to donate money and join my charity or my foundation or my events. But right now I do, so I'm trying to capitalize on that. Who knows? Hopefully I have that for the rest of my life, but why not do it now?"