MarkT
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- Nov 11, 2017
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I've made a list of waiver-eligible defensemen we may want to keep our eye on. All are right shooting and at least 6'0" (I want size because I don't want to see Girard, Byram, or Hunt on the bottom pair with a small guy). Ideally, whoever we claim can be a penalty killer too, but the AHL doesn't publish TOI stats. I assume bigger guys are more likely to be penalty killers.
I originally had a much longer list, but I vetted the list by searching these forums. If I found a lot of posts where people are complaining about a player and saying they suck, or penciling them into lower pairs on the AHL team, I deleted them off the list. If I found people worried about losing them to waivers, penciling them into the NHL lineup, or talking about them as an early call-up, I kept them. Not the most scientific method, but with mostly AHL guys I don't know a better way of figuring out who might be worth claiming.
If anyone has opinions about any of these players, I'd love to hear it. Let's discuss which of these guys you would want the Avs to claim if they went on waivers.
Updates:
- Ty Emberson was claimed by the San Jose Sharks
- All other crossed off names have already passed through waivers.
I originally had a much longer list, but I vetted the list by searching these forums. If I found a lot of posts where people are complaining about a player and saying they suck, or penciling them into lower pairs on the AHL team, I deleted them off the list. If I found people worried about losing them to waivers, penciling them into the NHL lineup, or talking about them as an early call-up, I kept them. Not the most scientific method, but with mostly AHL guys I don't know a better way of figuring out who might be worth claiming.
NAME | TEAM | AGE | H | W | CAP | GP | G | A | +/- | PIM | XG(rel) | NHLGP | NOTES |
BOS | 23 | 6'4" | 203 | 775k | AHL: 51 | 5 | 16 | +1 | 69 | 22 | |||
CGY | 28 | 6'2" | 190 | 762k | AHL: 65 | 8 | 38 | +28 | 38 | 4 | 4 NHL games last season | ||
Dylan Coghlan | CAR | 25 | 6'2" | 190 | 850k | CAR: 17 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 | +0.36 | 105 | |
CBJ | 25 | 6'3" | 203 | 775k | CBJ: 33 | 3 | 8 | +11 | 42 | +0.10 | 33 | AHL: 44GP; 7G 8A; -4; 18PIM | |
DET | 28 | 6'0" | 195 | 775k x 2 | AHL: 72 | 9 | 42 | +28 | 42 | 3 | |||
EDM | 24 | 6'3" | 201 | 775k x 2 | AHL: 71 | 6 | 15 | +12 | 51 | 0 | |||
LA | 28 | 6'2" | 205 | 800k | AHL: 64 | 2 | 8 | +8 | 32 | 123 | 4 NHL games last season | ||
Gustav Lindström | MTL | 24 | 6'2" | 187 | 950k | DET: 36 | 1 | 7 | -16 | 20 | -0.34 | 128 | Last AHL game in 2021 |
Johnathan Kovacevic | MTL | 26 | 6'4" | 208 | 766k x 2 | MTL: 77 | 3 | 12 | +3 | 39 | +0.30 | 81 | Unlikely to be waived |
NSH | 27 | 6'1" | 194 | 762k | AHL: 60 | 6 | 16 | +9 | 40 | 16 | 6 NHL games last season | ||
NYI | 28 | 6'3" | 205 | 775k x2 | AHL: 39 | 4 | 6 | +1 | 16 | 16 | |||
NYR | 23 | 6'1" | 195 | 775k | AHL: 69 | 7 | 20 | +17 | 27 | 0 | |||
PIT | 35 | 6'1" | 200 | 762k | AHL: 58 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 22 | 131 | 4 NHL games last season | ||
SJ | 24 | 6'1" | 185 | 775k | AHL: 68 | 20 | 25 | -6 | 51 | 0 | |||
SEA | 24 | 6'1" | 205 | 800k x 2 | SEA: 12 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | +0.36 | 62 | ||
Brayden Pachal | VGK | 24 | 6'0" | 200 | 775k x 2 | AHL: 55 | 3 | 12 | +5 | 90 | 12 | 10 NHL games last season | |
Daniil Miromanov | VGK | 26 | 6'4" | 202 | 762k | AHL: 31 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 10 | 25 | 14 NHL games last season |
If anyone has opinions about any of these players, I'd love to hear it. Let's discuss which of these guys you would want the Avs to claim if they went on waivers.
Updates:
- Ty Emberson was claimed by the San Jose Sharks
- All other crossed off names have already passed through waivers.
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