Brashear on waivers

[stevkrause 1,247]

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All Quick Hits Day. Many, many posts.

*Donald Brashear is on waivers. The Rangers are still talking to teams and I would bet they do something today. Horton from Florida, Moreau from Edm, and Nolan from Minnesota are names I have been hearing...

*The Stars have claimed Brandon Segal from the Kings.

*The Stars have been trying to find a new home for Turco, and I am hearing Buffalo may be it.

*There is also news today of more talk involving Washington and Souray.

no, I do NOT want him here, just found it interesting...

[GSBrooks13 204]

Yeah.. saw this on a few people's twitters.. I always liked Brashear but Im pretty sure he wouldnt bring any more to the table than May.. and since May is probably gonna end up waived anyways I dont see any point at all in grabbing Brashear..

[MacK_Attack 108]

He'll clear. His day has come and gone.

[Guest Lidstromboli]

he asked for a trade and they waived him, lol

Edited February 11, 2010 by Lidstromboli

[AtomicPunk 296]

Done.

A lot of teams are going to be jettisoning dead weight in the next few days.

[Z and D for the C 712]

Why would buffalo take turco?

[Guest micah]

Kenny!!!!

Just kidding.

If we didn't suck this year, we could aford a Brashear to have to provide entertainment and insurence. We don't have that luxery.

I hope somebody picks him up, in spite of his age he's still as tough as they come.

[rick zombo 3,739]

Why would buffalo take turco?

Insurance in case Miller goes down.

[AtomicPunk 296]

That's a pretty expensive insurance policy!!

[GMRwings1983 8,793]

He's 38 and doesn't have the dominance he once had as a fighter.

His decade of destruction (or hugging ) is over.

I can't remember an enforcer playing till they were 40. Time to retire.

[cusimano_brothers 1,655]

Can he speak Russian?

[FireCaptain 563]

One word - LaLime.

Miller's current backup is good ol' Patrick.

This year's stats for him:

10GP 3W 3L 2OT .896SP 3.22GAA

Why would buffalo take turco?

Edited February 11, 2010 by FireCaptain

[cusimano_brothers 1,655]

Sorry; double dip.

Edited February 11, 2010 by cusimano_brothers

[cusimano_brothers 1,655]

Why would buffalo take turco?

Two reasons:

1) Miller has been less than stellar lately and they would like to rest him but

2) They are still not convinced that Lalime can do the job as a backup.

[rage 24]

I still highly doubt Turco goes to Buffalo of all places. That's about as dumb as I can think of.

[newfy 695]

Horton possibly on the block eh?

Kenny get it done. We need a good young scoring forward, this guy has 50 goal potential and he's probably the most underrated in the league.

[mjlegend 155]

Horton possibly on the block eh?

Kenny get it done. We need a good young scoring forward, this guy has 50 goal potential and he's probably the most underrated in the league.

I like him a lot too but not only is he a center (do you put him ahead of Dats or Flip?), we'd have to clear up a lot of space to even get him in the picture. Only four players on the Wings have a bigger cap hit than Horton would, if we somehow traded for him.

I don't know about 50, but I think he could score 35-40 with half-decent wingers. His cap hit of $4 million is daunting but he only turns 25 this year. If the cap were going up, I'd say do it, but it's staying at about the same level this year.

[MacK_Attack 108]

I still highly doubt Turco goes to Buffalo of all places. That's about as dumb as I can think of.

As a short term rental, why not? He'd provide insurance in net and Dallas probably isn't asking a whole lot for him.