Report: Andreychuk placed on Waivers
With thanks for the tipoff from Dave at The Ice Block, reports from Toronto media - Leafs Lunch radio show say that Dave Andreychuk has been placed on waivers
EDIT: Met with skepticism by Lightning fans — Sportsnet.ca and TSN.ca have both confirmed that the Lightning have made Andreychuk avalible. With injuries to Freddie Modin, Ryan Craig and Robbie DiMaio the move looks confusing.,.. But with the Lightning enar the cap and making call ups left and right while exploring other moves as well, roster space and cap space is a premium.
Edit #2: Erik Erlendsson of the Tampa Tribune has supposedly passed on the news this is just an “out of control rumor” that has been debunked by Andreychuk himself… This seems like another case of Toronto Media crap…
EDIT #3 Look out now! Eric and the Trib report Dave Andreychuk has been waived, 5 days after the initial report came out! One can look at Jay Feaster’s comments in the Tribune and see that Jay’s got the Art of Avoiding down pretty well:
“I have no comment to make at this time,” Feaster said before Thursday’s game against the Sabres. “I feel that I learned my lesson in 2003-04 when I spent time trying to tell everybody that I wasn’t going to trade Nikolai Khabibulin and it didn’t matter. I found that the media is going to write what the media wants to write anyway. It never went away no matter how many times I said it.”
So Feaster’s official statement regarding the rumor of Andreychuk being shopped?
“I made up my mind [following the Khabibulin rumors] that my official position on anything involving trade rumors is that I am not going to confirm it, I’m not going to deny it and nothing should be inferred by my refusal to confirm or deny,” Feaster said. “I’m just not going to get into it.”
Feaster used Nikolai Khabibulin’s name in comparison and fans responded that this rumor was a non issue. There HAD been hype about Khabibulin being traded and instead of that happening - Jeay vowwed to pick up Nikolai’s option and keep him on the team.
Yet, fans getting behind Feaster’s comment’s simply be believing a key word or phrase or name comparison forgot the fact that Feaster is a general manager and quelching rumors are as much of his business as improving the team. He quelched this one until he finally was ready to pull the trigger….
Speaking of trigger’s, Keith passed on to me from Calgary that there is a strong buzzing out west that the Lightning are about to deal for Manny Fernandez from the Minnesota Wild… To be continued…
Edit #4It would seem that the Lightning are planning to go with assistant captains for the remainder of the season. Freddie Modin and Lecavalier are currently assistants. One more will be added - likely Taylor, but no one is saying anything. I updated the poll asking fans who they would name Captain of hte Lightning in Dave’s waiver wake.
Edit #5 (Final) Dave knows it’s over… He’s got the cup, he’s got records to his name, he’s got the admiration of most - if not all - players in the league. He’d li8ke to continue on in some capacity with teh Lightning and I’m pretty sure everyone here in Tampa Bay would be more than willing to keep him around.
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January 5th, 2006 at 12:26 pm
John, do you know what Andreychuk is making? If this is true, I would assume it’s a salary move that’s a precursor to a trade.
January 5th, 2006 at 12:58 pm
Mike, it’s a 2 year contract that I think totals 1.5 million — 750 a season. Someone correct me if I am wrong on this
January 5th, 2006 at 2:22 pm
The PA site has him at $800K and you’re right that it’s a 2-year deal.
How has he been playing anyway?
The ‘Nucks need someone who can actually win draws once in a while.
January 5th, 2006 at 3:26 pm
the forum for Sunsports is now saying it’s a rumor that went out of control. I’m not sure the statics, but he has been winning face offs, but he’s a -11, the worst of the team.
January 5th, 2006 at 6:25 pm
Shopping the captain a season removed from the Cup? I bet you all could get a good deal on Alexi Yashin. We Hurricanes fans think he would be a great replacement for old grey locks.
January 5th, 2006 at 6:35 pm
If I remember correctly his 2 year contract was front-loaded in case he didn’t play next year, that way it would count less against the cap this year.
something like 950k this year and 550k next… the numbers may be wrong but you get the idea.
Ta,
January 5th, 2006 at 6:45 pm
Partychuk Waives Goodbye
I caught both Buffalo/Tampa games in person this year, both times having dinner beforehand at Dave’s restaurant across from the Ice Palace (St. Pete Times Forum my fat ass!), which frankly was the most memorable thing about Dave I could remember other…
January 10th, 2006 at 1:43 pm
Holy shit… they actually did it, huh? I don’t know how I feel about this yet.
January 10th, 2006 at 3:54 pm
Any bets on who gets the huge billboard picture space on the west side of the Forum?
January 10th, 2006 at 4:15 pm
LOL
January 11th, 2006 at 12:42 pm
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January 11th, 2006 at 1:29 pm
Sad to see Captain Dave leave in this way. He did so much for the Lightning organization. Not only was he a great player, but a great team leader and role model. He will be missed by the fans. Thank you for all your hard work here in Tampa.