Dave Andreychuk placed on waivers by Tampa

[Chara3 0]

Its on sportsnet.ca

[QandA 0]

Is this a first, a Captain on waivers?

[Chadd 916]

Is this a first, a Captain on waivers?

It might be, Montreal used to just trade them away.

[Michael9 57]

That's not showing to much respect for Dave, then agian it is business, I wonder if anyone will pick him up??

[SR27 0]

If recall corretly he wanted to retire after the Cup but they convinced him to do it one more year?! What a crappy move by the Bolts.

[Eazy_b97 1]

Eklund says it's a false Leafs Lunch report that. For those that aren't aware of Leafs Lunch it's about as reliable as Eklund. So who knows?

[DarkStar50 679]

My first thought was salary dump but 800k isn't killing their cap. Who could they replace him with that provides what he does in the room and on the ice? Who in the room would disagree with #25? I guess Vinny and Brad run the show.

[jrgretzky99 1]

I'm watching the Sabres game right now and Andreychuk just had a shot on goal for Tampa so how's he on waivers if he's playing?

Just a Thought?

[Eazy_b97 1]

He's still a member of their team, he can just be picked up at any moment.

Darkstar - I know they were pretty upset at the start of the year with their cap situation. The team is very much Richards and Lecavalier's at this point.

[Steveo 0]

ahhh, bring 'em back to Toronto.......we could use someone to try and deflect McCabe's one timers

[jrgretzky99 1]

Gotcha, my mistake. Sorry. Pretty crappy for Andy though. I watched him score alot of goals for Buffalo over the years.

[jrgretzky99 1]

You'd think he'd benefit with the new rules. Just park him in front of the net to set up the screen and as Steveo says deflections.

[Eazy_b97 1]

With the new rules anyone can play that role, so he is relatively useless except for his leadership.

[Steveo 0]

I don't know if you guys watch him or not...Apparently not. He is still used for PK, PP, even strength. The PK surprises me a lot. But he can still play the game. Not just stand in front of the net. He is still a smart mind. On pace for a 35 or so pt season, which is not bad for a 41 yo

I wasn't doubting Dave as great vet, I just know that he regularly practiced hours sitting in front of the net deflecting shots

[beaucoup_fish 0]

They debunked the waiver rumour on TSN.ca, but they are trying to trade him. Look for it.

[Eazy_b97 1]

I don't know if you guys watch him or not...Apparently not. He is still used for PK, PP, even strength. The PK surprises me a lot. But he can still play the game. Not just stand in front of the net. He is still a smart mind. On pace for a 35 or so pt season, which is not bad for a 41 yo

He does all of those things, but his value is in his leadership. There were better scorers, better PKer, and overall players available for his price, that didn't have the leadership. He's a decent player, but he makes his living off of his leadership at this point.

[beaucoup_fish 0]

He's a decent player, but he makes his living off of his leadership at this point.

And what a living it is...$$