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[waivers] Jussi Jokinen


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Some people get confused and think scoring in a shootout means you are a good hockey player. Reality is he's a horrible 5v5 player. Wouldn't even be in the NHL if it wasn't for special teams, and the fact that Carolina has had no depth since they won the cup.

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wow im shocked he didnt get claimed. Especially by us he could have been used as a center for now def an upgrade over ebbett on 3rd line.

Maybe Gillis didnt want to take on salary to leave him with less at the deadline.

Carolina could use a depth d man, maybe we can still make a trade for him?

J. Jokinen

for

Alberts

late pick or a contract dump for further roster space

Maybe this is what other teams were thinking as well. Cant believe we didnt make a claim to nab him for free though, Id really like to ask MG that question, hopefully a reporter does, would really like to hear his answer

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These kinds of deals do happen, although I would not give up Alberts, particularly when the price is at best a 7th round pick or Mullen type roster dump.

McGratton cleared waivers only to be dealt to the Flames shortly after.

Teams could be demanding to send back a roster spot/salary - although Carolina apparently values the roster spot more than anything at this point.

Going into the TD, it could be that the realistic destinations for Jokinen have bigger things in mind, or no room for him.

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if ballard had a lower cap hit i could see Carolina being interested in him, but depends how their cap issues are going forward or their internal cap. Dont see them wanting a forward in return.

Still would like to see him here, if its a shot with kesler aswell as 2nd pp or even on the 3rd line thats good 2way play with scoring

higgins jokinen hansen-- loooks good to me

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With hindsight, reading this thread is funny. Shows once again that forum posters don't know more than GMs when they kept saying, wow why waive him when you can trade him for a draft pick. Looks like canes probably tried that and had no takers and him clearing waivers shows that teams didn't even want him for free.

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Raymond being a no show every playoffs thats a cause for concern when he is apparently one of our better forwards.

We dont have a forward who can play top 6 or top 9 and play all 3 forward positions, help our struggling pp.

Would I trade a soft left winger who we probably cant retain in raymond for jokinen, yes I would. Jokinen is very versatile and you said he plays on a poor team so if he came here would he not be playing with better players?

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I'm not against acquiring Jokinen through waivers, but trading away any roster player, much less Raymond, one of our most productive forwards is pretty darn stupid.

And no, it means he would be getting quite a few less minutes playing on the Canucks, and possibly even scratched a lot of the time, especially when Kesler is back, and now you ask yourself would it really be worth trading away a player with the 2nd most goals on the team for a streaky shootout specialist who might be scratched most of the time? There is a reason he has been waived, it's because he has been playing poorly.

Would he be a good depth player on the 3rd line? Absolutely. Does it make sense trading away a roster player in order to acquire a depth player? No, no it doesn't.

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