Ilya Mikheyev Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 I'm shocked they couldn't snag a late pick for him at least before placing him on waivers. I guess they wanted to gamble that he'd make the taxi squad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB5 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Wow, very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck73_3 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Would put a claim in, not sure he makes it to us, would be shocked if he somehow clears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Just now, canuck73_3 said: Would put a claim in, not sure he makes it to us, would be shocked if he somehow clears. Arizona would be stupid not to take a flyer on him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mll Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 5 hours ago, higgyfan said: Wild have to use his salary to get Greenway back into the lineup (Covid protocol). They just don't have the available salary cap to keep him. I believe they got him from the Preds via waivers. Not cap related. Players on IR or in Covid-protocol still count against the cap so they didn't have to waive him to activate Greenway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck73_3 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 3 minutes ago, mll said: Not cap related. Players on IR or in Covid-protocol still count against the cap so they didn't have to waive him to activate Greenway. Puzzling move Pitlick has been a solid player for them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mll Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 46% shooting percentage - 6 goals on 13 shots in 20 games. Not a sustainable conversion rate and not a lot of shots. Has struggled to stay in the lineup as of late but got a reprieve with injuries. 4 of his last 5 games were under 8 minutes with 2 at less than 6 minutes. There was also the comment by Evason mid-December saying that they had a great meeting and he knows what the coaches want, which suggests he isn't doing what they expect of him. Feels a bit like a Donato situation where his production was decent (14 goals) but didn't bring enough to be on the contender they are looking to build. He's not a defensive specialist or someone that's going to make it hard on opponents by being in their face so if he doesn't generate offence then he's not really making life hard on opponents. Not the best fit with how the lines are constructed either and it sounds like they want to give a real shot at Boldy - played 2 solid games since being called up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted January 12, 2022 Author Share Posted January 12, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammertime Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Figures. Good pickup. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mll Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Russo had a few tweets answering questions on why the Wild waived Rem Pitlick. They felt he couldn’t or wouldn’t adjust to playing the type of bottom-6 role they wanted from him and Connor Dewar passed him by#mnwild coach Dean Evason today: "Sometimes you gotta get out of your comfort zone in order to have success certainly at this level. We'd love to but we can't have 20 Kirill Kaprizovs, right? You have to have a mix. When you're putting your lineup together, you look at it and you want to have fits. Connor Dewar's played extremely well since coming up. Rem's played well in spurts for us as well, so I don't want to take that away from him. He's competed. He's tried. It's just a situation where we're going to go in another direction. Russo added: "They wanted him coached and to send him a wake up call, which is why they planned to send him to Iowa and not taxi squad." As for why they claimed Pitlick in the 1st place Russo answered: "Bought them 3 months for guys like Boldy, Dewar, Beckman and Rossi to get games in Iowa. Now two are up and, at least now, they want Boldy and Dewar on the main roster" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHL'er Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 18 hours ago, King Heffy said: Arizona would be stupid not to take a flyer on him. But Arizona is stupid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N4ZZY Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 10 hours ago, NHL'er said: But Arizona is stupid that’s no joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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