[Morgan] Per league source, the Coyotes have placed F Zack Kassian and D Patrik Nemeth on unconditional waivers for purposes of buyouts.
Per league source, the Coyotes have placed F Zack Kassian and D Patrik Nemeth on unconditional waivers for purposes of buyouts.
— Craig Morgan (@CraigSMorgan) June 20, 2023
by ThatSpecialAgent
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Per PuckPedia: “After buying out both Kassian & Nemeth, the #Yotes have $30M of Cap Space ($10M below cap floor) with a projected roster of 13 (7F/5D/1G)
IR: Weber, Little, Voracek
RFA: Fischer, McBain, Jenik, Maccelli, Ingram, Prosvetov
UFA: Mackey, Ritchie, Dauphin”
Edit:
Craig’s comment on the move: “Nemeth was OK as a depth/extra D but the price was too high.
This helps create space on a tight budget to get younger and take another step forward.”
Edit 2:
Per Bill Armstrong’s Burner on twitter: “Yotes are making moves 👀 #WagonSZN #StanleyCupChampions”
Thank fucking god.
Interesting, I can’t imagine our RFA signings will get us to the cap floor. I wonder if BA is lining up some trades or free agent signings though I can’t imagine a ton of free agents will be interested before we have more clarity on the arena situation (unless it’s a short term contract)
Kassian is one of the worst players I’ve ever seen wear a kachina, thank god he’s gone. Mildly surprised about Nemeth because while he wasn’t good, I didn’t think he was *that* bad that we couldn’t run him out on the 3rd pair again. I’d suspect we’ve got some trades lined up to fill those contract slots
They aren’t going to be able to take on any contracts after this with 3 buyouts and they are $10m under the floor, do I have that right? What LTIR legend is coming next?? I’m not an NHL GM but this doesn’t make a lot of sense – Nemeth was awful in NY and Kassian the same in Denver and both would be gone after this year?
I swear Nemeth was in the box every time he was on the ice
Man I am still pissed one of the mystery pucks I bought this past season was signed by Kassian… Later guy!
I mean good, they are not good
Kassian is literally the worst player I have ever seen so this is great. Not sure about Nemeth, we dont have any good prospects so we coukd have at least used him as a 6/7D
I’ve watched plenty of bad hockey (including beer league) and watching Kassian last season is the only time I’ve ever said, “That guy’s terrible at hockey.”