Quincey was claimed off waivers by the Los Angeles Kings today. The Detroit Free Press has some info regarding the move.
October 13, Detroit Free Press: “It’s another challenge and hopefully a good opportunity for myself,” Quincey said. “I’ll just try to make the best of it.”Given that he is only a $525,000 hit against the cap, it’s hardly a surprise he was claimed.
“We expected it,” general manager Ken Holland said. “We’d talked to five, six teams the last week that had some interest. I thought we were close on one front on a deal that fell through. In the end, we really decided to put him on waivers because we wanted to have flexibility with the cap.”
The move makes it possible to activate Darren McCarty. McCarty is on short-term injury reserve because of a groin injury, but he skated Monday for the first time since getting hurt and said he feels better.
The Macomb Daily also has some info:
October 13, RedWingsCorner: General manager Ken Holland said that the Red Wings don’t have immediate plans to add a player to their roster. Without Quincey, the Wings still don’t have enough cap room to fit a higher salaried played like Jonathan Ericsson or Ville Leino under the cap. There is enough room, however, for Darren McCarty, who practiced for the first time today since being sidelined with a groin strain, or for a lower salaried minor-leaguer.”I’m not going to call somebody up just to sit in the press box,” said Holland. “We may as well play the games and see if we have anybody get hurt.”
Quincey was on the RBC Center ice this morning for the Red Wings’ practice. At the end, he was called over to the side of the ice where Holland told him about the Kings’ waiver claim.
“Hopefully I get a chance to play and start my career,” said Quincey. “It’s hard to leave all the good guys here. It’s like a family here. It’s always great when you’re winning.”
I am sad to see Kyle go. With any luck he’ll be able to get some good ice time out there. This also reminds me of another player that the Kings claimed off from waivers from the Red Wings, but I just cannot remember who it was. I think it was near the start of last season.
-UPDATE-
Matt Ellis is the player that I couldn’t think of. He was claimed off waivers by LA in February 2008. He was then claimed off waivers by the Buffalo Sabres on October 1st, 2008.
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This is the NHL Central division standings as of this morning. Weird…
Michael Zuidema reports that Griffins coach Curt Fraser has appointed Darren Haydar the Griffins’ captain, and he gave an “A” to “The Big RIg”:
October 10, Grand Rapids Press: Darren Haydar will be the Griffins’ captain this season. Haydar was signed in July after serving as captain last season for the Chicago Wolves, who won the Calder Cup. Landon Wilson and Jonathan Ericsson are the alternate captains.”Darren’s got great experience at it, he’s been a captain for a long time. We had a long talk with him and I think he’s the right man for the job of leading this team,” Fraser said. “Wilson has been around for a long time and he’s really a good guy, and a real strong presence in our locker room. Ericsson, out on the ice, leads by example and that’s kind of players I’m looking for to lead our team.”
If injuries or recalls affect the status of any of those players, Justin Abdelkader and Ryan Oulahen will fill the alternate roles.
With the state that the Griffins are in I support Haydar as the captain. He has been around the AHL for a while, he has been captain in Chicago, he has a Calder Cup.
So the Wings lost game one. The worst part of the story is that they lost to the Leafs.
Just wait, the Toronto media engine is going to have a field day with this today.
Aaron Downey seemed to be a little bummed out about clearing waivers.
October 8, Detroit News: “Nobody wanted me,” Downey said, referring to the other 29 NHL teams choosing not to pick him up. “I think I’m going to go down and play some games. I still enjoy hockey.”
