Schneider put on waivers!

RoyceDa59 · Post #1 » by **RoyceDa59** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 4:55 pm

Anaheim has put the savy veteran on waivers. The other 29 teams have until 12pm tomorrow to pick him up or his rights will remain with the Ducks. Schneider is a smart two way defensemen who is sound positionally and has the ability to quarterback the PP. There are many teams who could use his services.

Teams in playoff contention that are in a need of a D man.

Ottawa!
Buffalo
Carolina
Columbus

My guess is that he will go to New Jersey.

Who do you think will pick him up off waivers?

Post #2 » by **Celtics_Champs** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 5:16 pm

Bruins are interested as well. But I don't see them grabbing him.

Post #3 » by **Mr Swagtastic** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:37 pm

Well count my Wings out of this one. We have some greta D-Men and little to no money and we are not touching his contract.

My guess is he will want to go to a contending team i.e. I can see the Pens being interested. I am not sure what their cap situation is like, the Western teams I see being interested are San Jose and Dallas

Post #4 » by **timd1218** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:43 pm

xbl_sucks wrote:Well count my Wings out of this one. We have some greta D-Men and little to no money and we are not touching his contract.

My guess is he will want to go to a contending team i.e. I can see the Pens being interested. I am not sure what their cap situation is like, the Western teams I see being interested are San Jose and Dallas

Pens won't be interested. Not enough cap space.

sh00n · Post #5 » by **sh00n** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:35 am

I see New Jersey picking him up.

Bruins won't because EVERYTHING about Boston obviously sucks.

Post #6 » by **ajaX82** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:37 pm

He cleared waivers...

Post #7 » by **Celtics_Champs** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:01 am

rotoworld wrote:If the Ducks put Mathieu Schneider on re-entry waivers, the Boston Bruins could be amongst the teams interested.Anaheim is $3 million over the cap and they've already attempted to solve the problem by putting Schneider on waivers. Unfortunately for the Ducks, Schneider cleared waivers with no team was willing to take on his $5.625 million cap hit. Anaheim could still place Schneider on re-entry waivers, which would put the Ducks on the hook for half his salary if another team claims him. Boston would benefit from the addition of another puck-moving defenseman, making them one of Schneider's possible destinations.

Got that from Rotoworld.

sh00n wrote:I see New Jersey picking him up.

Bruins won't because EVERYTHING about Boston obviously sucks.

Actually they won't get him, because boston obviously was better then a lot of teams last season...

The Boston Globe wrote:but Schneider might be picked up before they can make a claim. Selection order is based on 2007-08 records, meaning Tampa Bay, the league's worst team last season, would have first crack at Schneider if he's placed on reentry waivers . . .

sh00n · Post #8 » by **sh00n** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 4:14 pm

Celtics_Champs wrote:Actually they won't get him, because boston obviously was better then a lot of teams last season...

You were better than Tampa Bay, Toronto, Atlanta, Buffalo, New York, Florida and just barely better than Carolina - congratulations.

Post #9 » by **timd1218** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 5:07 pm

sh00n wrote:
Celtics_Champs wrote:Actually they won't get him, because boston obviously was better then a lot of teams last season...

You were better than Tampa Bay, Toronto, Atlanta, Buffalo, New York, Florida and just barely better than Carolina - congratulations.

Boston was better then 17 teams last year. They also had the same amount of points as Calgary and Ottawa. And they made the playoffs. Not a bad year in my book. I'm sure those 17 teams wouldn't mind that season.

sh00n · Post #10 » by **sh00n** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:34 pm

Ottawa and Calgary both had super disappointing seasons considering what was expected of them - some experts had them going 2 and 3 in the league behind Detroit. Ottawa especially was disappointing - they need to find a way to get the deal done to land Bulin.

Griff83 · Post #11 » by **Griff83** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:15 am

Boston is going to be real solid next season. They were a playoff team last year and are going to be adding Patrice Bergeron, Micheal Ryder and Manny Fernandez to that existing team. Adding Bergeron/Ryder alone will help that offense out who struggled at times last year and now they have 2 solid tenders in Thomas/Fernandez. They play one of the best systems in the league are tough and now that the offense looks better they have a good chance to be a top 4-5 team in the East next season. There a classic team who will always get overlooked before the season starts because other teams look better on "paper".

Bulin is at best a slight upgrade over Gerber at this point. What Ottawa needs to do is aquire a legit puckmover. I mean whos going to transition the puck to the forwards? Brian Lee? Filip Kuba?

sh00n · Post #12 » by **sh00n** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:42 pm

Griff83 wrote:Boston is going to be real solid next season. They were a playoff team last year and are going to be adding Patrice Bergeron, Micheal Ryder and Manny Fernandez to that existing team. Adding Bergeron/Ryder alone will help that offense out who struggled at times last year and now they have 2 solid tenders in Thomas/Fernandez. They play one of the best systems in the league are tough and now that the offense looks better they have a good chance to be a top 4-5 team in the East next season. There a classic team who will always get overlooked before the season starts because other teams look better on "paper".

Bulin is at best a slight upgrade over Gerber at this point. What Ottawa needs to do is aquire a legit puckmover. I mean whos going to transition the puck to the forwards? Brian Lee? Filip Kuba?

You're overrating Ryder to the fuller, Griff. He has to have the puck to be effective, but when he does have it he doesn't have the handle to do anything with it. He plays no defense. All he can do is shoot; you have to give him the perfect pass and hope for the best, cause otherwise he's useless. It'll be nice for them to have Bergeron back, though I don't think Manny really adds much for them. The only thing I'm really interested in about Boston this year is how much progress Milan Lucic made, even though he's a big pansy.

Griff83 · Post #13 » by **Griff83** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:44 pm

sh00n wrote:
Griff83 wrote:Boston is going to be real solid next season. They were a playoff team last year and are going to be adding Patrice Bergeron, Micheal Ryder and Manny Fernandez to that existing team. Adding Bergeron/Ryder alone will help that offense out who struggled at times last year and now they have 2 solid tenders in Thomas/Fernandez. They play one of the best systems in the league are tough and now that the offense looks better they have a good chance to be a top 4-5 team in the East next season. There a classic team who will always get overlooked before the season starts because other teams look better on "paper".

Bulin is at best a slight upgrade over Gerber at this point. What Ottawa needs to do is aquire a legit puckmover. I mean whos going to transition the puck to the forwards? Brian Lee? Filip Kuba?

You're overrating Ryder to the fuller, Griff. He has to have the puck to be effective, but when he does have it he doesn't have the handle to do anything with it. He plays no defense. All he can do is shoot; you have to give him the perfect pass and hope for the best, cause otherwise he's useless. It'll be nice for them to have Bergeron back, though I don't think Manny really adds much for them. The only thing I'm really interested in about Boston this year is how much progress Milan Lucic made, even though he's a big pansy.

Im not overrating Ryder at all. He was a 30 goal scorer the previous 2 seasons to last and is now going to be playing on either Savard or Bergerons wing and both those guys are fantastic playmakers who will get Ryder the puck in scoring areas. I gurantee he has a season thats closer to his 30 goal campaign then his past season of only 14 in 70 games. Ryder doesnt "need" the puck to be effective, he needs someone to get him the puck in the right spots so he can finish. Either way I never said he was great, but hes certainly going to be a solid addition to a team that has a shaky offence and on a team like the Bruins who play a great defensive system, his defensive shortcomings will be masked. Fernandez certainly adds something seeing hes a solid goalie, could possibly even win the starters role out of camp and at worst will be able to play 25-30 games as a backup and it wont be really anything of a downgrade from Thomas.

How is Lucic a pansy? The kid got in a bunch of scraps in his rookie season and won most of them.

sh00n · Post #14 » by **sh00n** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:16 am

He's always cross checking and slashing everyone but as soon as it happens to him he's crying to the refs.

Post #15 » by **Snayr** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:25 am

Back to the Ryder thing... the deal with Ryder is that he sucks defensively, and he doesn't keep moving his feet when he gets the puck. I believe that he'll have about 32 goals this year but will be somewhere around the -13 mark in +/-. He also scores a lot of his goals on the PP.

sh00n · Post #16 » by **sh00n** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:37 am

That's my problem with Ryder; he has to get the puck in a perfect, wide open spot to get his goals. He's one of the few players I've ever seen who get an "empty" 30 goals. He had his 30 goal seasons on sub-par Canadiens teams. We get better last year, he sees more bench than ice. Coincidence? We'll see.

I do have to give him kudos for one game he played this year, though - we would have never made the comeback against the Rangers without him.

Griff83 · Post #17 » by **Griff83** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:38 am

He had 13 fights as a rookie and against alot of tough guys and won most of them. Players he won fights against.

Jared Boll
Barret Jackman
Jarku Ruutu
Ben Eager
David Clarkson
Matt Bradley

maybe he complains to the ref sometimes but hes hardly a pansy.

Griff83 · Post #18 » by **Griff83** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:41 am

sh00n wrote:That's my problem with Ryder; he has to get the puck in a perfect, wide open spot to get his goals. He's one of the few players I've ever seen who get an "empty" 30 goals. He had his 30 goal seasons on sub-par Canadiens teams. We get better last year, he sees more bench than ice. Coincidence? We'll see.

I do have to give him kudos for one game he played this year, though - we would have never made the comeback against the Rangers without him.

He is what he is. A 2nd line winger who will get you 20-25 goals a season and for a Bruins team they could definitely use that.

sh00n · Post #19 » by **sh00n** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:45 am

Griff83 wrote:He had 13 fights as a rookie and against alot of tough guys and won most of them. Players he won fights against.

Jared Boll
Barret Jackman
Jarku Ruutu
Ben Eager
David Clarkson
Matt Bradley

maybe he complains to the ref sometimes but hes hardly a pansy.

Complains some times? You could breathe on him and the guy will go tell the refs about it after every whistle until he finally gets a call.

Griff83 · Post #20 » by **Griff83** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:51 am

sh00n wrote:
Griff83 wrote:He had 13 fights as a rookie and against alot of tough guys and won most of them. Players he won fights against.

Jared Boll
Barret Jackman
Jarku Ruutu
Ben Eager
David Clarkson
Matt Bradley

maybe he complains to the ref sometimes but hes hardly a pansy.

Complains some times? You could breathe on him and the guy will go tell the refs about it after every whistle until he finally gets a call.

Your a habs fan who dislikes Lucic and thinks Ryder is horrible.

Damn, who would have known :lol: