Possible "September" Waiver (2017 only)

[Chris_Savard]

From HOUL

I’d like to select G - semyon varlomov from Colorado.
Thanks

[Chris_Savard]

Mission select LW - Anthony Duclair ARI

[Mark Des Cotes]

Marksmen take D Josh Morrissey WPG

[Richard_Tardiff]

Counter point to Chris' post about major/minor teams.

The way I see it, having the minors absolutely weakens the major teams. You focus on McDavid/Matthews/Holtby but at the other end there are players kept that get sent back to the AHL and by having to field a minor team, you then lack sufficient players to stock the major team with NHL active players.

For example, in my case Chabot and Theodore have been sent back to the AHL. I have 7 D, 3 of which were drafted last week. 2 of the drafted D have to dress in the minors, only leaving me with 1 NHL active D to replace the 2 sent to minors. So my major team will be weakened because to be roster compliant in both the only way I can is to dress an AHL playing D for my major team.

I'm not complaining, I'm just giving counter point. You are focusing on only 1 thing stating it protects the integrity of the majors, I don't think it does what you think. It sure isn't for me but again, I'm not complaining. I'm building through the draft and letting players season, I did expect I could have problems with this.

[Chris_Savard]

Fair enough Rick. I think we need to live with the minors a bit before making any changes. In my response to Spartans, I was simply trying to explain the rationale for protected players not being allowed to play in the minors.

Two considerations on your post.

1) respectfully part of the problem you face specifically was protecting two AHL players At some point, both will be NHLers and that would help you out

2) we will all struggle a little bit with numbers because when we did it the last time we protected 11 and drafted 19. Now we draft 12 and this year is effectively 13. As I mentioned earlier, I think we need to live with the minors and see how it plays out. I don’t have an appetite for a 19 round draft, but if we need to add bodies we can consider changes to the 25 roster max and the number of waiver picks.

I hope this helps.

[Chris_Savard]

The Moonheads select G - Jimmy Howard, DET

[D'Arcy O'Connell]

The Crusaders pick up LW Ryan Hartman from CHI

[Jacob Dionne]

Hellions select C - Elias Lindholm CAR

[Jean_Davignon]

Sorry guys for making you wait. My pick had already been sent to Chris but he must have been busy. Polar Bear picks Trevor Daley from Detroit

[Josh Graham]

Jimmy Howard Detroit