Alex Auld Placed on Waivers; Per Andy Strickland
by Brandon Bibb on Feb 24, 2010 2:00 PM CST
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PrintWell, this is an interesting move to say the least.
From the Twitter feed of NHL writer and radio host Andy Strickland:
Dallas Stars place Goaltender Alex Auld on waivers.
I think a few things are in play, here. The Stars probably didn't see much of a market for Marty as we approach the trade deadline. And they probably feel a motivated Marty Turco down the stretch is better in net than a questionable Kari Lehtonen.
To clear up any confusion: the Stars have placed Auld on waivers with the thought he will get picked up by another team, who will then take on the rest of his salary. If he clears waivers, then he'll be placed on re-entry waivers where any team grabbing him is on the hook for just half of his remaining salary. If there are still no takers, then the Stars will assign him to the Texas Stars most likely.
Anyway, best wishes to Auld in his future endeavors. He did a solid job of backing up Marty this year.
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It will be nice to ride turco to the playoffs one last time.
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by Jason Brynsvold on Feb 24, 2010 1:49 PM CST reply actions
Very interesting... also won me a bet.
Take that, friend who thought I was crazy when I said Auld would go first. :D
by laurenb on Feb 24, 2010 1:52 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
i figured this would happen.
we could call this a blunder by GM Joe and it only could be defined by what we got in return for Marty, which i imagine was very little to nothing anyways.
i’m happy. turco probably deserves to be treated w/ class and let him have one last swan song. we could still trade him at the last second, it’s not like Auld was a world beater and we have depth in AHL.
by ludwig's mullet on Feb 24, 2010 1:58 PM CST reply actions
On waivers and...
On waivers and on his way to Austin? I’m assuming if he clears waivers, this is the case. Someone help?
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That would be the idea.
Although they may try and place him on re-entry waivers.
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by Brandon Worley on Feb 24, 2010 2:01 PM CST up reply actions
wait...
can you place a player on re-entry waivers? I thought that was something that happened when you recalled a player from the minors if they were eligible for waivers when they were sent down.
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scratch that
i’m an idiot. here’s a good explanation by five for fighting
“Auld, who makes $1 million this season, will go through waivers. If he is not picked up, he will be sent through recall waivers and teams will get a shot at him for half his remaining salary. If no team picks him up, he will be assigned to the Texas Stars. It is not expected that he will return to practice with the team unless there is an injury.”
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Oh.
You already found that. Jinx.
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by Brandon Worley on Feb 24, 2010 2:24 PM CST up reply actions
On the one hand, I'm sorry to see Auld go
He has been a solid backup for us this year. Perhaps not as solid as we would have liked in January when things were so uncertain, but certainly much more than we had last year. Best of luck to Alex in his future endeavours in the NHL.
On the other hand, I’m sure it’s no secret that I’m happy that it looks like Marty will be staying, at least for the rest of this season. I cannot wait to see what a tandem of Marty and Kari can do for us in net. Come on, take us to the playoffs, guys.
This is fascinating.
Now you have the entire transaction to look at.
The Stars:
Gave up a 4th round pick
Gave up Ivan VIshnevskiy
Let Marty Turco go for nothing in return
Got back:
Kari Lehtonen.
How you do view that transaction as a whole?
But we don't know yet that's how it will all go down
Someone mentioned trading him (although I don’t see the point) after the season is over before his contract expires on 1 July. There’s also the off chance that if Marty continues to do well and we actually do something like get past the first round in the playoffs of working something out and getting Marty to stay for a hometown discount (a friend of mine actually thinks this is the way things will end up) and going tandem with Marty/Kari in goal next year (because face it, we still don’t know that Kari will hold up). The fat lady still ain’t sung on this one yet.
I don't think you can put the Marty Turco situation in the same boat as the Lehtonen trade.
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by Brandon Worley on Feb 25, 2010 10:29 AM CST up reply actions
Why not trade Turco for a defenseman?
Why didn’t the Stars trade Turco for some help on defense?
That transaction
tells you that Turco has no value to the rest of the NHL unless some team is willing to offload another goalie as part of the transaction. The problem there is Dallas will not take back a horrible contract so no Huet, no Theodore, no LeClaire, and no Rolison.
Four good games doesn’t make up for the last year and a half of crap. Unfortunately they’re stuck with him and I hope he enjoys the bench because the split is going to be like 15-5 or 13-7 for Lehtonen down the stretch. Dallas made their future choice extremely clear and its not Marty Turco.
Turco had no trade value because the rest of the league knew we had to get rid of a goalie
This whole thing was done out of order.
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Turco had no trade value before Lehtonen was acquired.
He’s a UFA this summer, he’d be a rental at best, and he has an expensive contract. Plus, he was not playing all that well UNTIL AFTER Lehtonen was traded for.
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by Brandon Worley on Feb 27, 2010 8:40 PM CST up reply actions
BW just answered your question
Turco couldn’t be traded. He’s playing well, now.
So you ride him either into the playoffs or until the Stars are out of the race.
Then you hand it over to Lehtonen.
Tell me where Alex Auld was supposed to get any playing time in this scenario?
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by Brandon Bibb on Feb 27, 2010 11:42 PM CST up reply actions
Is Kari healthy?
There’s your playing time.
The point is that this was a problem that was created by the GM when he traded for a goalie while he had 2 that he had no plan for.
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Auld has now clear waivers and been assigned to Texas
but it is widely expected that he will be put on recall waivers tomorrow.
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