Khabibulin put on waivers

by SCH on Sep 29, 2008 12:49 PM CDT

The Chicago Blackhawks have placed goalie Nikolai Khabibulin on waivers as speculation of a trade continues.

Khabibulin was expected to start in Sunday's preseason game against the Dallas Stars but was not on the ice or the bench for the game. Antti Niemi got the start and Corey Crawford served as his back-up.

''He had a great practice [Saturday],'' head coach Denis Savard told the Chicago Sun-Times on Sunday. ''We'll give him a couple more days and see what happens. He's ready to play.''

Doesn't really come as much of a shock to anybody, most likely. The situation from last night's 4-3 win over Dallas did seem a little fishy, as he was suddenly scratched from his start in favor of Niemi, and as the article mentions, wasn't even on the bench. I'd have to think he will be out of a Hawks uniform within the next few days.

Also, the Hawks sent Bryan Bickell, Michael Blunden, Jacob Dowell and Tim Hambly all back to Rockford, and the roster is now at 38 players.

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not sure how the NHL waiers work

is it like the NFL or MLB??

Is there a trade window or now do they get to release him?

What happens in the unlikely event he is claimed?

I wish he was in my fantasy league. id bury that cocksucker- KenWo4Life

by Hawk is God on Sep 29, 2008 2:19 PM CDT reply actions

What he said

Baseball is not played by emotionless robots.

by vince_ on Sep 29, 2008 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions

Trying to find a good link on it...

If he was claimed I believe that team would just be stuck with his contract, so that won’t happen. Trying to figure out how the trade window works…

LET'S GO HAWKS!

by SCH on Sep 29, 2008 3:00 PM CDT reply actions

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I think this is pretty accurate although I’m all ears to stand corrected:

No player can get traded after July 31 without being placed on trade waivers.

Unlike outright waivers, August trade waivers are NOT irrevocable. In other words, if we place a player on trade waivers, and another organization places a claim on that player, we can take him off waivers if we don’t want to lose him or trade him.

Once a player is placed on trade waivers, the other 29 organizations have 48 hours during which to place a claim. If a player is claimed by another organization, one of two things can happen: a) the player can be traded to (or simply given to) the claiming organization only or b) the player can be pulled off of waivers by the originating Club. Any trade with the claiming Club has to be consummated within 48 hours.

If a player is claimed on trade waivers, and the originating Club pulls that player off of waivers, he CANNOT be traded for the remainder of the season unless… the originating Club puts the player on trade waivers a second time. If they do this, however, the waivers become irrevocable so any claim would result in the automatic assignment of the player to the claiming team.

If a player goes unclaimed, he can be traded to any other team at any time.

by delorean80 on Sep 30, 2008 10:03 AM CDT up reply actions