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Dubielewicz Claimed By Columbus
by Paul on 01/17/09 at 12:35 PM ET
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The Columbus Blue Jackets have plucked Wade Dubielewicz off the waiver wire. Columbus, without Pascal Leclaire, was the other NHL team that really wanted the goalie.
added 12:55pm, from Greg Logan of On the Islanders Beat,
Shortly after Wade Dubielewicz came off the ice at the Islanders’ pre-game skate this morning at the Coliseum, he received a telephone call from general manager Garth Snow informing him that he had been claimed on waivers by Columbus.
“I thought he was joking at first, but he wasn’t,” Dubielewicz said. “He was disappointed, and I’m disappointed.”
Dubielewicz quickly packed his gear and headed out to catch a flight to Vancouver to meet the Blue Jackets.
added 1:08pm, from Puck-rakers,
Blue Jackets assistant general manager Chris MacFarland said the move does not indicate that Pascal Leclaire will miss the rest of the season because of his ankle injury. That determination is still being made.
“We needed a goaltender,” MacFarland said. “We needed an insurance policy. We’ve gone the last two weeks with the bare minimum.”
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Fabulous response that I’m sure the CBJ team and management appreciate.
It’s to be expected. He thought he was staying in NY. Everyone thought that. No one expected him to be claimed.
Posted by Alan from Atlanta on 01/18/09 at 12:31 AM ET
I don’t think anyone who knows what’s going on around the league could be totally shocked by this… It’s not hard to see that Columbus needs some more depth at goal, with Leclaire injured. They’d like to send LaCosta back down to the Syracuse Crunch, and now they can do that. It was a great move by the Blue Jackets’ GM, Scott Howson.
Posted by macserv on 01/18/09 at 05:09 PM ET
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Wade: “I’m disappointed.”
Fabulous response that I’m sure the CBJ team and management appreciate.
Posted by D-5 from Montreal on 01/17/09 at 01:47 PM ET