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Waiver Wire Pickup Of The Year
by Paul on 12/19/08 at 04:20 PM ET
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from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,
Last season, the waiver pickup of the year was goalie Ilya Bryzgalov.
This year, while still early, it may just be Kyle Quincey. In a move that didn’t exactly turn many heads in mid-October, the Los Angeles Kings picked up 23-year-old defenseman off waivers from the Detroit Red Wings. And they’ve been head over heels ever since.
“This is an example of not only getting a good player, but also of our infrastructure working,” Kings GM Dean Lombardi told ESPN.com on Friday.
When Quincey went on waivers, Kings pro scout Rob Laird made his case. “This guy can play,” Laird told Lombardi.
“He was right on,” Lombardi said of Laird. “That’s a great job by a guy that works in the trenches and goes out there and works his butt off.”
continued plus Sundin and Wings/Sharks talk…
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Agreed Garth. And some team might be lucky enough to get Meech as well. Bastards.
“our infrastructure working”
I first misread that as *the* infrastructure working, which I took to be a complement to Wings and their ability to develop young players. Then I saw the *our* and the sadness came.
Posted by Osrt on 12/19/08 at 08:16 PM ET
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Yes, it was a good pickup, but come on, “our infrastructure working”?
Detroit knew they were going to have to drop someone, and they very reluctantly dropped Quincey, because they had too many defensemen. Is it amazing scouting to go “Hey, look at Detroit, they’ve got 37 NHL-ready defensemen and they’re pushed right up against the cap...maybe we should pick up whoever they put on waivers, and by the way he’s going to cost hald a million...”? Or is it common sense?
Posted by Garth on 12/19/08 at 07:52 PM ET