Adam Erne On Waivers

By Paul

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02/04/2023 at 2:13pm EST

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Erne (DET) on waivers
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damndogrevenge

Surprisingly not Hagg. Making room for zadina and Berggman

exor54

What took so long

Royal Grand Exalted PooBah

How will this help? Clears a roster spot to bring Varana back but it should have been Hagg. If its not Varana coming back then there are too many vets in GR again. The Wings can’t beat out all the teams above them to make the playoffs. Tank and go for the pick.

ChillDistillerRoyal Grand Exalted PooBah

It gives room for Berggren or Zadina

Royal Grand Exalted PooBah

Erne is one of the few that hits regularly on the team that is way too soft. He has decent hands and size.

damndogrevengeRoyal Grand Exalted PooBah

Exactly PooBah on both your points. I did not think of the veteran capacity issue in GR. Maybe SY believes Erne will be picked up.

bigfrogRoyal Grand Exalted PooBah

Agreed. He always plays all out. Really surprised he was put on waivers, and not someone else.

Chet

Nobody’s going to confuse him for the most talented NHL’er but he sure is a hard worker. I hope he gets picked up and keeps going.

ChillDistillerChet

I can't imagine he'll clear

VPalmerChillDistiller

We said that about pretty much every player we put on waivers and they all clear. I agree Erne is a hard working guy, but let's be honest, nobody even noticed his absence in the games he missed.

ChetVPalmer

10% a contender or wannabe takes a shot on him. His cap hit is not small, he’s been around and maybe you’re thinking depth. Not sure he’d be my first choice but he’s also essentially free for the cap hit.

ChetChet

I mean yeah, he’s a $2.1m replacement or worse player. Who can take that on? You can’t retain on waivers. This could be the end unless he signs for less after this deal.

MurrayChadwick

Trades

Are

Hard

Paul

from Kevin Allen of Detroit Hockey Now,

The Detroit Red Wings placed forward Adam Erne on waivers today, presumably with the expectation of sending him to the Grand Rapids Griffins. Erne can theoretically be claimed by any of the 31 other NHL teams, although it seems unlikely that will happen.

With Erne in the American Hockey League, the Red Wings can recall Jonatan Berggren who was temporarily moved off the Detroit roster to activate Filip Zadina. He needed to be activated to go to Grand Rapids for a two-game conditioning stint. The Berggren demotion was a paper transaction. Berggren didn’t actually join the Griffins.

With Erne in Grand Rapids, both Berggren and Zadina can be in Detroit Monday to practice for the Red Wings’ next game Tuesday against the Edmonton Oilers. The Red Wings haven’t played since losing 2-0 to the New York Islanders on Jan. 27.

Erne has not been in the AHL since 2017-18 when he played 41 games for the Syracuse Crunch. This is the fourth season in Detroit for Erne who one of the Red Wings’ most physical players. He leads Detroit with 122 hits. That’s 10 more than Moritz Seider and Ben Chiarot have.

Erne is having a better season offensively than he had last season. He has six goals in 43 games, the same number of goals he had last season in 74 games.

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MZ2215

It's weird how nobody has been interested in the mediocre to problematic players of a bad team. One day they'll have to make a tough decision on a guy worth claiming

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