Nabokov and SKA terminates contract

[JD88]

o man, where'd you hear that?
that's awful ..i hope not

It was just a few quotes that I read nothing offical I hope that its not true!!

[dmvincent]

I'm wondering the same thing. ESPN already has him for some reason, they never adjust players in their system- I'm pretty sure Jagr is still in there

[offjaj]

I just read this on Pierre LeBrun's twitter - no mention of his kid being ill

Real_ESPNLeBrun From Nabokov's agent Don Meehan via email, ``He is prepared to play. Will now speak with teams...''
36 minutes ago via web

and dmitiry chesnokov just re-tweeted this

dchesnokov Per @plysenkovwho spoke with Nabokov's agent, Nabby is coming back to the US tomorrow; has no interest in retiring; pure family decision.

Meehan's words that [Nabby] is prepared to play and will speak with teams is VERY promising for his return to the NHL. TB has the cap space and the goaltending need. Washington would also be a great situation.

[Bomm Bastic]

He's not still owned by the Sharks? Correct? He was a FA when they let him walk, right?

[dmvincent]

He's not still owned by the Sharks? Correct? He was a FA when they let him walk, right?

Yeah that's right.

[A Watch]

JD88/Tripel, Do you guys have a source as to that "kid might be dying" comment?

No real sources, just stuff posted on a few forums. The first I heard was from a friend and then i saw it in the comments on tsn.ca so nothing real.

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=345338

[emurdoch]

I'm pretty sure his wife Tabitha was born in North America.. The kids were definitely born here and they didn't speak any russian before they moved... I would understand if all of this may be a factor.

http://www.sharkspage.com/?p=1879

[Chico Resch]

So, what needs to be done for Nabakov to be onto Yahoo leagues? Does he need to be signed?

[Enapai]

One thing to keep in mind is that if a team decides to place a waiver claim on Nabakov, they will have to pay whatever contract was negotiated. One way the Bolts could "increase" their chances are by signing him to a larger dollar figure. This would do two things, 1) require the team making the claim to have the cap space, or be willing to eat money and 2) potentially reduces his trade value at the dead line as teams like the Flyers, Caps, etc are all up against the salary cap already and may have trouble fitting him in under the restraint of the cap.

Also, I think the reason Nabby needs to clear waivers even with his FA status is due to the fact that he was signed to a contract in another league when the season began. I think this was mused about last year when Jagr started talking about coming back.

[garethbush]

I'm in a CBS league and thankfully the database keeps players that were at least in the NHL last year. Rob Blake and guys like that are still in the system. So obviously I picked him up. Washington would be such an unreal boost for his value.

[cannon]

This link should clear things up

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puc...urn=nhl-295351

"Nothing serious happened,"... Nabokov is expected to leave for the States on the "next available flight," according to Isakov. Nabokov's family left Russia a few days ago. Nabokov's wife is American and his children were born in the United States...It is quite possible that his family could never truly adjust to life in Russia...

pretty happy I was able to snap him up in my fantrax league

[letangerang58]

I'm wondering the same thing. ESPN already has him for some reason, they never adjust players in their system- I'm pretty sure Jagr is still in there

They do still have jagr in espn fantasy hockey, lol

[Bomm Bastic]

I'm also readin' that he does need to clear waivers once a team signs him (which seems a little bass-ackwards). I'm still not clear on the reasoning, since he was a UFA and allowed to walk.

[tripel]

I'm also readin' that he does need to clear waivers once a team signs him (which seems a little bass-ackwards). I'm still not clear on the reasoning, since he was a UFA and allowed to walk.

right, which means its in both nabby's and the signing team's interest (Tampa??) to make it a decent dollar amount, to keep cap constrained teams from grabbing him or bottom feeders from grabbing him in hopes to trade him to those cap constrained teams at the deadline.

I posted this elsewhere:

Here's the waiver list, with cap space courtesy of capgeek:

NY Islanders 11,869,683
New Jersey -10,859,999
Toronto -1,357,500
Florida 6,232,500
Calgary -5,087,500
Edmonton 9,072,500
Ottawa -1,770,833
Buffalo 2,699,643
Carolina 10,351,672
Minnesota -221,026
St. Louis 10,219,167
Columbus 3,111,251
Los Angeles -2,573,250
San Jose -201,667
Colorado 13,908,333
Nashville 9,637,500
Phoenix 6,891,667
Chicago 5,164,497
Atlanta 14,013,334
Anaheim 2,277,500
Tampa Bay 4,703,084
Dallas 8,015,833
Vancouver -2,943,333
Boston -1,741,310
NY Rangers -1,317,000
Montreal 299,524
Washington 1,093,204
Detroit -225,378
Philadelphia -2,359,762
Pittsburgh 216,667

my guess, in order of liklihood:
Tampa, Caps, Chicago,
darkhorses:
Dallas, Philly, SJ

i just grabbed him on CBS

[Bomm Bastic]

Tampa sure seems to need him the most