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Nashville Predators place Ryan Jones on waivers, what comes next?

In what could be a precursor for any number of moves, the Nashville Predators have placed winger Ryan Jones on waivers, per TSN's Bob McKenzie and Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun.


Ryan Jones

#28 / Left Wing / Nashville Predators

6-1

206

Jun 14, 1984



GP G A P +/- PIM PPG SHG GWG GTG SOG PCT
2009 - Ryan Jones 41 7 4 11 3 18 2 0 0 0 53 13.2

Jones has struggled to make a consistent impact with the Predators since signing a two-year contract over the summer, and this move presumably opens a roster spot for one of two things:

  1. The return of Cody Franson from Injured Reserve, and/or
  2. A trade in the works

If I had to guess, I'd put my money on Option 2. If Franson rejoined the lineup, the Predators would have 8 active defensemen. Considering that they usually run with 7 (and sometimes 6, relying on Wade Belak as an emergency backup), I don't see that happening. Since Franson is expected back any day, however, you'd have to think that a defenseman is on his way out the door, and all signs on that front point to Dan Hamhuis, with a forward coming back in exchange. Otherwise, they would have sent either Franson or Alexander Sulzer down to Milwaukee, without the need to move Jones.

One extra point worth noting is that if moving Jones down to Milwaukee is indeed required for a trade to be completed, we're going to have to wait until tomorrow at noon Eastern to see if his waiver claim goes through, first. So if a big trade is in the works, I doubt we'll see it today.

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Oh boy

Something’s coming….it has to be!

by Lil cutie on Mar 2, 2010 12:35 PM EST reply actions  

can't wait!

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by Aditya T (smashville) on Mar 2, 2010 12:37 PM EST up reply actions  

Waiver/Trade

I don’t think we would necessarily have to wait until tomorrow since I believe the waiver process is secondary to existing roster constraints. For instance, this puts our roster at 23 for tonight’s game. So, making a trade (especially one that would move a roster player aka Hammer) isn’t precluded until waivers finish.

by Cooter31 on Mar 2, 2010 12:56 PM EST reply actions  

Our roster was already at 23 before putting Jones on waivers

Until we hear otherwise, Franson is on IR and doesn’t count towards the 23-man limit.

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by Dirk Hoag on Mar 2, 2010 12:58 PM EST up reply actions  

I can only pray

that this is part of something bigger that we don’t know about yet. I just hope this is Rich Peverly part 2. Come on Poile! Get us some help!

by JWright68 on Mar 2, 2010 12:57 PM EST reply actions  

Allows Hamhuis to be scratched

This move makes some sense. They are going to want to healthy scratch Hamhuis tonight to avoid injury. Also, they don’t want to rely on Grebeshkov playing a lot of minutes. Putting Ryan Jones on waivers allows them to activate Franson so they can scratch Hamhuis and still have 7 active dmen for the game.

by syk on Mar 2, 2010 1:04 PM EST reply actions  

From Glennon's Blog

“Yes, in case you were won­de­ring, Dan Hamhuis is still very much a Pre­da­tor at this time and and is expec­ted in the lineup tonight. ‘Hammer’s pla­ying, abso­lu­tely,’ Trotz said.”

Looks like Hamhuis won’t be scratched…

by Lil cutie on Mar 2, 2010 1:39 PM EST up reply actions  

I’ll wait until game time to see if thats accurate. If Poile thinks he’s trading him, then he’ll be scratched, unless there’s some reason he can’t get Franson off of IR in time.

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by Chris Burton on Mar 2, 2010 1:55 PM EST up reply actions  

Hi Visiting from Japers Rink

JP just passed the message that Garrioch (dodgy source at times) says that Preds will keep Hamhuis and Ellis and may acquire Poni from TO

http://blog.canoe.ca/offtheposts/2010/03/02/interesting_talk

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by Rather Bengt on Mar 2, 2010 1:06 PM EST reply actions  

Why Move Hammer?

With Grebs we essentially got something for nothing. Remember, he is an RFA so if someone offers him a contract and we don’t match it, we will presumably a 2nd round pick back, which is exactly what we gave up to get him. We might even get a higher pick than what we gave up. If Hammer really wants to stay here – and all indications are that he does – Poile and his agent will get something worked out (see Sullivan, Steve in the summer of ’09). But in the meantime we could see a defense of Weber/Suter, Hammer/Grebs and Klein/Bouillion with Sulzer, Franson, etc as the depth guys. A pretty good defensive corps for a stretch run.

by Matthew White on Mar 2, 2010 1:54 PM EST reply actions  

We may be able to keep pucks out of our net with the best of them with that lineup, but we sure as heck won’t be able to put them in the other net.

We could very well lose a playoff series because our power play goes 2/18 or something. That needs fixing.

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by Chris Burton on Mar 2, 2010 1:56 PM EST up reply actions  

I grew up as a Braves fan and I’ve made my peace with the Man upstairs that my baseball team will always and forever be built to win 55-60% of their games by a 2-1 or 3-2 score. I will never see a Murderer’s Row with Tomahawks on their chests.

The same is true with the Preds. We will never have the Sharks/Team Canada line. Our scoring will always be built around offensive minded defensemen who (hopefully) throw the puck to the net and fowards that are (again, hopefully) courageous enough to move to the “tough areas” and get rebounds and deflections. And we will hopefully win 55-60% of the possible points in a season (90-98) and cross our fingers for lightning to strike in the playoffs.

If what Lil cutie says below turns out to be true, someone please bring an icepik to section 325 and shove it in my eyes. Hammer and Klein need to go the way of Jon and Kate.

by Matthew White on Mar 2, 2010 2:53 PM EST up reply actions  

Glennon says Grebeshkov will be paired with Bouillon tonight. So the Hamhuis/Klein nightmare may continue for now.

by Lil cutie on Mar 2, 2010 1:59 PM EST up reply actions  

something has to happen

i don’t want a repeat of last year. especially after everything that has happened the last couple of days.

by flyalder on Mar 2, 2010 3:46 PM EST reply actions  

Isn't Belak still a Pred?

Why waive Jones and not Belak? Jones must really be in Trotz’s doughouse, because he had fair numbers at one time, but has not had much playing time lately. I would think some team with a need at wing would pick him up.

by memphisbrando on Mar 2, 2010 7:27 PM EST reply actions  

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