Blair Betts Returned To Philadelphia
by Robert L on Oct 9, 2011 2:06 PM EDT
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PrintThis is an unconfirmed rumour at this point in time, but it appears as though Canadiens' waiver pickup Blair Betts has failed his physical and could be returned to the Philadelphia Flyers. "The possibility of this is currently being studied by the team and they are awaiting confirmation from the NHL," according to Marc-Antoine Godin of La Presse and TVA Sports commentator Jérémie Rainville. Amanda Stein of TSN 990 Sports in Montreal has stated that Betts is actually on a plane and Philly bound. The CBA ruling on such scenarios states:
13.20 (a) The Club acquiring a Player by Waiver claim shall take an Assignment of the Player's SPC. Nevertheless, if the Commissioner determines that a Player acquired by Waiver claim is not physically fit at the time the claim is made, the Club making the claim may refuse to take an Assignment of such Player's SPC and the request for Waivers shall be canceled.
UPDATE: Broad Street Hockey is now reported that the NHL have confirmed Betts' return to Philly.
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I wonder how significant the injury is; if it was a day-to-day sort of thing, I might have kept Betts regardless. If it’s anything significant though, absolutely, send him back.
My thoughts exactly. It sounded like nothing more than a minor body injury at first. The folks at Broad Street were completely pissed at losing Betts and I thought it odd that he’d clear so many teams for the Habs to grab him. Like, wouldn’t Ottawa or the Oilers want this type of player bad?
Betts doesn’t have much purpose unless you already have a good forward group. His use runs entirely into big PK minutes and some defensive minutes at even strength.
What’s interesting is that apparently Philadelphia needed to dump a contract so they can keep Couturier with the club. Apparently they were at the 50 contract limit. So it seems that Philadelphia dumped a guy they knew would get picked up somewhere in order to lose a body.
Philadelphia has attempted to game the CBA before (like Briere’s AHL conditioning stint to avoid going over the cap), I wonder if there is any fallout.
Also, if his injury was day to day I’d expect Montreal to keep him, they didn’t need him right away. So this is curious.
by Stephan Cooper on Oct 9, 2011 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions
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