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Old 11-21-2005, 12:59 PM
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Ducks Claim Marchant on Waivers
The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim announced today that the National Hockey League (NHL) club has claimed center Todd Marchant on waivers from Columbus.

Marchant, 32 (8/12/73), has played 18 games with Columbus this season, scoring 3-6=9 points with 20 penalty minutes. The 5-10, 180-pound forward has played in 774 NHL games over 13 seasons, earning 148-238=386 points. He has also appeared in 43 postseason games, earning 7-6=13 points with 42 penalty minutes.

He set career highs in goals, assists and points during the 2002-2003 season as a member of the Edmonton Oilers, earning 20-40=60 points with 48 penalty minutes and a +13 rating. A native of Buffalo, New York, Marchant played for Team USA at the 1994 Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway where he earned 1-1=2 points in eight tournament games.

Marchant was selected in the seventh round (164th overall) of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers. He was traded to Edmonton by the NY Rangers for Craig MacTavish on March 21, 1994. He signed as a free agent with Columbus on July 3, 2003.
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Old 11-21-2005, 02:20 PM
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AHHHH so the CBJ do NOT have to cover half his salary. who ever said that in the other tread was wrong. Thats only if they send him to the minors abd bring him in on re-entry waivers.

P.S thanks for the update.
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Old 11-21-2005, 03:36 PM
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why didnt they just trade him in the original deal??
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Old 11-21-2005, 03:52 PM
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why didnt they just trade him in the original deal??
No trade clause. Its actually pretty funny what CBJ did by putting him on waivers. He was forced to agree to the trade or not play in the NHL.
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Old 11-21-2005, 03:54 PM
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No trade clause. Its actually pretty funny what CBJ did by putting him on waivers. He was forced to agree to the trade or not play in the NHL.

Bet it was Burke's idea...sounds like something a lawyer would do.
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Old 11-21-2005, 03:57 PM
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why didnt they just trade him in the original deal??
Marchant wouldn't waive his no-trade clause.

I can't figure Burke out. He dumps Fedorov because Feds is overpaid $6M for the next 3 years. OK, fine. But Marchant is getting oerpaid at $2.5M+ for the next three years. Why would he dump an overpaid scorer for an overpaid checker (that didn't want to come to Anaheim in the first place!), a no-name dman, and a grinder, only to save $2m in salary?

Since the Ducks main problem right now is scoring, this makes no sense. I saw the benefit of the original Fedorov trade, but now I don't like it so much.

Now I hear he's shopping one of few remaining proven scorers in Sykora. OK, fine - he's been slumping. But I hope he gets a proven scorer in return, or we will be rolling 4 lines of 3rd/4th liners!

Yet, I trust (for now!) that Burke knows what he's doing....
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Old 11-21-2005, 04:08 PM
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I heard that Fedorov was a problem in the locker room while Marchant is a team guy.
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Old 11-21-2005, 04:13 PM
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Crazy, i figured Brian Burke would go for Todd Marchant, I wonder if How he feels about the trade? He has to play for the duck or not play in the NHL !! Holy crap! I think i might a little choked.But he is goign to a team that wants him.
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Old 11-21-2005, 04:20 PM
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He has to play for the duck or not play in the NHL !!
Poor baby...It could be worse... 9-5 for $30,000 a year like many of the people buying tickets.
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Old 11-21-2005, 04:30 PM
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when you do a salary dump, you usually don't take another bloated contract in return.

The Ducks must have been truly desperate to move Federov to agree to such a craptacular deal. Marchant is signed through 2009. Ouch. I would be screaming to kingdom come if The Genius Sather made a deal such as this.
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Old 11-21-2005, 04:37 PM
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I heard that Fedorov was a problem in the locker room while Marchant is a team guy.
That wouldn't surprise me at all!
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Old 11-21-2005, 05:27 PM
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If Marchant does not want to play in Anaheim, I am sure he could file a greivence with the league. Afterall, what good is a no trade clause if it can easily be avoided?

Depending on how Marchant feels about this, we may or may not have heard the end of this.
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Old 11-21-2005, 05:34 PM
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That wouldn't surprise me at all!
Plus Burke has issues with the Federovs..... when Fedor started playing he said they already had to mant Federoves in the league
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Old 11-21-2005, 09:06 PM
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well, i think i'd like having Marchant on my team... but damn it must have been a tough week for him from being included in a deal that he wanted no part in, to being put on waivers not ONCE but TWICE, and now he goes to the place he was supposed to be traded to in the first place... the life of a hockey player.
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Old 11-22-2005, 10:07 AM
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According to Marchant's agent, he will report and not file a grievance. I guess we'll see if that's true.
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