A few days ago, I promised I'd talk more about the rumors of the Penguins trying to trade for Marion Gaborik. I'll get to that in a few days, but first, there are a few roster moves the Penguins made today.
First, they waived Jeff Taffe. Okay. No big deal. Hopefully, he'll clear and then will report to Wilkes-Barre. Even though Taffe isn't an impact player, he's a depth player, and we all know that every team needs those guys at some point during the year. That's especially more true in our organization now because most of the guys who were said to be the closest to making the big club in recent seasons -- Stone, Filewich, James, Beech, etc. have fallen out of favor with upper management. Of that list, only James has any kind of remaining favor with the team. Of course, the Penguins have added some new blood recently -- Dustin Jeffrey, Kevin Vellieux, Luca Caputi -- and, in fact, all may really be considered higher end prospects than guys like Filewich and James -- but I think that group is generally green still and not ready for meaningful NHL action as a fill-in due to injury. Taffe was good in that role.
Speaking of Beech, he cleared waivers last week without being claimed. Now, the Penguins have placed him on unconditional waivers, which means that, if he's not claimed this time, the team has the right to terminate his contract altogether in 2 weeks. Apparently, Beech is trying to land himself a gig overseas.
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