Rangers Claim Alex Auld On Re-Entry Waivers
Via Larry Brooks, the Rangers have claimed backup goalie Alex Auld off re-entry waivers from the Stars. The team will assume a $500,000 cap hit with the move, which saves them about $350,000 compared to carrying Chad Johnson.
Auld, 29, will be a free agent after the season, and is 9-6 with a 3.00 GAA and a 0.894 SV% in 21 games this year. Dallas had no place for him following their pickup of Kari Lehtonen. It’s hard not to like the move, the Rangers freed up some cap space, got a veteran backup, and can let Johnson and Matt Zaba continue to play regularly in Hartford.
Are those salary numbers right? If so, that’s the best part of the move. The trade deadline is coming up and every penny helps. From an on-ice perspective, it’s meaningless because Lundquist is going to play every meaningful minute until the end of the year. If we see Auld more than once, kiss the playoffs goodbye.
I assume they’re correct, that’s what Brooks wrote this morning: http://tinyurl.com/yzzu45y
I’m sure once Dave shows up, he’ll figure it out all for certain. I’m far from a cap expert.
Yeah, from what I heard Auld was going to be a very low-cost solution to the Great Goalie Shuffle of 2010.
It is a prorated $500k cap hit, approximately $125k
I like this move, it’s a plus anyway you look at it.