Written by Sam Blazer at The Comeback
Get your jokes out.
Seriously, get them all out.
Alright, now we can move on.
Today it was announced by James Mirtle of the Globe and Mail that Alexander Semin would be placed on waivers by the Montreal Canadiens.
Thus ends (for now) Semin’s tenure with the successful Canadiens team which has an Eastern Conference leading 41 points on the year. The fall of Semin has been swift and unceremonious for the most part. After his 84 point season with the Capitals, Semin has slowly but surely has seen his scoring fall off a cliff. Through fifteen games this season with the Canadiens he only has four points.
I think Adam Gretz of CBS Sports hit the nail on the head this past summer when evaluating what would become of Semin this season.
“It will be the type of season where everybody can claim to be right in their analysis of Semin, and then we will go through the exact same thing next summer when he remains unsigned until the end of July and signs on for another one-year deal.”
Today, advanced stats people are saying he wasn’t given the proper shot because stylistically it didn’t work. While people on the other side are sticking up their noses and saying I told you so.
Once again though they are both right. Semin has a 55% even strength Corsi For on the season. A very, very good mark. While his four points don’t inspire any confidence for others. So what is the solution?
He will need to go to an offensive minded team, that really doesn’t have anything to lose. A few teams that spring to mind:
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