Monday: After clearing waivers and seeing his NHL contract terminated, Morrow has signed a two-year contract with Dynamo Minsk of the KHL.
Saturday: The Devils have decided to part ways with defenseman Joe Morrow. Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reports (Twitter link) that they have placed the blueliner on unconditional waivers, paving the way for the team to terminate his contract if he clears on Sunday. It’s worth noting that New Jersey is only at 46 contracts out of the maximum of 50 so this move doesn’t appear to be made with freeing up a contract slot in mind.
Morrow spent last season with Winnipeg where he got into 41 games but needed to go the training camp tryout route to land a contract. He spent camp with the Rangers but did well enough for the Devils to sign him early in the season, inking him to a one-year, two-way contract that paid the league minimum $700K in the NHL and $250K in the minors with a total guaranteed salary of $300K.
However, he has not fared particularly well with AHL Binghamton this season. Through 16 games, he has just a goal and three assists along with a -9 plus/minus rating, the second-worst on the team amongst defensemen. With a recall not likely on the horizon, this move will give him a chance to catch on somewhere else although it’s quite possible that he may wind up heading overseas.
Morrow must either be a total moron or a total jerk. He has every tool you could want a defenseman to have.
He might be both! His 7th org already in his short career. And, he’s toiling for the league minimum. He’s probably pissed at not being in WPG on the 1st pairing.
Or maybe he just isn’t good? You can be lousy and still be a good person. You have terrible opinions but I don’t call you a name.
@Vin Scully – I assume you were directing that at me, not at @forwhomjoshbelltolls. I have bad news for you. Both of us have the right to express our opinions any way we want, excluding racism or personal threats. Neither of us go overboard that way. We have a right to slurp up anybody we want and hammer anybody we want. Just like you can (or not). You apparently don’t like our opinions, which is your prerogative. Personally, I don’t look at any of your posts on a given article and automatically discount them just because you posted them. I process everybody’s opinion as though it is a blank slate, even yours.