The Calgary Flames have claimed Radim Zohorna off waivers from the Pittsburgh Penguins. Zohorna, though not cut by the Penguins yet, had been placed on waivers yesterday along with several players ticketed for the minor leagues. He won’t be at risk of that now, as he joins the Flames and will have to stay on the NHL roster.
Zohorna, 26, was kind of a surprise add to waivers yesterday after his performance last year and potential upside. The 6’6″ forward had six points in 17 games with the Penguins, adding 23 hits in the process. That kind of physicality and size should fit right in with the Flames’ bottom-six if he can earn himself regular playing time in Calgary.
Though he played wing for most of his time in Pittsburgh last year, Zohorna does have the ability to play center as well. In fact, he was skating between Danton Heinen and Kasperi Kapanen earlier today as a potential fill-in for Teddy Blueger, out for the time being. Whether he’ll be used in that capacity in Calgary remains to be seen but between him, Adam Ruzicka, Cody Eakin, and Trevor Lewis, the team has several options for the middle of the ice on the fourth line.
One player that likely benefits from the claim is Ryan Poehling, who figures to mix in as the team’s depth center now. While Jeff Carter and Blueger are both getting closer to a return, a young player like Poehling could get some more looks in the meantime.
The Archibald signing gets worse.
Yep, just pointless. I hate watching teams have such poor asset management when it comes to moves like that. They arguably got more expensive and worse moving from Zohorna to Archibald.
Archibald much better suited for 4th line role. Energy and physicality. Zohorna lacks skating and physicality. He didn’t fit.
Knew it as soon as I saw he was exposed. I don’t get that move. At all. Zohorna did everything they asked him to do and showed promise of continued improvement.
If only his parents had the foresight to have named him Dominik Simon