Boston Bruins: Old And New Bruins On Waivers

Boston Bruins forward Seth Griffith was claimed on the waiver wire by the Toronto Maple Leafs earlier today.

The team at Causeway Crowd saw this one coming a mile away. Boston Bruins forward Seth Griffith was a talented AHL player that saw some success when he was called up to Boston. While he was a decent player, he never had the speed needed to break through to the big club.

Seth Griffith’s placement on waivers wasn’t a terrible shock. Austin Czarnik and Danton Heinen had outstanding camps and preseason.  Griffith just got lost in the shuffle, and didn’t have the pure kind of foot speed the Bruins were looking for.

Griffith was picked up by the Maple Leafs organization today. He’ll likely see time in Toronto this season. With so much talent coming up the pipe in Boston, Griffith was likely to find himself as the perennial thirteenth forward.

As long as Griffith stayed in the Bruins organization, he was going to be an AHL player.  Personally, I liked the guy. He was the politest professional hockey player I ever met (and that’s saying something). Hopefully, he can have a NHL career with the Leafs.

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Seth Griffith may be gone, but we’ll always have his ‘impossible goal’ against the New Jersey Devils.

Griffith was not the only player I liked to face the waiver wire. Former Bruin and Merlot Men Gregory Campbell was placed on waivers by the Columbus Blue Jackets.  He’ll report to their AHL affiliate in Cleveland.

Campbell was part of the 2011 Stanley Cup team in Boston, and once played on the ‘best fourth line in hockey’ with Daniel Paille and Shawn Thornton. (Whoever picked Shawn Thornton to be the last of the Merlot Men to be playing in the NHL, please drive up to collect your winnings.)

Campbell and Griffith actually looked good together here.

Campbell was in the final year of a one-way contract that pays $1.3 million.  Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella lamented the loss of Campbell in Columbus.

“(Campbell’s) in a situation in his career right now where he’s older (32), and it’s turning into a younger league,” Tortorella said. “The organization is in the process of infusing young kids into the lineup, and he’s caught in a tough spot.

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“But it certainly doesn’t make it easier to tell him about it. That’s the worst part of the business.”