On Tuesday, the Canucks claimed winger Dale Weise off of waivers from the New York Rangers. Weise was New Yorks 4th round pick in the 2008 NHL entry draft and has played in 10 NHL games, accumulating 0 points and 19 PIM. Coming into training camp, Weise was expected to fight for a 4th line job on the Rangers and was apparently putting up a very good fight. That's why many around the Rangers organization were surprised when the Rangers put Weise on waivers because many thought he would stick with the big club and many also knew that there was no way Weise was going to make it through waivers. Larry Brooks, he of the New York Post and main guy who covers the Rangers, was also very confused at the move and went to his twitter account to express his confusion:
NYP_Brooksie Larry Brooks
"Can't make sense of the Weise move following a very good camp...."
Weise is advertised as a good fighter who can skate and has good hockey sense. In his brief stint with the big club last season, he had 3 fights, one of which was with Dan Carcillo who at the time was playing for Philadelphia, but now resides in Chicago which should make that rivalry all the more juicier. However Weise's biggest claim to fame is his infamous incident with a Gatorade bottle:
Good stuff. Almost at the same time that the Canucks picked Weise off of waivers, they placed Victor Oreskivich on waivers. Oreskivich was a frusturating player in the sense that he always appeared to be doing a lot, but in reality was doing very little. He would take big runs at guys and make a loud noise when he hit the boards, but 8 out of 10 times, he would miss the guy. He was also at the ire of many Canucks fans and Tony Gallagher when he did nothing about the Bruins manhandling of the Sedins during the Cup Finals. Throw in a not so good pre-season, and Oreskivich is now heading to the Wolves.
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