Thomas Greiss of San Jose Sharks Clears Waivers, No Defensive Trade Seems Imminent

October 12th, 2010 by Patrick Goulding II Leave a reply »
The San Jose Sharks opened the regular season this past weekend with two games at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. The Sharks took three of a possible four points from the two games with the Columbus Blue Jackets, both of which ended in 3-2 final scores.

After the games were completed, the Sharks returned to North America and jettisoned two more players as they prepare to enter Saturday’s home opener against the Atlanta Thrashers with the league maximum 23 players on their roster. Rookie forward Tommy Wingels was sent back to Worcester of the AHL and despite heavy speculation that other teams were interested in backup goaltender Thomas Greiss, the German-born now third-stringer cleared waivers on Tuesday and will be returning to the AHL after a stint as the No. 2 man behind the now-departed Evgeni Nabokov in 2009-2010.

The moves leave the Sharks with 22 players on the active roster according to the team’s official website, but according to ESPN.com, defenseman Derek Joslin will fill out the 23rd spot. If that proves true, what does it mean for the Sharks moving forward?

With Joslin in tote, the Sharks would be relying on ...

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