Colin Fraser clears waivers

Colin Fraser has cleared waivers, per Lisa Dillman of the LA Times:

 

Placing Fraser on waivers allows the Kings additional flexibility in advance of the lifting of the NHL’s trading freeze at 8:59 p.m. PT on Sunday, February 23. More about this flexibility can be found on yesterday’s posts about the subject here and here. This move does not necessarily mean that Fraser will join the Manchester Monarchs, though he could technically be assigned to Manchester in a “paper” transaction without reporting, as the added salary cap flexibility was the key consideration of yesterday’s transaction.

I’m hoping to hear more about what this means for Fraser and how he fits within the Kings’ plans, but keep in mind a much firmer sense will be had after the lifting of the trade freeze and with any hypothetical trades.

UPDATE, 12:25 PM PT: After speaking with the Kings, the plan is for Fraser to report to Manchester “later next week.”

Rules for Blog Commenting

  • No profanity, slurs or other offensive language. Replacing letters with symbols does not turn expletives into non-expletives.
  • Personal attacks against other blog commenters, and/or blatant attempts to antagonize other comments, are not tolerated. Respectful disagreement is encouraged. Posts that continually express the same singular opinion will be deleted.
  • Comments that incite political, religious or similar debates will be deleted.
  • Please do not discuss, or post links to websites that illegally stream NHL games.
  • Posting under multiple user names is not allowed. Do not type in all caps. All violations are subject to comment deletion and/or banning of commenters, per the discretion of the blog administrator.

Repeated violations of the blog rules will result in site bans, commensurate with the nature and number of offenses.

Please flag any comments that violate the site rules for moderation. For immediate problems regarding problematic posts, please email zdooley@lakings.com.