Jon Sim on Waivers....WTF?

Yesterday the Isles place Jon Sim on waivers. The rest of the league has until noon today to pick him up. Am I alone wondering what the heck?

I mean, look, Jon Sim is not exactly an offensive force and unless they have a guy in Bridgeport who can be the agitator and play the sandpaper game. why waive the guy? He makes a bargain 1 million a season and always plays like his pants are on fire. Plus, he draws penalties. In case you haven't noticed, the Isles don't exactly score a lot at even-strength. A crazy amount of their goals have come on the man advantage.

I guess what it really means is that the Islanders are committed to getting younger and giving somebody from the Soundtigers a shot. Still, at the bargain price, I'd think Snow and Gordon would want to keep the guy around. But, as we learned with Thomas Pock, just because someone is exposed to waivers it doesn't mean that they are leaving the team.

So Chuck there is making a call to the AHL for reinforcements because tonight the Isles try to get well against Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and other assorted Pittsburgh Penguins.

Newsday reports that Rick DiPietro is almost a go so it'll be interesting to see tonight if he is activated or not. My guess is that we get Yann Danis backing up Joey MacDonald.