Matt Walker on re-entry waivers, or, the silliest risk of the
year so far  ^ defense  Matt Walker is on re-entry waivers this
afternoon, according to Renaud Lavoie of RDS. Our worst
nightmares are all coming true.  On the surface, it's easy to
understand why the Flyers would call up Walker: They're on the
West Coast and they only have six defensemen. They need another
guy as insurance.  But dig a little deeper and you'll see that
this is the stupidest risk they could possibly take. It has
nothing to do with Walker's status as a not-very-good NHL
defenseman, but it has absolutely everything to do with his $1.7
million salary. The fear here isn't that Walker will be back on
the NHL roster. The fear is that he'll be claimed on re-entry,
and thus, the Flyers will be forced to pay half of his cap hit,
against their own cap, for the remainder of his contract.
Walker has two years left on his contract at $1.7 million
against the cap per season. Should he be claimed, the Flyers
will be forced to pay $850,000 against