{"id":17793,"date":"2017-10-15T19:54:01","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T23:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=17793"},"modified":"2017-11-09T14:38:04","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T19:38:04","slug":"defenseman-mark-streit-unconditional-waivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2017\/10\/15\/defenseman-mark-streit-unconditional-waivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal Canadiens Defenseman Mark Streit on Unconditional Waivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Defenseman <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/streima01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Streit<\/a><\/strong> has been <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CapFriendly\/status\/919600235382497282\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">placed<\/a> on unconditional waivers by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/canadiens\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Montreal Canadiens<\/a>.\u00a0Streit played only two regular season games with the Canadiens this year averaging 14:13 of ice time. After his underwhelming performance, his long and notable\u00a0career in the NHL may be over. This latest\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nhl.nbcsports.com\/2017\/10\/13\/ap-source-streit-not-reporting-to-ahl-will-weigh-options\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">news follows reports<\/a> that\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/streima01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Streit<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0would\u00a0not report to the Rocket and would spend the next few days weighing his options.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Unconditional waivers: Mark Streit (MTL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tvasports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#tvasports<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Renaud Lavoie (@renlavoietva) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/renlavoietva\/status\/919593803916496896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Montreal Canadiens Defenseman Mark Streit on Unconditional Waivers<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.habseyesontheprize.com\/latest-news\/2017\/10\/15\/16478728\/mark-streit-placed-on-unconditional-waivers-montreal-canadiens-contract-termination-salary-cap-hit\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justin Blades<\/a> reports that this transaction will allow for a mutual contract termination. As such, Streit will be free to pursue opportunities elsewhere if he wants to continue his hockey career. As none\u00a0of the league&#8217;s 30 teams claimed the Swiss defender last week, it is unlikely that this includes the NHL.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadiens signed Mark Streit on July 25th to a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2017\/07\/25\/montreal-canadiens-sign-mark-streit\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one year deal <\/a>worth $1 million dollars. The deal included\u00a0a cap hit of $700,000 and $300,000 in performance bonuses. Last week, the Canadiens assigned the 39-year-old to the American Hockey League\u2019s Laval Rocket after he cleared waivers. Streit will take a huge pay cut and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CapFriendly\/status\/919601272059244544\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">receive<\/a> $45,161 dollars for his twelve days of service on the Habs active roster. This will allow the Habs <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CapFriendly\/status\/919600235382497282\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">save<\/a> $654,839 dollars against their salary cap.<\/p>\n<p>As\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2017\/07\/25\/montreal-canadiens-sign-mark-streit\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Kerr noted<\/a>, Streit\u00a0was originally drafted by the Canadiens in 2004. In 11 NHL Seasons, he scored 96 goals and 338 assists for 434 points in 784 career NHL games.\u00a0He has played for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/canadiens\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Montreal Canadiens<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/flyers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philadelphia Flyers<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/lightning\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/islanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Islanders<\/a>. Last year, he was part of a Stanley Cup Champion team with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/penguins\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s next for Mark Streit?<\/h2>\n<p>Streit, 39, is a Swiss native. Throughout his career, he has returned to play in the Swiss league. Last summer, Streit brought the Stanley Cup to his hometown of Bern, Switzerland. He is the first NHL player in 11 years to bring the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/mark-streit-brings-stanley-cup-to-switzerland\/c-290575820\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cup to Switzerland<\/a>. Assuming the mutual contract termination proceeds, Streit could be eligible to play for Switzerland in the 2018 Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"Cu1RC7oPS_dXyy6xZ7m7jw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/850353380\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'Cu1RC7oPS_dXyy6xZ7m7jw',sig:'E2JskmN58q29t-eGqmrcIptPF_l2atxLZa8tvE0Xnr8=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'850353380',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defenseman Mark Streit has been placed on unconditional waivers by the\u00a0Montreal Canadiens.\u00a0Streit played only two regular season games with the Canadiens this year averaging 14:13 of ice time. After his underwhelming performance, his long and notable\u00a0career in the NHL may be over. This latest\u00a0news follows reports that\u00a0Mark Streit\u00a0would\u00a0not report to the Rocket and would spend [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2203,"featured_media":17799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,34],"tags":[753,152,38,955,336],"class_list":["post-17793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canadiens","category-news","tag-mark-streit","tag-montreal-canadiens","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-news","tag-rocket-de-laval"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2203"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}