Should the Canucks Claim Triston Grant (or Another Enforcer) Off Waivers?

September 27th, 2010 by Joel Prosser Leave a reply »
Should the Canucks claim Triston Grant off of waivers? Or someone else like him?

I was a big fan of Triston Grant (2001-2002 to 2004-2005) in his four seasons with the Vancouver Giants of the WHL, so his name jumped off the page when I was looking at the recent waiver wire activity in the NHL.

A 26-year-old AHLer with a few NHL call ups to his credit, Triston Grant is a bruising 6'1" 223 pound winger who isn't afraid to drop the gloves.

During his four seasons with the Vancouver Giants, Grant picked up 84 fighting majors and 713 PIM over 232 games. Grant continued this trend once he turned pro after being drafted by Philadelphia in the 9th round of the 2004 draft.

In 326 AHL games over five seasons, he has 78 fighting majors and 595 PIM. Over 11 regular season NHL games with Nashville and Philadelphia, he has three fighting majors and 19 PIM.

So why do I think the Canucks should consider plucking Grant off the waiver wire?

Two reasons:

First, while he most likely would spend the whole year with the Manitoba Moose, there is a possibility that he might play well enough and be a call up for the Canuck ...

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