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04:06 PM ET 03.06 | The New York Rangers have claimed defenseman Roman Hamrlik off waivers on Wednesday afternoon, according to multiple reports. Hamrlik had been placed on waivers by the Washington Capitals on Tuesday afternoon. The 38-year-old defenseman had been playing sparingly with the club and only dressed in four of the Capitals??? 21 games this season, in addition to playing a total of 52 minutes this season. Head coach Adam Oates stated that Hamrlik had been understanding of the situation and was a victim of a numbers game. The claim on Hamrlik was not involved with the injury to Marc Staal on Tuesday night, as the Rangers had internal discussions about claiming Hamrlik prior to the incident.

Roman Hamrlik, USA Today

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March 6, 2013 04:14 PM ET

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Discussion went as follows.....we need to get older and slower on D, anyone know if Bobby Orr or Brad Park are available? No, ok then how about Hamerlik?

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March 6, 2013 04:27 PM ET

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Originally posted 04:14 PM ET 03.06 by al ward

Discussion went as follows.....we need to get older and slower on D, anyone know if Bobby Orr or Brad Park are available? No, ok then how about Hamerlik?

Orr is still faster than Hamrlik.

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March 6, 2013 04:43 PM ET

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Either someone is not letting on about an injury; or Sather has a package deal coming together.....

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March 6, 2013 05:57 PM ET

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Originally posted 04:27 PM ET 03.06 by Rex Racer

Orr is still faster than Hamrlik.

Hence why they considered him or Park first. :-)

al ward

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March 6, 2013 05:57 PM ET

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Either someone is not letting on about an injury; or Sather has a package deal coming together.....

I do not want to hear of any deal involving Sather's package!

al ward

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March 6, 2013 05:58 PM ET

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This really makes me doubt the Rags vaunted D.

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March 6, 2013 06:28 PM ET

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Originally posted 04:27 PM ET 03.06 by Rex Racer

Orr is still faster than Hamrlik....

... even when skating on one leg.

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March 7, 2013 09:19 AM ET

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if nothing else, this is the first time in a long while there has been a guy with a booming shot for the PP on the point (Barry Beck maybe?)
Yeah, that's me, always looking for a silver lining... Sunshine Spiny here....