2023 Interesting Potential Waiver Claims

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Due to popular request, I've complied a list of interesting potential waiver claims. Some of the criteria is for players 25 years old or younger and with a somewhat interesting statistical profile.

Spoiler: Waiver Eligible Players

Anaheim Ducks
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
Brett Leason	RW	24	NHL	54	6	3	9	6'5''	218lbs	On Roster
Benoit-Olivier Groulx	C	23	AHL	63	18	21	39	6'2''	200lbs	On Roster
Arizona Coyotes
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
John Leonard	W	25	AHL	67	17	27	44	5'11''	196lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Cameron Crotty	RD	24	AHL	64	1	12	13	6'3''	182lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Boston Bruins
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
Jesper Boqvist	FW	24	NHL	70	10	11	21	6'0''	180lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Ian Mitchell	RD	24	NHL	35	1	7	8	5'11''	173lbs	On Roster
Jakub Lauko	W	23	NHL	23	4	3	7	6'0''	196lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Alec Regula	RD	23	AHL	51	5	16	21	6'4''	208lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Reilly Walsh	RD	24	AHL	71	9	32	41	6'0''	185lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Buffalo Sabres
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
Brett Murray	LW	25	AHL	71	23	26	49	6'5''	228lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Brandon Biro	LW	25	AHL	49	16	35	51	5'11''	170lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Kale Clague	LD/RD	25	NHL	33	0	4	4	6'0''	190lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Calgary Flames
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
Benjamin Jones	C	24	AHL	71	17	37	54	6'0''	187lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Martin Pospisil	RW	23	AHL	20	4	6	10	6'2''	173lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Carolina Hurricanes
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
Dylan Coghlan	RD	25	NHL	17	0	3	3	6'2''	208lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Chicago Blackhawks
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
Mackenzie Entwistle	LW/C	24	NHL	66	4	6	10	6'3''	184lbs	On Roster
Boris Katchouk	LW/C	25	NHL	58	5	11	16	6'2''	206lbs	On Roster
Reese Johnson	RW/C	25	NHL	57	4	2	6	6'1''	193lbs	On Roster
Colorado Avalanche
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
Riley Tufte	LW	25	AHL	63	19	16	35	6'6''	220lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Keaton Middleton	LD	25	AHL	72	3	20	23	6'6''	240lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Columbus Blue Jackets
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
Emil Bemstrom	W	24	NHL	55	7	15	22	6'0''	193lbs	On Roster
Liam Foudy	LW/C	23	NHL	62	7	7	14	6'2''	188lbs	On Roster
Joshua Dunne	C	24	AHL	65	20	17	37	6'4''	204lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Trey Fix-Wolansky	RW	24	AHL	61	29	42	71	5'7''	186lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Marcus Bjork	RD	25	NHL	33	3	8	11	6'3''	203lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Jake Christensen	LD/RD	24	NHL	24	0	4	4	6'0''	186lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Dallas Stars
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
Nicholas Caamano	W	25	AHL	29	2	9	11	6'5''	205lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Fredrik Karlstrom	C	25	AHL	47	10	16	26	6'3''	195lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Detroit Red Wings
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
Jared McIsaac	LD	23	AHL	61	3	19	22	6'1''	192lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Tim Gettinger	W	25	AHL	52	13	22	35	6'6''	222lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Edmonton Oilers
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
Raphael Lavoie	RW/C	22	AHL	61	25	20	45	6'4''	196lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Markus Niemelainen	LD	25	NHL	23	0	0	0	6'6''	190lbs	Injured
Philip Kemp	RD	24	AHL	71	6	15	21	6'3''	202lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Cam Dineen	LD	25	AHL	69	6	41	47	5'11''	188lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Benjamin Gleason	LD	25	AHL	68	9	24	33	6'1''	185lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Florida Panthers
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
Grigori Denisenko	W	23	AHL	56	12	24	36	5'11''	186lbs	Waived	Claimed (VGK)
Matt Kiersted	LD	25	NHL	20	1	3	4	6'0''	181lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Rasmus Asplund	LW/C	25	NHL	46	2	6	8	5'11''	185lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
John Ludvig	LD	23	AHL	54	3	14	17	6'1''	213lbs	Waived	Claimed (PIT)
Los Angeles Kings
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
Jaret Anderson-Dolan	FW	24	NHL	46	7	5	12	5'11''	200lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Samuel Fagemo	W	23	AHL	56	23	9	32	6'0''	200lbs	Waived	Claimed (NSH)
Mikhail Maltsev	C/LW	25	AHL	28	11	10	21	6'3''	198lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Tobias Bjornfot	LD	22	AHL	50	5	7	12	6'0''	200lbs	On Roster
Jacob Moverare	LD	25	AHL	62	4	22	26	6'3''	210lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Minnesota Wild
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
Montreal Canadiens
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
Jesse Ylonen	W	23	NHL	37	6	10	16	6'1''	188lbs	On Roster
Lias Andersson	C/LW	24	AHL	67	31	28	59	6'1''	185lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Nicolas Beaudin	LD	23	AHL	42	2	24	26	5'11''	168lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Nashville Predators
Name	Position	Age
New Jersey Devils
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
Nolan Foote	LW	22	AHL	55	20	17	37	6'3''	196lbs	On Roster
Cal Foote	RD	24	NHL	24	1	3	4	6'5''	224lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
New York Islanders
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
Julien Gauthier	RW	25	NHL	57	9	5	14	6'4''	224lbs	On Roster
Samuel Bolduc	LD	22	AHL	56	10	25	35	6'4''	220lbs	On Roster
Otto Koivula	FW	25	AHL	46	12	13	25	6'5''	225lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Arnaud Durandeau	LW	24	AHL	68	24	31	55	6'0''	185lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Robin Salo	LD	24	AHL	38	0	14	14	6'2''	190lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
New York Rangers
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
Ty Emberson	RD	23	AHL	69	7	20	27	6'1''	195lbs	Waived	Claimed (SJ)
Ottawa Senators
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
Mark Kastelic	C	24	NHL	65	7	4	11	6'3''	210lbs	On Roster
Jacob Bernard-Docker	RD	23	AHL	41	2	4	6	6'0''	190lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Egor Sokolov	LW	23	AHL	70	21	38	59	6'3''	222lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Philadelphia Flyers
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
Yegor Zamula	LD/RD	23	AHL	44	1	18	19	6'3''	176lbs	On Roster
Wade Allison	RW	25	NHL	60	9	6	15	6'2''	205lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Pittsburgh Penguins
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
Alexander Nylander	W	25	AHL	55	25	25	50	6'1''	192lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Ty Smith	LD/RD	23	AHL	39	7	17	24	5'11''	180lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Joona Koppanen	LW/C	25	AHL	64	12	23	35	6'5''	216lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
San Jose Sharks
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
Jacob Peterson	LW/C	24	AHL	52	14	18	32	6'1''	180lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Seattle Kraken
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
Kole Lind	RW	24	AHL	72	30	32	62	6'1''	178lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Cale Fleury	RD	24	NHL	12	0	1	1	6'1''	204lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Marian Studenic	W	24	AHL	67	21	27	48	6'1''	181lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
St. Louis Blues
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
Nikita Alexandrov	C	22	NHL	28	3	4	7	6'1''	177lbs	On Roster
Tyler Tucker	LD/RD	23	NHL	26	1	3	4	6'1''	204lbs	On Roster
Tampa Bay Lightning
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
Logan Brown	C/LW	25	NHL	30	2	4	6	6'6''	218lbs	Injured
Toronto Maple Leafs
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
Pontus Holberg	C	24	NHL	37	5	8	13	6'0''	202lbs	On Roster
Simon Benoit	LD	24	NHL	78	3	7	10	6'3''	203lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Maxime Lajoie	LD	25	AHL	63	11	34	45	6'1''	196lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Vegas Golden Knights
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
Pavel Dorofeyev	W	22	NHL	18	7	2	9	6'1''	194lbs	On Roster
Paul Cotter	LW/C	23	NHL	55	13	5	18	6'2''	212lbs	On Roster
Brayden Pachal	RD	24	AHL	55	3	12	15	6'2''	203lbs	On Roster
Washington Capitals
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
Alexander Alexeyev	LD/RD	23	NHL	32	0	5	5	6'4''	213lbs	On Roster
Alex Limoges	C/LW	25	AHL	63	20	34	54	6'1''	201lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Matthew Phillips	C	25	AHL	66	36	40	76	5'8''	165lbs	On Roster
Winnipeg Jets
Name	Position	Age	League	Games	G	A	P	Height	Weight	Status
David Gustafsson	LW/C	23	NHL	46	0	6	6	6'2''	196lbs	On Roster
Axel Fjallby-Jonsson	LW	25	NHL	50	6	8	14	6'1''	189lbs	Waived	Unclaimed
Declan Chisholm	LD/RD	23	AHL	59	5	38	43	6'1''	185lbs	On Roster

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I need to remind myself to update the main post later.

 

[MS]

Emberson was interesting, not shocked he was claimed.

Worth noting also that a guy with a very similar profile to Jett Woo didn’t get through.

 

[The Stig]

I don't see anything worth a claim

 

[rypper]

Dysin Mayo would be an star on the all-name nhl team.

 

[biturbo19]

Emberson was interesting, not shocked he was claimed.

Worth noting also that a guy with a very similar profile to Jett Woo didn’t get through.

Yeah. Definitely raised my eyebrow a bit seeing Emberson claimed. Obviously extenuating circumstances, with a team bereft of talent having injuries and roster spots to burn on a nothing season.

But that's exactly how a guy like Woo would somehow end up getting claimed. Hopefully the Emberson claim satiates their appetite and they just leave Woo alone. I wouldn't be heartbroken if we lost him, because guys like that tend to pop up every year on waivers anyway. But it's nice to have some homegrown talent that you've invested in coming up through the ranks eventually.

 

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Yeah. Definitely raised my eyebrow a bit seeing Emberson claimed. Obviously extenuating circumstances, with a team bereft of talent having injuries and roster spots to burn on a nothing season.

But that's exactly how a guy like Woo would somehow end up getting claimed. Hopefully the Emberson claim satiates their appetite and they just leave Woo alone. I wouldn't be heartbroken if we lost him, because guys like that tend to pop up every year on waivers anyway. But it's nice to have some homegrown talent that you've invested in coming up through the ranks eventually.

Emberson has some fairly prominent accolades such as winning the AHL East's Best Defensive Defenceman. He would have actually been a very interesting waiver claim and worth trying with Hughes given how everyone else is kind of falling on their faces.

 

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Crotty (ARI), Mitchel (BOS), Regula (BOS), Walsh (BOS), Coghlan (CAR), Bjork (CLB), Kemp (EDM), Foote (NJ), Bernard-Docker (OTT), and Fleury (SEA) are the only remaining right-shot guys on my list.

I know a fair bit about Coghlan, Foote, and Bernard-Docker but not a lot about the other guys. Regula in-particular seems like a really interesting player.

 

[biturbo19]

Crotty (ARI), Mitchel (BOS), Regula (BOS), Walsh (BOS), Coghlan (CAR), Bjork (CLB), Kemp (EDM), Foote (NJ), Bernard-Docker (OTT), and Fleury (SEA) are the only remaining right-shot guys on my list.

I know a fair bit about Coghlan, Foote, and Bernard-Docker but not a lot about the other guys. Regula in-particular seems like a really interesting player.

I like Coghlan, but i think it's another one of those scenarios where you're dreaming if you think that's going to be a solution. I think i actually even "picked" him back in one of those "you think you can draft?" threads despite him going undrafted. He's a decent no-fuss depth RHD...but that's probably about it. Never been much of a "ceiling" to him. Just don't think there's enough there to handle Hughes minutes.


The two Boston guys (Mitchell and Walsh) are basically just different flavours of the same thing we don't need. Smallish offensive D without great wheels. Foote can't skate.

Fleury is very much a "tweener" kind of like Juulsen.


Ultimately...if you're trying to scoop a quasi top-pairing RHD off waivers on the eve of the season...you done goofed. That's not happening. Not even a guy who might be briefly serviceable alongside a #1D like Hughes.


There's basically zero chance Bernard-Docker hits waivers at this point, after they did the obvious thing and just dumped Lassi on there. But he's a guy that i'd maybe call up Ottawa and see if Summer Pierre is still open for business at all. They seem to be in a bit of a weird holding pattern with the Pinto thing...but i did vaguely muse about whether they'd entertain the idea of swapping JBD for Hoglander. Similar caliber prospects who have both failed to fully establish themselves yet. Both up against waivers. Both have some decent but not crazy upside.

JBD is really one of the few names out there i could see actually being a slightly better Hail Mary solution. But teams aren't generally in the business of giving away RHD for Wingers. So...what that would look like, if they'd even entertain it at all...idk.

 

[LemonSauceD]

Alec Regula is interesting. 6’4 RHD who plays a punishing game.

 

[DFAC]

Samuel Bolduc?
Dorofeyev?

 

[MarkMM]

Alec Regula is interesting. 6’4 RHD who plays a punishing game.

Would be interested even if he ends up being a #8 RHD, not like we have anything particularly solid for that spot right now. Add depth on the right side even if just temporarily.

 

[LemonSauceD]

Waiver wire should get interesting now.

Samuel Bolduc?
Dorofeyev?

Dorofeyev wouldn’t go past Chicago or Anaheim imo. Extremely unlikely he goes on waivers regardless despite Vegas’s winger depth.

 

[LemonSauceD]

Fagemo and Moverare on waivers.

Fagemo is intriguing. Right shot sniper.

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

Should have posted this here:

 

[MS]

Fagemo and Moverare on waivers.

Fagemo is intriguing. Right shot sniper.

Fagemo is a terrible defensive player and I don’t see anywhere he would fit on this roster unless Boeser is traded tomorrow.

Mentioned in the other thread that Jansen Harkins is 100% an NHL player, would think hard about a claim there.

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

Philippe Myers on waivers, wow.

 

[wonton15]

Philippe Myers on waivers, wow.

He’s not good

 

[MS]

Philippe Myers on waivers, wow.

He’s been on waivers several times before already.

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

He’s been on waivers several times before already.

Yeah but prior to this season he had a much higher cap hit.

 

[MS]

Yeah but prior to this season he had a much higher cap hit.

True, but he turns 27 this year and is a loooooooong time removed now from his impressive 50 games pre-COVID.

 

[F A N]

Philippe Myers on waivers, wow.

He’s not good

He’s been on waivers several times before already.

He ain’t Tyler.

 

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Fagemo is a terrible defensive player and I don’t see anywhere he would fit on this roster unless Boeser is traded tomorrow.

Mentioned in the other thread that Jansen Harkins is 100% an NHL player, would think hard about a claim there.

Who would you bump out of the line-up for Harkins?

 

[MS]

Who would you bump out of the line-up for Harkins?

I think he’s better than both Aman and Studnicka, and I actually like both those guys.

But I’d also understand them keeping guys a couple years younger to fill out those spots.

 

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I think he’s better than both Aman and Studnicka, and I actually like both those guys.

But I’d also understand them keeping guys a couple years younger to fill out those spots.

There’s also the element of letting guys who have shown up for camp determined to win jobs. Grabbing a defenceman makes sense since no one has distinguished themselves and feels like everyone is backsliding into a job.

 

[MS]

There’s also the element of letting guys who have shown up for camp determined to win jobs. Grabbing a defenceman makes sense since no one has distinguished themselves and feels like everyone is backsliding into a job.

For sure.

Harkins is just a guy I watched 5 or 6 times in the AHL last year and each time I was like ‘Why is this guy not in the NHL?’