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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[VanillaCoke]

Would've claimed emberson and Harkins

 

[biturbo19]

Fagemo and Moverare on waivers.

Fagemo is intriguing. Right shot sniper.

Moverare is kind of interesting to me. I think he can play in the NHL as a depth guy. But i'm not really sure if it makes sense to bother, over guys like Wolanin/Brisebois already in house. Moverare ironically doesn't have the greatest mobility, so his upside is pretty capped. I'd definitely take Wolanin over him...and Brisebois, well...he's got the big edge in familiarity.

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.

Yeah. Fagemo is the type of player who ends up waived because he needs to be in a role that he's not really good enough for, on a good team. Not really interested.


Harkins i'd pass on as well. He can play in the NHL in a depth role...but he's like...the Guillaume Brisebois of Forwards. Just very conservative nothingness who probably won't get you burned too badly.

I like Aman and Studnicka over him. Both are better skaters and bring more energy at least. Which is a factor when we're talking about depth guys like that. I don't really see much that Harkins does better to offset that.

Would've claimed emberson and Harkins

You would have put a claim in for Emberson, and proceeded to not land the player because we're miles behind San Jose in the waiver priority order.

 

[LemonSauceD]

Harkins is redundant. Doesn’t necessarily bring anything we don’t already have amongst our depth forwards and is a worse skater.

 

[God]

If Harkins was on waivers last year, absolutely he would be an instant claim. But our bottom six is pretty full atm, and I suspect he doesn't even make it to the Canucks on the waiver order.

 

[VanillaCoke]

You would have put a claim in for Emberson, and proceeded to not land the player because we're miles behind San Jose in the waiver priority order.

mhmm the assumption that it'd be successful is inherent, including harkins..

Also like moverare but not enough to have to keep him up

 

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

I might just be a big fan but I think Robin Salo might be worth a claim(if he gets waived).I watched him a couple of times with Islanders over the last two season and I think he can be a good defence first bottom pairing defensemen. Bolduc is interesting too but I watched his last preseason game and just don't feel he process the game fast or well enough to be a NHLer.

 

[VanJack]

When you look around the league, the most active teams picking up players are the ones you'd expect--Anaheim, San Jose and Columbus. Not co-incidentally they were three of the league's worst teams a year ago.

Teams tight to the cap simply don't have the flexibility to add someone via the waiver wire. The trouble is you have to keep anyone you claim on the big league roster. And that means sending another player to the minors and exposing them to waivers.

Frankly I haven't seen anyone of the waiver wire so far who would make any sense for the Canucks.

 

[VanJack]

A couple of interesting names just hit the waiver wire....Samuel Fagmo, a Swedish winger coming of a 27 and 23 goal seasons with the Ontario Reign....and still only 23.

And Phillipe Myers, a gargantuan 6'6 right-shot defender who's only 25 and has played for the Flyers, Preds and Lightning.

Just not sure the Canucks are ready to employ a pair of 6'6" d-men who go by the name of 'Myers'.

 

[Vector]

And Phillipe Myers, a gargantuan 6'6 right-shot defender who's only 25 and has played for the Flyers, Preds and Lightning.

Just not sure the Canucks are ready to employ a pair of 6'6" d-men who go by the name of 'Myers'.

Myers has a 1.4m cap hit.

 

[orcatown]

Harkins is redundant. Doesn’t necessarily bring anything we don’t already have amongst our depth forwards and is a worse skater.

Every time we played Manitoba last year he was the best player on the ice. Certainly better than any center Abby had.

 

[F A N]

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?’

Meh. He’s a replacement level player who could easily be a career AHL player.

Every time we played Manitoba last year he was the best player on the ice. Certainly better than any center Abby had.

He’s definitely a good AHL player. Wouldn’t mind swapping Dries for him.

 

[HairyKneel]

I saw Nolan Foote on there. He hasn’t been placed on waivers, has he?

Bernard-Docker would be interesting.

 

[sting101]

Yes in terms of swaps Christianson and Harkins for Rathbone and Dries would be awesome. AHL upgrades and 2 local guys

i would claim Coghlan if we could

 

[VanJack]

Canucks are 11th in line to pick up any players placed on waivers.....so anyone decent would likely be long gone by the time the Canucks ever had a crack at them.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

I saw Nolan Foote on there. He hasn’t been placed on waivers, has he?

Bernard-Docker would be interesting.

nothing kills a dressing room like a father having to coach his son

 

[F A N]

I might just be a big fan but I think Robin Salo might be worth a claim(if he gets waived).I watched him a couple of times with Islanders over the last two season and I think he can be a good defence first bottom pairing defensemen. Bolduc is interesting too but I watched his last preseason game and just don't feel he process the game fast or well enough to be a NHLer.

My impression is that Robin Salo isn’t a defence first Dman but a guy who can move the puck well. I do think he’s worth a claim.

 

[Vector]

I saw Nolan Foote on there. He hasn’t been placed on waivers, has he?

Bernard-Docker would be interesting.

I've started updating the first post about the status of each player. If they've been waived I put it under "Status" and then scratch out their name once the 24 hour period has ended.

In regards to Foote, when Cal was a free agent the Canucks, according to Dhaliwal, weren't interested because neither Cal nor Adam want to be on the same team. Neither want to it to appear there's any nepotism. I imagine the same is for Nolan.

 

[Vector]

Also to be clear, the vast majority of players that I identified last season ended up sticking with their team. I expanded the list this season to get a few more names to watch. I'm happy so far since Emberson is a guy I liked the profile of.

 

[bossram]

Salo and JBD should be insta-claims given the quality of the Canucks' depth defensemen. I suspect they won't be waived by their teams though.

 

[HairyKneel]

nothing kills a dressing room like a father having to coach his son

Care to elaborate on past occurrences of this phenomenon. Adam coaches the D specifically.

 

[Lackhalak]

Canucks are 11th in line to pick up any players placed on waivers.....so anyone decent would likely be long gone by the time the Canucks ever had a crack at them.

10th, Anaheim used their claim

 

[Canucklehead94]

10th, Anaheim used their claim

That's not how it works. Anaheim will still have 1st priority until the end of October, no matter how many claims they make.

 

[DFAC]

Harkins and Fagemo both on waivers and would be worth a look IMO

 

[StreetHawk]

Harkins was drafted back in 2015, so he's 26. It's been 6 years as a pro for him. If he hasn't stuck with the Jets by now, (like who can't he beat out?), I doubt he really has a future in the NHL at this point.

Fagemo, he was drafted in 2019, but was 2018 eligible and went undrafted that year due to injuries. So, he's 23 now. Almost like a Hogs situation where he's skilled, but not productive enough to offset defensive weaknesses in his game.

Harkins and Fagemo both on waivers and would be worth a look IMO

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]