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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[MarkMM]

Huh?

Teams have budgets and they don't want to get stuck paying a guy $1 million to play in the AHL unnecessarily. That is not an attractive contract for a fringe waiver-claim level player who scored 6 points in the AHL last year.

How was he defensively? If he could at least hold his own and let McWard cook a little I could be convinced.

 

[VanJack]

Hopefully with all the players clearing waivers the trade options open up.

Good point.....with players having now cleared waivers, a team could acquire them and leave them playing in the minors

 

[StreetHawk]

Good point.....with players having now cleared waivers, a team could acquire them and leave them playing in the minors

Plus, can swap guys to give them a fresh start if teams are wanting to maintain their current number of contracts at say 47 or something.

 

[biturbo19]

Kind of annoyed they didn't bother to take a flyer on JBD tbh. We're in exactly the right sort of situation to at least give it a look. We still don't really have our defence corps sorted out and there's at least a solid likelihood that he's better, or at least more "ready" for NHL action than McWard right now.


Either they've got something bigger cooking in a trade, or it seems like they're kind of asleep at the wheel. I just don't know how you could see the usage McWard has been pressed into, how guys like Juulsen have continued to look...and still somehow sit on your hands, content with that defensive depth, on the RH side especially.

 

[MS]

Kind of annoyed they didn't bother to take a flyer on JBD tbh. We're in exactly the right sort of situation to at least give it a look. We still don't really have our defence corps sorted out and there's at least a solid likelihood that he's better, or at least more "ready" for NHL action than McWard right now.


Either they've got something bigger cooking in a trade, or it seems like they're kind of asleep at the wheel. I just don't know how you could see the usage McWard has been pressed into, how guys like Juulsen have continued to look...and still somehow sit on your hands, content with that defensive depth, on the RH side especially.

Probably comes down to that there will be a lot more guys coming, and with less financial commitment.

 

[biturbo19]

Probably comes down to that there will be a lot more guys coming, and with less financial commitment.

Could be. Watching Cale Fleury tonight, he looked pretty good. If something like that ends up being an option, fair enough.

But aside from the $50k to put in the claim, i'm not sure how much "risk" there really would've been in just claiming JBD and giving it a try while you wait to see what else shakes out on the waiver wire (or trade options). If something better comes along, you can always still just waive him and i'd imagine the Sens still take him back and assign him to their minor league affiliate as depth.


It's a fully buriable contract for JBD. So if that kind of penny pinching is the issue here, i'm not really sure how to contextualize that in the sense of what they're paying some other guys on the roster, and some guys not on the roster.

 

[Vector]

Could be. Watching Cale Fleury tonight, he looked pretty good. If something like that ends up being an option, fair enough.

But aside from the $50k to put in the claim, i'm not sure how much "risk" there really would've been in just claiming JBD and giving it a try while you wait to see what else shakes out on the waiver wire (or trade options). If something better comes along, you can always still just waive him and i'd imagine the Sens still take him back and assign him to their minor league affiliate as depth.


It's a fully buriable contract for JBD. So if that kind of penny pinching is the issue here, i'm not really sure how to contextualize that in the sense of what they're paying some other guys on the roster, and some guys not on the roster.

JBD is on a one-way so the financial commitment is about 1.6m over two years.

 

[biturbo19]

JBD is on a one-way so the financial commitment is about 1.6m over two years.

Is that really a dealbreaker though? Like...they're gonna spend to the cap and carry plenty of one-ways or expensive 2-ways to help the baby Canucks anyway. It's like...you're paying OEL millions upon millions of dollars to not play for this team. Is $800k a year really where you're gonna draw the line on potentially improving the team?

 

[F A N]

Huh?

Teams have budgets and they don't want to get stuck paying a guy $1 million to play in the AHL unnecessarily. That is not an attractive contract for a fringe waiver-claim level player who scored 6 points in the AHL last year.

Huh?

Why do you keep saying $1 million? JBD is making $785K this year and $825K the next. What's the "big risk" that Ottawa took that you're so critical of? Again, maybe Ottawa wanted to make his contract "unattractive" so he wouldn't be picked up.

The Canucks signed Brisebois to a 2 year contract where his contract is one way in 24-25. It's an "unattractive" contract for another team right now, but it's hardly a "big risk" on the Canucks' part.

Again, I don't know why you're making a big deal about this as if Ottawa took this huge gamble and lost.

 

[VanillaCoke]

Also don't understand the contract argument at all.

Free assets but nah we got pod and woo and rathbone, just hold onto them until they're completely worthless.

If fleury or Iorio or better is an option then great, but why not both, not like the prospect pool is knocking down any doors whatsoever.

Oh and ethan bear apparently, incredible depth.

 

[Vector]

Is that really a dealbreaker though? Like...they're gonna spend to the cap and carry plenty of one-ways or expensive 2-ways to help the baby Canucks anyway. It's like...you're paying OEL millions upon millions of dollars to not play for this team. Is $800k a year really where you're gonna draw the line on potentially improving the team?

Management? No.

Ownership? Probably. We know that’s a conversation that past management teams have had before and ownership was against one-ways in the AHL then.

 

[biturbo19]

Management? No.

Ownership? Probably. We know that’s a conversation that past management teams have had before and ownership was against one-ways in the AHL then.

I still just don't see it as that much of a liability, even in that cheapskate context.

Either JBD helps in the NHL...or you waive him and i still think the Sens would take him back. They signed that contract and could still use the extra depth, considering they lost Lassi.

 

[LemonSauceD]

Seeing how soft our line up was last night I’d honestly put a claim on Viel Lol

 

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[Vector]

Surprised Penguins are waiving Nylander. Thought he'd stick on the 4th line.

 

[MS]

Huh?

Why do you keep saying $1 million? JBD is making $785K this year and $825K the next. What's the "big risk" that Ottawa took that you're so critical of? Again, maybe Ottawa wanted to make his contract "unattractive" so he wouldn't be picked up.

The Canucks signed Brisebois to a 2 year contract where his contract is one way in 24-25. It's an "unattractive" contract for another team right now, but it's hardly a "big risk" on the Canucks' part.

Again, I don't know why you're making a big deal about this as if Ottawa took this huge gamble and lost.

Teams have budgets. They probably have an Abbotsford salary budget of about $5 million and if they're wrong on JBD and he ends up down there he's blown that out of the water by like 15% and cost Aquilini an extra new Ferrari.

There are probably 10-15 similar bubble defenders who will be on waivers in the next week who have a $70k AHL salary or who are on a 1-year deal. JBD isn't a player who somehow stands out from the pack and you aren't going to take the risk on that extra salary if you don't need to.

Like, Brayden Pachal is a similar/better player to JBD who is probably 50/50 to be on waivers in the next week and has 50% of the guaranteed financial commitment. Why would you rush to claim the far more expensive guy?

 

[LemonSauceD]

Posposil is intriguing. 23 y/o centre who plays a really agitating game.

 

[oceanchild]

Kind of annoyed they didn't bother to take a flyer on JBD tbh. We're in exactly the right sort of situation to at least give it a look. We still don't really have our defence corps sorted out and there's at least a solid likelihood that he's better, or at least more "ready" for NHL action than McWard right now.


Either they've got something bigger cooking in a trade, or it seems like they're kind of asleep at the wheel. I just don't know how you could see the usage McWard has been pressed into, how guys like Juulsen have continued to look...and still somehow sit on your hands, content with that defensive depth, on the RH side especially.

I think they have something cooking

 

[Vector]

Like, Brayden Pachal is a similar/better player to JBD who is probably 50/50 to be on waivers in the next week and has 50% of the guaranteed financial commitment. Why would you rush to claim the far more expensive guy?

It will be very interesting to see what the Golden Knights do. They have 10 defencemen left in training camp, although Whitecloud is injured and may not be ready for the stop of the season. Assumning Whitecloud is on the roster but scratched, they can just waive Miromanov and send Korczak down. That's if they go with 8 defencemen.

Hutton. Pachal, Miromanov, and Korczak competing for 2 spots.

 

[Nucker101]

Surprised Penguins are waiving Nylander. Thought he'd stick on the 4th line.

Pens top forwards don't really kill penalties, outside of R.Smith so I'd assume the coaches prefer more utility from their depth players.

It will be very interesting to see what the Golden Knights do. They have 10 defencemen left in training camp, although Whitecloud is injured and may not be ready for the stop of the season. Assumning Whitecloud is on the roster but scratched, they can just waive Miromanov and send Korczak down. That's if they go with 8 defencemen.

Hutton. Pachal, Miromanov, and Korczak competing for 2 spots.

Canes and Knights both so deep on the blueline, these are definitely the teams the Canucks should be keeping an eye on.

 

[Vector]

Canes and Knights both so deep on the blueline, these are definitely the teams the Canucks should be keeping an eye on.

Canes really have one decision to make on the blueline and that's between Caleb Jones or Dylan Coghlan. They haven't scratched anyone from their training camp roster yet, which is odd.

 

[credulous]

knights will probably waive miromanov, put korczak in henderson and use hutton and pachal as the 7th/8th d. miromanov isn't really going to help this team so no help there

 

[Vector]

knights will probably waive miromanov, put korczak in henderson and use hutton and pachal as the 7th/8th d. miromanov isn't really going to help this team so no help there

Agreed but we also thought Lind was going to make the Kraken...

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

Alex Nylander...Picked 8th OA in 2016.

Interesting to note that only one player out of the top ten of the 2016 draft is still with his original team.

Lots of hype and hoopla surrounding Nylander (probably on the rep of his older brother) before the 2016 draft...Along with several other players in the top 10 of that year, he's a huge disappointment.