Good News for Canadiens as Kent Hughes Likely to Sneak One of His Players Through NHL Waivers
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As the excellent Marco D'Amico points out, the Montreal Canadiens received some good news on the NHL waiver wire.
As announced today, 22 NHL players were placed on waivers, including former Canadiens forward Mitchell Stephens.
This marks the stage of training camp where teams begin making significant roster moves-sending players through waivers, opening up spots, and keeping an eye on potential pickups from other clubs.
Kent Hughes was very smart to place his players on waivers (such as Sean Farrell) a little earlier than everyone else.
Good news for Kent Hughes on the waiver wire: he timed it right and should get through with Kaapo Kahkonen
Now that Jakub Dobes has clearly secured the backup goalie position in Montreal, the last player to go through NHL waivers (most likely) for Kent Hughes and Jeff Gorton is Kaapo Kahkonen.
"Good news for the Canadiens, who sent most, if not all, of their waiver cuts down yesterday.
Only real one left will be Kaapo Kahkonen, unless there's a surprise at camp."
- Marco D'Amico
Only real one left will be Kaapo Kahkonen, unless there's a surprise at camp."
- Marco D'Amico
Another bit of good news: one of the only teams actively seeking a goalie already made their claim today!
"Tampa Bay has claimed Phoenix Copley off waivers from Los Angeles"
And according to the well-respected Elliotte Friedman, the two other names more likely to draw NHL attention on waivers are Clay Stevenson and Nico Daws, not Kaapo Kahkonen.
Elliotte Friedman: Re waivers goalies: "[Clay] Stevenson and [Nico] Daws, I think are gonna be guys teams are taking a long look at" - Real Kyper & Bourne
Kent Hughes therefore should NOT lose Kahkonen on waivers, barring a major surprise - which is obviously fantastic news.
A situation to keep an eye on in the coming days!
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