14-players placed on waivers as teams finalize their rosters: Ft. Connor Mackey
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The National Hockey League has announced that 14 players have been placed on waivers on October 5th, 2024. As teams continue to narrow down their rosters by Monday's deadline.
The National Hockey League needs teams to submit their final rosters by Monday so teams are now scrambling to finalize their rosters and pick they players who will represent them on opening night, leaving to this chunk of players being re-assigned to their respective affiliate teams.
On Saturday, the National Hockey League had announced that the following 14 players were placed on waivers. This was confirmed by NHL insider Elliotte Friedman on X as well:
Oscar Dansk (Anaheim Ducks)
T.J. Tynan (Colorado Avalanche)
Chris Wagner (Colorado Avalanche)
Kyle Capobianco (Dallas Stars)
Magnus Hellberg (Dallas Stars)
Cameron Hughes (Dallas Stars)
Kole Lind (Dallas Stars)
Alexander Petrovic (Dallas Stars)
Emilio Pettersen (Dallas Stars)
Matt Kiersted (Florida Panthers)
Ben Jones (Minnesota Wild)
Connor Mackey (New York Rangers)
John Hayden (Seattle Kraken)
Josh Mahura (Seattle Kraken)
One noticeable name that was placed on waivers was New York Rangers defenseman Connor Mackey.
The deadline for these 14 players to be claimed off of waivers is on Sunday by 2PM, so their is still a chance that these fellas will be able to find another team and still start the season in the NHL. However, if not, they will spend the majority of their time in the minors until their organizations call them up due to injuries, struggles, or for whatever reasons they may need them.
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