How Jon Cooper might use newly acquired Riley Nash

The waiver wire is something that a lot of fans fear, but also put a lot of stock into. Every time a player, especially a player that has a recognizable name, is put on waivers, there’s a bunch of speculation about which team is going to take the player and how he’s going to be a great player wherever he lands. The reality of the waiver wire is that a claimed player rarely turns into much of anything.

More often than not, a waiver wire claim doesn’t get to play very much and will often end up back on waivers before too long. Sometimes a team will take a flyer on a player, like the Lightning did with Danick Martel a few seasons ago and the Seattle Kraken did with Alex Barre-Boulet at the…