The World’s Shortest NHL Waiver Primer

A tall man for a short article. Photo by Andre Ringuette/Freestyle Photo/Getty Images This is my attempt at the shortest possible waiver primer:

Everyone on an NHL contract requires waivers to be loaned to any other league.

EXCEPT

any who are exempt due to age/lack of NHL games played

any who have less than 10 games played or 30 calendar days on an NHL roster since they last cleared

The waiver period is 24 hrs from noon to noon. The player stays on the NHL roster and counts against the salary cap for that time period.

Claim priority is in reverse order of the prior year’s regular-season standings by points percentage:

Detroit

Ottawa

San Jose

Los Angeles

Anaheim

New Jersey

Buffalo

Montreal

Chicago

Arizona

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