What happens when a player is placed on waviers?

Question

does any team have a chance at any time to pick that player up or does each time have a certian time when only they can pick that player up? and if so how is the order decided

Answer 1

They sit in Purgatory until and NHL club claims them.

Answer 2

Teams can also choose to put people on the waivers that they don't want and nobody wants to trade for, offering them for nothing. When this happens the team still has to pay the players salary but if another team picks that person up than they don't have to pay his salary obviously because he isn't on their team anymore. Teams usually do this when they are paying way to much compared to how the player is playing, so even if he is an okay player if he has a 3 year 5 million dollar contract and he is only okay, you don't want him and chances are nobody else is going to give up a draft pick or player for him, of course you should still try to trade him before you put him on the waivers.

Answer 3

then the GM prays the Red Wings don't re-name him Kris Draper making a mockery out of that team. (This coming from an old Jets fan)

Answer 4

When a player is placed on waivers, each team then gets a chance to decide if they would like to have him on their team.  The team with the worst record gets the first chance and so on down the line all the way to the stanley cup champs.  If a team does decide they want the player, they must take him and all of his remaining contract.  If a player clears waivers then the team that placed him on waivers has a number of options.  They can keep him and play him in the minors, they can buy him out, or they can release him or call him back up or trade him or whatever they want to do.

Answer 5

In addition to what's already been said, there is a separate waiver process called 're-entry waivers'.  It works similar to Waivers, but only applies when you are trying to bring a player who was previously sent down to the AHL back up to the NHL.  (With certain playing time and salary restrictions, I believe)

As far as I know, the claim order remains the same but the one difference is that if a team claims someone on re-entry waivers, they are only responsible for half of his salary (with his former team paying the other half.)

An example was last season when the Penguins got rid of Mark Recchi.  He wasn't performing so they put him on waivers hoping that someone would claim him and be willing to pay his salary.  He cleared and was eligible to be sent down to the AHL.  Out of respect for Recchi (not wanting his career to end like that, or in the AHL), the Pens attempted to bring him back into the NHL, at which point he was put on re-entry waivers.  They were basically offering to pay half of his salary so that he could still play in the NHL somewhere.  Since he was now coming at half price, Atlanta claimed him.  However, now that Recchi's contract has expired, the Pens are no longer responsible for any part of the new deal he signed with the Lightning.

Sorry for the long winded answer... but hopefully you learned something!

Answer 6

"Here's a quick rundown, in plain English, of how the NHL's waiver system works (for the original post on the nine players placed on waivers this afternoon, see here).

Essentially any player that has three professional seasons since signing his first contract, or who has played 180+ NHL games, must go through waivers before going to the AHL. The waiver system allows all 29 other NHL clubs to pick up that player, with teams lower down in the standings taking precedence over those at the top.

Players are on waivers for two days, and if they go unclaimed, they're off to the minors.

If they go to the minors and then return to the NHL club, players don't have to pass through waivers again unless they've been with the big club for 10+ games or 30+ days."

Drop the puck already!

Answer 7

Any team can place a waiver claim on him. If the player gets multiple claims placed on him then they use the waiver priority list based on last seasons standings (or current season if a player is placed on non-recall waivers during the season). Once a team places a successful claim they move to the end of the claim list, often if a bad team places a claim it could be the result of a good team asking them to make the claim and then trading the claimed player to the requesting team (thus keeping him from going someplace where a team that has a better claim position could have gotten him). If a player isnt claimed in 72 hours he can either except assignment from the team that placed him on waivers (go to the minors....if he has a 1 way deal for good money he usually will accept assignment) or he can opt to become a free agent. Then he can choose who he wants to sign with.

Answer 8

on waivers anybody can claim that player

Answer 9

Any team can take him.