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Originally Posted by Lonestar

The waiver period begins 12 days before the start of the regular season. As long as a waiver eligible player is sent down before that, he is not exposed to waivers.

http://thehockeywriters.com/nhl-waiver-rules/

That is not true. You can't send a player signed to a NHL contract who is not waiver exempt down to the AHL unless he clears waivers.

Yes the waiver period starts 12 days before the start of the regular season, but anyone who needs to clear waivers can't be sent down before that.