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Originally Posted by Phaneuf
Also for people asking why we didn't claim him on waivers, i'd assume it's because we didn't want to lose out on our spot (which is probably 4th?) on a player like this. They would rather put in a claim on a better player if one was to ever go on waivers.
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Just to reiterate what Sureloss said... Waivers do not work this way. The Flames could claim every single player placed on waivers and never lose their spot.
The reason why we didn't claim him is....
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Originally Posted by ssjshmo
As per Steinberg
Couldn't put him to Abby right away if we picked him up off waivers.
Does that mean if we picked him up, he would have to go through waivers again as a Flames before Abby?
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And yes, if we claimed MacDermid, we would have had to waive him again and hope he clears. But in the mean time, he would have had to been placed on the roster, and since his waiver expired before the Jackman trade was completed, our only real option at that point would have been to send Baertschi down to Abbotsford for a few days.
And just consider what the reaction to THAT would have been.
(Bouma might have been another option, but I'm not sure if he needs to pass through waivers yet. I think he does)