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Originally Posted by Drury18
So he could be claimed by Edmonton, then put on waivers again to be assigned to OKC and would only need to be offered to Calgary who if they passed, would then clear and be sent to the AHL.
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He would have to go through waivers again and be offered to every team.
The key point is that if Calgary was the only team to put in a claim, they could then send him to the AHL without putting him back on waivers. Unless they really wanted to get rid of the player, they would re-claim him. The Flames would certainly reclaim Jones if the Oilers tried this.
So, you're correct that the CBA doesn't specifically say a team must keep a player on their NHL roster, but the fact that the player's original team can reclaim him and send him down without additional waivers means that if you're going to put in a waiver claim, you're doing so with the intention of keeping the player in the NHL.
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13.22 When a Club claims a Player on Regular or Unconditional Waivers, and, subsequently, in the same season it requests Waivers on the same Player and the original owning Club is the successful and only Club making a Waiver claim, then the original owning Club shall be entitled to Loan such Player to a club in another league within thirty days without further Waivers being asked; provided that such Player has not participated in ten or more NHL Games (cumulative) and remained on an NHL roster more than thirty days (cumulative) following such successful claim.
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This happened earlier this season with Alexander Urbom. He was waived by New Jersey and claimed by Washington on October 3. Then, on January 8, the Caps put him back on waivers and the Devils reclaimed him, and immediately sent him to the AHL.