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Originally Posted by sureLoss
If the Flames claim him they have to send one of Monahan or Gaudreau to the AHL until another player on the roster clears waivers which would be Sunday noon ET at the earliest.
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You can temporarily exceed the roster limit to acquire players via waivers for as long as it takes to have another player go through waivers. Basically if you claim Player A off waivers you then designate Player B as a non-roster player for the purposes of putting him on waivers.
Not that it really matters in this case since the Flames (or anyone else) likely won't claim Lombardi, but if someone more enticing comes up on the waiver wire, the Flames wouldn't need to demote a non-waiver eligible player just to claim the waived player.