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Originally Posted by sureLoss
Another question to ask: Is claiming a player off waivers a violation of Brian Burke's extended holiday roster freeze? Seems to break the spirit of why Burke instituted it.
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I don't believe waivers are a problem. When Feaster was fired, I believe it was during Burke's freeze (I remember someone asking Burke about that and he said it doesn't apply to management) and Sven was sent down that same day.
Also, with a waiver claim, you don't have any choice on the timing because you only have that 24 hour window. If you want the player, you have to put in the claim because you might not get another chance. If the point of the roster freeze is that you don't want to disrupt the player's life this close to Christmas, it doesn't really matter because his life is already disrupted just by being on waivers.