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Originally Posted by dino7c
JJ was on waivers yesterday...Flames couldn't give him away
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I wonder if JJ was put on waivers (and had to clear) as a condition of the trade with OTT; so that OTT could send him to the minors without having to put him on the waiver wire themselves.
If OTT claimed JJ off us on waivers, then OTT could not send JJ down to the AHL without going through waivers again, and they were afraid JJ would be claimed by another team.
In the end, no other team claimed him anyway, so OTT probably could have snuck him through waivers, but now that he's cleared, they know for sure.