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Originally Posted by sureLoss
No.
Steinberg was responding to a question about why the Habs just didn't claim Kulak off waivers.
One of his reasons were the Habs would lose waiver priority if they claim a player off waivers.
This is not true.
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Habs were at 48 contracts and adding Kulak would have made it 49 - probably too close to the 50 limit for their liking in case they need to add later.
They dump a couple of contracts to us and get the player they want. We drop a one way deal, they give us some depth at d. Not a bad outcome for a player that we could have lost for zip.