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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
No team is going to claim him, just to waive him again. Not at this point in the season, as every team is long bodies, and trying to get some guys down to the AHL.
And the net effect of your scenario is exactly the same - the Flames re-claim him and send him down. So...
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All good points. I was merely responding to your assertion that any team that claims him has to keep him on the roster. They do not.
And there are all sorts of reasons teams might make a claim, although I don't think he would be. Last minute injury or short-term replacement, or maybe a team just wants to see if there is anything there, although that is much less likely with a goalie.
Last season, Lassi Thomson was claimed on waivers by the Ducks, and re-claimed by the Sens just 8 days later. Samuel Fagemo was claimed on waivers by the Preds and again by the Kings a month later. Spencer Martin was claimed by Columbus at the end of September, and then by Carolina in January.
The season before, the Flames claimed Radim Zohorna on October 2, and put him back on waivers October 9.