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Quick waiver rules:

Claiming team does not have to keep the player on the roster. However if they want to demote him, they have to waive him again.

If the original team re-claims him, they can move him down to the AHL without waivers if they are the only team to make a claim. If not, they have to waive him again.

Players claimed on waivers can be traded, but they have to be offered to any other team that may have made a claim. If those teams decline, he can then be traded.

The cost of picking up someone on waivers depends on years of being on a pro contract. The highest is 90k for a goaltender who has been on a pro contract for 2 years or less, and the lowest is just over 3k for a player with 9 years or more pro experience.

So to sum it up:

If Pelletier is claimed by San Jose, Edmonton, and Vancouver, San Jose gets him due to current waiver priority. If San Jose waives him again, and Calgary and Vancouver make a claim, then Calgary gets him and if they want to move him down, he has to be put on waivers. If Calgary claims in and no one else does, then they can put him in the AHL without putting him on waivers. If San Jose wanted to trade him, they would have to offer him to Edmonton and Vancouver. If they no longer want him, he can be traded. If one or both of them does, waiver priority takes precedence again, so Edmonton would get him.