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Originally Posted by Buzzard
You always here that at this time of year, but seriously, how could ANY player sneak through these days with the amount of staff any given NHL team employs?? I'm thinking any player that clears waivers now days isn't because Brad Treliving or Steve Yzerman said "oh ####!, we didn't even notice him on waivers, what the hell?!", it's because nobody wanted him. And IF a player did sneak through, there should be some execs and/or scouting staff losing jobs... or am I missing something here, lol?
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It's because teams rosters are usually pretty set as we get close to the beginning of the season and teams aren't battling the injury bug to hard because the season hasn't actually started yet.
When the Flames lost Paul Byron to Montreal way back in the day, he would never have been claimed in the first place if Zack Kassian hadn't been placed in the league's substance abuse program following a late night car crash.
Not because Paul Byron wasn't a good player or couldn't play in the NHL, but because the Habs would have had a full roster at that point, and when they lost Kassian they had a spot open up.