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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Also, Stone is a UFA after this upcoming season. As a waiver wire pickup, he might be digestible to a team looking at better blueline depth and a bit of cap wiggle room. Pretty sure GM's are stupid either - they'll know they can get a guy like Stone for free without giving up any picks come waivers during camp time. There's no sneaking done in this situation at all, especially given it's an annual tradition to put players through waivers. What sneaking is there to speak about? Odd take.
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When people talk about sneaking players through waivers in September, no one is talking about other GM's being asleep.
What is means is that other GM's are going through their own roster crunches at the same time, and having to potentially send down cheaper and younger players who are not waiver exempt.
Teams at that time are not lining up to take on older, slower and more expensive players as they simply don't have the roster flexibility.
It's actually the least likely time Stone would be claimed.