Waiver (NHL)

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Waiver is a name for a list in the North American Ice Hockey League National Hockey League on which players are wagered that a team wants to split up with. Usually this is done in order to hand them over to the farm team . Players on the waiver can from all the other teams without further compensation obligation are, or vice versa, all other 30 NHL franchises do without (Engl. "To waive") on the obligation.

regulate

A team puts a player on the waiver in order to separate from him, for example, if the player does not perform well or if you want to make room in the squad or on the payroll ( salary cap ) . Players on the waiver can be signed by other teams within 24 hours with no consideration required. If two teams want to sign the player, the current score decides who receives the player. Since the team strengths in the NHL should be as balanced as possible, the team with the lower number of points receives the player; If the number of completed games varies, the lower percentage of the possible points won is decisive.

Some players who you want to send to the farm team because they are supposed to gain game practice after an injury or because they are not needed at the moment, have to be placed on the waiver beforehand before they can join the farm team. This applies to the following players:

  • Players who have played in the NHL for three years since their first NHL contract
  • Players who have played 180 games or more in the NHL

This regulation carries the risk that other teams will oblige the player from the waiver within the period.

particularities

  • If a player who was already on the waiver before joining the farm team is brought back to the NHL team, but then sent back to the farm team, he no longer has to go to the waiver if he has less than ten games for the Has played on the NHL team or has been on the NHL team for less than 30 days.

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