As NHL teams trim their rosters before the regular season, The Athletic’s Corey Pronman and Harman Dayal will provide analysis of the top players placed on waivers every day. Once a player is waived, the rest of the league has 24 hours to put in a claim for him. If a player goes unclaimed, they can be assigned by their team to the minor leagues.
Friday, Sept. 27
Ronnie Attard, RHD, Philadelphia Flyers
Attard has played games in each of the last three NHL seasons but hasn’t broken through yet as a full-time player. He’s a big right-shot with good offensive skills and can play both ways due to his frame and compete. He isn’t an amazing skater, though, and his decision making has given him issues over the years. —Pronman
Other players on waivers: Louie Belpedio (Flyers), Rhett Gardner (Flyers), Hayden Hodgson (Senators), Cole Reinhardt (Senators), Jamieson Rees (Senators), Garrett Pilon (Senators), Nikolas Matinpalo (Senators), Maxence Guenette (Senators), Jeremy Davies (Senators), Luke Henman, (Kraken), Nikolas Brouillard (Kraken), Zach Sawchenko (Blue Jackets), Jake Leschyshyn (Rangers), Ben Harpur (Rangers), Alex Belzile (Rangers)
(Photo of Ronnie Attard: Eric Hartline / USA Today)
