On a separate note, however, there really isn't a justification for poor roster management - which is what this equates to. Losing players like Fagemo, Thomas or Madden (who was picked up as a key piece of the Toffoli trade) for nothing should not be considered acceptable. Granted it may happen from time to time as a one off, but not several players being exposed at once.
IMO- you are way off here.
Waivers are a reality of sports. The waiver system is designed to increase parity but also give players a chance in other organizations after a certain amount of time with the organization.
These were all the players waived recently
List of all the players placed on NHL waiver
| PLAYER | STATUS |
| Riley Sutter | Placed on waivers |
| Chase Priskie | Placed on waivers |
| Dominic Toninato | Placed on waivers |
| Ashton Sautner | Placed on waivers |
| Kristian Reichel | Placed on waivers |
| Jeff Malott | Placed on waivers |
| Jansen Harkins | Placed on waivers |
| Jett Woo | Placed on waivers |
| Zach Sawchenko | Placed on waivers |
| Jack Rathbone | Placed on waivers |
| Matt Irwin | Placed on waivers |
| Sheldon Dries | Placed on waivers |
| Philippe Myers | Placed on waivers |
| Sean Day | Placed on waivers |
| Mitchell Chaffee | Placed on waivers |
| Matthew Peca | Placed on waivers |
| Hugh McGing | Placed on waivers |
| Wyatt Kalynuk | Placed on waivers |
| Will Bitten | Placed on waivers |
| Nathan Todd | Placed on waivers |
| Scott Sabourin | Placed on waivers |
| Mac Hollowell | Placed on waivers |
| Louis Domingue | Placed on waivers |
| Philippe Maillet | Placed on waivers |
| Lias Andersson | Placed on waivers |
| Nick Swaney | Placed on waivers |
| Zane McIntyre | Placed on waivers |
| Jacob Lucchini | Placed on waivers |
| Steven Fogarty | Placed on waivers |
| T.J. Tynan | Placed on waivers |
| Akil Thomas | Placed on waivers |
| Steven Santini | Placed on waivers |
| Jacob Moverare | Placed on waivers |
| Mikhail Maltsev | Placed on waivers |
| Hayden Hodgson | Placed on waivers |
| Joe Hicketts | Placed on waivers |
| Samuel Fagemo | Placed on waivers |
| Kevin Connauton | Placed on waivers |
| Brett Seney | Placed on waivers |
| Mike Hardman | Placed on waivers |
| David Gust | Placed on waivers |
| Jeremy Davies | Placed on waivers |
| Joseph Cecconi | Placed on waivers |
| Michael DiPietro | Placed on waivers |
| Trevor Carrick | Placed on waivers |
| Byron Froese | Cleared waivers |
| Roland McKeown | Cleared waivers |
| Garrett Pilon | Cleared waivers |
| Dillon Heatherington | Cleared waivers |
| Josh Currie | Cleared waivers |
| Jake Leschyshyn | Cleared waivers |
| Jordan Gross | Cleared waivers |
| Troy Grosenick | Cleared waivers |
| Kevin Gravel | Cleared waivers |
| Anthony Angello | Cleared waivers |
| Mitchell Stephens | Cleared waivers |
| Brady Keeper | Cleared waivers |
| Lucas Condotta | Cleared waivers |
| Nicolas Beaudin | Cleared waivers |
| Greg McKegg | Cleared waivers |
| Drake Caggiula | Cleared waivers |
| Dustin Tokarski | Cleared waivers |
| Justin Richards | Cleared waivers |
| Devin Cooley | Cleared waivers |
| Lassi Thomson | Claimed on waivers by Anaheim Ducks |
| Jonas Røndbjerg | Cleared waivers |
| Sheldon Rempal | Cleared waivers |
| Gage Quinney | Cleared waivers |
| Dysin Mayo | Cleared waivers |
| Mason Geertsen | Cleared waivers |
| Anton Blidh | Placed on waivers |
| Alex Belzile | Placed on waivers |
| Tyler Wotherspoon | Placed on waivers |
| Spencer Smallman | Placed on waivers |
| Keaton Middleton | Placed on waivers |
| Jean-Sébastien Dea | Cleared waivers |
| Anthony Deangelo | Cleared waivers |
| Alex Galchenyuk | Cleared waivers |
| Andy Andreoff | Cleared waivers |
| Filip Zadina | Cleared waivers |
| Mike Reilly | Cleared waivers |
| Kailer Yamamoto | Cleared waivers |
| Matt Duchene | Cleared waivers |
| Blake Wheeler | Cleared waivers |
| Josh Bailey | Cleared waivers |
| Zack Kassian | Cleared waivers |
| Patrik Nemeth | Cleared waivers |
| John Hayden | Cleared waivers |
| Jesper Frödén | Cleared waivers |
| Mark Jankowski | Cleared waivers |
| Michael McCarron | Cleared waivers |
| Kiefer Sherwood | Cleared waivers |
| Christian Wolanin | Cleared waivers |
| Nicolas Petan | Cleared waivers |
| Spencer Martin | Placed on waivers |
| Ty Smith | Cleared waivers |
| Rem Pitlick | Cleared waivers |
| Xavier Ouellet | Cleared waivers |
| Jonathan Gruden | Cleared waivers |
| Taylor Fedun | Cleared waivers |
| Callahan Burke | Cleared waivers |
| Josh Archibald | Cleared waivers |
| Liam Kirk | Cleared waivers |
Losing players in a reality. Every year each team starts with 7 picks . I have heard a few scouts say a team is doing really well if two players per draft make the NHL
5 from that draft
Fagemo has been given every chance
Let's look at his numbers compared to his peers
22-23
A defenseman had more points that him. Lias Andersson who couldn't stick in the NHL with 2 different orgs outproduced him handily .54 PPG in the AHL for a gial scorer is pretty bad
Compare that to Byfield's 1.125 ppg
IYO- Who's roster spot should Fagemo be taking?
Thomas has been injury riddled and never played more than 40 games in a season and only 13 last year. Who should be making the team over IYO?
Same w/ Madden .46 ppg in the AHL
Who should Madden be making the team over IYO?
