{"id":464091,"date":"2025-03-06T15:22:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T20:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=464091"},"modified":"2025-03-06T15:22:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T20:22:34","slug":"nhl-waiver-wire-busy-before-trade-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/03\/06\/nhl-waiver-wire-busy-before-trade-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Waiver Wire Busy Before Trade Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NHL waiver wire has been busy with the trade deadline just a day away. We saw the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/03\/05\/pittsburgh-penguins-trade-forward-to-the-nashville-predators\/\" target=\"_self\">Nashville Predators<\/a> make the most news with a pair of waiver claims. However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/03\/06\/whos-left-for-the-toronto-maple-leafs-to-acquire-up-front\/\" target=\"_self\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> made news putting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/reavery01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-06_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Reaves<\/a> on waivers. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/03\/05\/columbus-blue-jackets-signing-of-forward-shows-organizational-message\/\" target=\"_self\">Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/03\/04\/florida-panthers-skilled-forward-signs-two-year-extension\/\" target=\"_self\">Florida Panthers<\/a> are also part of this waiver wire roundup.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NHL WAIVERS<\/p>\n<p>Predators claim Jakub Vrana from Capitals, Jorden Oesterle from Bruins.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Jackets claim Christian Fischer from Red Wings.<\/p>\n<p>Leafs put Ryan Reaves on waivers.<\/p>\n<p>Panthers&#39; newly signed Jesse Puljujarvi clears.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stephen Whyno (@SWhyno) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SWhyno\/status\/1897727605920383194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>NHL Waiver Wire Full of Activity Before Trade Deadline<\/h2>\n<p>Nashville General Manager Barry Trotz was busiest making a pair of claims prior to the deadline. The Predators claimed both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/v\/vranaja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-06_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jakub Vrana<\/a> and Jorden Oesterle on the day before the deadline. Vrana had been a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/03\/03\/washington-capitals-sign-another-goalie\/\" target=\"_self\">Washington Capitals<\/a> while Oesterle was claimed from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/03\/04\/boston-bruins-captain-injury-update\/\" target=\"_self\">Boston Bruins.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Blue Jackets also claimed a player when it got <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/fischch01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-06_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christian Fischer<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/02\/25\/detroit-red-wings-forward-undergoes-surgery\/\" target=\"_self\">Detroit Red Wings<\/a>. Fischer had been with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/07\/11\/nhl-sweaters-best-and-worst-of-the-arizona-coyotes\/\" target=\"_self\">Arizona Coyotes<\/a> and Detroit in his career.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest name to go on waivers is veteran enforcer Ryan Reaves. Toronto has put the veteran on waivers in anticipation of the trade deadline. Reaves currently makes $1.35 million for this season and next.<\/p>\n<p>Florida&#8217;s newly-acquired forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/puljuje01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-06_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jesse Puljujarvi<\/a> has cleared waivers. He<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/03\/05\/florida-panthers-sign-former-first-round-pick\/\" target=\"_self\"> recently signed<\/a> with the Panthers after skating with the AHL&#8217;s Charlotte Checkers.<\/p>\n<h3>What it Means<\/h3>\n<p>Nashville is trying to find the right pieces to at least finish the season on a strong note. Both Vrana and Oesterle could be depth pieces for Nashville.<\/p>\n<p>Claiming Fischer is another depth addition for Blue Jackets General Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/waddedo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-06_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Don Waddell<\/a>, who has quickly remade this roster. Fischer can possible provide some cover for the Jackets.<\/p>\n<p>Putting Reaves on waivers might be a chance for Toronto to get his cap hit off the books. If he goes unclaimed, his salary could be buried in the AHL.<\/p>\n<p>Puljujarvi could <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/florida-panthers-sign-forward-jesse-puljujarvi-place-him-on-waivers-1.2265674\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">provide some forward depth<\/a> at a low cost for the defending champions. Florida got the Finn at a prorated cost of $775,000. This could be a low-risk deal for the Panthers.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main photo by: Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NHL waiver wire has been busy with the trade deadline just a day away. We saw the Nashville Predators make the most news with a pair of waiver claims. However, the Toronto Maple Leafs made news putting Ryan Reaves on waivers. The Columbus Blue Jackets and Florida Panthers are also part of this waiver [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":436797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4547,34,4548,18],"tags":[6608,212,6453,965,1206,5951],"class_list":["post-464091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","category-leafs","tag-florida-panthers-news","tag-jesse-puljujarvi","tag-nashville-predators-news","tag-nhl-trade-deadline","tag-ryan-reaves","tag-toronto-maple-leafs-news"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":464097,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464091\/revisions\/464097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}