Saturday: Laich has cleared waivers, per James Mirtle of The Athletic (Twitter link). It will be interesting to see if he opts to report to Ontario of the AHL given his low minor league salary or if they will possibly consider a mutual contract termination.
Friday: Following Thursday’s acquisition of Torrey Mitchell from the Canadiens, the Kings have placed center Brooks Laich on waivers, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reports (Twitter link).
Laich attended training camp with Los Angeles but wasn’t given a contract at that time. He did, however, remain with the team on a PTO into the season and when Jeff Carter went down with a long-term ankle injury, he signed a one-year contract worth the league minimum $650K in the NHL and $50K at the minor league level.
While the 34-year-old has largely played a regular role since then, the results just haven’t been there. Through 12 games with the Kings, he has just a single assist while averaging 11:12 of ice time per game, his lowest since becoming a regular NHL player back in 2005-06.
In other waiver news today, Friedman notes that both Eddie Lack (Calgary) and Jaycob Megna (Anaheim) cleared waivers. Lack has already been sent to Stockton of the AHL.
Laich to the Rangers or Jackets