Nov. 11: Meyer has cleared waivers and has been reassigned to Rochester, the team announced.
Nov. 10: Sabres forward Carson Meyer has landed on waivers today, per Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet. That’s an indication he’s been cleared to return after starting the year on the season-opening injured/non-roster list. Assuming he clears tomorrow, he’ll get his campaign started with AHL Rochester.
Meyer, 28, last appeared in the NHL with the Blue Jackets in April 2024. The 5’11” winger has 41 games of NHL experience, all with Columbus, which drafted him in the sixth round in 2017. He’s got two goals and four assists to his name with a -4 rating, averaging 9:03 of ice time per contest.
The Ohio State product and Ohio native spent last year in the Ducks organization. He’d signed a two-way deal with Anaheim for 2024-25 after reaching Group VI unrestricted free agency, playing outside of Ohio for the first time since spending the 2015-16 season with Nebraska’s Tri-City Storm in the USHL. Meyer cleared waivers and was productive for the Ducks’ AHL affiliate in San Diego, recording 21 points in 29 games, but had his season cut short by an ACL surgery.
His recovery from that surgery was why Meyer was a non-participant in Buffalo’s camp and why he was on SOIR. He inked a two-year, two-way deal with Buffalo this past offseason that pays him $350,000 for 2025-26 and $375,000 for 2026-27 if he’s in the minors the whole way through.
He’ll be relied upon to be a top producer for a Rochester side that’s been stretched thin offensively due to a rash of injuries in Buffalo. Three of its six top scorers, Zachary Jones, Noah Ostlund, and Isak Rosen, are currently up with the Sabres.