Waivers

Today is the last day to place players on waivers for the purposes of buying out their contract in advance of Friday’s free agency period.  Here are the players that are on the waiver wire.

Jared Boll (Columbus) – The Blue Jackets announced that they will buy out the final year of his deal.  The enforcer played in just 30 games last year, picking up a goal and two assists with 61 PIMS.  The buyout will carry a cap charge of $567K in each of the next two seasons.

Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports that Lauri Korpikoski, Matt Carle, Dennis Seidenberg, Matt Greene, and Barret Jackman are also all on buyout waivers.

Korpikoski (Edmonton) played in 71 games with the Oilers last season – his first with the team – collecting 10 goals and 12 assists.  The 29 year old has 181 career points in 540 NHL games, split between the Rangers, Coyotes, and Oilers.  Edmonton will carry a cap hit of $500K in 2016-17 and $1MM in 2017-18 as a result of the buyout.

Carle (Tampa Bay) is by far the biggest of the buyouts.  He collected just 9 points in 64 games last year despite collecting a $5.5MM salary.  He has 45 goals and 237 assists in 724 career games between San Jose, Philadelphia, and Tampa.  The Lightning will be charged with a cap hit of $1.833M for the next four years.

Seidenberg (Boston) has spent the last four years with the Bruins.  In 2015-16, he played in 61 games, picking up a goal and 11 helpers.  In 758 games split between the Flyers, Coyotes, Hurricanes, Panthers, and Bruins, he has 224 career points.  Boston will carry a cap hit of $1.167M in 2016-17, 2018-19, and 2019-20 as well as a $2.167MM cap charge in 2017-18.

Greene (Los Angeles) played in just three games with the Kings and missed the rest of the year with shoulder problems.  He has played in 589 career games with Edmonton and LA, picking up 78 points and 644 PIMS.  The Kings will have a cap charge of $833K for each of the next 4 years.

Update: Pierre LeBrun of TSN/ESPN reports that Greene’s waiving may not result in a buyout after all.

Jackman (Nashville) played his first season with the Preds last year after spending parts of 13 seasons with St. Louis.  Last year, he had a goal and four assists in 73 games while playing a smaller role as the season progressed.  In his career, he has 186 points and 1,102 PIMS in 876 games.  The Predators will be charged with a cap hit of $667K for each of the next two seasons.

Players that have a no-move clause in their contracts do not have to go through the waiver process to be bought out.  The deadline for those moves to happen is 4:00 PM CST.