Big last-minute surprise on the NHL waivers and there is a name familiar to fans

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Elias Edmonson
October 6, 2023 (2:56 PM)

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Once again on this Friday, just a few days before the start of the NHL season, there's a lot of action on the NHL waivers.

Here's the complete list of available players.

Placed on the NHL waivers today:

Caleb Jones (CAR)
Marcus Bjork (CBJ)
Jake Christiansen (CBJ)
Josh Dunne (CBJ)
Brendan Gaunce (CBJ)
Carson Meyer (CBJ)
Billy Sweezey (CBJ)
Alex Petrovic (DAL)
Austin Czarnik (DET)
Tim Gettinger (DET)
Taro Hirose (DET)
John Lethemon (DET)
Jared McIsaac (DET)
Wyatt Newpower (DET)
Brogan Rafferty (DET)
Nolan Stevens (DET)
Grigori Denisenko (FLA)
Matt Kiersted (FLA)
Will Lockwood (FLA)
Alexander True (FLA)
Kenneth Appleby (NYI)
Dennis Cholowski (NYI)
Arnaud Durandeau (NYI)
Grant Hutton (NYI)
Otto Koivula (NYI)
Karson Kuhlman (NYI)
Paul LaDue (NYI)
Brian Pinho (NYI)
Robin Salo (NYI)
Jakub Skarek (NYI)
Jonny Brodzinski (NYR)
Ben Harpur (NYR)
Wade Allison (PHI)
Ryan Carpenter (SJ)
Oskar Lindblom (SJ)
Jacob Peterson (SJ)
Nicolas Aube-Kubel (WSH)
Alex Limoges (WSH)
Michael Sgarbossa (WSH)
Joe Snively (WSH)
Dylan McIlrath (WSH)
and
Hunter Shepard (WSH).

Notably, we see the name of the Quebecer Nicolas Aubé-Kubel, who is 27 years old, a 2nd round pick in 2014, and who accumulated 12 points in 47 games with the Washington Capitals last season.

In his NHL career, he has totaled 62 points in 222 games and won a Stanley Cup.

There's also the goaltender Jakub Skarek and the forward Grigori Denisenko.

Denisenko, the 15th overall pick in 2018, is the big surprise on this list. At his draft, he was compared to a certain Nikita Kucherov by experts.

Verdict to come tomorrow.

POLL
OCTOBRE 6 \| 138 ANSWERS Big last-minute surprise on the NHL waivers and there is a name familiar to fans Would you claim a name from this list?
Yes Aub�-Kubel	20	14.5 %
Yes, Denisenko	25	18.1 %
Yes, Another	8	5.8 %
No	85	61.6 %
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