With bottom-six ice time getting more and more scarce, it appears that the Bruins have decided there’s no more room at the inn for Craig Smith.
Per Elliotte Friedman, the B’s placed Smith on waivers Sunday afternoon:
Full waivers today: Sedlak clears and contract is terminated. Craig Smith (BOS), Czarnik (DET), Demers (EDM — just signed). Soshnikov (NYI) & Zhuravlyov (COL) on waivers for purposes of contract termination.
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) December 18, 2022
I saw many people react to the wording of this Tweet by saying that the Bruins were going to terminate Smith’s contract, but it appears that he (along with Austin Czarnik and Jason Demers) are just on regular waivers, sandwiched by those other “contract termination” guys.