Along with every other NHL club, the Calgary Flames are required to file a salary cap compliant roster with the league office by 3 p.m. MT on Jan. 12. Part of how the Flames will get down to an opening night roster is the waiver wire.
Here’s a quick and dirty primer of how things look waiver-wise for 2020-21.
What are waivers?
Simply put, waivers are teams asking the other 30 NHL clubs if they’d like to keep one of their players on the NHL roster before they send them down to the AHL.