The Chicago Blackhawks placed forwards Tomas Jurco and Jordin Tootoo and goaltender Jean-Francois Berube on waivers Monday, according to The Athletic’s Scott Powers. All 30 teams will have a chance to make claims over the next 24 hours, otherwise the players will all be assigned to Rockford to open the season.
Jurco and Tootoo were battling for playing time in the bottom six, but with Alex DeBrincat taking a spot on the second line, there wasn’t a ton of room left. In the end, it appears Ryan Hartman, Artem Anisimov, Patrick Sharp, Tanner Kero, Lance Bouma, John Hayden, and Tommy Wingels will be the seven guys filling the bottom six.