Brendan Smith has officially cleared waivers. The news comes Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet.
The plan for now is for Smith to go to Hartford – how long he stays before they bring him back is another story. Jeff Gorton spoke about the decision to place Smith on waivers and it seems like he views this as an opportunity to level set things. Via Larry Brooks of the New York Post:
We’ve done some different things to try and get him going, we’ve scratched him [10 times], and he just hasn’t played that well.