As Flyers fans waited for today’s waiver news to hit and see whether either of Taylor Leier or Dale Weise would get claimed by another team after getting waived on Monday, they instead received word of another move from Ron Hextall, who finally (on the day that rosters are due) decided that the NHL team’s goaltending situation needed to be addressed a bit more than it had been. Hextall’s move was to claim goalie Calvin Pickard, who was placed on waivers by the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday.
Pickard spent last season in the Leafs’ organization, playing in 33 games for the AHL’s Toronto Marlies and posting a .