June 15 is the first day on the hockey calendar on which teams can put in motion plans to buy a player out of his existing contract, and Chuck Fletcher decided that he was going to waste as little time as possible to do just that with the Flyers’ clear most obvious buyout candidate.
Per the team, this afternoon:
Per GM Chuck Fletcher: The #Flyers have placed defenseman Andrew MacDonald on unconditional waivers for the purpose of terminating his contract.
— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) June 15, 2019
The move does, and means, a few things.