Aaron Dell (TOR) and Jason Spezza (TOR) are among those on NHL waivers today.
— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) January 17, 2021Not sure what to make of this, but that’s SOP for this season.
Spezza has been reduced to essentially a FOGO (face off get off) player who also PKs and plays on the second power play unit.
For details on the current understanding of the emergency recall rules that should have made all of this unnecessary, go here:
As of now, my only guess on this is that the Leafs would not be able to use the roster emergency rules for Monday’s game after all, but even that barely makes this track.