It’s waivers time again. Yes, it is weird that the waivers period is starting before training camp this season, but that’s hardly the weirdest thing about this year. We will have to learn to roll with it.
In a normal season, the waiver period starts 12 days before the end of training camp. The purpose of starting it so early in camp, when most waived players go through on the last two days, is to give teams who are sending players off to an AHL training camp in a distant city time to get the player there.
That’s what waivers are for.