Out of the whopping number of players who cleared NHL waivers on Monday, Mike Stephens looks at the most intriguing names and where they could end up.
As it always is, the Sunday before the NHL's opening night was a particularly busy one as clubs made the final cuts to their rosters in order to be ready for the regular season.
So, let's take a look at the five best players who went unclaimed on Monday and determine what they can bring to the table.Jones is no longer an NHL starter, having gone five years since posting a save percentage above .900. But he does have value on a big-league roster in the short term. The 23-year-old second-rounder truly came into his own in 2022-23 down on the farm with the Bakersfield Condors, finishing his third AHL campaign with a very promising 25 goals and 20 assists for 45 points in 65 games, nearly doubling his total from the season prior while thrusting himself into serious consideration for an Oilers roster spot.
At this stage of his career, Bogosian is nothing more than a quality sixth or seventh defenseman, a role which nonetheless ends up being quite valuable to contending clubs given the rigors of a full-length campaign. Last season was the first time Denisenko played more than 30 games for one team in the same year since his KHL days back in 2019-20, logging 56 games with the AHL's Charlotte Checkers and racking up 12 goals and 24 assists for 36 points.
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