22 NHL players placed on waivers for Sept. 30
More notable names are on the wire.
On Tuesday, 22 players were placed on waivers across the NHL, making them available to the other 31 franchises across the league.
Among the names put on the wire is Edmonton Oilers goaltender Matt Tomkins. Tomkins, who had signed a two-year deal with the team on July 1, came to the Oilers organization after spending the past couple of seasons with the Tampa Bay Lightning. The 2022 Canadian Olympic goaltender played six games with the Bolts during the 2023-24 campaign, posting a 3-2-1 record with a 3.33 goals-against average and a .892 save percentage. That has been all of the Edmonton native’s NHL experience. Last season, with Tampa’s American Hockey League affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch, Tomkins has a record of 12-10-5, with a 2.55 GAA, a .907 SV% and three shutouts.
In 91 AHL games, he has posted a 38-42-11 record, wth a 2.86 GAA, a .901 SV% and four shutouts.
Forward Tyson Jost was one of four players the Carolina Hurricanes put on waivers on Tuesday. The 27-year-old re-signed with the team this past July on a one-year contract. It came after he split time between Carolina and the Chicago Wolves, the Canes’ top farm club. In 39 games with Carolina, he scored four goals and five assists for nine points. Jost had the exact same stat line in 14 games with the Wolves.
In 495 NHL contests, which include stops wth the Buffalo Sabres and Colorado Avalanche, Jost has scored 61 goals and 88 assists for 149 points, with 10 points coming in 46 Stanley Cup Playoff games.
The Calgary Flames placed forward Dryden Hunt on waivers as well, one of four players the team put on the wire. It comes three months after Calgary signed Hunt to a two-year, two-way contract extension. Hhe played five games for the Flames last season, a much smaller amount after scoring eight points in 28 games during the 2023-24 campaign. With the AHL’s Wranglers last year, the Cranbrook, B.C. native set career highs in assists (33) and points (49) in 49 games.
In 235 NHL contests, Hunt has scored 18 goals and 36 assists for 54 points, with 245 points in 318 AHL contests.
Here’s the full list of players put on waivers on Tuesday:
Carolina Hurricanes: Gavin Bayreuther, Noel Gunler, Tyson Jost, Josiah Slavin, Ryan Suzuki
Calgary Flames: Clark Bishop, Dryden Hunt, Yan Kuznetsov, Sam Morton
Edmonton Oilers: Matt Tomkins
New York Islanders: Matthew Highmore, Marcus Hoberg
New York Rangers: Brendan Brisson, Connor Mackey
Philadelphia Flyers: Anthony Richard
San Jose Sharks: Shane Bowers, Jimmy Huntington, Samuel Laberge, Oskar Olausson, Jakub Skarek
Winnipeg Jets: Tyrel Bauer, Isaak Phillips
If the names above clear waivers on Wednesday, they will become available to join their respective AHL teams. All 22 players who were put on waivers on Monday cleared.