38 NHL players placed on waivers for Oct. 1
A large number of former prospects are on the wire.
On Wednesday, 38 players have been placed on waivers across the NHL, making them available to the other 31 teams in the league.
The Los Angeles Kings were busy, placing 10 athletes on the wire. Among the notable names is forward Akil Thomas. The former second-round pick was with the Kings during the entire 2024-25 season, but appeared in just 25 games, thanks to an injury in November that placed him on injured reserve, as well as multiple instances of healthy scratches. He ended up scoring just a goal and two assists in his limited time of work. It was the most games in an NHL season for the Toronto native.
In 32 games with the Kings, Thomas has scored four goals and three assists for seven points. In 170 American Hockey League games, all with the Ontario Reign, he has potted 53 goals and 50 assists for 103 points.
Veteran forward Austin Watson was one of six Detroit Red Wings put on waivers. The grinder was up and down between the Red Wings and their American Hockey League affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins, during most of the 2024-25 season, but was good enough to earn a one-year, two-way contract extension with the Original Six franchise. He scored three goals in 13 games with Detroit, while totaling 19 goals and 23 assists for 42 points in 60 games with the Griffins, earning a spot on the Central Division All-Star roster.
The Columbus Blue Jackets placed defenseman Christian Jaros on unconditional waivers for the purpose of contract termination. This came three months after Jaros signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Blue Jackets. Earlier in training camp, the Slovakian blueliner returned home for the birth of a child.
Jaros came back to North America after having spent the last three seasons in the Kontinental Hockey League with Avangard Omsk, CSKA Moscow and Severstal Cherepovets.
Here’s the full list of players placed on waivers on Wednesday:
Boston Bruins: Billy Sweezey
Colorado Avalanche: Wyatt Aamodt, Danil Gushchin
Columbus Blue Jackets: Christian Jaros
Detroit Red Wings: Sheldon Dries, William Lagesson, John Leonard, Ian Mitchell, Dominik Shine, Austin Watson
Florida Panthers: Mackenzie Entwistle, Nolan Foote, Wilmer Skoog
Los Angeles Kings: Samuel Bolduc, Logan Brown, Martin Chromiak, Pheonix Copley, Glenn Gawdin, Cole Guttman, Joe Hicketts, Andre Lee, Akil Thomas, Taylor Ward
Nashville Predators: Andreas Englund
New York Rangers: Casey Fitzgerald
Philadelphia Flyers: Lane Pederson
San Jose Sharks: Patrick Giles
Tampa Bay Lightning: Nicholas Abruzzese, Boris Katchouk, Jakob Pelletier
Utah Mammoth: Jaxson Stauber
Washington Capitals: Louie Belpedio, Graeme Clarke, Henrik Rybinski, Bogdan Trineyev
Winnipeg Jets: Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Kale Clague, Samuel Fagemo
Tyson Jost was the only one of the 22 players placed on waivers on Tuesday who was claimed. The former Carolina Hurricane was claimed by the Predators on Wednesday