Overview
- Minnesota placed Daemon Hunt on waivers and Winnipeg placed Jack St. Ivany on waivers after roster moves on Friday, leaving both players available to other NHL teams.
- The Nashville Predators claimed Hunt and the Washington Capitals claimed St. Ivany, moves reported Saturday by The Athletic’s Michael Russo and the Winnipeg Free Press’ Ken Wiebe.
- Hunt has played 11 games this season with Minnesota, is scoreless and averaged about 14 minutes of ice time, and was a third-round pick in 2020; St. Ivany played four games for Winnipeg, is scoreless with about 13½ minutes per game, and was a 2018 fourth-round pick.
- When a player is claimed off waivers the new club must keep him on its NHL roster and assumes his contract, so neither defender can be sent to the AHL unless they later clear waivers.
- The claims were driven by immediate needs: Nashville has a defensive injury and Washington is without Rasmus Sandin and Vincent Desharnais, which keeps both players on NHL rosters and alters short-term depth plans for their former clubs.