LATEST | Former Vancouver Canucks forward among 42 placed on waivers

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Cooper Godin
October 6, 2023 (12:27)

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The waiver wire was extremely busy on Friday afternoon as teams around the NHL continued preparing their rosters for the 2023-24 season, which is underway on Tuesday, October 10.

According to PuckPedia, 42 players have been placed on Friday's waiver wire, including former Vancouver Canucks forward Will Lockwood and Florida Panthers 2018 first-round pick Grigori Denisenko.

Let's take a look at the full waivers list for Friday, October 6th:

Friday's waiver list
Caleb Jones (Carolina)
Alex Petrovic (Dallas)
Michael Sgarbossa (Washingon)
Hunter Shepard (Washington)
Alex Limoges (Washington)
Joe Snively (Washington)
Nicolas Aube-Kubel (Washington)
Dylan McIlrath (Washington)
Jacob Peterson (San Jose)
Oskar Lindblom (San Jose)
Ryan Carpenter (San Jose)
Jake Christiansen (Columbus)
Billy Sweezey (Columbus)
Anders Bjork (Columbus)
Josh Dunne (Columbus)
Carson Meyer (Columbus)
Brendan Gaunce (Columbus)
Wade Allison (Philadelphia)
Jakub Skarek (Islanders)
Robin Salo (Islanders)
Brian Pinho (Islanders)
Paul Ladue (Islanders)
Karson Kuhlman (Islanders)
Otto Koivula (Islanders)
Grant Hutton (Islanders)
Arneaud Durandeau (Islanders)
Dennis Cholowski (Islanders)
Kenny Appleby (Islanders)
Alexander True (Florida)
Will Lockwood (Florida)
Matt Kierseted (Florida)
Grigori Denisenko (Florida)
Ben Harpur (Rangers)
Jonny Brodzinski (Rangers)
John Lethemon (Detroit)
Nolan Stevens (Detroit)
Tar Hirose (Detroit)
Tim Gettinger (Detroit)
Brogan Rafferty (Detroit)
Wyatt Newpower (Detroit)
Jared McIsaac (Detroit)
Austin Czarnik (Detroit)

As is always the case from the opening of the waiver wire until the end of October, the order of teams that can place a claim is based on last season's standings in reverse. The Anaheim Ducks get the first crack at putting a claim on any players above, followed by the Columbus Blue Jackets and Chicago Blackhawks.

If any players above go unclaimed on Saturday afternoon, they'll be assigned to their respective teams, American Hockey League affiliate.