New Jersey Devils: 3 Options At Goaltender Behind Mackenzie Blackwood

2. Waivers

Teams have to put goalies through waivers to get them to the taxi squad if they needed to do the same thing to get them to the AHL. That means the Devils still have a shot to get a goalie for free, but it would take making another team really mad in the process. The Devils are looking for teams who think they have their goalie situation set, and then they will come in and blow it up completely.

Still, these are desperate times for the Devils, and this isn’t a time to make friends. It’s all business at this point, and the Devils cannot worry about what the other 30 teams think of their decisions. Hockey has a short memory, and a GM won’t worry about past transgressions when trying to make future deals.

So, the Devils can look at players who might be good enough to be a backup from around the league. One interesting team to pay attention to is the Toronto Maple Leafs. They have Frederick Anderson, Jack Campbell, and Aaron Dell. Dell is likely the odd-man-out here, and he’d have to go on waivers to go to the taxi squad or the AHL. They also have Michael Hutchinson who would have to go through waivers.

The Washington Capitals also have Craig Anderson and Pheonix Copley trying to win the team’s backup position. Both would have to go through waivers and would be a nice addition to the Devils at this point.