On Wednesday, the Carolina Hurricanes placed forward Noah Philp on the wire. The Canes claimed him from waivers last month when he was sent on there by the Edmonton Oilers on Dec. 28.
And so when he landed back on the wire yesterday, fans qucikly assumed that the Oilers would claim Philp back. After all, more depth is never a bad thing.
There was a concern that Philp would just be claimed to end up in the press box. Edmonton has recently been counting and finding success with Curtis Lazar in the Oilers bottom six and bringing in Philp as a 13th forward could run the possibility of disrupting the chemistry the trio has established.
But if the Oilers came in for the claim as this only team making the mvoe, they could automatically re-assign him to the American Hockey League as he’s played fewer than 10 games and hasn’t been on the Hurricanes’ roster for more than 30 days.
And so fans waited for the waiver deadline, and finally, the Oilers past on Philp.
The pending unrestricted free agent, carrying a cap hit of $775,000 this season, cleared waivers and will be sent down to the minors.
It’s been rough lately for Philp, who’s played in just two games before suffering a concussion on Jan. 6. Philp had recently been practicing with the Hurricanes, and could finally be on the mend.