ChiHawks10
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Unless somethings changed that’s not true.
When has a player been put on waivers, and clears, only to be kept with the team for an extended period? It's rare. He wasn't put on waivers just to be put on waivers.
Garrison was placed on waivers with the intention of assigning him to Rockford, at which point he didn't report, at which point he went on unconditional waivers, with the idea of a mutual contract termination.
Davidson was likely sent to waivers to be assigned to Rockford, to make room for Joker when he comes back in a couple days.
They don't have to immediately reassign him to Rockford, but odds are that he'll be assigned there, it just hasn't been announced yet. Expect that announcement to be made shortly before Joker returns. They likely haven't, simply because Joker isn't here yet, and they only have 6 D on the roster. This helps in case of injury between now and when Joker returns. It's also possible that he hasn't been 100% cleared to play yet, at which point he can't actually be assigned yet, I believe.
My point was that it's pretty much a guarantee that they're assigned to the AHL affiliate. I might have misread something about it being automatic, so it was probably a mistake to use that term. I was wrong.
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