Wasn’t Kunitz a waiver pickup for the Ducks?
That has to be up there near the top.
Was hickey also a waiver grab? I know some didn’t like him, but he’s not a bad player.
I could've sworn Jussi Jokinen was a waiver pickup but no- the canes traded the illustrious Wade Brookbank and Josef Melichar for him after he had cleared waivers a few days earlier.Probably Sergei Samsonov off waivers from Chicago in 2008. He put up 32 points in 38 games down the stretch, and played a supporting role in a Conference Finals run the following season.
If not him then Curtis McElhinney from Toronto in 2019. He played some really good clutch hockey during a Conference Finals run that spring.
Lost? Michael Leighton to the Flyers.
I totally forgot Ozzy was a waiver wire pickup! In my head they traded for him or signed him as a free agent.Chris Osgood was a darn good one for the Islanders as well. Nabakov wasn't bad either. As others mentioned, Grabner also.