Former first-round pick among 25 players to land on waiver wire for October 4th

In a matter of days, teams around the National Hockey League will need to submit their respective rosters for opening night and in order to assign some of those players to the minors, they need to go through waivers.

According to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman on Friday afternoon, a total of 25 players were placed on the waiver wire for the purpose of being assigned to the American Hockey League, who had their training camps begin earlier this week. Among those on the wire today is Sam Poulin, a first-round pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2019.

Jansen Harkins (Anaheim Ducks)
Michael DiPietro (Boston Bruins)
Vinni Lettieri (Boston Bruins)
Jordan Oesterle (Boston Bruins)
Will Lockwood (Florida Panthers)
Taylor Ward (Los Angeles Kings)
Justin Dowling (New Jersey Devils)
Mike Hardman (New Jersey Devils)
Samuel Laberge (New Jersey Devils)
Nathan Legare (New Jersey Devils)
Max Willman (New Jersey Devils)
Olle Lycksell (Philadelphia Flyers)
Anthony Richard (Philadelphia Flyers)
Emil Bemstrom (Pittsburgh Penguins)
Nathan Clurman (Pittsburgh Penguins)
Jonathan Gruden (Pittsburgh Penguins)
Joona Koppanen (Pittsburgh Penguins)
Filip Kral (Pittsburgh Penguins)
John Ludvig (Pittsburgh Penguins)
Sam Poulin (Pittsburgh Penguins)
Matt Tomkins (Tampa Bay Lightning)
Alex Steeves (Toronto Maple Leafs)
Ethan Bear (Washington Capitals)
Luke Philp (Washington Capitals)
Michael Sgarbossa (Washington Capitals)

It's expected to be quite busy on the wire over the weekend and for Friday's crop of players on waivers, we'll have to wait until Saturday at 2 pm ET to see if anyone is claimed or if they'll be assigned to the American Hockey League. The San Jose Sharks get the first crack at making a waiver claim as they finished last in the NHL in the 2023-24 season. They'll have first dibs on waiver claims until November 1st.