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38 Players Placed On Waivers: Including New York Rangers Defenseman Who Is Now Available For Free


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Hunter Bowman
October 1, 2025  (3:52 PM)
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Casey Fitzgerald
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The NHL regular season is just less than a week away, which means teams are really starting to shape up their opening-night rosters. Resulting in many hitting waivers.

The New York Rangers are one of many teams who have placed someone on waivers on October 1st, as they have decided to place defenseman and captain of their AHL affiliate team, the Hartford Wolf Pack, Casey Fitzgerald on waivers.
However, with that being said, on Wednesday October 1st, we see the most amount of players hit waivers thus far as a total of 38 players have been placed on waivers.

38 Intriguing Players Placed On Waivers: One From The New York Rangers

The following players have been placed on waivers (October 1, 2025) on the purpose of assignment:

Boston - D Billy Sweezey
Colorado - D Wyatt Aamodt
Colorado - RW Danil Gushchin
Detroit - C Sheldon Dries
Detroit - D William Lagesson
Detroit - LW John Leonard
Detroit - D lan Mitchell
Detroit - RW Dominik Shine
Detroit - LW Austin Watson
Florida - RW MacKenzie Entwistle
Florida - LW Nolan Foote
Florida - C Wilmer Skoog
Los Angeles - D Samuel Bolduc
Los Angeles - C Logan Brown
Los Angeles - RW Martin Chromiak
Los Angeles - G Pheonix Copley
Los Angeles - C Glenn Gawdin
Los Angeles - C Cole Guttman
Los Angeles - D Joe Hicketts
Los Angeles - LW Andre Lee
Los Angeles - C Akil Thomas
Los Angeles - RW Taylor Ward
Nashville - D Andreas Englund
NY Rangers - D Casey Fitzgerald
Philadelphia - C Lane Pederson
San Jose - RW Patrick Giles
Tampa Bay - C Nicholas Abruzzese
Tampa Bay - LW Boris Katchouk
Tampa Bay - LW Jakob Pelletier
Utah - G Jason Stauber
Washington - D Louie Belpedio
Washington - RW Graeme Clarke
Washington - RW Henrik Rybinski
Washington - RW Bogdan Trineyev
Winnipeg - C Jaret Anderson-Dolan
Winnipeg - D Kale Clague
Winnipeg - LW Samuel Fagemo



Casey Fitzgerald spent all of the 2024-25 season with the New York Rangers' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack. Where he managed to play 66 games, tallying a total of five goals, 16 assists, 21 points, and 75 penalty minutes.

If the 28-year old defenseman clears waivers, he will be reassigned to the Wolf Pack and continue to be a very valuable defensive asset for the organization, in hopes of making a return to the NHL as his last appearance was in the 2022-23 season with the Panthers.
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