After a run of heavy waiver activity, Saturday brought a shorter list, but there were still a few notable names for teams to sort through.
A total of 18 NHL players were placed on waivers on Sept. 26, leaving them available to the other 31 clubs in the league. If they clear on Sunday, those players can be sent to their AHL affiliates.
The Islanders were the busiest team on the list, with five players going on waivers. The headliner there is forward Pierre Engvall.
He’s been hanging around the edge of the roster for the last couple of years, even with a significant cap hit attached. Engvall has four seasons left on the seven-year contract he signed in July 2023, a deal carrying an AAV of $3 million.
But the production hasn’t matched the money. He put up just 15 points in the 2024-25 season, then didn’t appear in an NHL game last year and spent the 2025-26 campaign with Bridgeport, the Islanders’ primary affiliate.
Boston also had a name worth watching in forward Lukas Reichel. The German playmaker moved around quite a bit last season, beginning the year with the Chicago Blackhawks before being dealt to the Vancouver Canucks in October.
He later landed with the Bruins ahead of the deadline. Across 29 NHL games in 2025-26, Reichel finished with three goals and eight points.
Boston still showed enough interest to give the 24-year-old a one-year extension in May, and that deal carries a $950,000 cap hit.
In 198 games in the NH, Reichel has scored 23 goals and 39 assists for 62 points.
Here’s the full list of players on waivers on Saturday.
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