7 Players Hit NHL Waivers from Penguins' Division Rivals

Over 100 NHL players have landed on the waiver wire over the last five days as teams are cutting their rosters down ahead of the 2025-26 regular season. Most of those players are being sent down to the AHL.

Some teams are evidently biding their time to see if larger targets become available, which is why not many players have been claimed.

The newest significant shakeup is by the Carolina Hurricanes, a rival of the Pittsburgh Penguins, who waived former No. 10 overall draft choice Tyson Jost.

Carolina signed Jost during the previous season, but his roster position was never secured. During 2023-24, he tallied four goals and nine points in 39 games for the Hurricanes and also appeared in 14 AHL games.

Now 27 years old, and having produced less, he was a candidate to be waived in the summer roster risk all along.

Other rivals of the Penguins who waived players today were the Rangers and Flyers, with New York placing four players on the wire, and Philadelphia putting just one.

The Sharks exposed five players to waivers, and the Calgary Flames sent four to waivers. With opening night just a week off, the waiver wire might get even more intriguing as teams make up their minds.

The initial rounds of cuts won't have made shock headlines, but things can flip real quickly. With rosters shortly to be determined, Penguins fans would do well to wait and see if Kyle Dubas puts in a claim for any of these players.