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Juho Lammikko hits NHL waivers, and Vancouver Canucks fans notice, as the New Jersey Devils also waive Colton White.
It's official on Friday, New Jersey placed both Lammikko and White on waivers. That's a real roster squeeze, not a rumor repost.
For Vancouver, Lammikko will always be the «quiet glue» guy from that 2021-22 season.
He played 75 games for the Vancouver Canucks and scored 7 goals with 15 points, mostly in the kind of minutes nobody fights over.
The appeal was never flash, it was structure.
Lammikko tracks back hard, supports low, and keeps the puck moving north instead of getting cute on the wall.
This season in New Jersey, he has two assists in 22 games, and he's been a healthy scratch lately.
He's also on a one-year, one-way deal worth $800,000, which makes him easy to park in the AHL if he clears.
White is a different kind of depth bet, a left-shot defenseman who's been in and out of the lineup all year.
He has four assists in 23 games, and his $775,000 cap hit screams seventh defenseman insurance.
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If you watched Lammikko in Vancouver, you know fans respected him even when the points never really came.
If a team claims him, it'll be because he can play center or wing and keep a fourth line honest.
He was drafted 65th overall by Florida in 2014, and at 29 he's not developing anymore, he's just trying to stick.
White's case is more about emergency depth than lineup stability, but that matters too in January.
He was a 2015 fourth-round pick by New Jersey, and a clean first pass is still his best selling point.
Now we wait to see if anyone bites, because waivers can turn a quiet Friday into a brand-new chapter by Saturday.
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| POLL | ||
JANVIER 16 | 76 ANSWERS Devils place two players on waivers including a former Canuck Which waiver claim would you make, Juho Lammikko or Colton White? | ||
| Juho Lammikko | 39 | 51.3 % |
| Colton White | 37 | 48.7 % |
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