The Blue Jackets put Miles Wood on waivers Saturday, and the veteran winger is sitting on 99 career NHL goals.
Any team can claim him before the 2 p.m. Eastern deadline on Sunday.
He was one of 18 players placed on the wire Saturday, and he might be the most interesting name on the list.
His last season in Columbus was quiet. He managed 14 points in 54 games and finished minus-10.
He carries a $2,500,000 cap hit, which is real money for a player coming off that kind of year.
The edge has always been part of the package. He has piled up 576 penalty minutes over his NHL career.
So who actually puts in a claim?
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Which NHL team will claim Miles Wood before Sunday's deadline?
The Devils are the obvious reunion. They drafted him 100th overall in 2013, and he spent parts of eight seasons in New Jersey.
His best year came there in 2017-18, when he scored 19 goals. Sheldon Keefe's group is 2-0-1 this preseason and visits the Islanders tonight.
The Avalanche got the best playoff version of Wood. He scored three goals in 11 playoff games for Colorado in 2023-24.
Jared Bednar's club already pays Nathan MacKinnon $12,604,000 and Martin Necas $11,500,000, so cheap depth up front matters there.
The Oilers make sense for a different reason. Mike Babcock's group is 3-0-0, and grabbing a winger with his mileage costs nothing but cap room.
The Canucks need pushback more than anybody right now. Manny Malhotra's team is 0-3-0 and hosts Seattle tonight still looking for its first preseason win.
The Flyers blanked Boston 2-0 on Thursday, but Rick Tocchet's group sits at 1-2-0 heading into tonight against Washington.
The Devils should be first in line. His best hockey came in New Jersey, and a homecoming off waivers is exactly the kind of low-risk move any front office can live with.
Waiver claims like this are the hockey version of a clearance rack. The tags are marked down, and you only need one thing to fit.
Should nobody bite by Sunday afternoon, Wood stays stuck on 99 in Columbus. One claim, and that 100th goal could come in a brand new sweater.
Should the Devils bring Miles Wood home off waivers?
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