Five players placed on waivers on opening night, including two veteran goaltenders

This just in, five players have been placed on waivers today on the opening night of the NHL's 2025-26 season.

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The most intriguing players are obviously goaltenders Ville Husso and Alexandar Georgiev.

Both goaltenders have struggled the past couple seasons and could be looking for a fresh start... again.

Husso played on 13 NHL games last season split between the Detroit Red Wings and the Anaheim Ducks. He managed to leverage a good season with the St. Louis Blues back in 2021-22 and scored a lucrative free agent contract from Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman back in July, 2022. He earned $4.75 million against the cap until his contract expired this past offseason. He was re-signed by the Ducks at a more reasonable $2.2 million cap hit this past June.

As for Georgiev, he's on his third team in the past calendar year...

The Sabres picked him up on a league minimum contract after an absolutely dreadful season split between the San Jose Sharks and Colorado Avalanche. While he's a cheap option, he simply hasn't been up to NHL level in a couple years now, so I don't see a team taking a chance on him unless forced into it by injury.

Stay tuned.