Ex-Vancouver Canucks Forward Among 22 Players Placed on NHL's Waiver Wire on Tuesday

Last Thursday marked the first day that the National Hockey League's waiver wire was active for the 2025-26 season and ever since, it's been quite busy, with a total of 22 players finding themselves waived by their respective clubs.

Among those on waivers on Monday included four current members of the Vancouver Canucks - Joseph LaBate, Mackenzie MacEachern, Jiri Patera, and Jimmy Schuldt, along with three former players - Phil Di Giuseppe (Winnipeg Jets), Derrick Pouliot (New York Rangers) and Justin Dowling (New York Rangers), all of whom cleared today according to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.

Flash forward to Tuesday and another 22 players were placed on the National Hockey League's waiver wire including five former first round picks - Shane Bowers (San Jose Sharks), Oskar Olausson (San Jose Sharks), Tyson Jost (Carolina Hurricanes), Ryan Suzuki (Carolina Hurricanes) and Brendan Brisson (New York Rangers).

Also placed on waivers on Tuesday was former Vancouver Canucks forward Matthew Highmore, who signed a one-year, two-way contract with the New York Islanders back on Canada Day after spending the previous two seasons with the Ottawa Senators organization.

Highmore, a native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, was traded to the Vancouver Canucks in April of 2021 by the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Adam Gaudette and went on to spend parts of two seasons with the club before becoming a free agent in July 2022 where he signed with the St. Louis Blues.

In 64 games with the Vancouver Canucks during the 2020-21 & 2021-22 seasons, Highmore put up 17 points (eight goals, nine assists), 16 penalty minutes and was a plus-one.

New York Islanders fans will find out tomorrow at 11 a.m. PT (2 p.m. ET) whether or not Matthew Highmore is claimed off waivers by another team or if he clears and can be assigned to the American Hockey League's Bridgeport Islanders.