feels like the waiver claim % is really high this season.
Long stats, short:
In-season, it's actually slightly down
Since opening day, there have been 134 players waiver requests and 12 claims, or ~9.0% of waiver requests resulting in claims
Last year, from opening day (October 11) to this time last year (end of January), there were 176 waiver requests and 16 claims, for ~9.1%.
From the opening day (October 12) in 2021-22 to the end of January, there were 178 waiver requests and 20 claims, for a claim percentage of about ~11.2%.
So, we're running a little slower.
Where this season stands out is there was a large number of preseason claims, so while only 12 claims have happened in season, there have been
22 claims in total.
(I didn't include preseason in my percentages above because there are just so many waiver requests during training camp that it really dilutes the number.)
Let's call this the raw number.
I've been tracking waivers since 2010-11.
The average number of raw waiver claims in a season since then (
not including the anomalous 2021-22 season, the lockout 2012-13 season, the COVID 2019-20 & 2020-21 seasons, nor this current season)
is 22.
Again, we're at 22 waiver claims so far, since training camp.
We're currently about 60% of the way through this season, so with 22 raw claims so far, we are pacing to finish with between 31 and 38 claims by the end of the playoffs. Pacing decently above the average!
The reason I left out 2021-22 above is because that season had
43 claims.
Just head and shoulders above the other seasons.
2010-11 | 16 | |
2011-12 | 24 | |
2012-13 | 24 | Lockout-shortened, but many teams had holes from lapsed contracts and compliance buyouts |
2013-14 | 15 | |
2014-15 | 15 | |
2015-16 | 20 | |
2016-17 | 30 | |
2017-18 | 25 | Vegas Expansion Draft and player dilution |
2018-19 | 24 | |
2019-20 | 11 | COVID shortened; fewer games, shorter season and bubble hockey |
2020-21 | 21 | COVID shortened; fewer games, but longer season and taxi squads |
2021-22 | 43 | Seattle Expansion Draft and player dilution |
2022-23 | 29 | |
2023-24 | 22... | ... and counting! |
Please, nobody ask me why I took the time to do this. I swear I am alright! We're just in between semesters at school and I have no marking or prepping! lol