In the NHL a player is only placed on waivers when he is sent down to the farm (AHL) from the NHL team (unless that player is waiver exempt). Players that have never been on the NHL roster and have stayed on the farm team DO NOT have to clear waivers. See
https://www.capfriendly.com/waivers-calculator for more information. I purposely kept players on the farm that would have to clear waivers. I sent up waiver-exempt players to cover for injuries.
There were 5 players on the waiver list:
1. Dominic Turgeon - never sent up to NHL team
2. Kyle Wood - never sent up to NHL team
3. Evgeny Svechnikov - never sent up to NHL team
4. Vladislav Kamenev - sent to farm 10/01/2019 after a 2 day callup
5. Nathan Noel - received in trade February 24, 2020 and automatically placed on farm team
This is a great game but some basic things that you would have expected the 6th generation of a game to have figured out. Quite disappointing.