The NHL paused its season last week as the novel coronavirus spread across North America. According to the NHL, players “are expected to be in their home market cities” and “all practices, workouts and team meetings have been put on pause.”
But apparently, teams can still make roster moves during this unprecedented time, which is what the Anaheim Ducks did on Sunday. Ducks general manager Bob Murray put forward Kiefer Sherwood on waivers.
Sherwood played in Anaheim’s final game before the pause – a 4-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues. He has one assist in 10 games this season.
The Ducks placed Kiefer Sherwood on waivers today
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) March 15, 2020
Y’all, this seems callous and not very considerate to me, but let’s see what Hockey Twitter thinks.
— Tony X (@soIoucity) March 15, 2020
Cold-blooded.
— CBJ Stats (@BlueJacketStats) March 15, 2020
Yikes. Getting waived during a pandemic?
— Shane Blair (@shanejblair) March 15, 2020
— Andrew creyke (@MyTahltan24) March 15, 2020
— LeifRohlin (@LeafRollin) March 15, 2020
I dont blame them. He hasnt been noticeable at all the last few days
— dankatsva13 (@GhettoLlama13) March 15, 2020
I thought rosters were froze
— keefeofstaff (@MitchReid10) March 15, 2020
How you get fired on your day off?!
— Timmy (@Ttime56Uno) March 15, 2020
very rude during the novel covid-19 pandemic if you ask me
— Mike Nicholas (@mikenick87) March 15, 2020
— Isles (@jaxson99) March 15, 2020
Forgive me for not knowing… but how?
— Mkton31 (@Mkton31) March 15, 2020
— Hank (@DJHankWood) March 15, 2020
— K-JAM (@KevinJamieson86) March 15, 2020
I’m with Hockey Twitter. That’s messed up, Anaheim.
Headline photo courtesy of the San Diego Gulls
