Red Wings waive Zach Aston-Reese; Habs waive Gustav Lindstrom

The Detroit Red Wings waived the recently-signed Zach Aston-Reese today for the purposes of assigning him to the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins:

Placed on NHL waivers today: Patrick Brown (BOS), A.J. Greer (BOS), Dylan Coghlan (CAR), Joey Anderson (CHI), Riley Tufte (COL), Riley Damiani (DAL), Zach Aston-Reese (DET), Ben Gleason (EDM), Raphael Lavoie (EDM), Lane Pederson (EDM), Zac Dalpe (FLA), Casey Fitzgerald (FLA) …

— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) October 8, 2023

Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli reported this probability a short time ago.

Former Red Wings defenseman Gustav Lindstrom (Montreal) and goaltender Magnus Hellberg (Pittsburgh) were placed on waivers today as well.

Right now, it looks like the Habs traded Jeff Petry to Detroit for all of an AHL-bound defenseman and a conditional 4th round pick in 2025:

Les Canadiens ont soumis l’attaquant Joel Armia et le défenseur Gustav Lindström au ballottage.

The Canadiens have placed forward Joel Armia and defenseman Gustav Lindström on waivers.

— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) October 8, 2023

John Ludvig (FLA), Jaret Anderson-Dolan (LA), Joel Armia (MTL), Gustav Lindstrom (MTL), Boko Imama (OTT), Mark Friedman (PIT), Magnus Hellberg (PIT), Vinnie Hinostroza (PIT), Colin White (PIT), Radim Zohorna (PIT), MacKenzie MacEachern (STL), Calle Rosen (STL) …

— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) October 8, 2023

Take this for what you will, too:

Does this mean Adam Erne gets the 4th line LW job? Interesting…

Edmonton Oilers Transactions:

Placed on waivers:
Lane Pederson (F)
Ben Gleason (D)
Raphael Lavoie (F)

— Mark Spector🇨🇦🇺🇦 (@SportsnetSpec) October 8, 2023