Bruins place John Moore, Chris Wagner on waivers

The Bruins were going to have to make some tough decisions on their roster and, on Saturday, they made a couple of them.

With 27 players left in camp for for 23 roster spots, the B’s placed veterans John Moore and Chris Wagner on waivers, according to multiple reports. Whether any team chooses to take on the vets’ contracts is questionable. The defenseman Moore, currently slotted as the seventh or eight defenseman, has a cap hit of $2.75 million this year and next while Wagner, who lost his regular place on the fourth line last year, has a cap hit of $1.35 million this year and next.

Moore is attempting to come back from hip surgery and has had a good camp. From a financial standpoint, it makes sense that the club would dangle his contract. On the other hand, the B’s have a dearth of ready right shot defenseman in their system and Moore, though a lefty, has played the right side and played it well in camp. Perhaps they believe Brady Lyle, now in Providence, is ready to step up and play in the NHL if need be, or maybe they’re eyeing a player outside the organization.

For Wagner, it seemed telling that with Curtis Lazar out week-to-week with an upper body injury which he suffered in the preseason finale on Wednesday, Karson Kuhlman took Lazar’s right wing spot on the fourth line centered by Tomas Nosek, who appears to have the inside track for that spot, in Friday’s practice. Kuhlman, on a one-way deal with a cap hit of $750,000, would have also required waivers to be sent to Providence.

We’ll find out at 2 p.m. on Sunday if Moore and Wagner clear waivers.

The B’s are also mulling what to do with Jack Studnicka, who also had a strong camp but does not require waivers to be sent to Providence.

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