As a result of yesterday’s blockbuster trade with the Wild, the Canucks had some roster juggling to do after bringing in three players and only sending one out with only one roster spot available. They dealt with one of the extra slots by putting Marco Rossi on their injured reserve. But one player had to come off the roster and it will be winger Lukas Reichel , who will be placed on waivers at 1 PM CT, reports Rick Dhaliwal of CHEK and The Athletic ( Twitter link ).

Jeff Paterson of Canucks Army relayed ( Twitter link ) earlier today that Reichel had been removed from Vancouver’s active roster. Players can be waived with non-roster status and that’s clearly the move that the Canucks have made to get back to compliance.

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