Maple Leafs’ Dakota Mermis among pile of players placed on NHL waivers

The waiver list keeps growing. NHL teams waived 34 players on Wednesday, per Puckpedia, including Dakota Mermis and Cole McWard of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Philadelphia Flyers were the busiest team, waiving six players including veteran forward Zach Aston-Reese and winger Nolan Foote, the younger son of ex-Vancouver Canucks head coach Adam Foote. Defending Western Conference champion Vegas waived five players, headlined by defenceman Jaycob Megna. The Vancouver Canucks cut ties with forward Trey Fix-Wolansky and defencemen Cole Clayton and Jimmy Schuldt. In Columbus, goalie Pheonix Copley was joined by forwards Owen Sillinger and James Malatesta on waivers, while...