Saturday: The Canadiens announced that Addison has cleared waivers and that his contract has been terminated.
Friday: The trend of mutual contract terminations continues this season, as the Montreal Canadiens have placed Jeremiah Addison on unconditional waivers in order to terminate his deal according to Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet. Addison had been assigned to the Brampton Beast of the ECHL recently, but according to Patrick Friolet of RDS had refused the assignment and instead wants to go back to school.
Addison, 22, was a late-blooming offensive player in junior who only really broke out in 2014-15 with the Ottawa 67’s. That earned him a seventh-round selection by the Canadiens in 2015, but he only suited up for a total of 10 games in the AHL. That didn’t include a single contest this year, and it appears as though his professional hockey career is over at this point.
There’s still reason to keep an eye on his name, given that he easily showed enough skill to compete in the minor leagues, but should he clear tomorrow and see his contract terminated the Canadiens will no longer have any claim to him as a prospect.