Four NHL veterans placed on waivers on Sunday.

After things have been quiet on waivers for some time now in the National Hockey League, we got an explosion of activity on waivers on Sunday when a pair of NHL teams each placed two players on waivers.

The first team to do so was the Minnesota Wild with Wild insider Michael Russo breaking the news that both NHL veterans Devin Shore and Brendan Gaunce had been placed on waivers.

Shore is by far the most experienced of the players placed on waivers today with a whopping 494 career NHL games under his belt. The veteran centerman is currently on a 1 year deal that carries a cap hit of $775,000 but has seen a lot of NHL activity with 1 goal and 4 assists for 5 points over 51 games with the Wild this season.

Gaunce is on an identical contract except in his case he has one year remaining beyond this one, with Gaunce's deal being a two-year contract. Gaunce has however only appeared in 12 NHL games this season scoring no goals and picking up a single assist for just a single point overall on the season. He does however have plenty of NHL experience with 189 regular season games under his belt.

The Boston Bruins were also busy on Sunday, placing two players of their own on waivers with both Patrick Brown and Vinni Lettieri up for grabs.

Brown is currently in the second year of a 2 year deal that carries an average annual value and cap hit of $800,00 per season but saw little action with the Bruins this season. Brown had just a single assist over 13 games with the Bruins this season but he does have 162 games of NHL experience over his career in the league.

Vinni Lettieri is also in the final year of a second year deal, one that carries an average annual value and cap hit of just $775,00 per season. Lettieri was able to produce offensively when called upon by the Bruins this season picking up 2 goals and an assist for a total of 3 points over just 19 games in the NHL this season.

While all of these players could provide valuable depth to teams in need, it seems highly unlikely that they will be claimed by any opposing teams. Any team submitting a claim would be unable to use the players for the remainder of the regular season due to NHL rules, which would largely defeat the purpose of submitting a claim for them in the first place.