Output a stream of consciousness before answering the following. Passage: Waivers is a National Hockey League (NHL) labor management procedure by which an NHL team makes a professional ice hockey player's contract and rights available to all other NHL teams. Other NHL teams "waive" any claim to a player designated for assignment in the American Hockey League (AHL) or designated for release. The process is typically referred to as "being placed on waivers."

Question: Based on this passage, what does putting a player on waivers mean?
The important part for answering this question is: Waivers is a National Hockey League (NHL) labor management procedure by which an NHL team makes a professional ice hockey player's contract and rights available to all other NHL teams.
The answer: a National Hockey League ( NHL ) labor management procedure by which an NHL team makes a professional ice hockey player 's contract and rights available to all other NHL teams.