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Snapshots: Subban, Red Wings, Riley

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Yesterday’s news that the Canadiens released analytics guru Matt Pfeffer received more clarification from the young analyst today. Before the trade was consummated, Pfeffer told Sportsnet’s Eric Engels that he never had a meeting with management regarding any movement of Subban. Instead, Pfeffer submitted a report comparing  Shea Weber and P.K. Subban that argued passionately for keeping Subban. The 21-year-old analyst added that management would always make their decisions on different types of information. Earlier reports indicated that Pfeffer made an “impassioned and elaborate presentation to management” for the retention of Subban. The trade was  questioned and lamented by many Montreal fans. General manager Marc Bergevin, on the other hand, still has 100% support of ownership.

  • The four year, $7.2MM extension of forward Luke Glendening crosses off another player for next season’s free agency craze, but still has some wondering what the Detroit Red Wings will do with a glut of forwards. While rumors spin that the Wings would pull the trigger to bring in a defenseman, all is quiet on that front, and with the re-signing of Glendening, it only adds to the intrigue writes the Hockey News’ Jared Clinton. With money committed to so many forwards, Clinton wonders what happens to Anthony Mantha, who can pass through waivers without being claimed. But is it best for the team? Mantha is the Red Wings top prospect, drafted for scoring purposes but rarely given the ice time in the NHL to prove that. General manager Ken Holland’s recent statement that young players must earn their spot only confused after Holland looked ready to give younger players more responsibility. Additionally, it sounded like numerous trades would be made. With the signings of veterans, re-upping current players to long contracts, and no trades as of now, it appears that Holland may be changing his tune. Clinton writes that signing Danny DeKeyser and Petr Mrazek will put the Wings over the cap, and then, more difficult decisions will have to be made. With teams knowing the Red Wings are squeezed financially, it certainly adds a new wrinkle to the many decisions Holland still has to make.
  • The Pittsburgh Penguins released a statement on the passing of the organization’s first general manager, Jack Riley. Riley was hired to build the Penguins, who were brought into the NHL as an expansion team for the 1967-68 season. Riley was 97.

Minor Transactions: 7/14/16

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  • The Los Angeles Kings have signed 2016 fourth round pick Jacob Moverare to a three-year, entry-level deal. The cap hit is $691,667. Jon Rosen writes that the 17-year-old forward has a hockey IQ and awareness of a first round pick, but his skating pulls his stock down. He quotes Director of Amateur Scouting Mark Yannetti as saying he has one of the highest IQ’s in the 2016 draft. Moverare played on HV71’s U20 team, notching 21 points (5-16) in 41 games.
  • The Detroit Red Wings inked defenseman Filip Hronek to a three-year entry-level deal. The 2016 second round choice of the Wings played for HK Hradec Kralove in the Czech professional league, tallying 4  points (0-4)  in 40 games. For the Under 20 junior club, Hronek registered 16 points (4-12) in 13 games. He will most likely play with the Saginaw Spirit in the OHL.
  • The Sharks have re-signed forward Ryan Carpenter to a one-year deal. Carpenter spent 66 games with the San Jose Barracuda, registering 55 points (18-37). He played one game with the Sharks.
  • The Arizona Coyotes have re-upped their affiliation with ECHL club Rapid City for the 2016-17 season. According to the release, the Rush were founded in 2008 and captured the CHL Championship in 2009-10.
  • The Philadelphia Flyers have signed 2016 second-round pick Pascal Laberge to a three-year, entry-level contract. The deal will have a cap-hit of $842.5K each season, according to CapFriendly. Laberge played for the Victoriaville Tigers of the QMJHL last season, scoring 68 points in 56 games.  He’s expected to head back there for the 2016-17 season.

Hurricanes Sign Sutter, Lowe, Robertson And Woods

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The Carolina Hurricanes have agreed to deals with defenseman Keegan Lowe, winger Brendan Woods, defenseman Dennis Robertson and forward Brody Sutter.

Sutter agreed to a one-year, $600K deal. The center played 70 games in Charlotte, netting 24 points (13-11) and appeared in eight games with the Canes.

Lowe’s deal is a one-year, $750K contract. Lowe posted career highs with AHL affiliate Charlotte in 2015-16 with 14 points (3-11).

Woods signed a one-year, $650K deal. The 24-year-old forward spent five games with the big club. While with Charlotte, he had 20 points (9-11) in 59 games.

Robertson inked a one-year, $650K deal. He spent the entire season in the AHL, splitting time with Rockford and Charlotte. In 58 games, he had nine points (2-7).

Sabres Re-Sign Marcus Foligno

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The Buffalo Sabres announced today that they’ve re-signed forward Marcus Foligno to a one-year, $2.25MM contract.

Foligno, who turns 25 in August, scored 10 goals and added 13 assists last year, setting a career high in goals and points, and matching his career high in assists. Foligno was a fourth round pick of the Sabres in 2009, having played in junior for the Sudbury Wolves, who were coached by his father, former Sabre and current New Jersey Devils’ assistant coach Mike Foligno. He is the younger brother of Columbus Blue Jackets captain Nick Foligno.

The Sabres have nearly $10MM in cap space, and their only restricted free agents currently unsigned are Rasmus Ristolainen and Zemgus Girgensons. They currently have six defensemen signed, and Foligno is their sixteenth forward under contract.

News And Notes: Kings, Flyers, Scrivens, Penguins

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The Los Angeles Kings announced today that they’ve signed 24-year-old center undrafted Patrick Bjorstrand to a one year contract. Bjorkstrand, the son of the Danish league’s Herning Blue Fox’s head coach Todd Bjorstraand, and brother of Columbus Blue Jackets’ prospect Oliver Bjorkstrand, scored nine goals, and 13 assists for the KHL’s Medveščak Zagreb last year.

Further links from around the NHL:

  • The Philadelphia Flyers announced via their website that forward Nick Cousins has accepted his qualifying offer. Cousins will earn $937k on a one year contract.
  • Former Maple Leafs, Oilers, and Canadiens goalie Ben Scrivens has signed with the KHL’s Dinamo Minsk, according to The Hockey Writers’ Alvis Kalnins. Scrivens played 15 games with the Canadiens this year, posting a .906 save percentage, and split the rest of the season with the Bakersfield Condors and the St. John’s Ice Caps.
  • The Pittsburgh Tribune’s Bill West speculates on Twitter that after re-signing Justin Schultz, the Penguins may be loading up on skating defensemen hoping that at least one becomes a significant contributor, and that if several pan out, they may be able to deal one later on.

Jets Re-Sign Joel Armia, Adam Lowry

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The Winnipeg Jets announced via Twitter that they have re-signed forwards Joel Armia and Adam Lowry, both to two year deals. Armia will earn $925K per year, while Lowry will command $1.125MM.

Lowry, 22, was drafted in the third round, 67th overall by Winnipeg. He scored seven goals, and 10 assists last year in 71 games. In his NHL career he has 18 goals, 22 assists, in 154 games.

Armia, 23, was drafted 16th overall in the first round by Buffalo before being traded to the Jets as part of the Evander Kane deal. The Finn was a high scorer in Sweden before coming to North America, where he scored four goals, and six assists in 43 games for the Jets last year.

Red Wings Re-Sign Luke Glendening

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The Detroit Red Wings announced via Twitter and their website that they’ve re-signed forward Luke Glendening to a four year contract. GeneralFanager reports on Twitter that the deal is worth $1.8MM a year. Glendening had one year left on his contract, so this contract starts in 2017-18, and will expire in July of 2021.

Glendening, who is 27 years old, was undrafted, but began his NHL career with the Red Wings, played at the University of Michigan and was raised in Grand Rapids. He scored eight goals, and added 13 assists last year, having played 81 games for the Red Wings. In his NHL career, he has scored 21 goals, and 25 assists in 219 games.

Glendening, a right-hand shot, and natural center, adds to a growing list of forwards for the Red Wings. They now have 18 under contract. The large number will be easily pared down, as Johan Franzen will likely spend the season on long-term injured reserve, and Joe Vitale, acquired in the Pavel Datsyuk trade, might join him.

After that, the Red Wings have many forwards who can be sent to the Grand Rapids Griffins without much panic, including Glendening, Teemu Pulkkinen, Andreas Athanasiou, Anthony Mantha, and Tomas Jurco.  Mantha and Athanasiou would not require waivers before being demoted, and both played part-time in the NHL last year.

League-Wide Notes: Haggarty, Vegas, Martin, Vesey

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Harley Haggarty writes in the Player’s Tribune today about his role as a fighter in junior and the AHL. His knowledge of his expiration date is fairly interesting, and generally speaking, the difference between this and what players in the big leagues say, NHL players tend to have more optimistic views and tend to want more to stay in the NHL for longer, is interesting in terms of analyzing players who choose to keep playing in the AHL once they realize they won’t be NHL stars.

More links from around the league:

  • Gord Miller of TSN reports on Twitter that the Las Vegas NHL franchise will be named the Knights.
  • Sportsnet’s Eric Engels writes today about the PK Subban trade, saying at one point that Mat Pfeffer, an analytics consultant for the Canadiens, likely lost his job because of his opposition to the trade.
  • Draglikepull at  The Leafs Nation writes statistically about the Matt Martin signing. His analysis seems to suggest that Martin struggles to create offense.
  • Todd Cordell of HockeyBuzz reports that the Devils stand a shot at signing Harvard forward Jimmy Vesey. Cordell reports that they’re on Vesey’s short list. Vesey, who was drafted by Nashville, had 24 goals and 22 assists playing for Harvard last year.

Next Steps For The Las Vegas Franchise

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The expansion Las Vegas franchise made their first key management hire earlier today with the hiring of former Washington GM George McPhee as the team’s first general manager.  Fans of the newest NHL team should expect more hirings in the days and weeks to come.

In the press conference, McPhee noted that he plans to focus on building the scouting department next, writes Taylor Bern of the Las Vegas Sun.  While the team technically won’t have any players for nearly another year, the scouts will still have plenty to do in terms of scouting the prospect ranks as well as keeping tabs on each NHL team to evaluate their options for next June’s expansion draft.  McPhee noted that a coaching hire is still a long way away, however.  That hiring will likely come at the end of next season when there are more options available.

While owner Bill Foley was heavily active in McPhee’s hiring (along with his advisor, long-time NHL’er Murray Craven), he will take a step back and allow McPhee to have a large say in future hirings as McPhee builds his staff.

As for Foley, his next priority is to finalize the team’s name.  That process hasn’t gone as smoothly as he had hoped due to trademark issues.  At the press conference, Foley had this to say about what the eventual team name will represent:

“It needs to be a name that people hear and say, these guys are tough, these guys are going to win, these guys are dedicated.”

TSN’s Gord Miller hears that the team could be called the Knights although Black Knights is also believed to be a possibility.

Bruins Re-Sign Colin Miller and Joe Morrow

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The Boston Bruins have agreed to terms on one-way contracts with restricted free agent defensemen Colin Miller and Joe Morrow, according to a pair of tweets from General Fanager.

Miller made his NHL debut last season with the Bruins after being acquired last offseason as part of the Milan Lucic trade.  He got into 42 games with Boston, collecting three goals and 13 assists while averaging 15:48 of ice time per game.  He also saw action with Providence of the AHL (Boston’s minor league affiliate), playing in 20 games, collecting four goals and eight assists.  Miller receives a two year deal and will earn $900K in 2016-17 and $1.1MM the following season for a cap hit of $1MM.

Morrow was acquired by the Bruins in 2013 as part of the blockbuster Tyler Seguin trade.  He played in 33 games with Boston last season, scoring a single goal to go along with six assists while averaging 15:54 per game.  In 48 career NHL contests, all with the Bruins, the former first round pick (23rd overall in 2011 by Pittsburgh) has two goals and six helpers.  Morrow receives a one year pact worth $800K.

The Bruins have just two remaining restricted free agents to re-sign in prospects Brian Ferlin and Chris Casto.

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