The Golden Knights have made a trio of roster moves heading into tonight’s game against San Jose. SinBin.Vegas relays (Twitter link) that center Nicolas Roy has been placed on injured reserve, opening a roster spot for defenseman Ben Hutton to be activated off LTIR. Meanwhile, forward Tanner Laczynski has been recalled once more after being papered down over the holiday break.
Roy last played on December 15th where he suffered an upper-body injury. The 27-year-old got off to a hot start to his season with a dozen points in his first 17 games but has been quiet since then, being limited to just one point – a goal – since then, spanning 14 games. Danny Webster of the Las Vegas Sun adds (Twitter link) that Roy’s IR placement is retroactive to December 16th, meaning he has already served the required seven days so he’ll be able to be activated as soon as he’s cleared to return.
As for Hutton, he has been limited to just five games this season and has missed more than a month with an upper-body issue of his own which landed him on LTIR when Vegas needed to open up a bit of short-term cap flexibility. The 31-year-old has been held off the scoresheet in his five outings while averaging just over 11 minutes a night. With now eight healthy blueliners on the roster, Hutton may be waiting a little while before seeing game action.
Laczynski, meanwhile, was briefly up with Vegas before the break, getting into three games. He was held without a point in those in just under nine minutes a night of playing time. However, the 27-year-old has been productive with the Silver Knights, tallying six goals and 13 assists in 17 AHL games. He’s in the first season of a two-year, one-way deal after spending the previous four seasons with Philadelphia.