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Flames Name Trent Cull Interim Assistant Coach

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The Flames have promoted AHL Calgary head coach Trent Cull to their NHL bench to serve as an interim assistant, per a team announcement. He replaces Brad Larsen for the time being, who’s been out on an indefinite personal leave of absence since Dec. 8.

It will mark the 51-year-old Cull’s second time serving on an NHL bench. He was promoted to an assistant role with the Canucks in 2022 after five years as their AHL head coach but was fired midway through the 2022-23 campaign alongside Bruce Boudreau. Cull returned to coaching the following offseason, signing on as Calgary’s AHL head coach. He replaced Mitch Love in the role after he moved to Washington to take a job with the Capitals as an assistant.

Under Cull, the Wranglers have a 55-36-10 record since the beginning of last season. Cull previously served as an AHL assistant with the Syracuse Crunch from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2013 to 2017. In the meantime, he was the head coach of the Ontario Hockey League’s Sudbury Wolves.

Replacing Cull as the interim AHL bench boss will be longtime NHL defenseman Joe Cirella. Cirella has been with the Flames’ farm club as an assistant since the 2018-19 campaign, which was prefaced by a lengthy career in the Ontario Hockey League as an assistant and associate coach. Cirella also served as an assistant with the Panthers in the 1997-98 season, his first after retirement.

Rangers’ Matt Rempe Suspended Eight Games

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Rangers winger Matt Rempe has been assessed an eight-game suspension by the league’s Department of Player Safety for a boarding/elbowing infraction against Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen, the league announced.

Rempe laid the hit on Heiskanen (explained further here) in the third period of Friday’s 3-1 win. He was ejected on the play, the fourth time he’s faced such discipline in his 22-game NHL career. He was also assessed a two-minute minor for elbowing on the play, as well as an additional roughing minor in the aftermath. Unsurprisingly, after being suspended four games for a similar infraction against Devils defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler in March last season, he was offered an in-person hearing, which gives DoPS the option of suspending him for six games or more.

Rempe already missed today’s loss to the Hurricanes, so he has seven more games to serve. He’s considered a repeat offender under Player Safety guidelines and will forfeit $80K in salary during his suspension, relays Chris Johnston of TSN and The Athletic. He’ll still count against the active roster and the team’s salary cap during that time, reducing the Rangers’ flexibility for an extended period. He can appeal the suspension to league commissioner Gary Bettman, so it’s possible he might be back earlier than Jan. 9 against the Devils if he’s successful.

The incident was one of many controversial ones in Rempe’s young career. The 22-year-old, who the Blueshirts selected 165th overall in the 2020 draft, has accumulated 95 PIMs in just 22 appearances over the last two seasons while averaging 5:46 of ice time per game. The wealth of time spent in the dressing room or in the penalty box has limited his effectiveness offensively and put the Rangers in more shorthanded situations than they’d like, although it’s also worth noting he’s drawn the most penalties per 60 minutes of any Ranger over the last two seasons.

The 6’8″, 240-lb winger has spent most of this season on assignment to AHL Hartford, where he has three goals, two assists and 22 PIMs in 18 showings with a -3 rating. His game against Dallas was only his fifth NHL appearance of the season.

In the meantime, Rempe’s absence will secure more ice time for developing depth options like Brett Berard and Adam Edstrom. They still have veteran Jonny Brodzinski on hand as an extra forward to enter the lineup if necessary as well.

Panthers Recall Rasmus Asplund

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The Panthers announced that center Rasmus Asplund has been recalled from AHL Charlotte. They’ve been rolling with an open spot on the active roster for quite a while, so no corresponding move is necessary.

Asplund, 27, will play in his first NHL game in 618 days this afternoon against the Lightning. He enters the lineup in place of winger Jonah Gadjovich, who head coach Paul Maurice said is unavailable due to an upper-body injury (via the team’s Jameson Olive). Center Jesper Boqvist is also day-to-day with an upper-body issue, so they would’ve only had 11 forwards on hand for today’s intra-state rivalry matchup without a recall.

Asplund is in his second season in the Panthers organization. Briefly an everyday player with the Sabres early in the decade, he fell out of a regular role in the 2022-23 campaign and, after an uneventful post-trade deadline stint with the Predators, wasn’t tendered a qualifying offer and settled for a two-way deal with Florida in free agency. After spending all of last season on assignments to Charlotte, he signed a duplicate extension aside from a slightly higher salary guarantee in late June to remain in South Florida and stay off last summer’s free agent market.

The Buffalo second-round pick back in 2016 was a decent two-way player near the bottom of the lineup in his days as an NHL roster fixture. The Swede posted 18 goals, 49 points and a -14 rating in 183 NHL appearances with the Sabres and Preds from 2019-20 to 2022-23, including a career-best 27 points in 80 games with the Sabres in 2021-22. He averaged over 14 minutes per game that season and posted a strong 52.8% shot-attempt share on a defensively challenged Sabres team, earning himself some outside Selke Trophy consideration.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t keep up that play in more shutdown-oriented minutes at even strength the following season and has since ended up as a minor-league fixture. He’s been a decent top-six piece in Charlotte, posting 19 goals, 41 assists and 60 points with a -2 rating in 92 appearances over the past two seasons. He’s got 10 goals and 16 points in 25 showings thus far in 2024-25.

Asplund can remain on the roster for up to 30 days or play in 10 games until he requires waivers to return to Charlotte. It’s likely that he’ll be returned to the AHL once Boqvist or Gadjovich is ready to return barring an unexpectedly strong showing.

Kings Request Extension For Arthur Kaliyev’s Conditioning Loan

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The Kings haven’t had winger Arthur Kaliyev’s services at all this season, at least at the NHL level. After an offseason marred by a trade request and a lengthy contract negotiation, the 23-year-old signed a one-year, $825K deal at the beginning of training camp only to sustain a collarbone fracture two days later.

He was cleared to play earlier this month and was subsequently sent to AHL Ontario on a conditioning loan that can only last two weeks. That mark is approaching on Tuesday, although Ontario doesn’t have another game until after Christmas. After the 2019 second-round pick was limited to one assist in four games over the past couple of weeks, the Kings are requesting an extension for him to remain in Ontario for two more contests through the end of this week, John Hoven of Mayor’s Manor reports.

The lack of goals wasn’t for lack of trying, Hoven notes. The Uzbekistan-born winger had four shots on goal in two separate outings. Shooting the puck has never been a problem for Kaliyev, who averages nearly four shot attempts per game since making his NHL debut in 2020-21 despite averaging around 12 minutes per game. But despite strong production for his usage, averaging 15 goals and 31 points per 82 games, he hasn’t been able to ever earn a legitimate chance outside of a bottom-six role. Last season was especially difficult for Kaliyev, who had his worst offensive showing as a full-time NHLer with seven goals and 15 points in 51 games.

Kaliyev has long desired a change of scenery to a club where he has a better chance of earning a top-six role. Unfortunately for him, the lack of production in his brief AHL stint has likely done nothing to drum up trade interest around the league after the Kings failed to land an acceptable offer over the summer.

If he remains in a slump when he returns to the NHL later this month, he may need to wait until the summer and hope for a non-tender from Los Angeles to allow him to test the open market. The Kings retained his rights by issuing him a qualifying offer in June despite reports suggesting they may do otherwise.

Wild Reassign Travis Boyd, Jesper Wallstedt

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The Wild have returned forward Travis Boyd and goaltender Jesper Wallstedt to AHL Iowa, per the team’s public relations staff. The move leaves them with two open active roster spots and no extra forwards for tomorrow’s game against the Blackhawks, suggesting one of their injured reserve-bound forwards, either Joel Eriksson Ek or Yakov Trenin, might be able to return to the lineup, as Michael Russo of The Athletic relays.

Boyd, 31, was recalled Friday for Minnesota’s back-to-back against Utah and the Jets. It was the veteran’s fourth summons of the season after clearing training camp. None of his recalls have lasted for an extended period of time, with the longest totaling nine days in late November. That’s meant he’s been able to avoid hitting waivers again when the Wild return him to the minors since he hasn’t accumulated enough days on the active roster nor NHL appearances to make his temporary exemption expire.

The Minnesota native was scratched for Friday’s loss to Utah but entered the lineup for last night’s 5-0 drubbing at the hands of Winnipeg, posting a blocked shot in 8:08 of ice time in what was his third NHL appearance of the season and his first since Nov. 27. The 2011 sixth-round pick of the Capitals has averaged a career-low 7:48 per game when dressed, going without a shot on goal and skating on the wing while starting a whopping 88.9% of his even-strength shifts in the defensive zone. That’s naturally led to some pretty horrid possession numbers. The Wild have only controlled 23.5% of shot attempts and 20% of expected goals with Boyd on the ice, but in such a small and biased sample, those numbers shouldn’t be read into much.

The right-shot forward has never posted very favorable possession metrics, though. This far into his professional career, he is what he is – a valuable depth scorer in limited minutes who’s currently being miscast in a defensive role. With forwards ahead of him on the depth chart returning to health, he’ll return to Iowa, where he leads the club in scoring with 18 points in 17 games in his first AHL action since the 2019-20 campaign.

Boyd has averaged 13 goals and 32 points per 82 games throughout his eight-year NHL career, including a career-high 17 goals and 35 points in 74 games three years ago with the Coyotes. After spending most of last season with Arizona on injured reserve with a pectoral muscle tear, he signed a one-year, two-way deal with the Wild when free agency opened to return to his home state for the first time since his senior season at the University of Minnesota a decade ago.

Wallstedt’s demotion suggests Filip Gustavsson could be ready to return to the crease, at least in a backup role, after missing the last four games with a lower-body issue. He never landed on IR, so Minnesota has continuously considered him day-to-day throughout his absence. Wallstedt, the Wild’s top goaltending prospect, allowed five goals on 24 shots against the Jets last night in his second start of the season. It’s been a difficult year for the 22-year-old Swede, who now has a .843 SV% in his two NHL appearances and a subpar .874 mark in 12 AHL games.

That stark regression comes after Wallstedt was an AHL All-Star each of the last two seasons, prompting Minnesota to sign the 2021 20th overall pick to a two-year, $4.4MM extension in October. At least for now, the stumbling Wild will be ecstatic to get Gustavsson’s services back instead. The 26-year-old has returned to his 2022-23 form, logging a stellar .922 SV%, 2.24 GAA, and two shutouts in 22 starts.

New Jersey Devils Reassign Colton White

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Colton White’s time with the New Jersey Devils is on pause after 10 days on the active roster. The organization announced the reassignment of White to their AHL affiliate, the Utica Comets. New Jersey also added that White will join Team Canada for the upcoming Spengler Cup instead of joining the Comets roster.

The 2024-25 season is his eighth professional season and his sixth with the Devils organization. New Jersey drafted White with the 97th overall pick of the 2015 NHL Draft and he’s been with the organization since aside from two years with the Anaheim Ducks organization.

Most of White’s value centers around his physicality. He’s tallied 10 assists in 84 games at the NHL level since the 2018-19 season with 57 blocked shots and 65 hits. He’s understandably scored more at the AHL level with 17 goals and 78 points in 274 games but has a dismal -69 rating throughout his career.

His inclusion on Team Canada’s roster for this year’s Spengler Cup will be the first international competition of White’s career. He’ll assist the Canadians in pursuing their first Spengler Cup victory since the 2019 tournament. The tournament will take place from December 26th to December 31st in Davos, Switzerland.

The Devils will likely make a corresponding roster move on defense after the Christmas break. They have one more game tomorrow night against the New York Rangers but will want more than six healthy defensemen on the active roster by the weekend.

Canadiens, Jake Evans Haven’t Discussed Extension

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The Montreal Canadiens are well-positioned to be deadline sellers for the fourth consecutive season. They also might have one of the most valuable rental candidates on the market.

Middle-six center Jake Evans is in the middle of a career year, only 11 points away from reaching career-highs in scoring despite playing in 39 fewer games. He’s scored seven goals and 19 points in 33 games for the Canadiens this season and sits fourth on the team in scoring. He’ll become an unrestricted free agent next summer when his three-year, $5.1MM contract concludes.

Montreal should theoretically be interested in keeping a player like Evans around but if they do — he doesn’t know it. In an interview with Eric Engels of Sportsnet, Evans replied, “Still crickets” when asked about extension negotiations with the Canadiens.

The Toronto, Ontario native is on pace for 17 goals and 47 points should he continue his current pace for the rest of the regular season. His career 50.8% faceoff rate and 89.2% on-ice save percentage in all situations should give interested teams confidence that Evans can play center toward the bottom of a contending lineup.

Evans’ biggest issue is his inconsistency over the last several years. That’s something he acknowledged in the interview with Engels when he said, “You start to understand your role and where you’re going to fit in and where you’re going to bring value to a team. Sometimes it takes guys half a season, but for me, moving up and down the lineup, you don’t really know what kind of player you’re supposed to be, and now I feel like I’ve finally found it.”

Still, even though he could conceivably double his current salary on the open market, Evans strikes as a player the Canadiens should keep around for the long haul. Cap space won’t be a concern for Montreal anytime soon and Evans has proven his value to the organization this season.

John Klingberg Hoping To Resume NHL Career

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Unrestricted free agent defenseman John Klingberg will resume skating shortly after the holiday break in hopes of continuing his NHL career, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports Saturday.

Now 32, Klingberg has been out of commission for over a year after undergoing season-ending hip surgery while with the Maple Leafs in early December 2023. The 2015 All-Rookie Team member last played nearly a month prior on Nov. 11.

The Swedish native was a dominant offensive force in his early days, finishing in the top six in Norris Trophy voting twice in the first four seasons of his career with the Stars. From his NHL debut in 2014-15 until the COVID-19 pandemic truncated the 2019-20 season, Klingberg posted 291 points in 425 games for the Stars, ranking 10th among defenders league-wide. His 0.68 points per game were seventh among those with over 100 games.

In that 2019-20 season, though, the ever-present defensive cracks in Klingberg’s game began to border on outweighing the offensive benefits. That year saw him lose the title of the team’s de facto No. 1 option on the blue line to up-and-comer Miro Heiskanen, and while he still contributed 32 points in 58 games, he logged a -10 rating – reaching the negatives for the first time in his career. He added 21 points in 26 postseason games as Dallas marched to the Stanley Cup Final but posted a -5 rating that was second-worst among Stars blue-liners.

It was more of the same for Klingberg over the next couple of seasons as his even-strength ice time and on-ice goal differential continued to decline. He was still a top-four threat offensively, logging 47 points in 74 games in the 2021-22 campaign, but nonetheless hit free agency the following summer and didn’t garner much interest in a long-term deal.

That led to a one-year, $7MM prove-it deal with the rebuilding Ducks after he had been unsigned for weeks. His stint in Anaheim was short-lived and unremarkable. He posted 24 points and a -28 rating in 50 games on a 2022-23 Anaheim team that allowed an incredible 39.1 shots per game. He was dealt to the Wild at the trade deadline, where he finished the year with nine points in 17 games and was scratched twice in their six-game loss to the Stars in the First Round.

That rather uninspiring performance led to another one-year pact on the open market the following summer—this time, a $4.15MM commitment from the Maple Leafs. His stint in Toronto was also quite short-lived. He posted five assists in 14 games while quarterbacking their top power-play unit before the hip issue, which had been nagging since the end of the prior season, forced him out of the lineup for the rest of the season.

If he does manage to land another NHL offer, it certainly won’t be in the top-four, 20-minute average ice time role he’s grown accustomed to. As an already-declining veteran coming off major surgery, Klingberg landing much more than the league minimum on a one-year deal for the rest of 2024-25 would be surprising. The right shot would likely factor into a third-pairing role at even strength with second-unit power-play usage.

NHL Draft Picks On 2025 World Junior Championship Rosters

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The 2025 World Junior Championship is just around the corner. This year’s edition of the tournament, which takes place in Ottawa, will start on Boxing Day (Dec. 26) as usual. Most NHL fans looking to tune into the tournament will want to focus on Group A action – Finland, Canada and the United States comprise three-fifths of that group while Sweden is the only true NHL-heavy squad in Group B, although Czechia and Slovakia have a decent amount of NHL representation there.

Every one of the 10 squads participating in the tournament has at least one NHL-drafted player on their roster, although, in the case of relegation favorite Kazakhstan in Group B, it is just the lone representative. Out of the NHL’s 32 squads, only the Bruins don’t have a prospect suiting up in the tournament.

Wondering which countries to keep an eye on to track your team’s prospects? Here’s a list of every club’s prospects that are competing in the tournament:

Anaheim Ducks

F Austin Burnevik / USA / 2024, 6-182
D Vojtěch Port / Czechia / 2023, 6-161
F Carey Terrance / USA / 2023, 2-59
D Darels Uļjanskis / Latvia / 2024, 7-214

Buffalo Sabres

F Konsta Helenius / Finland / 2024, 1-14
D Adam Kleber / USA / 2024, 2-42
D Norwin Panocha / Germany / 2023, 7-205
D Maxim Štrbák / Slovakia / 2023, 2-45
F Anton Wahlberg / Sweden / 2023, 2-39
F Brodie Ziemer / USA / 2024, 3-71

Calgary Flames

D Axel Hurtig / Sweden / 2023, 7-208

Carolina Hurricanes

F Bradly Nadeau / Canada / 2023, 1-30
F Felix Unger Sörum / Sweden / 2023, 2-62
F Oskar Vuollet / Sweden / 2024, 5-133

Chicago Blackhawks

F Jiří Felcman / Czechia / 2023, 3-93
F Oliver Moore / USA / 2023, 1-19

Colorado Avalanche

F Calum Ritchie / Canada / 2023, 1-27

Columbus Blue Jackets

F Luca Pinelli / Canada / 2023, 4-114
G Melvin Strahl / Sweden / 2023, 5-156

Dallas Stars

F Emil Hemming / Finland / 2024, 1-29
D Aram Minnetian / USA / 2023, 4-125

Detroit Red Wings

G Trey Augustine / USA / 2023, 2-41
F Jesse Kiiskinen / Finland / 2023, 3-68
D Axel Sandin-Pellikka / Sweden / 2023, 1-17

Edmonton Oilers

D Beau Akey / Canada / 2023, 2-56
D Paul Fischer / USA / 2023, 5-138

Florida Panthers

F Linus Eriksson / Sweden / 2024, 2-58

Los Angeles Kings

D Jakub Dvořák / Czechia / 2023, 2-54
G Carter George / Canada / 2024, 2-57
G Hampton Slukynsky / USA / 2023, 4-118

Minnesota Wild

D Zeev Buium / USA / 2024, 1-12
D Aron Kiviharju / Finland / 2024, 4-122
F Rasmus Kumpulainen / Finland / 2023, 2-53
D Sebastian Soini / Finland / 2024, 5-140

Montreal Canadiens

D Rasmus Bergqvist / Sweden / 2024, 7-224

Nashville Predators

F David Edstrom / Sweden / 2023, 1-32
D Andrew Gibson / Canada / 2023, 2-42
D Viggo Gustafsson / Sweden / 2024, 3-77
G Jakub Milota / Czechia / 2024, 4-99
D Tanner Molendyk / Canada / 2023, 1-24
F Felix Nilsson / Sweden / 2023, 2-43
F Teddy Stiga / USA / 2024, 2-55
F Joey Willis / USA / 2023, 4-111

New Jersey Devils

F Herman Träff / Sweden / 2024, 3-91

New York Islanders

F Cole Eiserman / USA / 2024, 1-20
G Marcus Gidlöf / Sweden / 2024, 5-147
F Danny Nelson / USA / 2023, 2-49
F Jesse Nurmi / Finland / 2023, 4-113

New York Rangers

D Drew Fortescue / USA / 2023, 3-90
F Rico Gredig / Switzerland / 2024, 6-191
F Gabe Perreault / USA / 2023, 1-23

Ottawa Senators

G Vladimir Nikitin / Kazakhstan / 2023, 7-207

Philadelphia Flyers

F Jack Berglund / Sweden / 2024, 2-51
G Carson Bjarnason / Canada / 2023, 2-51
D Oliver Bonk / Canada / 2023, 1-22
F Jett Luchanko / Canada / 2024, 1-13
F Heikki Ruohonen / Finland / 2024, 4-107

Pittsburgh Penguins

F Tanner Howe / Canada / 2024, 2-46
D Kalle Kangas / Finland / 2023, 7-223
D Emil Pieniniemi / Finland / 2023, 3-91

San Jose Sharks

D Sam Dickinson / Canada / 2024, 1-11
F Kasper Halttunen / Finland / 2023, 2-36
G Christian Kirsch / Switzerland / 2024, 4-116
F Brandon Svoboda / USA / 2023, 3-71

Seattle Kraken

F Berkly Catton / Canada / 2024, 1-8
D Jakub Fibigr / Czechia / 2024, 7-202
F Zeb Forsfjäll / Sweden / 2023, 6-180
F Julius Miettinen / Finland / 2024, 2-40
D Caden Price / Canada / 2023, 3-84
F Carson Rehkopf / Canada / 2023, 2-50
G Kim Saarinen / Finland / 2024, 3-88
F Eduard Šalé / Czechia / 2023, 1-20

St. Louis Blues

F Adam Jecho / Czechia / 2024, 3-95
D Adam Jiříček / Czechia / 2024, 1-16
F Ondřej Kos / Czechia / 2024, 3-81
D Theo Lindstein / Sweden / 2023, 1-29
F Juraj Pekarčík / Slovakia / 2023, 3-76
D Colin Ralph / USA / 2024, 2-48
F Jakub Štancl / Czechia / 2023, 4-106
F Otto Stenberg / Sweden / 2023, 1-25

Tampa Bay Lightning

F Ethan Gauthier / Canada / 2023, 2-37
F Joona Saarelainen / Finland / 2024, 5-149

Toronto Maple Leafs

F Easton Cowan / Canada / 2023, 1-28
F Miroslav Holinka / Czechia / 2024, 5-151

Utah Hockey Club

F Cole Beaudoin / Canada / 2024, 1-24
G Michael Hrabal / Czechia / 2023, 2-38
F Vojtěch Hradec / Czechia / 2024, 6-167
G Melker Thelin / Sweden / 2023, 5-134
D Veeti Väisänen / Finland / 2024, 3-96

Vancouver Canucks

D Sawyer Mynio / Canada / 2023, 3-89
D Basile Sansonnens / Switzerland / 2024, 7-221
D Tom Willander / Sweden / 2023, 1-11

Vegas Golden Knights

F Mathieu Cataford / Canada / 2023, 3-77
F Trevor Connelly / USA / 2024, 1-19
F Tuomas Uronen / Finland / 2023, 6-192

Washington Capitals

D Cole Hutson / USA / 2024, 2-43
F Ryan Leonard / USA / 2023, 1-8
F Ēriks Mateiko / Latvia / 2024, 3-90
D Leon Muggli / Switzerland / 2024, 2-52
F Miroslav Šatan Jr. / Slovakia / 2024, 7-212
F Petr Sikora / Czechia / 2024, 6-178

Winnipeg Jets

F Brayden Yager / Canada / 2023, 1-14

Jets Activate David Gustafsson From Injured Reserve

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The Jets announced that they have activated center David Gustafsson from injured reserve. They had a pair of open roster spots after assigning Nikita Chibrikov and Dylan Coghlan to AHL Manitoba on Thursday.

Gustafsson, 24, had missed the last four games while in concussion protocol. The 2018 second-round pick left his last appearance, a Dec. 10 trouncing of the Bruins, after fighting Boston forward Trent Frederic. It was his second appearance since Oct. 20 after sitting out most of the season as a healthy scratch.

Last year, he stuck primarily on the NHL roster for the second season in a row aside from a brief conditioning assignment in February. He scored three goals, his first since notching his first NHL marker in 2019-20, and added four assists for seven points with a +1 rating in 39 games. He averaged 9:16 per game and won a career-best 54.6% of his faceoffs, often skating down the middle of Winnipeg’s fourth line when in the lineup.

Gustafsson has now appeared in parts of six NHL seasons, skating in a top-level contest in every season since arriving in North America in 2019. He’s played sparingly in all of them, though, averaging 19 appearances per season and just 8:44 per game. The 6’2″ pivot has been a relative non-factor offensively, averaging only 10 points per 82 games. The Jets have also rarely controlled the puck in Gustafsson’s even strength minutes, posting a 45.9% shot-attempt share and 41.9% expected goals share throughout his career.

With a fully healthy forward lineup tonight against the Wild, Gustafsson will return to his usual seat in the press box, the team said. He’s the 13th forward on the active roster and will be the first player to enter the lineup if an injury strikes, however.

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