Veteran AHL scorer Seth Griffith signed a two-year AHL contract extension with the Bakersfield Condors, affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers. In a statement, Griffith called Bakersfield “a special place to play” and expressed excitement about being able to stay with the club an additional two years. The 33-year-old veteran has served as captain of the Condors for the last two seasons, and has played for the club since the 2020-21 season.
While the financial terms of AHL contracts are not publicly disclosed, one would have to imagine that Griffith’s deal in Bakersfield doesn’t come too cheap. He’s a multi-time AHL All-Star who has twice led the league in assists, as recently as 2024-25. That year, he scored 21 goals and 72 points in 65 games, and this past campaign had 18 goals and 67 points in 71 games. A veteran of 80 NHL games, Griffith hasn’t appeared at the game’s highest level since 2021-22, but remains one of the AHL’s most productive and reliable scorers.
Other notes from the AHL:
- Fresh off of a breakout AHL campaign, defenseman Matteo Pietroniro signed a two-year AHL contract extension with the Syracuse Crunch. It’s been a long road to this point of stability for the 27-year-old defenseman. A former USHL captain, Pietroniro wasn’t able to play U.S. college hockey as the result of since-changed rules preventing CHL players from playing NCAA hockey. Instead of go the USports route, Pietroniro took the unconventional step of signing in the Finnish Liiga after his final USHL campaign. He played 2019-20 for the Lahti Pelicans before spending 2020-21 with HC Bolzano in Italy. He joined the North American pro ranks in 2021-22, beginning in the ECHL before breaking into the AHL on a full-time basis as a reserve defenseman. In 2025-26, Pietroniro took a massive step forward in his career, proving himself as a legitimate top-four AHL defenseman with 31 points in 65 games. His reward for those efforts? A multi-year extension.
- The Crunch also signed right-shot defenseman Tommy Miller to a one-year AHL contract extension. The 27-year-old is the former captain of Michigan State University and was a full-time AHLer for the Toronto Marlies from 2022-23 through 2024-25. Last summer, he signed with Syracuse, who would go on to utilize Miller as a third-pairing defenseman with some penalty-killing time. He only managed 10 points in 55 regular-season games but did add three points in four playoff contests.