AHL News & Rumors

There has been plenty of roster movement between NHL teams and the taxi squad on a daily basis this season. Although some major names may be highlighted in separate articles, this is where you’ll find the majority of that shuffle news each day:

West Division

• The Arizona Coyotes have recalled Dryden Hunt and Ivan Prosvetov from the taxi squad while sending Hudson Fasching back to the taxi squad.  With a requirement of at least three goalies available, Arizona also recalled David Tendeck to the taxi squad.
• The Colorado Avalanche have brought up Logan O’Connor and Dan Renouf from the taxi squad on an emergency basis, per CapFriendly. Conor Timmins was sent down in a corresponding move.
• The Los Angeles Kings have sent Austin Strand and Tobias Bjornfot back to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly. Bjornfot has three assists in 16 games this season while Strand has a helper in seven contests.
• The Minnesota Wild have assigned Luke Johnson and Connor Dewar to Iowa of the AHL. Johnson has played in six games so far this season while Dewar has yet to make his NHL debut.
• The San Jose Sharks sent John Leonard, Fredrik Claesson, and Antti Suomela to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly. In a corresponding move, Stefan Noesen was moved from the taxi squad to the AHL.
• The St. Louis Blues sent Dakota Joshua and Jake Walman to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly. Joshua has a goal in ten games this season while Walman hasn’t recorded a point in six contests.
• The Vegas Golden Knights have sent Dylan Coghlan and Patrick Brown to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly. With those two being added to the taxi squad, Carl Dahlstrom and Jake Bischoff were sent to the AHL.

North Division

• The Ottawa Senators have re-assigned Clark Bishop to the taxi squad, where he’ll be joined by Alex Formenton who is up from the AHL. The Senators took home a big win against the Flames last night and will have a rematch tomorrow evening.
• The Toronto Maple Leafs have recalled Mac Hollowell, Kristians Rubins, and Scott Sabourin to the taxi squad, sending Martin Marincin, Timothy Liljegren, and Nic Petan to the AHL for Wednesday’s Toronto Marlies game. The team will likely make a swap again the next day, bringing the more experienced taxi squad members back up.
• The Winnipeg Jets have re-assigned Dominic Toninato back to the taxi squad after he failed to get into the lineup last night. Toninato still hasn’t gotten into a game this season after playing 46 with the Panthers last year.
• The Calgary Flames have sent Zac Rinaldo and Alexander Petrovic to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly. Rinaldo played in just his third game of the season last night while Petrovic has yet to see NHL action this season.

Central Division

• The Chicago Blackhawks have made quite a few transactions, recalling Reese Johnson, Mackenzie Entwistle, Nicolas Beaudin, Madison Bowey, Lucas Carlsson, and Wyatt Kalynuk to the taxi squad from the AHL. To make room for the six-man group, Mikael Hakkarainen, Brandon Pirri, John Quenneville, and Alex Regula have all been re-assigned to the Rockford IceHogs.
• The Florida Panthers have loaned Eetu Luostarinen to the taxi squad, recalling Brett Connolly to the active roster in his place. Connolly, who scored 19 goals and 33 points in 69 games for the Panthers last season, has just three points in 16 games this year. Luostarinen meanwhile has just eight in 31.
• The Dallas Stars have recalled Tanner Kero and Joel L’Esperance from the taxi squad, activating Mark Pysyk from injured reserve as well. To make room, Joel Kiviranta has been moved to IR retroactive to March 21.
• The Carolina Hurricanes aren’t in action today so Jake Bean is back on the taxi squad, per CapFriendly. It’s the ninth time this month alone that he has been assigned to the taxi squad.
• The Columbus Blue Jackets have assigned Mikhail Grigorenko to the taxi squad. It has now been a month since the 26-year-old has played in an NHL game.
• The Detroit Red Wings have brought up Dennis Cholowski from the taxi squad. The defenseman made his season debut back on Saturday, playing a little more than 12 minutes.
• The Tampa Bay Lightning have recalled Andreas Borgman from the taxi squad, per CapFriendly. The 25-year-old has played in just one game with Tampa Bay this season.

East Division

• The Washington Capitals have recalled Michael Sgarbossa and Garrett Pilon from the AHL to the taxi squad, as both Alex Ovechkin and T.J. Oshie are missing practice today. Oshie’s absence is due to personal reasons while Ovechkin is just having a maintenance day, according to Tom Gulitti of NHL.com.
• The Philadelphia Flyers have sent Matthew Strome back to the AHL, removing him from the taxi squad for the time being. Strome has played just three games for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms this season after spending half of the 2019-20 campaign in the ECHL. Carsen Twarynski and Alex Lyon were sent to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly.
• As their number of healthy goaltenders continues to dwindle, the Buffalo Sabres have recalled Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen from the AHL to the taxi squad. Carter Hutton was injured in last night’s game, leaving Dustin Tokarski and newly signed Michael Houser as the only two healthy netminders on the roster. Luukkonen, the team’s goaltender of the future, now must come up to serve as the team’s third option, not exactly leaving much depth at the position in the minor leagues. Rasmus Asplund was also sent to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly.
• The New Jersey Devils made several moves today. Per CapFriendly, Michael McLeod and Nicholas Merkley were recalled from the taxi squad while Ben Street and Jesper Boqvist were recalled to the taxi squad. Jeremy Groleau was sent from the taxi squad to the minors.
• With the New York lslanders not playing tonight, they’ve sent Oliver Wahlstrom back to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly. The 20-year-old has eight goals and seven assists in 26 games this season and will undoubtedly be recalled for Thursday’s game against Boston.
• The New York Rangers have made their usual series of moves on a non-game day. Per CapFriendly, Kaapo Kakko and Keith Kinkaid were sent to the taxi squad with Tarmo Reunanen and Adam Huska getting sent to the minors. Vitali Kravtsov was also added to the taxi squad having gone through his quarantine.

There has been plenty of roster movement between NHL teams and the taxi squad on a daily basis this season. Although some major names may be highlighted in separate articles, this is where you’ll find the majority of that shuffle news each day:

Central Division

• The Chicago Blackhawks announced several roster moves, swapping nine different players between the taxi squad and the Rockford IceHogs of the AHL. The team assigned four players from Rockford to the taxi squad, including forwards Mikael Hakkarainen, Brandon Pirri, John Quenneville and defenseman Alec Regula. The Blackhawks also assigned five players from the taxi squad to the AHL, including forward Reese Johnson and defensemen Nicolas Beaudin, Madison Bowey, Lucas Carlsson and Wyatt Kalynuk.
• The Columbus Blue Jackets announced they have activated center Alexandre Texier off the COVID-19 protocol list and assigned him to the taxi squad. The team has also assigned forward Mikhail Grigorenko to the taxi squad as well. Texier has missed two games while being on the protocol list, but it’s possible that Texier has been assigned to the taxi squad to accrue salary cap space since the team doesn’t play until Monday.
• The Nashville Predators announced they have recalled forward Rem Pitlick from the taxi squad. Pitlick, who has dominated in the AHL this season (eight goals and 10 points in eight games), has appeared in three games with the Predators but is still looking for his first NHL point.
• The Dallas Stars announced they have swapped a pair of players between the NHL and taxi squads. The team has recalled forward Justin Dowling from the taxi squad, while re-assigning Nicholas Caamano back to the taxi squad.
• The Carolina Hurricanes have assigned Jake Bean to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly. It’s a familiar move for the defenseman on non-game days who has been sent down many times already but has still played in 20 games this season, recording 10 points.
• The Detroit Red Wings announced that they sent defenseman Dennis Cholowski to the taxi squad. The 23-year-old played in 88 games over his first two seasons but has suited up just once with Detroit this season.

East Division

• The Buffalo Sabres announced they have assigned forward Steven Fogarty from the Rochester Americans of the AHL to the taxi squad. They also have loaned recently signed goaltender Michael Houser to the taxi squad as well. Fogarty, who has been impressive in Rochester (five goals, eight points in 10 games) has only played one game with the Sabres this season.
• The New Jersey Devils have made several transactions, announcing they have placed forward Nathan Bastian on injured reserve with a lower-body injury. Bastian has played 27 games for the Devils this year with two goals and six points. The team promoted forward Michael McLeod from the taxi squad to replace Bastian on the roster. The Devils also swapped four players between the taxi squad and the Binghamton Devils of the AHL. They have assigned defenseman Joshua Jacobs and goaltender Gilles Senn to Binghamton while promoting defenseman Jeremy Groleau and David Quenneville to the taxi squad.
• The New York Islanders assigned forward Oliver Wahlstrom to the taxi squad while sending goaltender Jakub Skarek to the AHL, per CapFriendly.  Wahlstrom has played in 25 games with the Isles this season, picking up seven goals and seven assists.
• The New York Rangers made their usual large series of moves on a non-game day.  Per CapFriendly, forward Kaapo Kakko and goalie Keith Kinkaid were sent to the taxi squad with goalie Adam Huska recalled to the NHL roster.  Defenceman Anthony Bitetto was recalled to the taxi squad from AHL Hartford while forward Jonny Brodzinski was sent to Hartford.
• The Philadelphia Flyers sent defenseman Nate Prosser and forward Carsen Twarynski to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly. Meanwhile, forward Matthew Strome was sent to Lehigh Valley of the AHL.

North Division

• The Ottawa Senators announced that they have recalled Anton Forsberg from his conditioning loan with Belleville.  The loan lasted just one game but with Ottawa’s injury situation in goal with their top three goalies all hurt, Forsberg will be needed right away.
• The Calgary Flames recalled Dominik Simon from the taxi squad while sending Derek Ryan, Zac Rinaldo, and Alex Petrovic to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly.  Ryan and Rinaldo have been frequently sent down on non-game days with Simon being the recall in those situations in recent weeks.
• With the Montreal Canadiens off today, they have sent forward Paul Byron and defenseman Xavier Ouellet to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly. Despite clearing waivers twice, Byron has played in almost every game this season while Ouellet has played three games so far.
• The Toronto Maple Leafs sent forward Alex Galchenyuk and Michael Hutchinson to the taxi squad while recalling defenseman Timothy Liljegren to the active roster, per CapFriendly. Galchenyuk made his Toronto debut recently and has an assist in two games with the Maple Leafs.
• The Vancouver Canucks recalled defenseman Brogan Rafferty to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly. He was a high-scoring blueliner in the minors last season but has played just one game this year, recording an assist in January.

West Division

• The Minnesota Wild announced they have reassigned forward Joseph Cramarossa to the taxi squad. The 28-year-old got into his first NHL game since the 2016-17 season, getting 12:22 of ice time, but will have to wait for another chance to work his way back into the Wild’s lineup.
• The Arizona Coyotes announced five roster transactions. They have recalled forward Michael Chaput from the taxi squad while assigning forward Hudson Fasching and defenseman Jordan Gross to the taxi squad. The Coyotes also sent goaltender Ivan Prosvetov from the taxi squad to the Tucson Roadrunners of the AHL, while recalling goaltender David Tendeck to the taxi squad from Tucson.
• The Anaheim Ducks sent defenseman Andy Welinski to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly.  Welinski has moved back and forth all season long and has played in just three NHL games so far this season.
• The Colorado Avalanche recalled recently-acquired goaltender Jonas Johansson to the active roster while sending Adam Werner to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly.  With Werner going down, goalie Peyton Jones was then sent to the minors.
• The San Jose Sharks sent forwards John Leonard and Fredrik Handemark along with defenseman Fredrik Claesson to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly. To make room on the taxi squad, forward Zach Gallant was sent to the AHL.
• The St. Louis Blues sent forwards Nathan Walker, Jacob De La Rose, and Dakota Joshua to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly.  De la Rose was recently activated off injured reserve.
• The Vegas Golden Knights have a long list of transactions today.  Per CapFriendly, forwards Cody Glass and Patrick Brown plus defenseman Dylan Coghlan were recalled to the NHL roster with Brown being sent back to the taxi squad later in the day.  Defensemen Jake Bischoff and Carl Dahlstrom were brought up to the taxi squad from AHL Henderson with forward Pavel Dorofeyev being sent back to Henderson.

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There has been plenty of roster movement between NHL teams and the taxi squad on a daily basis this season. Although some major names may be highlighted in separate articles, this is where you’ll find the majority of that shuffle news each day:

West Division

• After clearing waivers, Michael Amadio has been sent to the taxi squad by the Los Angeles Kings. With that move made, the team then loaned Lias Andersson to Ontario of the AHL; the 22-year-old hasn’t seen any NHL action in more than a month.
• The Minnesota Wild have recalled Joseph Cramarossa from the taxi squad while sending Luke Johnson to the taxi squad. Cramarossa will make his Minnesota debut tonight; it will be his first NHL game in almost four years.
• The Colorado Avalanche have swapped backup goaltenders as their AHL affiliate announced that Hunter Miska has been sent down while Adam Werner was recalled to the Avs. Miska struggled in his last outing on Tuesday, allowing four goals on just seven shots to Anaheim before being pulled after the first period.
• It’s an even swap in Arizona, as the Coyotes have announced that two players have been recalled from the taxi squad while two others have been reassigned to the taxi squad. Forward Hudson Fasching and defenseman Jordan Gross will join the active roster, while forward Michael Chaput and goalie Ivan Prosvetov will take a seat.
• The Anaheim Ducks have reassigned defenseman Josh Mahura directly from the active roster to the AHL’s San Diego Gulls. Mahura has played in 11 games for the Ducks this season, including each of their past eight, and has not looked out of place, but has seemingly been relegated back to the minors for the time being.

Central Division

• The Detroit Red Wings weren’t just calling Dennis Cholowski up to skate with the taxi squad. The young defenseman has now been placed on the active roster and is expected to make his season debut this evening against the Stars. The 23-year-old Cholowski actually already has 88 games at the NHL level and was playing extremely well for the Grand Rapids Griffins before this call-up.
• The Nashville Predators have brought up Alexandre Carrier and Ben Harpur from the taxi squad while sending Michael McCarron down to the taxi squad.  The three have frequently been involved in taxi squad moves for the past few weeks.
• Mark Pysyk has been placed on the Injured Reserve by the Dallas Stars, retroactive to March 11 when he initially suffered his current lower-body injury. Dallas will replace Pysyk with the options already on their active roster, as they have reassigned fellow defenseman Taylor Fedun to the taxi squad and filled their open roster spots by recalling a trio of forwards: Nick Caamano, Rhett Gardner, and Tanner Kero. 

East Division

• The New Jersey Devils have recalled Mikhail Maltsev and Nicholas Merkley to the active roster, while also bringing Gilles Senn up to serve as the taxi squad goaltender. The Devils will play the Pittsburgh Penguins this afternoon.
• The Pittsburgh Penguins have recalled Colton Sceviour and Anthony Angello from the taxi squad in advance of that game against New Jersey. Sam Miletic has been recalled from the AHL to the taxi squad in a corresponding move.
• Anton Blidh has been returned to the AHL by the Boston Bruins, clearing a spot on the taxi squad and sending the 26-year-old back where he has spent most of the season. Blidh has five points in nine games for the Providence Bruins this year.
• The New York Rangers have swapped Mason Geertsen and Jonny Brodzinski, moving the former to the AHL and the latter to the taxi squad. Geertsen, 25, is still waiting to make his NHL debut but Brodzinski, 27, has already played four games for the Rangers this season.
• Several players are moving up the depth chart for the Philadelphia Flyers. Forward Carsen Twarynski and defenseman Nate Prosser have been promoted from the taxi squad to the active roster, while young Matthew Strome has been recalled to the taxi squad from the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms.

North Division

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