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 made a move as they usually do, this time recalling Michael Chaput from the taxi squad and bringing up Michael Bunting from the AHL to take his place.

North Division

• After losing in overtime last night to Toronto the Ottawa Senators have made a few moves. Alex Formenton and Filip Gustavsson have been re-assigned to the taxi squad, with Vitaly Abramov and Mark Kastelic going to the AHL to make room. Marcus Hogberg has also been assigned to the AHL on a conditioning stint. Given the Senators don’t play again until March 30, perhaps he’ll be ready to dress by their next game.

Central Division

• The Columbus Blue Jackets have recalled Alexandre Texier, placing Mikhail Grigorenko on the taxi squad to make room. Texier hasn’t played since March 14 and has just nine points in 30 games this season.

East Division

• The New Jersey Devils have sent Colton White to the AHL, moving him off the taxi squad after only recalling him yesterday. White, 23, has played in nine games at the AHL level this season but hasn’t yet cracked the New Jersey lineup. Later in the day, the team assigned Nicholas Merkley to the taxi squad and recalled Jesper Boqvist in time to play in this evening’s game.

This page will be updated throughout the day.

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 Colorado Avalanche have recalled T.J. Tynan and Sheldon Dries to the taxi squad, filling out the two vacant spots they had after sending Conor Timmins down yesterday. Dries has played three games for the Avalanche this season but is still looking for his first NHL point since the 2018-19 campaign. Logan O’Connor was also recalled from the taxi squad, per CapFriendly.
• The San Jose Sharks have recalled Jeffrey Viel to the taxi squad from the AHL. The 24-year-old has yet to play an NHL game in his short career but could add a bit of physicality to the lineup if the Sharks need it. In his 139-game AHL career, Viel has 18 fighting majors and 228 penalty minutes. Antti Suomela and Christian Jaros were sent to the taxi squad while Zach Gallant was sent back to the AHL, per CapFriendly.
• After announcing that Tyler Pitlick is out week-to-week with a lower-body injury, the Arizona Coyotes have moved him to injured reserve. Meanwhile, they’ve swapped Frederik Gauthier and Lane Pederson between the taxi squad and AHL.
• The Anaheim Ducks have sent Andy Welinski and Lukas Dostal back to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly. Welinski played a season-high 18:11 last night while Dostal served as the backup goaltender.
• The Dallas Stars have made a large number of roster moves. Nick Caamano, Justin Dowling, Rhett Gardner, and Joel L’Esperance were all promoted from the taxi squad while Ty Dellandrea and Tanner Kero were recalled to the taxi squad.
• The Los Angeles Kings have sent Austin Strand and Tobias Bjornfot to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly. Bjornfot has three assists in 17 games this season while Strand has a helper in six games.
• The Minnesota Wild have promoted Will Bitten to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly. The 22-year-old has four assists in 11 games with AHL Iowa this season.
• The St. Louis Blues have brought up Dakota Joshua and Jake Walman from the taxi squad, per CapFriendly. The two have made frequent appearances on this list in recent weeks as they’ve been sent down on non-game days to save some money.
• The Vegas Golden Knights have recalled Patrick Brown from the taxi squad, per CapFriendly. He has played in three games for Vegas so far this season. Carl Dahlstrom was recalled to the taxi squad to take Brown’s place.

North Division

• The Ottawa Senators have recalled Braydon Coburn from the taxi squad as they prepare for action tonight against Toronto. Jack Kopacka has been sent back to the AHL, while Mark Kastelic is up to take his spot on the taxi squad.
• The Calgary Flames have tweaked their taxi squad, sending Alex Petrovic down from the NHL roster while recalling Louis Domingue and Michael Stone from the minors, per CapFriendly. Artyom Zagidulin was sent to the minors to make room for Domingue.
• The Edmonton Oilers have sent Joakim Nygard back to the taxi squad. After playing in 33 games last season, he has suited up in just six NHL contests so far this year.
• The Montreal Canadiens have recalled Jake Evans from the taxi squad while promoting Laurent Dauphin to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly. Evans was sent down yesterday to free up a bit of cap space while the team is off due to COVID protocols.
• The Toronto Maple Leafs have recalled Michael Hutchinson and Alex Galchenyuk from the taxi squad, per CapFriendly. Hutchinson is needed with Frederik Andersen currently injured. Kristians Rubins was also sent to the taxi squad.
• The Vancouver Canucks have sent Tyler Graovac to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly. The 27-year-old has played in Vancouver’s last two games, averaging just under 10 minutes per game.

Central Division

• The Columbus Blue Jackets have recalled Mikhail Grigorenko from the taxi squad once again as he continues to move on and off the roster on a daily basis. The 26-year-old forward now has seven points in 18 games this season.
• As expected, the Carolina Hurricanes have promoted Jake Bean from the taxi squad, per CapFriendly. The defenseman has 10 points in 21 games so far this season.
• The Chicago Blackhawks have promoted Wyatt Kalynuk from the taxi squad while sending Mackenzie Entwistle down, per CapFriendly. Both players have played just once for Chicago this season.
• The Tampa Bay Lightning have brought up Luke Schenn and Andreas Borgman from the taxi squad, per CapFriendly. Even so, they’re unable to dress a full roster tonight due to injuries to Ryan McDonagh and Erik Cernak.

East Division

• The Philadelphia Flyers have recalled Samuel Morin and Alex Lyon from the AHL to the taxi squad, sending Felix Sandstrom back the other way. As expected, Lyon got in some game action in Lehigh Valley’s game yesterday, but certainly didn’t fare very well. The goaltender allowed five goals on just 16 shots in a loss to the Hershey Bears.
• The Boston Bruins have sent Oskar Steen, Urho Vaakanainen, and Jeremy Swayman back to the AHL, recalling Callum Booth to the taxi squad in the process. The Providence Bruins play this afternoon against Hartford and look like they’re getting quite a group of reinforcements in time for the game. They later recalled Steen while also recalling Jack Ahcan, Jack Studnicka, and Steven Kampfer from the taxi squad while sending Daniel Vladar to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly.
• The Buffalo Sabres have recalled Steven Fogarty and C.J. Smith from the taxi squad while back-filling with Jean-Sebastien Dea and Brett Murray from the AHL. On his way from Rochester along with them is Seth Appert, who will help GM Kevyn Adams coach tonight with Don Granato self-isolating.
• The New Jersey Devils recalled Nicholas Merkley from the taxi squad, per CapFriendly. Colton White was recalled from the minors to the taxi squad in a corresponding move.
• With the New York Islanders back in action tonight, they’ve recalled Oliver Wahlstrom, per CapFriendly. Wahlstrom has 15 points in 26 games so far this season.
• The New York Rangers recalled Kaapo Kakko from the taxi squad, per CapFriendly. The sophomore has four goals and two assists in 24 games, a point per game output that is lower than his rookie season.
• The Pittsburgh Penguins have recalled Drew O’Connor from the taxi squad while sending Sam Miletic to the minors, per CapFriendly. O’Connor has an assist in nine games this season.

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.

This page will be updated throughout the day.