Training Camp Cuts: 09/29/17
The last Friday before the season begins, and just a few more days until teams have to submit their final rosters. As we head into the final few preseason contests, some teams are still holding onto a huge roster. The waiver wire is sure to be filled over the next few days as teams make their final cuts. As always, we’ll have all the movement right here throughout the day.
Anaheim Ducks
F Sam Steel – Regina (WHL)
F Max Jones – London (OHL)
F Jack Kopacka – Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)
D Josh Mahura – Regina (WHL)
Arizona Coyotes
F Emerson Etem – Tucson (AHL)
G Hunter Miska – Tucson (AHL)
Boston Bruins
F Kenny Agostino – Waivers for purpose of assignment.
Chicago Blackhawks
F David Kampf – Rockford (AHL)
F Laurent Dauphin – Rockford (AHL)
D Erik Gustafsson – Rockford (AHL)
D Ville Pokka – Waivers for purpose of assignment.
Colorado Avalanche
D Duncan Siemens – Waivers for purpose of assignment.
Florida Panthers
F Henrik Haapala – Springfield (AHL)
D Ed Wittchow – Springfield (AHL)
G Harri Sateri – Springfield (AHL)
Minnesota Wild
D Carson Soucy – Iowa (AHL)
F Ryan Malone – Released from PTO, will join AHL camp
Montreal Canadiens
F Chris Terry – Laval (AHL)
New York Rangers
F Matt Puempel – Hartford (AHL)
Pittsburgh Penguins
F Tom Sestito – Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL)
Tampa Bay Lightning
F Alexander Volkov – Syracuse (AHL)
San Jose Sharks
D Jacob Middleton – San Jose (AHL)
D Nick DeSimone – San Jose (AHL)
Vancouver Canucks
F Nikolay Goldobin – Utica (AHL)
D Philip Holm – Utica (AHL)
D Olli Juolevi – Assignment team TBD
F Anton Rodin – Will be placed on waivers tomorrow.
F Scottie Upshall – Released from PTO
Vegas Golden Knights
F Stefan Matteau – Chicago (AHL), cleared waivers
Waivers & Recalls: 09/28/17
Waivers are coming fast and furious as teams have to have their final rosters submitted by the evening of Tuesday, October 3rd. After Jordan Nolan was claimed a couple of days ago, everyone on waivers yesterday cleared. Here is the list from today thanks to Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports, which contains quite a bit of NHL experience.
Waivers:
Scott Sabourin (ANA)
Corey Tropp (ANA)
Sam Carrick (ANA)
Steve Oleksy (ANA)
Mike Liambas (ANA)
Jeremy Smith (CAR)
Jake Chelios (CAR)
Trevor Carrick (CAR)
Brad Malone (EDM)
Harri Sateri (FLA)
Chris Terry (MTL)
Matt Puempel (NYR)
Andrew Hammond (OTT)
Tom Sestito (PIT)
There are also bound to be a few recalls over the next few days, as injuries and poor performance lead teams to reconsider their original decisions.
Recalled:
Nikita Scherbak (MTL)
Alex Lyon (PHI)
Jacob Middleton (SJS)
Nick DeSimone (SJS)
Anaheim Ducks Announce One-Year Extension For Logan Shaw
After rumors of the deal yesterday, the Anaheim Ducks have announced the signing of a one-year extension for young winger Logan Shaw. Though the team has not released the details, Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports reports that the deal is one-way and will see Shaw earn $650,000 next season. 
Shaw was the return for Michael Sgarbossa earlier this season from Florida, and has turned into an effective bottom-six penalty killer for the Ducks. In 43 games, he has just five points and has never been much of a scoring threat even going back to his junior hockey days. Instead, he is a big body who can skate well enough to effectively defend and give the team a bit of energy.
He also gives Anaheim another body to expose in the upcoming expansion draft, not unlike Chris Terry for Montreal. While the Ducks will likely have to go the eight skaters route leaving them perfectly covered in the 70/40 expansion requirements up front, if they can work out a deal with Vegas or move one of their defensemen prior to the draft, they may have been stuck with just Jared Boll meeting the requirements up front. They now have options as Shaw and Boll will definitely be left exposed.
Montreal Canadiens Sign Chris Terry To One-Year Extension
The Montreal Canadiens have re-signed minor league forward Chris Terry to a one-year extension that will keep him in the organization through 2017-18. Though he hasn’t played much in the NHL this season, Terry will help to fill one of the forward requirements for the Canadiens at this summer’s expansion draft. He played 68 games last season for the Carolina Hurricanes and 14 this year for the Habs, making him eligible for the 70/40 requirement—not that the team was going to have much trouble, it is always good to have more options heading into the draft.
Terry was drafted in the fifth round a decade ago, and has turned into a prolific scoring winger in the AHL. With 351 career minor league points, Terry ranks among the top in the AHL each season. His NHL career hasn’t turned into much, though he did play regularly on Carolina the past two seasons. With just 38 points in 152 games, and close to turning 28 years old, he seems destined for a minor-league career.
More deals like this will be made over the next few months as teams finalize their expansion lists. The trade deadline changed a lot of rosters despite mostly dealing in rental players. The draft has provided players like Terry with a unique opportunity to sign a deal (with Eric Engels of Sportsnet even reporting that it is a one-way contract) when one may have not presented itself under normal circumstances.
Minor Transactions: 29/01/17
Good All-Star morning folks, even on this short mid-season break teams aren’t holding back from their roster shuffling. Here are all the minor transactions of the day.
- According to Joe Haggerty of CSNNE, late yesterday the Bruins did a flip-flop, sending Anton Khudobin back to the AHL and bringing up Zane McIntyre. That came less than 24 hours after the two made the opposite trips. After McIntyre played for the Providence Bruins on Friday night, Khudobin started last night and allowed four goals on 33 shots.
- Staying with flip-flopping goalies, the Columbus Blue Jackets have again swapped Joonas Korpisalo and Anton Forsberg, this time with Korpisalo heading to the NHL. Korpisalo also played last night, winning in a shootout when Oliver Bjorkstrand scored in the ninth-round.
- Cory Conacher (Lightning), Chris Terry (Canadiens) and Justin Bailey (Sabres) have been added to the AHL All-Star Rosters for your viewing pleasure tomorrow night. All three are having outstanding years in the lower level and will be replacing Joe Blandisi, Vojtech Mozik and John Quenneville, all from the Albany Devils.
- It didn’t take long for former NHL defenseman James Wisniewski to impress his new team. Just days after signing a 25-game tryout with the Chicago Wolves of the AHL, Chris Kuc of the Chicago Tribune is reporting he has now signed an AHL deal. That means Wisniewski would be eligible to come up to the NHL if needed at some point, but it’s unclear if he’s rediscovered his game enough for that level.
Minor Transactions: 7/2/16
Here is where we’ll keep track of today’s minor transactions:
- St. Louis announced a total of nine signings, mostly players who will play for their AHL affiliate in Chicago. Most prominently among them is D Chris Butler, who re-signed a one year contract; financial terms were not disclosed. Butler played in just five games with the Blues last season but has played a total of 387 NHL games in his career.
- Buffalo has signed C Derek Grant to a two-way contract, according to TSN’s Darren Dreger. Grant played in 15 games with Calgary last season, recording one assist while averaging 10:53 per game. He also recorded 26 goals in only 37 games with AHL Stockton last year.
- The Canadiens signed D Philip Samuelsson to a one year, two-way deal, according to a team release. Samuelsson spent most of last season with Arizona’s AHL affiliate in Springfield but suited up for four games with the Coyotes in 2015-16. Montreal also announced they have signed winger Chris Terry to a one year, two-way deal. Terry had eight goals and three assists in 68 games with Carolina last season.
- Winnipeg announced the re-signing of D Julien Melchiori and G Jamie Phillips to two year, two-way contracts. Melchiori would earn $625K at the NHL level while Phillips would get $675,000 in the NHL.
- The Predators announced that they have inked C Trevor Smith to a two year, two-way deal. The deal carries a cap hit of $612K at the NHL and guarantees him $475K over the two seasons according to General Fanager. He last played in the NHL with Toronto in 2014-15 and spent last year with Bern of the NLA.
- In a separate release, the Preds also have signed winger Harry Zolnierczyk to a one year, two-way contract. He’ll earn $575K in the NHL and $150K in the AHL. Zolnierczyk played in 24 games with Anaheim’s AHL affiliate last year as well as suiting up for one game with the Ducks.
- Edmonton’s has signed D Ethan Bear to a three year, entry level deal according to their Twitter account. Bear was the Oilers’ 5th round pick (124th overall) in 2015 and spent last season with the Seattle Thunderbirds of the WHL.
- James Mirtle of TSN tells us that the Maple Leafs have signed D Justin Holl to a three-year entry level deal, following his strong season for their AHL affiliate last season. Holl put up 21 points in just 60 games on the AHL’s best regular season team.
- After extending their new number one goaltender, the Lightning have re-signed AHL netminder Kristers Gudlevskis to a two-way deal. The 23-year old made his NHL debut last season, starting one game for Tampa Bay where he allowed one goal on 32 shots.