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Minor Transactions: 10/10/2025

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Although no NHL teams are set to play tonight, the wider hockey world isn’t without its fair share of games. Numerous junior hockey teams are set to play tonight, as well as NCAA hockey programs and clubs in European professional leagues. Even though the season is now fully underway almost everywhere in pro hockey, teams are still completing transactions and player movement remains as alive as ever. Here, we’ll rundown today’s player movement from around the hockey world:

  • After signing two PTO’s to start the season, 255-game NHL veteran Scott Harrington has found a full-time contract for the 2024-25 season. The 32-year-old defenseman signed a two-year AHL contract with the Belleville Senators, and as is customary for AHL contracts, the financial terms of the deal were undisclosed. Harrington began this past preseason on a PTO with the Nashville Predators before he was released, and then signed a PTO in Belleville. Once a regular depth defenseman for the Columbus Blue Jackets, Harrington last played in the NHL in 2022-23, skating in 17 games for the Anaheim Ducks. He spent last season with the AHL’s Springfield Thunderbirds, scoring five points in 49 games. For the purposes of the AHL’s development rule, Harrington is considered a veteran player.
  • Former Buffalo Sabres forward Nicholas Baptiste has signed a contract with HK Dukla Trencin of the Slovak Extraliga. The 30-year-old is a former OHL star who has been on quite the pro hockey journey since leaving North America in 2021-22. Baptiste began with Liiga’s Ilves Tampere, scoring 35 points in 52 games en route for the league’s bronze medal. He spent the following year in Germany with the Cologne Sharks, before returning to Tampere to play with Tappara, where he would end up winning the Liiga title. Baptiste began last season in the KHL with Vityaz Moscow Region, but left to join the DEL’s Augsburg Panthers after scoring just three points in 11 games in Russia. Now he’ll continue his pro career in Slovakia, joining 277-game AHL veteran and fellow former CHL star Jordy Bellerive.
  • In what is the latest example of a player deciding to join an NCAA hockey program after already making his pro debut, New York Islanders draft pick Justin Gill has enrolled at Merrimack College and joined their ice hockey program. Gill is a 2023 fifth-rounder of the Islanders who signed an AHL contract last July. He spent 2024-25 in the Islanders’ minor-league system, scoring seven points in 35 games for the AHL’s Bridgeport Islanders and 22 points in 23 games for the ECHL’s Worcester Railers. According to College Hockey Insider’s Mike McMahon, the NCAA cleared Gill’s eligibility to play this past week.
  • Seattle Kraken 2025 seventh-round pick Karl Annborn has been sent to HockeyAllsvenskan club Vasteras IK for a full-season loan. The 18-year-old right-shot blueliner is under contract with SHL side HV71, but split time this season between HV71’s senior team (where he received limited minutes in seven SHL games) and the club’s J20 Nationell squad. With this loan to Sweden’s second-tier league, Annborn will see a path to more consistent ice time against professional competition, and he skated in just over 14 minutes in his debut with Vasteras today. Although Annborn was a seventh-rounder at this year’s draft, he was ranked higher by some outlets, including 32nd among International skaters by NHL Central Scouting and 126th overall by EliteProspects.
  • Former Kamloops Blazers alternate captain Brodi Stewart began his professional career playing for four seasons in Austria, working his way up from the AlpsHL’s Steel Wings Linz to Linz’s most senior team, the ICEHL’s Black Wings. Now, he’s set to make his North American pro debut. Per the ECHL’s Transactions Wire, Stewart signed a standard player contract with the ECHL’s Cincinnati Cyclones. The 5’11 forward wasn’t a big scorer in Linz, managing just 27 points across 105 ICEHL games. But Stewart did manage to help Linz make a run to Game 7 of the league’s semifinals, where they fell to EC-KAC.
  • The OHL’s Flint Firebirds announced the addition of Michigan native Darian Anderson, meaning the 18-year-old prospect will continue his junior hockey career in the OHL, rather than the USHL where he played in 2024-25. The 6’3 forward, who has made a verbal commitment to play college hockey at Clarkson University, played in 44 games for the USHL’s Lincoln Stars last season, scoring 16 points. Anderson was drafted by Flint in the fifth round of the 2022 OHL Priority Selection, and now that selection will pay dividends for the junior hockey franchise.
  • 23-year-old Frolunda HC forward Noah Hasa has signed a three-year contract extension to remain with his team for the foreseeable future. A product of Frolunda’s youth system, Hasa worked his way up their junior hockey ranks before ultimately serving as captain of their J20 Nationell team. He broke into Frolunda’s first team on a full-time basis in 2023-24, after spending one year on loan in HockeyAllsvenskan with Vasterviks IK. In his first two seasons in the SHL, Hasa scored 19 points in 95 games, though he is off to a faster start in 2025-26, scoring four points in 10 games.
  • Former Bemidji State University defenseman Ruslan Pedan has signed a one-year KHL contract to play 2025-26 with Admiral Vladivostok. The 30-year-old blueliner is set to play in his 300th career KHL game when he makes his debut for Admiral, and he spent the last two seasons playing for Vityaz Moscow Region. Pedan has bounced around Russia’s top pro league since leaving the NCAA at the end of the 2015-16 season, first splitting time between the KHL and second-tier VHL before breaking into the KHL on a full-time basis in 2020-21 with the since-rebranded Kunlun Red Star.

Atlantic Notes: Hutson, Jensen, Senators, Greer

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With new contracts handed out in recent days to Luke Hughes and Jackson LaCombe, some attention has shifted to Canadiens blueliner Lane Hutson.  While he still has one year left on his entry-level contract, the belief is that there is mutual interest in getting something done before the season begins.  In a recent appearance on Daily Faceoff’s The Sheet (video link), David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period suggested that the blueliner appears to be willing to leave a bit of money on the table, similar to what several of his teammates did in an effort to give themselves a chance to continue to add down the road.  However, that discount might be capped at a few hundred thousand per season on a long-term pact.  With both Hughes and LaCombe checking in at $9MM, it stands to reason that Hutson could very well land close to that number on his next deal as well, whether that comes now, in-season, or next summer.

Elsewhere in the Atlantic:

  • Senators defenseman Nick Jensen told reporters including Sportsnet’s Alex Adams (Twitter link) that he will suit up in Saturday’s preseason finale against Montreal. The 35-year-old underwent offseason hip surgery and at the time, it looked unlikely that he’d be back for the start of the regular season.  However, his recovery has been ahead of schedule and now he’ll get a chance to get a game in to see if he’ll be ready for opening night.  Jensen played a big role for Ottawa last season, averaging over 20 minutes a game while chipping in with 21 points in 71 outings, many of which were played through injury.
  • Still with the Senators, after recalling eight players back on Tuesday who had already been cut, the team announced (Twitter link) that all eight – Tyler Boucher, Hunter Shepard, Jorian Donovan, Oskar Pettersson, Xavier Bourgault, Tomas Hamara, Keean Washkurak, and Scott Harrington, have been sent back to AHL Belleville.
  • The league announced that the Department of Player Safety has fined Panthers winger A.J. Greer $2,213.54, the maximum allowable in the CBA, for a roughing incident on Tampa Bay’s Brandon Hagel. Thursday’s affair between the two sides was particularly chippy with the two teams combining for 186 penalty minutes, a dozen of which went to Greer on the play.

Transaction Notes: Oilers, Ducks, Senators

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As the preseason winds down and rosters take form, several teams have recalled players, having already cleared waivers, who are set to fill out NHL rosters before (most likely) being reassigned to their respective AHL clubs. 

The Edmonton Oilers announced today that they recalled forwards Viljami Marjala, James Hamblin, and Connor Clattenburg from AHL Bakersfield in advance of tonight’s preseason tilt in Seattle. 

Hamblin, an undrafted Edmonton native, proudly has 41 games under his belt for the Oil, but is expected to return to Bakersfield and continue to lead the Condors, in his sixth season with the team. 

Other transactional notes from today:

Although none of the players are expected to remain with their NHL clubs by season’s start, it stands a chance for them to make an impression, and for fans to get to see some former notable prospects skate at the highest level.

Predators Reassign Cameron Reid, Release Scott Harrington

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The Predators have trimmed their training camp roster by two this morning, saying goodbye to a pair of semi-notable defensemen. The club announced they’ve reassigned first-round pick Cameron Reid to OHL Kitchener and released Scott Harrington from his professional tryout.

Reid, 18, was the No. 21 overall pick in June’s draft and was never expected to challenge for an NHL job on his first try. That’s not to detract from the mobile lefty’s skills – more than a few public rankings had him going in the teens, but at “just” 6’0″, he slipped in a draft where teams prioritized height on the blue line. He was the fifth defenseman off the board and had a well-rounded showing for Kitchener last year, posting a 14-40–54 scoring line in 67 appearances with 44 PIMs and a +39 rating. He also won a gold medal with Canada at the under-18 Hlinka Gretzky Cup at the beginning of the season.

Reid was in Nashville’s camp by virtue of his presence on their reserve list. They’ve yet to sign him to an entry-level contract, so he’s not eligible to play in a regular-season contest yet anyway. He’ll return to Kitchener for a third junior season before getting a longer look at an opening night slot next fall.

Harrington was brought into camp for veteran depth to help them meet exhibition game minimums early on in the preseason schedule, but he ended up not making an appearance. The team did not say whether he had been assigned to their AHL affiliate’s camp. Considering he hasn’t signed a contract or tryout agreement with Milwaukee, it’s fair to assume this is a true departure from the organization and he’ll need to look elsewhere to play in 2025-26.

The 32-year-old’s resume boasts over 250 games of NHL experience, although none since the 2022-23 season. He spent last year on an AHL contract with the Springfield Thunderbirds, where he had five points and a -5 rating in 49 appearances.

Predators Sign Scott Harrington, Isaac Ratcliffe To PTOs

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The Predators are bringing in defenseman Scott Harrington and winger Isaac Ratcliffe into training camp on professional tryouts, reports Brooks Bratten of NHL.com. Both are likely angling for contracts with their AHL affiliate in Milwaukee for the upcoming season.

Harrington, 32, has over 250 games of NHL experience but hasn’t played in the league since the 2022-23 season, which he split between the Sharks and Ducks. He spent last season on an AHL contract with the Springfield Thunderbirds, the Blues’ affiliate, and made 49 appearances. While historically more of a two-way defender, the offense wasn’t there for Harrington, who only contributed a goal and five points with a -5 rating. The year before, he had four assists in 14 games with Switzerland’s ZSC Lions – the only overseas experience of the lefty’s lengthy professional career.

There’s little downside for the Predators in adding an experienced rearguard to their depth ranks, but the likelihood of him landing an NHL contract – let alone a call-up – isn’t all that high. The team already has 15 defenders signed to contracts for the upcoming campaign, and redundant veteran names like Andreas Englund, Kevin Gravel, and Jordan Oesterle to fill veteran injury replacement roles with more recent NHL experience.

Ratcliffe, 26, only has 10 games of NHL experience back in 2021-22 with the Flyers. He scored a goal and three assists during that call-up. A 2017 second-round pick, Nashville initially acquired him for future considerations midway through the 2022-23 campaign but left him stashed with Milwaukee for the balance of the campaign. He’s spent the last two years on AHL deals, hopping to the independent Chicago Wolves in 2023-24 before returning to Milwaukee for last year. The 6’6″ forward was injury-limited to just 13 games, scoring a goal and two assists. His PTO will serve as an AHL tryout as well, much like Harrington’s, in an effort to extend his playing career.

Blues Sign Six Players To Tryouts

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The Blues signed forwards Nikita Alexandrov, Sam Bitten, Matthew Peca, defenseman Scott Harrington, and goaltender David Tendeck to professional tryouts, general manager Doug Armstrong announced Wednesday. Undrafted forward Jake Gudelj will also be in Blues camp on an amateur tryout.

Extending a PTO to Alexandrov allows him to participate in training camp despite still being a restricted free agent. The 24-year-old remains unsigned after appearing in 23 games for St. Louis last season, recording two assists and a -4 rating while averaging 8:32 per game.

A second-round pick of the Blues back in 2019, Alexandrov completed his entry-level contract in 2023-24. He’s grown into an elite offensive presence in the minors, recording 45 points in 48 games with the AHL’s Springfield Thunderbirds over the past two seasons, but hasn’t climbed past a fourth-line role at the NHL level.

Bitten, Harrington, and Peca already have contracts in hand with the Thunderbirds for this season, so their PTOs simply allow the Blues to give them a look in an NHL environment and further posit whether to extend two-way offers to them as the season progresses. Bitten has no NHL experience, but the latter two vets have combined for 338 appearances at the game’s highest level.

Meanwhile, the 24-year-old Tendeck will look to land likely an AHL contract with Springfield or an ECHL contract with the Blues’ second-tier affiliate, the Florida Everblades. The former Coyotes draft pick ended a tumultuous 2023-24 campaign with the Everblades, logging a .972 SV% and 0.99 GAA in three appearances after being a sub-.900 netminder in the ECHL since the beginning of 2022-23.

Gudelj, 18, was draft-eligible for the first time last summer but already has three seasons of junior hockey under his belt. Injuries limited the forward to 16 games last season with the WHL’s Tri-City Americans, posting three goals and four assists. He’ll look to capture an entry-level contract with the Blues to turn pro within their system in 2025.

AHL Signings: 7/12/24

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With the major dust settled in NHL free agency, teams’ AHL affiliates are looking to fill out their roster to complement the many two-way additions made around the league so far this summer. Expect many minor-league-only contracts signed as the month progresses. Here are today’s:

  • The Springfield Thunderbirds announced they’ve signed veteran defenseman Scott Harrington to a one-year contract. Harrington, 31, has 255 games of NHL experience and last suited up in 2022-23 for the Ducks and Sharks. He spent last season in Switzerland with the ZSC Lions of the National League, where injuries limited him to four assists, 2 PIMs and a +4 rating in 14 games. He’ll look to get back on track in North America and will take part in his eighth AHL season, now with the Blues’ affiliate. In addition to Anaheim and San Jose, Harrington has also spent time in the Blue Jackets, Maple Leafs and Penguins organizations.
  • The Milwaukee Admirals have signed forward Kale Howarth to a one-year deal and center Kyle Marino to a two-year pact, per a team announcement. Neither brings NHL experience to the club, which serves as the Predators’ primary affiliate. Howarth, 27, was a 2017 fifth-round pick of the Blue Jackets but wasn’t signed to an entry-level contract upon finishing up his collegiate career at UConn in 2021. He’s spent the last three seasons in the Blackhawks organization on AHL contracts, splitting his time between the Rockford IceHogs and their ECHL affiliate, the Indy Fuel. Injuries cost him a solid chunk of last season, limiting him to 20 total games. He had six points in 50 games with the IceHogs since turning pro. Marino, 29, will fill out an enforcer role and can play defense if necessary as well. The 6’3″, 220-lb aggressor spent last season with the Chicago Wolves, where he had four points and a career-high 114 PIMs in 65 games. Like Howarth, he’s entering his fourth AHL season.
  • The Kings organization has added some goalie depth in the form of Dryden McKay, who inked a one-year contract with the Ontario Reign today. The 26-year-old has spent most of the last two seasons with the ECHL’s Newfoundland Growlers, the second-tier affiliate of the Maple Leafs, which ceased operations shortly before the end of the 2023-24 campaign. McKay, who was an intriguing addition to the Toronto pipeline after winning the Hobey Baker Award as the top player in college hockey with Minnesota State in 2021-22, has been unimpressive. He posted a .899 SV% and 3.18 GAA with a 27-20-5 record for Newfoundland the past two years. He has two AHL games to his name, both in 2022-23, recording a .885 SV% and 3.38 GAA for the Toronto Marlies.
  • The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have signed defenseman Mats Lindgren to a one-year deal, the club announced. Lindgren, 20 in August, lands with the Pittsburgh organization after finishing his junior career with the WHL’s Red Deer Rebels. The smooth-skating left-shot defender was drafted 106th overall in 2022 by the Sabres but wasn’t offered an ELC before the June 1 deadline, thus becoming a UFA. He’ll try to work his way up toward earning an NHL deal with Pittsburgh after recording 41 points and a -4 rating in 63 games for Red Deer last season.

Minor Transactions: 10/17/23

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It’s a busy hockey day across the world, as the Champions Hockey League prepares for Game Day 6. This brings together a slew of exciting matchups, including a bout between Sweden’s Farjestad and Germany’s Munich Red Bulls. Farjestad has excelled in the CHL so far this season, winning four of their five games and averaging 4.4 goals-for and 1.8 goals-against on a per-game basis. Munich is coming off a tough loss in their home league but boasts one of the few offenses that can keep up with Farjestad. Munich also has the league’s scoring leader: former NHL first-round pick Jonathon Blum.

Hockey fans will have plenty to keep them busy with seven CHL games, and nine NHL games, on the slate today. The transaction wire remains as busy as the action on the ice and, as always, we’ll track notable player movement here.

This page may be updated throughout the day. 

Minor Transactions: 10/14/23

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With most leagues now underway for their 2023-24 seasons, there is still a lot of activity on the minor transactions front as players look to secure spots before it’s too late.  Here’s a rundown of transaction activity that has an NHL connection.

  • The Kings’ AHL affiliate in Ontario announced that they’ve released veteran goalie Jean-Francois Berube from his tryout agreement; he had previously been in camp with Los Angeles. The 32-year-old has bounced around the minors over the past few seasons, spending time with five different organizations over the last four years.  Berube last saw NHL action back in 2021-22 with Columbus but will have his work cut out for him to get back to the top level as first, he’ll need to catch on with another AHL squad.
  • After getting cut from Carolina’s training camp, veteran forward Nick Shore is returning to HV71 in Sweden according to a report from SportExpressen’s Johan Svensson and Jacob Johannesson. The 31-year-old last saw regular action back in 2019-20 with Toronto and Winnipeg and has 299 games at the top level under his belt.
  • Scott Harrington’s tryout with Anaheim’s farm team was short-lived as AHL San Diego announced that he has been released. The 30-year-old finished last season with the Ducks after being claimed on waivers at the end of February and held his own, picking up four points in 17 games while averaging over 18 minutes a night.  Now, he’ll have to head to a new organization and will likely have to settle for an AHL contract at this point to catch on somewhere.

This post will be updated throughout the day.

West Notes: Lindholm, Schenn, Kings, Harrington

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There has been some optimism about the Flames and pending UFA center Elias Lindholm working out an extension after the veteran indicated a desire to get a deal done.  However, the two sides aren’t close to an agreement, Pierre LeBrun of TSN and The Athletic reported in TSN’s latest Insider Trading segment (video link).  Calgary could point to the extension that Winnipeg’s Mark Scheifele just signed, a seven-year deal that carries a cap hit of $8.5MM as a possible comparable, if not a bit lower given that Lindholm’s career numbers aren’t as high as Scheifele’s.  However, if the Flames want to get a deal done early, their offer might have to get closer to the $9MM range on a max-term agreement or close to it.

More from the Western Conference:

  • Predators defenseman Luke Schenn was a late scratch for tonight’s game against Seattle with what the team is calling (Twitter link) a lower-body injury. The 33-year-old logged a little more than 15 minutes in his first game with Nashville after inking a three-year, $8.25MM contract with them this past summer.
  • Earlier this month, the Kings wrapped up a one-year extension with head coach Todd McLellan. He won’t be the only member of the coaching staff on an expiring deal next season as GM Rob Blake told reporters including LA Kings Insider’s Zach Dooley that all of their coaches are now under contract through the 2024-25 campaign.
  • Scott Harrington is still looking to land a full contract for this season. After failing to secure a deal with the Ducks in training camp, he’ll remain with the organization for now on another tryout agreement, this time of the AHL variety as their affiliate in San Diego announced they’ve inked him to a PTO deal.  The 30-year-old has primarily been in the NHL over the last six years but he’ll have to work his way back up this season.  In the minors, a PTO can last for 25 games and a player can sign two of them in a playing year.

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