Taxi Squad

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 St. Louis Blues have assigned Mitch Reinke to the taxi squad, sending Dakota Joshua to the AHL’s Utica Comets in the process. Reinke has recorded 12 points in 18 games for Utica this season but hasn’t seen NHL ice since 2018.
• The Anaheim Ducks have sent Kodie Curran to the AHL and replaced him on the taxi squad with Trevor Carrick. Neither one has played an NHL game this season, which is somewhat surprising given Curran’s success in the SHL the last two years.
• The San Jose Sharks have sent Ivan Chekhovich and Alexander True back to the AHL where they have spent most of this season. True, a 23-year-old undrafted forward, has 20 points in 27 games for the San Jose Barracuda.  Joel Kellman and Fredrik Handemark were also sent down, per CapFriendly, with True being recalled later in the day back to the taxi squad.  Greg Pateryn, Joachim Blichfeld, and Alexander Barabanov were also all sent back to the taxi squad.
• The Colorado Avalanche have returned Kiefer Sherwood and Miikka Salomaki to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly.  Sherwood has two assists in eight games with the Avs while Salomaki, a veteran of 167 career NHL games, has yet to suit up with Colorado this season.

North Division

• The Winnipeg Jets have returned Dominic Toninato to the AHL, where he has two goals in two games this season. The 27-year-old played 46 games for the Panthers last season but has yet to play in the NHL this year.

Central Division

• The time has come for Joe Veleno, who the Detroit Red Wings recalled from the taxi squad today. Veleno is expected to make his NHL debut after spending this season in Sweden playing for Malmo in the SHL. The Red Wings have also done their daily goalie swap, recalling Kaden Fulcher to the taxi squad and sending Kevin Boyle back to the AHL. They have also added Hayden Verbeek to the taxi squad.
• The Carolina Hurricanes have returned Joakim Ryan to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly.  Ryan has played in the last three games while on an emergency loan, being shifted back to the taxi squad on non-gamedays.
• The Florida Panthers have recalled Grigori Denisenko and Aleksi Heponiemi from the taxi squad to the active roster, and both will be in tonight against the Predators.
• The Dallas Stars are giving Ty Dellandrea a chance to get some game action in, sending him to the minors.  He has played just once since April 9th, hardly an ideal situation for one of their better prospects. The 20-year-old has five points in 26 NHL games this season.
• The Tampa Bay Lightning have brought up Callan Foote from the taxi squad, per CapFriendly.  Foote, a 2017 first-rounder, has averaged 13:00 per game in 34 games this season.

East Division

• The Boston Bruins have recalled Trent Frederic from the taxi squad while sending Jeremy Swayman back to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly.  Frederic has played in 36 games so far this season while Swayman has impressed in limited action, posting a .946 SV% in seven starts and should get another chance soon.
• The Buffalo Sabres have brought up Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen from the taxi squad, per CapFriendly.  He’s expected to make his second career NHL start tonight.
• The New Jersey Devils have promoted Nolan Foote and Connor Carrick from the taxi squad, per CapFriendly.  Foote made his NHL debut earlier this month and has a point in each of the two games he played while Carrick has been held off the scoresheet in five games.  In corresponding moves, Colton White was assigned to the taxi squad while Fabian Zetterlund was recalled to the taxi squad.
• The Philadelphia Flyers are giving Yegor Zamula his NHL debut night, recalling him from the taxi squad, per CapFriendly.  The 21-year-old has five assists in 17 games with Lehigh Valley of the AHL this season.  Andy Andreoff was also brought up from the taxi squad.

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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

• The Los Angeles Kings have recalled top prospect Quinton Byfield to the taxi squad, along with Lias Andersson. Boko Imama has been returned to the AHL to make room.
• The St. Louis Blues have recalled Steven Santini from the taxi squad as they prepare for action tonight against the Avalanche. The team recently lost both Colton Parayko and Vince Dunn to injury, meaning Santini could be ready to make his Blues debut this evening.
• The Anaheim Ducks have recalled Trevor Zegras and Simon Benoit to the taxi squad, sending Hunter Drew and Maxim Golod to the AHL. Zegras has dominated since going back down to transition to center and should be back on the Ducks roster fairly soon.

North Division

• The Ottawa Senators have made several moves, including the recall of two goaltenders from the minor leagues. Ottawa can’t seem to keep their NHL netminders healthy, meaning Filip Gustavsson (active roster) and Kevin Mandolese (taxi squad) are both up from Belleville. To make room, Cody Goloubef and Logan Shaw have both been re-assigned to the AHL.
• The Vancouver Canucks have recalled Kole Lind from the taxi squad and Artus Silovs under emergency conditions. Silovs will serve as backup for Braden Holtby after Thatcher Demko suffered a lower-body injury at morning skate.
• The Calgary Flames have recalled Connor Mackey to the taxi squad, following Noah Hanifin’s season-ending injury. Mackey, 24, is in his first professional season and has played three games for the Flames so far.
• The Edmonton Oilers have recalled Ryan McLeod from the taxi squad under emergency conditions, placing Zack Kassian on long-term injured reserve in the process. Kassian has been listed as week-to-week, but will have to miss at least ten games, meaning he could only return in time for the final game of the regular season.

Central Divison

• The Columbus Blue Jackets have recalled Matiss Kivlenieks to the taxi squad, while sending Josh Dunne and Daniil Tarasov to the AHL. Dunne, 22, has played in six games with the Blue Jackets since signing out of Clarkson University.
• The Detroit Red Wings have swapped practice goalies once again, sending Kaden Fulcher to the AHL and recalling Kevin Boyle to the taxi squad.
• The Florida Panthers have recalled Grigori Denisenko and Aleksi Heponiemi from the AHL and placed them on the taxi squad. Both young players have appeared in a few games for Florida this season, but given the team’s depth additions at the deadline, may not be able to crack the lineup down the stretch.

East Division

• The New Jersey Devils have sent Gilles Senn back to the AHL from their taxi squad. Senn, 25, hasn’t been very good for the Binghamton Devils this season, posting an .897 save percentage in 13 appearances.

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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:

North Division

• The Vancouver Canucks are expected to assign goaltender Michael DiPietro to Utica of the AHL, according to Canucks writer Rick Dhaliwal. Dipietro has been serving as the team’s third goaltender and is on an emergency loan. The netminder has yet to appear in a game in the 2020-21 season and would be best off getting playing time in the AHL where he had a 2.79 GAA and a .908 save percentage in 36 appearances last season. UPDATE: The Canucks have officially loaned DiPietro to Utica.

East Division

• The Philadelphia Flyers have swapped out some prospects as the team announced it has recalled defenseman Egor Zamula and goaltender Felix Sandstrom from the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the AHL to the taxi squad. The team has also assigned defensemen Linus Hogberg and Mason Millman from the taxi squad to Lehigh Valley.

Central Division

• The Columbus Blue Jackets have swapped out goaltenders. The team announced that it has added Daniil Tarasov to the taxi squad, while assigning Matiss Kivlenieks to the Cleveland Monsters of the AHL. Tarasov, one of the team’s top prospects, has struggled in four appearances since arriving from the KHL as he has a 3.23 GAA and a .883 save percentage.
• The Florida Panthers have added a pair of forwards to their NHL squad as the team has recalled Grigori Denisenko and Aleksi Heponiemi from the taxi squad, according to the AHL transaction page. Denisenko has appeared in two games this season for the Panthers, while Heponiemi has a goal in three games in Florida.

West Division

• The Vegas Golden Knights have flipped taxi squad goaltenders.  Their AHL affiliate in Henderson announced that Logan Thompson has been recalled to the taxi squad with Oscar Dansk heading to the Silver Knights.  Dansk has made just six starts this season (five in the AHL and one in the NHL) and could certainly benefit from a bit of playing time.  Thompson, meanwhile, has played in 20 minor league contests this year while making his NHL debut, playing eight minutes in relief last month.
• The Los Angeles Kings have sent Lias Andersson and Daniel Brickley back to Ontario of the AHL per the AHL’s transactions log.  Andersson got into their minor league contest today.  Bokondji Imama was recalled to the taxi squad in a corresponding move.
• The Arizona Coyotes have recalled Frederik Gauthier and Ivan Prosvetov to the taxi squad, per the AHL’s transactions log.  Gauthier has played in just two games with Arizona this season while Prosvetov has made three appearances over the past month, posting a save percentage of just .824.

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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:

North Division

• The Jets announced that they’ve assigned Ville Heinola from the taxi squad to AHL Manitoba. The 20-year-old was recalled from Manitoba five weeks ago and has played just once since then which is hardly ideal for a prospect.  He’ll get to play more regularly with the Moose for their stretch run.
• The Flames announced the recalls of Byron Froese and Glenn Gawdin to the taxi squad from AHL Stockton. Both veterans have seen limited duty with Calgary this season; Froese has a goal in six games while Gawdin has been held off the scoresheet in his five contests.

East Division

• The Devils have swapped taxi squad goalies, recalling Gilles Senn while sending down Evan Cormier, per the AHL’s transactions log. Both goalies have struggled considerably with AHL Binghamton with Senn posting a save percentage of .897 in 13 games while Cormier has managed a mark of just .879 in his seven appearances.
• The Flyers have brought up Linus Hogberg to the taxi squad while sending Felix Sandstrom back to Lehigh Valley, per the AHL’s transactions log.  Hogberg is in his first season in North America and has five points in 18 AHL games while Sandstrom has a save percentage of just .838 this season.

Central Division

 

West Division

• The Ducks have recalled Hunter Drew and Maxim Golod from AHL San Diego to the taxi squad while sending Benoit-Olivier Groulx back to the Gulls, per the AHL’s transactions log.  Drew and Golod have had limited roles in the minors and have been recalled before to get other Anaheim players on the taxi squad some playing time which is likely the case with Groulx here.
• The Kings have recalled Daniel Brickley from AHL Ontario to the taxi squad, per a team announcement. Brickley, a highly sought after college free agent in 2018, has five points in 19 games with the Reign this season and hasn’t seen NHL action since 2018-19.  Meanwhile, Lias Andersson was recalled from the taxi squad; the 2017 first-rounder has two goals in 13 games this season with Los Angeles.

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 several new additions to their taxi squad.  Their AHL affiliate announced that Martin Kaut, Keaton Middleton, Miikka Salomaki, and Adam Werner were all promoted to the taxi squad with Jayson Megna being sent down.  Those recalls were needed with the promotions of Jonas Johansson, Conor Timmins, and Kiefer Sherwood on emergency loans to the NHL roster, per CapFriendly.
• The Minnesota Wild have recalled Nico Sturm from the taxi squad on an emergency basis, per CapFriendly.  The 25-year-old has six goals and four assists in 38 games played this season while logging a little less than 11 minutes per game.
• The San Jose Sharks have recalled Joel Kellman on an emergency basis from the taxi squad, per CapFriendly.  He scored his first goal of the season back on Saturday and has played in six games so far.  Jacob Middleton was recalled to the taxi squad from the minors in a corresponding move.
• The Vegas Golden Knights recalled Dylan Sikura to the taxi squad and then promoted him to the active roster later in the day, per CapFriendly.  Tonight will be his first NHL game of the year after playing in 47 contests with Chicago over parts of the last three seasons.

North Division

• The Montreal Canadiens are flying Charlie Lindgren to Edmonton on a private charter to serve as the team’s taxi squad goaltender. Lindgren will not have to face quarantine restrictions, giving Montreal another goalie to help out while Carey Price is dealing with a concussion.  Cayden Primeau was recalled from the taxi squad to take Price’s place, per CapFriendly.
• The Edmonton Oilers have recalled James Neal from the taxi squad while also activating Ryan Nugent-Hopkins off injured reserve.  Neal is likely taking the place of Jujhar Khaira on the active roster after he was shaken up early in Monday’s game against Montreal.  Nugent-Hopkins, meanwhile, has missed the last two weeks with a concussion.
• The Vancouver Canucks have sent Ashton Sautner and Michael DiPietro back to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly.  Both players had been up on emergency recalls as Vancouver is missing several players due to injuries and COVID-19.  Guillaume Brisebois was also sent to the minors.

Central Division

• The Detroit Red Wings have once again flipped Kevin Boyle and Kaden Fulcher between the taxi squad and AHL, with the latter joining the Grand Rapids Griffins this time. The team consistently swaps their depth goalies back and forth to keep them playing.
• The Carolina Hurricanes have returned Jake Bean, Morgan Geekie, and Max McCormick to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly.  The three are no strangers to being shuffled back and forth and as they were all up on emergency recall, they won’t count against Carolina’s limit if they’re needed again for tomorrow’s game against Florida.
• The Dallas Stars have sent Ty Dellandrea and Taylor Fedun back to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly.  Both players were recalled yesterday on emergency loans although Dellandrea was the only one who suited up against Detroit.
• The Nashville Predators have brought up Tanner Jeannot from the taxi squad while sending Philip Tomasino back to the AHL from the taxi squad.  Jeannot has two goals in six games this season while Tomasino has 20 points in just 18 games in his first professional season.

East Division

• After bringing them both up yesterday, the New Jersey Devils have sent Brett Seney and Nate Schnarr back to the AHL. Schnarr, 22, is still waiting for his first chance at the NHL level but has six goals and 11 points in 20 games for the Binghamton Devils this year.  Connor Carrick and Matt Tennyson were also sent back to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly.
• The Philadelphia Flyers have recalled Mason Millman to the taxi squad from the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Millman, 19, is one of the prospects who should have gone back to the OHL, had the junior league ever been able to start this season. He’ll get a taste of NHL life will on the taxi squad, though it is unlikely he actually gets into a game.
• The Buffalo Sabres have loaned Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen to the taxi squad, per CapFriendly.  The 22-year-old is viewed as their potential starter of the future and despite having a tough year in the minors, he’s expected to make his NHL debut in the coming days.

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