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Waiver Wire: 10/6/24

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Today is the major day for the waiver wire as most teams in the NHL are preparing the 23-man rosters for the 2024-25 NHL season. Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman confirmed that all players on waivers from yesterday have cleared. The following list is each player placed on waivers this afternoon as reported by PuckPedia.

Boston Bruins

F Patrick Brown
G Brandon Bussi
G Jiri Patera
D Billy Sweezey
F Jeffrey Viel

Buffalo Sabres

D Kale Clague
G James Reimer
F Lukas Rousek

Calgary Flames

G Devin Cooley
F Jakob Pelletier
F Cole Schwindt

Carolina Hurricanes

F Josiah Slavin
D Ty Smith
F Ryan Suzuki

Chicago Blackhawks 

D Isaak Phillips

Detroit Red Wings

F Sheldon Dries
D Justin Holl
D William Lagesson
D Brogan Rafferty
F Joe Snively

Edmonton Oilers

D Josh Brown
F Drake Caggiula
F Raphael Lavoie
G Olivier Rodrigue

Los Angeles Kings

G Pheonix Copley
F Samuel Fagemo
F Jack Studnicka

Nashville Predators

D Marc Del Gaizo

New Jersey Devils

F Shane Bowers
D Nick DeSimone
F Nolan Foote
D Colton White

New York Islanders

D Samuel Bolduc
F Pierre Engvall
F Hudson Fasching
F Liam Foudy
G Marcus Hogberg
D Grant Hutton
F Fredrik Karlstrom
G Jakub Skarek

New York Rangers

D Matthew Robertson

Ottawa Senators

F Adam Gaudette
F Jan Jenik

Pittsburgh Penguins

D Sebastian Aho
F Bokondji Imama

St. Louis Blues

D Corey Schueneman
D Tyler Tucker

Tampa Bay Lightning

F Gage Goncalves
D Steven Santini
F Jesse Ylonen

Toronto Maple Leafs

G Matt Murray
D Marshall Rifai

Utah Hockey Club

G Matt Villalta

Vancouver Canucks

D Erik Brannstrom

Vegas Golden Knights

F Zach Aston-Reese
F Tanner Laczynski
F Jonas Rondbjerg

Washington Capitals

G Hunter Shepard

Winnipeg Jets

F Jaret Anderson-Dolan

Vegas Golden Knights Sign Tanner Pearson

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Another professional tryout agreement has ended in a guaranteed contract. The Vegas Golden Knights organization has announced they have signed veteran forward Tanner Pearson to a one-year, $775K contract for the 2024-25 NHL season.

It’s a feel-good story for Pearson who has been limited by injuries the last few years. His last year with the Vancouver Canucks in 2022-23 saw Pearson skate in only 14 contests during the season as a hand injury requiring three surgeries lost him much of the year. He managed to skate in more than half of the games last year with the Montreal Canadiens but another hand injury lost him 38 games on the season.

The injuries to his hand have certainly limited his offensive production over the last two years but Pearson has been known as a reliable depth scorer in the past. He’s no longer a player who can carry responsibility in the top six for a playoff contender like his days with the Los Angeles Kings in the mid-to-late 2010s.

He has shown glimpses of his goal-scoring capabilities recently with 21 goals in 69 games for the Canucks in 2019-20 with another 24 in 119 games from 2020-22. The Golden Knights will likely use Pearson in a bottom-six role on the wing for some offensive punch toward the bottom of the lineup.

The signing is not all that surprising despite Pearson’s waning abilities over the last couple of years. Vegas has experienced a dramatic decrease in depth thanks to spending toward the upper limit of the salary cap and will have to supplement their roster with league minimum contracts.

TSN’s Chris Johnston was the first to report the signing.

Robin Lehner Won’t Count Against Golden Knights’ Salary Cap

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Goaltender Robin Lehner will carry a $0 cap hit for the Golden Knights this season, reports Frank Seravalli of Daily Faceoff. They’d reportedly been exploring options to terminate his contract after he failed to report for his pre-training camp physical, which Lehner said was pre-planned.

The 33-year-old is entering the final season of a five-year, $25MM contract, but he’s missed all of the last two seasons after undergoing double hip surgery. He was expected to remain on long-term injured reserve for all of the 2024-25 campaign as well, but Vegas couldn’t have placed him there without him failing a physical.

Since he didn’t report, Vegas was in a tricky situation, requiring the league and NHLPA to step in. They’ve now reached a resolution that will still involve Lehner receiving his $4.4MM salary for this season, per Seravalli, but he’ll effectively be suspended without pay as it relates to Vegas’ salary cap picture.

That takes a ton of workload off general manager Kelly McCrimmon’s plate. The Golden Knights would have had no issues starting the season with a cap-compliant roster with Lehner on LTIR, but that wouldn’t have allowed them to accrue cap space throughout the year. They’ll now be able to accrue space by operating without LTIR. It’ll be a significant amount of flexibility, too – with a full roster, they’ll have $1.36MM in projected space on opening night with Lehner essentially off the books, per PuckPedia.

At this stage, if it wasn’t already, Lehner’s NHL career should be considered over. The Swedish netminder made 364 appearances in parts of 12 seasons with the Senators, Sabres, Knights, Islanders, and Blackhawks, posting a strong .917 career SV% and 2.71 GAA with a 152-141-49 record and 17 shutouts.

Training Camp Cuts: 10/2/24

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We’re in the final stages of teams making sweeping training camp cuts before the true final roster battles come into play. There are only six days to go until opening night, and most teams now only have five to 10 players – if that – to trim from their rosters to comply with the 23-player maximum. We’ll list all of Wednesday’s cuts here.

Last updated 1:33 p.m.

Carolina Hurricanes (per the team’s Walt Ruff)

G Spencer Martin (to AHL Chicago, pending waivers)

Chicago Blackhawks (per Mario Tirabassi of CHGO Sports)

D Louis Crevier (to AHL Rockford)
D Kevin Korchinski (to AHL Rockford)
F Frank Nazar (to AHL Rockford)
F AJ Spellacy (to OHL Windsor)

Colorado Avalanche (per team announcement)

D Jack Ahcan (to AHL Colorado, pending waivers)
D Sean Behrens (to AHL Colorado)
F Jean-Luc Foudy (to AHL Colorado)
F Jere Innala (to AHL Colorado)
F Jayson Megna (released from PTO to AHL Colorado)
G Trent Miner (to AHL Colorado)
F Matthew Phillips (to AHL Colorado, pending waivers)
F Jason Polin (to AHL Colorado)
D Calle Rosén (to AHL Colorado, pending waivers)
F Matthew Stienburg (to AHL Colorado)

Columbus Blue Jackets (per team release)

F Trey Fix-Wolansky (to AHL Cleveland, pending waivers)

New York Rangers (per team release)

F Anton Blidh (to AHL Hartford)
G Louis Domingue (to AHL Hartford)
D Casey Fitzgerald (to AHL Hartford)
G Dylan Garand (to AHL Hartford)
D Brandon Scanlin (to AHL Hartford)

Pittsburgh Penguins (per team announcement)

F Avery Hayes (released from PTO to AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton)
D Dan Renouf (released from PTO to AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton)

San Jose Sharks (per team announcement)

F Andrew Poturalski (to AHL San Jose)
F Scott Sabourin (to AHL San Jose)
F Colin White (released from PTO to AHL San Jose)

Utah Hockey Club (per team announcement)

F Tij Iginla (to WHL Kelowna)

Vegas Golden Knights (per team release)

D Robert Hägg (to AHL Henderson)
F Mason Morelli (to AHL Henderson)
G Akira Schmid (to AHL Henderson)

Robin Lehner Update Expected To Be Announced This Week

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Edmonton Oilers reporter Tony Brar tweeted that Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse will most likely play tomorrow. Nurse has missed Edmonton’s first six preseason games to rest an undisclosed injury. Nurse might have missed some games, but he has been on the ice skating during his absence as he can ill afford to start slowly this year after a difficult 2023-24 season.

The Oilers are firmly in their Stanley Cup window and need everything they can get from the 29-year-old especially when he is counting $9.25MM against the salary cap. Nurse has historically been a solid two-way defenseman for Edmonton but struggled considerably last year, especially in the playoffs where his even-strength play fell off a cliff.

In other Pacific Division notes:

  • Daniel Nugent-Bowman of The Athletic tweeted that Oilers forward Roby Jarventie will be out for a few days beyond the season-opening rosters being finalized and then will go to the AHL. The 22-year-old has been dealing with a knee injury that has kept him out of training camp and will be looking to build on a successful albeit brief AHL run last season with the Senators. Jarventie had nine goals and 11 assists in 22 AHL games last season with the Belleville Senators and a single assist in seven NHL games. Edmonton acquired Jarventie (along with a fourth-round pick) in a trade that sent Xavier Bourgault and Jake Chiasson to Ottawa.
  • ESPN’s Greg Wyshynski tweeted that NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly says there will be more information about Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Robin Lehner later this week. Lehner was deemed unfit to play just two weeks ago and didn’t report for training camp. At the time, Vegas general manager Kelly McCrimmon said that “”There are unique circumstances surrounding this situation that the NHL, the NHLPA and the club are currently working through. Collectively, we are assessing our next steps and when we have more to say, we will.” One would have to assume that the news later this week will be a follow-up to McCrimmon’s comments from September 19th.

William Karlsson Still Out With Undisclosed Injury

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  • Vegas Golden Knights center William Karlsson was not on the ice for practice again today and there appears to be a growing concern he may not be ready for opening night (X Link). It’s been over a week since he took the ice but the organization remains hopeful he will be healthy for the team’s regular-season opener on October 9th. Karlsson is set to be the second-line center for the Golden Knights this season although Nicolas Roy has been filling that void in the lineup for the last week.

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  • Vegas Golden Knights center William Karlsson was not on the ice for practice again today and there appears to be a growing concern he may not be ready for opening night (X Link). It’s been over a week since he took the ice but the organization remains hopeful he will be healthy for the team’s regular-season opener on October 9th. Karlsson is set to be the second-line center for the Golden Knights this season although Nicolas Roy has been filling that void in the lineup for the last week.

Waiver Wire: 9/28/24

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09/29: All players on Saturday’s waiver wire have cleared, per Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman.

09/28: With the regular season fast approaching, activity on the waiver wire is quickly picking up.  We’ll keep tabs on who has been waived today here.  This post will be updated as more placements come in.

Calgary Flames (per Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman)

D Jonathan Aspirot
F Clark Bishop

Colorado Avalanche (per Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman)

D Wyatt Aamodt
G Kevin Mandolese
D Keaton Middleton

Nashville Predators (per Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman)

F Anthony Angello
D Kevin Gravel
F Jake Lucchini

New York Islanders (per Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman)

F Tyce Thompson

Seattle Kraken (per team announcement)

D Maxime Lajoie

Utah Hockey Club (per team announcement)

F Egor Sokolov

Vegas Golden Knights (per team announcement and Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman)

F Callahan Burke
F Grigori Denisenko
D Mason Geertsen
D Robert Hagg
F Mason Morelli
D Dysin Mayo
F Gage Quinney

Washington Capitals

F Ethen Frank
D Hardy Haman Aktell
F Alex Limoges
D Chase Priskie
F Riley Sutter

As for yesterday’s group, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reports (Twitter link) that all players cleared waivers.

Training Camp Cuts: 9/28/24

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As we reach the midway point of the preseason for most teams, coaches will want to start paring down their rosters to work with more of the main group.  Accordingly, it could be a busy weekend for cuts.  We’ll keep track of today’s cuts here.

Updated: 5:45 PM CT

Calgary Flames (per Sportsnet’s Eric Francis)

F Parker Bell (to AHL Calgary)
F Lucas Ciona (to AHL Calgary)
F Jaden Lipinski (to AHL Calgary)
F William Stromgren (to AHL Calgary)
D Joni Jurmo (to AHL Calgary)
D Jeremie Poirier (to AHL Calgary)

Chicago Blackhawks (via NHL.com’s Tracey Myers)

G Benjamin Gaudreau (released from ATO to AHL Rockford)
F Gavin Hayes (to AHL Rockford)
D D.J. King (released from PTO to AHL Rockford)
F Nick Lardis (to OHL Brantford)
F Paul Ludwinski (to AHL Rockford)
F Jalen Luypen (to AHL Rockford)
F Marcel Marcel (to AHL Rockford)
D Austin Strand (released from PTO to AHL Rockford)

Columbus Blue Jackets (per team announcement)

F Cam Butler (to AHL Cleveland)
G Pavel Cajan (released from PTO to AHL Cleveland)
D Corson Ceulemans (to AHL Cleveland)
D Cole Clayton (to AHL Cleveland)
D Samuel Knazko (to AHL Cleveland)
F Curtis Hall (released from PTO to AHL Cleveland)
G Zach Sawchenko (to AHL Cleveland)

New York Rangers (per team announcement)

F Alex Belzile (to AHL Hartford)
D Ben Harpur (to AHL Hartford)
F Jake Leschyshyn (to AHL Hartford)

Seattle Kraken (per team announcements)

D Nikolas Brouillard (to AHL Coachella Valley)
F Luke Henman (to AHL Coachella Valley)
G Niklas Kokko (to AHL Coachella Valley)
F Jani Nyman (to AHL Coachella Valley)
F Lleyton Roed (to AHL Coachella Valley)

Utah Hockey Club (per team announcements)

F Miko Matikka (to AHL Tucson)
F Owen Allard (to AHL Tucson)
F Julian Lutz (to AHL Tucson)
F Noel Nordh (to AHL Tucson)
D Artem Duda (to AHL Tucson)
G Anson Thornton (to AHL Tucson)
G Jaxson Stauber (to AHL Tucson)
F Cole Beaudoin (to OHL Barrie)
D Terrell Goldsmith (to WHL Tri-City)
D Justin Kipkie (to WHL Victoria)

Vancouver Canucks (per team announcement)

D Sawyer Mynio (to WHL Seattle)

Vegas Golden Knights (per team announcement)

D Jake Bischoff (released from PTO to AHL Henderson)
F Braeden Bowman (released from PTO to AHL Henderson)
F Jakub Brabenec (to AHL Henderson)
F Mathieu Cataford (to QMJHL Rimouski)
D Daniil Chayka (to AHL Henderson)
D Artur Cholach (to AHL Henderson)
D Joe Fleming (to AHL Henderson)
F Ben Hemmerling (to AHL Henderson)
D Brandon Hickey (released from PTO to AHL Henderson)
F Bear Hughes (released from PTO to AHL Henderson)
F Jett Jones (released from PTO to AHL Henderson)
G Carl Lindbom (to AHL Henderson)
D Samuel Mayer (released from PTO to AHL Henderson)
F Riley McKay (released from PTO to AHL Henderson)
F Mitch McLain (released from PTO to AHL Henderson)
F Simon Pinard (released from PTO to AHL Henderson)
F Matyas Sapovaliv (to AHL Henderson)
G Isaiah Saville (to AHL Henderson)
F Sloan Stanick (released from ATO to AHL Henderson)
D Christoffer Sedoff (to AHL Henderson)
F Kai Uchacz (released from ATO to AHL Henderson)
G Jesper Vikman (to AHL Henderson)

This post will be updated throughout the day.

William Karlsson Still Out With Undisclosed Injury, Nic Hague Takes Maintenance Day

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The Vegas Golden Knights were without forward William Karlsson and defenseman Nicolas Hague at practice today (X Link). The former hasn’t been with the team since this past Sunday while Hague seemingly injured himself in last night’s preseason contests against the Los Angeles Kings.

One would reasonably assume Karlsson is dealing with an undisclosed injury given that Vegas held him out of Tuesday’s practice and the game yesterday evening. He did practice toward the start of training camp but may enter the 2024-25 regular season without factoring into a preseason game. Karlsson is coming off another solid season for the Golden Knights last year scoring 30 goals and 60 points in 70 games and will look to build on that total this year.

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  • The AHL affiliate of the Anaheim Ducks, the San Diego Gulls, are bringing in a bit of forward depth announcing a one-year standard contract for Ruslan Gazizov. It will mark Gazizov’s first year in professional hockey after an impressive three-year run with the OHL’s London Knights. The young Russian forward finished third on the Knights in scoring last season with 36 goals and 81 points in 63 games including another seven goals and 14 points in 15 playoff contests.

William Karlsson Takes Maintenance Day

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Max Miller of The Hockey News is reporting that San Jose Sharks rookie phenom Macklin Celebrini left practice today with a lower-body issue. No specifics were given to the media as the Sharks coaching staff referred to the issue as a “Little bit of everything” and they believe that the 18-year-old will practice tomorrow with the team.

The first overall pick in this year’s NHL entry draft had a strong preseason debut on Sunday night against the Vegas Golden Knights scoring a goal and adding an assist. No word on whether or not the issue popped up from something that happened in the game or during training camp. The Sharks aren’t expected to compete for the playoffs this season, but it will be an important season nonetheless as they try to develop their young core.

In other injury notes from around the league:

  • Vegas Golden Knights forward William Karlsson took a maintenance day today and did not practice with the team (as per SinBin.Vegas). Karlsson’s absence is injury-related, although the ailment is being kept out of the media at this time. The 31-year-old won’t play tomorrow but Golden Knights head coach Bruce Cassidy wouldn’t rule him out beyond tomorrow. Karlsson has been relatively durable throughout his career but dealt with a lower-body injury in the second half of last season that kept him out of action for over a month.
  • Alex Daugherty of The Tennessean writes that Nashville Predators forward Fedor Svechkov will be out of action week-to-week with what appears to be a lower-body injury. The 2021 first-round pick has yet to see NHL action after he came over to North America last season and spent the year in the AHL. He appeared to be injured in the Predators preseason game against the Florida Panthers on Sunday after he took a hit from Tobias Bjornfot. Svechkov couldn’t put weight on his left leg as he headed off the ice and down the tunnel.

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