Morning Hits: Waivers and Roster Moves
  • Renaud Lavoie: Placed on waivers yesterday: Spencer Abbott, Kevin Marshall and Trevor Smith (TOR), Jacob Markstrom (VAN), Darcy Zajac, Joe Whitney, Scott Timmins, Michael Sislo, Tim Sestito, Dan Kelly and Brandon Burlon (NJ), Jeremy Welsh, Sebastian Wannstrom, David Shields, Brent Regner, Philip McRae, John McCarthy and Patrick Cannone (STL), Mark Van Guilder, Joe Piskula and Kevin Henderson (NSH), John Curry (MIN), Andrew Gordon, Brandon Manning and Oliver Lauridsen (PHI), Patrick McNeill and Mark Louis (ARI), Bryan Lerg and Michael Haley (SJ), Brian O’Neill (LA), Karl Stollery and Paul Carey (COL).

Roster moves with the aid of NHLFreeAgents

  • Vancouver Canucks: Assigned to Utica (AHL): Henrik Tommernes D , Kent Huskins D , Ronalds Kenins LW  , Alex Friesen C , Joe Cannata G , John Negrin D , Kane Lafranchise D , Brendan Gaunce C.  Attending Utica training camp: JT Wyman RW and Carter Bancks LW. Assigned to Junior: Jake Virtanen RW (WHL)
  • Chicago Blackhawks: Assigned to Rockford (AHL): forwards Matt Carey, Phillip Danault, Alex Broadhurst, Drew LeBlanc and Mark McNeill and defenseman Stephen Jones, Mathieu Brisebois, Dillon Fournier and Viktor Svedberg. Cam Barker was released.
  • St. Louis Blues: Assigned to Chicago (AHL) are forwards: Rob Bordson, Terry Broadhurst, Jacob Doty, Benn Ferriero, Zach Pochiro, Ryan Tesink and Yannick Veilleux. Defensemen assigned were Mathieu Brodeur, Joel Edmundson and Jani Hakanpaa and goaltender Niklas Lundstrom.
  • Los Angeles Kings: Assigned to Manchester (AHL): Justin Auger – LW, Kevin Gravel – D, Ryan Horvat – C, Maxim Kitsyn – LW, Zachary Leslie – D, Kurtis MacDermid – D, Michael Mersch – LW, Colin Miller – D, Alex Roach – D, Scott Sabourin – RW. Returned to Junior: Alex Lintuniemi – D (Ottawa, OHL) and Valentin Zykov – RW (Baie-Comeau, QMJHL). Released from PTO: Jeff Deslauries – G.
  • Minnesota Wild: Assigned to Iowa (AHL): D Corbin Baldwin, C Brady Brassart, LW Raphael Bussieres, G John Curry, RW Kurtis Gabriel, D Alex Gudbranson, G Johan Gustafsson, D Colton Jobke, RW Zack Mitchell and LW Ryan Walters. Assigned to Junior: Dylan Labbe (Shawinigan, QMJHL) and Hunter Warner (Prince Albert, WHL).
  • Columbus Blue Jackets: Assigned to Springfield (AHL): goaltender Anton Forsberg, forwards Lukas Sedlak, Trent Vogelhuber and Riley Wetmore and defensemen Hubert Labrie and Thomas Larkin. Returned to Junior: forward Nick Moutrey (Saginaw/Ontario Hockey League) and defenseman Dillon Heatherington (Swift Current/Western Hockey League).
  • Buffalo Sabres: Assigned to Rochester (AHL): Forwards: Luke Adam (pending waivers), William Carrier, Daniel Catenacci, Colin Jacobs, Justin Kea, Jordan Samuels-Thomas, Kevin Sundher and Philip Varone. Defensemen: Brady Austin, Jerome Leduc and Chad Ruhwedel. Returned to Junior: Justin Bailey (Kitchener, OHL) and Brendan Lemieux (Barrie, OHL).