6th year right wing Brant Harris(23) leaves a pair of solid seasons for EC Salzburg of EBEL (41 goals, 36 assists) and signs almost two months into the new frame with Allvenskan‘s Mora IK.
The decently-sized 30-year old forward should do well in Sweden’s tier 2 league and may possibly even be loaned up to the higher SHL but if it doesn’t work out, he’s spent three campaigns with Florida Everblades and seems pretty happy there (for the most part).
11th year defenseman Paul Postma(4) starts his 2nd KHL campaign but switches allegiances from Ak Bars Kazan to Metallurg Magnitogorsk.
He’s been on one-way NHL deals since his entry level deal with Winnipeg Jets expired in 2012/2013 playing 204 games with his final season for Boston Bruins before leaving.
At 30-years old, he was maybe looking to find a nice new hockey home in Russia’s top league but things didn’t work out with his new club, so he up and left agreeing to practice with HC Lugano, a month later signs scoring a goal and 3 assists in 13 NLA games.
9th year center Austin Fyten(19) takes a split season signed with Providence Bruins before being traded to Belleville Senators to play out the campaign overseas for his first contract with Eispiraten Crimmitschau of DEL2.
He spent two years with Texas Stars after a one-year stint in Hershey.
The 28-year old leaves with 280 AHL games to his credit (24-42-66) and should be able to elevate his game in Germany’s tier two league.
5th year defenseman Alex Lintuniemi(4) signed a one-year two-way deal with Carolina Hurricanes on the opening day of unrestricted free agency but after only 4 AHL games and much time as a healthy scratch with affiliate Charlotte Checkers decides to head back home signing for the remainder of 2019/2020 with Pelicans of Liiga.
11th year center Ryan Stoa(94) trades in 5 KHL seasons for a first in the SHL signing with Orebro HK and he’s off to a hot start scoring 10 goals and 6 assists in 28 games with a +3 rating.
The 32-year old could easily find a long-term hockey home in Sweden.
Buffalo Sabres‘ 6th year left wing Scott Wilson(13) finds himself reassigned to affiliate Rochester Americans in the final season of his two-year deal.
The feisty forward is set to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the current session.
He’s off to a big start in the minors (6 goals, 8 assists in 21 AHL games), his first visit since 2015/2016 with draft club Pittsburgh Penguins‘ farm club Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
At 27-years old and even if he is only recalled on occasion in the current session should be kept around for at least a 1-year extension.
11th year right wing Greg Scott(41) rejoins Brynas IF of the SHL after 3 seasons away skating for CSKA Moskva.
In 128 KHL games he scored 28 goals and 28 assists with a +30 rating, then also won the 2019 Gagarin Cup Championship.
The very decently-sized forward has strikingly good totals in Sweden’s top league grabbing 58 goals and 73 assists in 159 games, returns as assistant captains and has tallied for 9 goals and 8 assists in 2019/2020, so is off to a decent start at now 31-years old.
Montreal Canadiens‘ 12th year defenseman Karl Alzner(16) was reassigned to affiliate Laval Rocket for most of 2018/2019, playing only 9 games with the big club after skating the full 82 contests in the season prior.
He’s actually skated a complete schedule 7 times in his 682 NHL games.
The fairly large 6’3″ 213 lbs. blue liner was originally a Washington Capitals‘ 1st round pick in the 2007 draft (#5 overall) and was with the team for 9 years.
He’s never been known to be a huge point-getter but in 7 campaigns grabbed 10+ assists and in successive sessions had 21 points.
The former Calgary Hitmen captain had one huge showing in juniors with 39 assists and followed that up with being voted WHL Player Of The Year and Best Defenseman.
He also won back-to-back Calder Cups (2009 & 2010) in his rookie and sophomore seasons with Hershey Bears.
At 31-years old, he still looks pretty great out there, even if it is in the AHL now, and we bet would love to get in 18 more match-ups to increase his total to 700 but it may be a question to see if he’s retained for the last 2 years of his current deal or bought out.
Undrafted 3rd year Russian-born defenseman Dmitri Osipov(2) signed a 2-way deal with Rockford Icehogs for 2019/2020 after playing 8 AHL games on loan to the team last season registering 2 assists with a 0 rating.
The fairly giant 6’4″ 234 blue liner has been reassigned to the club he was under contract as a sophomore skater, Indy Fuel, where he has a tidy goal and 3 assists with a +3 in 8 ECHL games before being recently recalled and has now potted a first goal in 9 games at the higher level.
He scored a career high 12 assists as a 2nd year player.
His four years in the WHL, mostly with Vancouver Giants were fairly productive, getting 10+ assists in three campaigns but he isn’t quite known for amassing points as much as punishing opponents.
The 23-year old was a 1st round KHL pick in the same year he headed to North America, so could quite easily find a contract at home but seems to want to see how far he can go here.
It’s quite possible he is able to gain more notice and scores another invite to an NHL training camp for a look.
Tampa Bay Lightning 2nd round pick in the 2015 draft (#33 overall) 3rd year center Mitchell Stephens(67) scores his first NHL recall after tallying 5 goals and 5 assists in 24 AHL games with affiliate Syracuse Crunch.
The 5’11” 193 lbs. forward is in the final season of his entry level deal and set to become a restricted free agent at the end of the current session.
In his debut he skated 15 shifts for 8:28 of ice time with 2 hits and went 80% at the face-off dot but was a -2 rating in a 5-1 loss.
He had 41 points as a rookie (19-22) but spent a good deal of his sophomore season on the sidelines with an injury although was able to post 11 goals and 13 assists in only 32 games.
Through 4 years of OHL, he was always a decent scorer, won the Hlinka Memorial Gold Medal with Team Canada as a 2nd year player and named team captain in his final campaign.
The 22-year old will likely perform as best he can while up in the show but if he gets reassigned look for him to take his minor league game up another notch to assure at least a one-year extension to continue down in Florida.
