After only one season playing in the Buffalo system for their AHL affiliate Portland Pirates, 8th year veteran defenseman, tough guy Tim Conboy(38) signs a one-year, two-way contract with Ottawa that will likely see him protecting their interests in Binghamton for 2011/2012.
He’s played 59 games in the NHL, all when he was with Carolina Hurricanes but failed to get promoted with the Sabres.
4th year agitator defenseman Benn Olson(36) was in New York Islanders‘ rookie camp this summer and will also be with the team during training camp.
He signed a one-way AHL deal with Bridgeport Sound Tigers for 2011/2012 season after playing 17 games for the team last year picking up 3 points and 78 pims.
Undrafted, he’s fairly large at 6’4″ 215lbs and could be viewed as sort of a poor man’s Chris Pronger.
Dan DaSilva(23) signed to play in the KHL for Lev Poprad in the 2011/2012 season after 6 years of minor league play in North America.
Undrafted, he had his best years of point production with Worcester Sharks of the AHL 2009-2011. He spent his last three seasons with the team.
Former Carolina Hurricanes 3rd round pick (#69 overall) in 2004, defenseman Casey Borer(28) flies the coop after 4 years in the prospect system including 16 NHL games.
Last season was the first he failed to appear in any big league contests playing in 67 games with their AHL affiliate Charlotte Checkers, so the writing had to be on the wall: fell off their depth chart.
For 2011/2012, he signs to play in the Czech Extraliga (Extra League) with HC Pardubice.
Central Hockey League‘s newest team, Evansville Icemen recently signed 6’5″ 235lbs of grit in Mike Sgroi(17) for the upcoming season.
A 12-year veteran, he usually finds himself playing for multiple minor league teams each season, either with call-ups or trades for his services. In 2008-2009, he played games for no less than 6 teams in the AHL and ECHL (Syracuse Crunch, Binghamton Senators, Norfolk Admirals, Johnstown Chiefs, Utah Grizzlies, Elmira Jackals).
Last season, seeming out of nowhere, he signed a pto with Bridgeport Sound Tigers and appeared in a couple of games at the end of the season registering no points and more surprisingly no penalty minutes.
9-year veteran center Michael Ryan(14) comes full circle in his career signing a one-year, two-way deal with Buffalo for 2011/2012. He’s expected to play mostly with Rochester in the AHL. He was drafted back in 1999 by Dallas (2nd round, #32 overall) but never signed by them.
He played the first five years of his career with the Sabres (65 games) / Amerks (210 games).
Last season he played a few games for Springfield but mostly with Adirondack Phantoms, where he put up some impressive numbers (52 games played, 25 goals and 16 assists).
