The story goes: Winnipeg Jets reassigned 4th year defenseman Kyle Bushee(49) from ECHL affiliate Wheeling Nailers to St. John’s IceCaps of the AHL.
The only problem is that I can’t find a story anywhere of him being signed to the NHL team in the first place.
He’s not even listed amongst the team’s prospects.
Last season he played four games in the AHL, 2 each with Portland Pirates and Manitoba Moose.
Here’s this year’s pro hockey thinker.
33-year old, Swiss-born 1997 Colorado Avalanche 6th round draft pick (#161 overall) David Aebischer(1) is back playing in a league he hasn’t played in for over a decade, the AHL.
He won the Stanley Cup in 2001. Sure he only played in one game, because some goalie named Patrick Roy happened to be the starter.
To his credit he has 214 games of NHL experience and posts a fairly impressive 2.52 GAA and .912 SV%.
During the last four seasons he has been playing net in his native Switzerland for the team he signed with the year of the lockout, HC Lugano.
In 2011/2012 seemingly out of nowhere, Winnipeg Jets offered him a training camp tryout and he was subsequently signed and reassigned to their AHL affiliate, St. John’s IceCaps.
Weirdo fact: he has an action figure of his goaltending likeness with the Avalanche.
After being released only a couple of games into the 2011/2012 season on a pto with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, 4th year pro winger Devin DiDiomete(24) was given the option of being reassigned to their ECHL affiliate Wheeling Nailers. He took them up on that offer signing a deal to return to the E for the first time since ’09/’10, when he was with Charlotte Checkers as reassigned by Hartford Wolf Pack for 15 games of seasoning.
Last season he had 303 pims in 63 games and even put up 6 goals and 4 assists. Turns out that after his entry level contract expired and three years in the system, New York Rangers were done with him.
Originally drafted by Calgary Flames in 2006, 5th round (#187 overall), he was scooped up by the Rangers to groom.
Follow him on Twitter @deeds2424. He’s quite the comic.
Wheeling waived him a few days ago but on 11/8 he signed with Chicago Express.
After seeing playing time last season with three AHL teams (Worcester, Wilkes-Barre, Rochester for a combined 43 games, scoring 5 goals, 4 assists and another 11 playoff games with WBS Penguins), undrafted 3rd year pro signs a contract with San Antonio Rampage for the 2011/2012 season. No official word, but it’s believed to be a one-way deal.
He’s had stints in the ECHL with Wheeling and Charlotte over the course of the last couple seasons.
Playing for one team, I expect him to be at least a 20-point guy for the Rampage.
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.
