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Cole’s Notes From Around The League: 12/27/14-1/2/15

Anaheim Ducks

Anaheim recalled winger Max Friberg from AHL Norfolk. They reassigned winger Dany Heatley. They reassigned Friberg. They reassigned winger Emerson Etem.

Arizona Coyotes

Arizona recalled centre Tyler Gaudet from AHL Portland. The NHL Board of Governors approved the sale of a majority stake in the Coyotes to Andrew Barroway. They reassigned Gaudet. They placed defenceman David Schlemko on waivers.

Boston Bruins

Boston recalled winger Jordan Caron from AHL Providence. They also recalled forward Matt Lindblad on an emergency basis. They reassigned Trotman and Lindblad.

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo recalled centre Mikhail Grigorenko from AHL Rochester. They recalled defenceman Mark Pysyk. They reassigned goaltender Matt Hackett. They reassigned Pysyk.

Calgary Flames

Calgary made no moves this week.

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina reassigned winger Brendan Woods to AHL Charlotte. They recalled defenceman Ryan Murphy.

Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago recalled centre Teuvo Teravainen. Defenceman Theo Peckham, who was last a member of an NHL organization with Chicago in 2013/14, was signed for the remainder of the season by the Czech Republic's HC Banska Bystrica.

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado reassigned goaltender Calvin Pickard and winger Dennis Everberg to AHL Lake Erie. They recalled winger Borna Rendulic.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus recalled goaltender Anton Forsberg from AHL Springfield, and reassigned centre Sean Collins. They reassigned Forsberg. They recalled Collins. They signed winger Nick Foligno to a six-year extension worth $33M effective in 2015/16.

Dallas Stars

Dallas recalled defenceman Cameron Gaunce from AHL Texas. They reassigned Gaunce and recalled defenceman Jamie Oleksiak. They recalled winger Brett Ritchie.

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit reassigned goaltender Tom McCollum to AHL Grand Rapids. They recalled defenceman Xavier Ouellet.

Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton claimed winger Matt Fraser off waivers from Boston. They reassigned defenceman Brad Hunt to AHL Oklahoma City. They acquired centre Derek Roy in exchange for centre Mark Arcobello. They recalled centre Anton Lander. Defenceman Keith Aulie was suspended two games for an illegal check to the head of Calgary’s Matt Stajan. They reassigned forward Steven Pinizzotto. They acquired winger Rob Klinkhammer and a first-round pick in 2015 from Pittsburgh in exchange for winger David Perron.

Florida Panthers

Florida signed centre Nick Bjugstad to a six-year extension worth $24.6M, effective in 2015/16. They recalled defenceman Shane O'Brien from AHL San Antonio.

Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles made no moves this week.

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota reassigned defenceman Justin Falk to AHL Iowa and recalled winger Brett Sutter and centre Tyler Graovac. They reassigned goaltender John Curry. They reassigned Graovac.

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal made no moves this week.

Nashville Predators

Nashville reassigned winger Viktor Stalberg and forward Derek Roy to AHL Milwaukee. They acquired centre Mark Arcobello in exchange for centre Derek Roy.

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey recalled forward Tim Sestito from AHL Albany. They recalled wingers Stefan Matteau and Joe Whitney. They recalled winger Mike Sislo. They reassigned Matteau and put Sislo on waivers. They reassigned Whitney.

New York Islanders

The Islanders recalled goaltender Kevin Poulin from AHL Bridgeport on an emergency basis. They reassigned Poulin.

New York Rangers

The Rangers made no moves this week.

Ottawa Senators

Ottawa reassigned defenceman Marc Methot to AHL Binghamton for a conditioning assignment.

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia reassigned centre Ryan White to AHL Lehigh Valleyon a conditioning assignment. They reassigned goaltender Rob Zepp. Defenceman Kurtis Foster, who last played in the NHL for Philadelphia in 2012/13, was signed by Germany’s Adler Mannheim.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh recalled goaltender Jeff Zatkoff and winger Jayson Megna from AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. They recalled centre Dominik Uher and reassigned defenceman Brian Dumoulin. They quickly recalled Dumoulin again. They reassigned Zatkoff. They reassigned Dumoulin and Uher. They acquired winger David Perron from Edmonton in exchange for winger Rob Klinkhammer and a first round pick in 2015.

San Jose Sharks

San Jose recalled centre Chris Tierney from AHL Worcester. They signed centre Rourke Chartier to a three-year entry-level contract.

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis reassigned winger Magnus Paajarvi to AHL Chicago. They recalled centre Colin Fraser and winger John McCarthy.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay recalled goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy from AHL Syracuse. They recalled defenceman Nikita Nesterov. They reassigned Vasilevskiy.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto recalled goaltender Christopher Gibson from AHL Toronto and recalled winger Carter Ashton from his conditioning stint. They reassigned Gibson. They recalled centre Greg McKegg.

Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver recalled defenceman Bobby Sanguinetti from AHL Utica. Winger Jannik Hansen was fined $5K for an illegal check to the head of San Jose’s Tommy Wingels. They placed winger Tom Sestito on waivers.

Washington Capitals

Washington made no moves this week.

Winnipeg Jets

Winnipeg recalled forward Patrice Cormier from AHL St. John’s.

That's all for this week, thanks for reading!

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