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Cole’s Notes From Around the League: 2/27/16-3/4/16

Anaheim Ducks

Anaheim acquired winger Jamie McGinn from Buffalo. They acquired centre Brandon Pirri from Florida. They acquired winger Corey Tropp from Chicago. They acquired defenceman Martin Gernat and a 2016 fourth-round pick from Edmonton. They reassigned winger Harry Zolnierczyk to AHL San Diego. The Ducks recalled winger Stefan Noesen. They reassigned Noesen and recalled centre Chris Wagner.

Arizona Coyotes

Arizona claimed winger Jiri Sekac off waivers from Chicago. They acquired winger Sergei Plotnikov from Pittsburgh. They acquired winger Alex Tanguay, winger Conner Bleackley, and defenceman Kyle Wood from Colorado. They acquired future considerations from Nashville. They acquired winger Matia Marcantuoni from Pittsburgh. They recalled winger Craig Cunningham from AHL Springfield and reassigned centre Tyler Gaudet. Winger Max Domi has been suspended one game for instigating a fight with Anaheim’s Ryan Garbutt.

Boston Bruins

Boston recalled winger Tyler Randell from AHL Providence. They acquired winger Lee Stempniak from New Jersey and defenceman John-Michael Liles from Carolina. They recalled centre Noel Acciari. They reassigned forwards Joonas Kemppainen, Zac Rinaldo, and Max Talbot.

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo acquired centre Eric O’Dell, wingers Cole Schneider and Alex Guptill, and defenceman Michael Sdao from Ottawa. They acquired a conditional third-round pick in 2016 from Anaheim. They recalled centre Cal O’Reilly and centre Daniel Catenaccii from AHL Rochester and reassigned winger Justin Bailey.

Calgary Flames

Calgary acquired a 2016 second-round pick and 2018 fourth-round pick. They acquired defenceman Jyrki Jokipakka, winger Brett Pollock, and a conditional second-round pick in 2016 from Dallas. They acquired goaltender Niklas Backstrom and a sixth-round pick in 2016 from Minnesota. They recalled winger Garnet Hathaway from AHL Stockton. They reassigned defenceman Tyler Wotherspoon.

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina acquired winger Aleksi Saarela and 2016 and 2017 second-round picks from the Rangers. They acquired winger Valentin Zykov and a conditional fifth-round pick in 2016 from Los Angeles. They acquired defenceman Dennis Robertson from Chicago. They acquired a third-round pick in 2016 and fifth-round pick in 2017 from Boston. They recalled defenceman Ryan Murphy and forwards Brett Pesce and Derek Ryan from AHL Charlotte.

Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago reassigned defenceman Viktor Svedberg to AHL Rockford. They signed goaltender Mac Carruth. They acquired goaltender Drew MacIntyre from Carolina. They acquired winger Tim Jackman from Anaheim. Defenceman Lubomir Visnovsky, who attended training camp with Chicago this past fall, has retired from pro hockey. They signed centre Kyle Baun to an extension.

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado recalled winger Andreas Martinsen from AHL San Antonio. They acquired winger Mikkel Boedker from Arizona. They acquired defenceman Eric Gelinas from New Jersey. They acquired winger Taylor Beck from the Islanders.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus signed centre Boone Jenner to an extension. They reassigned winger Kerby Rychel to AHL Lake Erie. They signed defenceman John Ramage to an extension.

Dallas Stars

Dallas acquired defenceman Kris Russell from Calgary. They recalled winger Brett Ritchie from AHL Texas.

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit acquired a 2017 sixth-round pick from Florida. They recalled goaltender Jared Coreau from AHL Grand Rapids. They reassigned Coreau.

Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton acquired goaltender Niklas Lundstrom and a 2016 fifth-round pick from St. Louis. They acquired a 2016 third-round pick from Pittsburgh. They acquired a 2016 third-round pick from Florida. They recalled goaltender Laurent Brossoit from AHL Bakersfield. They signed Brossoit to an extension. They signed defenceman Brandon Davidson to an extension. They reassigned winger Jujhar Khaira and defenceman Jordan Oesterle to AHL Bakersfield. They claimed defenceman Adam Pardy off waivers from Winnipeg and winger Adam Cracknell from Vancouver. They acquired winger Patrick Maroon from Anaheim.

Florida Panthers

Florida acquired winger Jiri Hudler from Calgary. They acquired winger Teddy Purcell from Edmonton. They acquired defenceman Jakub Kindl from Detroit. They recalled Kindl and recalled goaltender Mike McKenna on an emergency basis and reassigned defenceman Micheal Matheson and centre Greg McKegg. They acquired a sixth-round pick in 2016 from Anaheim. They signed centre Jayce Hawryluk. They signed winger Dryden Hunt. They reassigned McKenna following his emergency basis.

Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles acquired winger Kris Versteeg from Carolina. They acquired winger Brett Sutter from Minnesota. They signed goaltender Peter Budaj to an extension.

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota reassigned winger Jordan Schroeder to AHL Iowa. They reassigned defenceman Christian Folin to AHL Iowa. They acquired defenceman Conor Allen from Ottawa and winger Scott Sabourin from Los Angeles. They acquired winger David Jones from Calgary.

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal claimed winger Mike Brown off waivers from San Jose. They acquired winger Stefan Matteau from New Jersey. Centre Manny Malhotra, who played last season for Montreal, has been released from his PTO with AHL Lake Erie.

Nashville Predators

Nashville acquired defenceman Corey Potter from Arizona. They signed winger Miikka Salomaki to an extension.

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey reassigned defenceman Seth Helgeson to AHL Albany. They reassigned winger Stefan Matteau for conditioning purposes. They acquired a third-round pick in 2017 from Colorado. They claimed defenceman David Warsofsky off waivers from Pittsburgh. They acquired a fourth-round pick in 2016 and a second-round pick in 2017 from Boston. They acquired winger Devante Smith-Pelly from Montreal. Winger Joseph Blandisi and Smith-Pelly have been fined $2000 for diving.

New York Islanders

The Islanders acquired winger Shane Prince and a seventh-round pick in 2016 from Ottawa.

New York Rangers

The Rangers acquired centre Eric Staal from Carolina. They reassigned winger Marek Hrivik to AHL Hartford. They acquired winger Chris Brown from Washington. They recalled goaltender Magnus Hellberg on an emergency basis.

Ottawa Senators

Ottawa acquired winger Jason Akeson, centre Philip Varone, and defenceman Jerome Leduc from Buffalo. They signed winger Chris Neil to an extension. They acquired a third-round pick in 2016 from the Islanders and winger Michael Keranen from Minnesota. They signed centre Scott Gomez. They recalled goaltender Chris Driedger from AHL Binghamton on an emergency basis.

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia signed winger Colin McDonald to an extension. They signed winger Michael Raffl to an extension.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh recalled defenceman Steve Oleksy from AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. They recalled goaltender Matt Murray. They recalled defenceman David Warsofsky from a long-term conditioning assignment with AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. They acquired winger Matthias Plachta and a conditional seventh-round pick in 2017 from Arizona. They reassigned winger Conor Sheary. They acquired centre Dustin Jeffrey, winger Dan O’Donoghue, and defenceman James Melindy from Arizona. They recalled winger Josh Archibald.

San Jose Sharks

San Jose acquired goaltender James Reimer and winger Jeremy Morin from Toronto. They recalled goaltender Aaron Dell from AHL San Jose. They reassigned defenceman Dylan DeMelo. They signed winger Jon Martin. They signed winger Adam Helewka. They reassigned Dell and recalled DeMelo and winger Micheal Haley. They reassigned DeMelo.

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis acquired goaltender Anders Nilsson from Edmonton. They reassigned defenceman Jordan Schmaltz and goaltender Pheonix Copley to AHL Chicago. They reassigned winger Ty Rattie. Centre Scott Gomez, who played earlier this season for St. Louis, has been released from his PTO with AHL Hershey.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay recalled goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy from AHL Syracuse and reassigned goaltender Kristers Gudlevskis. They reassigned defenceman Matt Taormina.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto acquired goaltender Alex Stalock, winger Ben Smith, and a conditional fourth-round pick from San Jose. They recalled goaltender Garret Sparks from AHL Toronto. They reassigned defenceman Jared Cowen and winger Colin Greening. They recalled winger Rich Clune. They reassigned centre Mark Arcobello and wingers Brendan Leipsic and Josh Leivo and recalled wingers Ben Smith, William Nylander, Kasperi Kapanen, Zach Hyman, and Nikita Soshnikov. They acquired winger Brooks Laich, defenceman Connor Carrick, and a second-round pick from Washington. They recalled Carrick and reassigned defenceman Stuart Percy. They recalled Leipsic on an emergency basis.

Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver recalled centre Brendan Gaunce from AHL Utica.

Washington Capitals

Washington acquired winger Ryan Bourque from the Rangers. They acquired winger Daniel Winnik and a 2016 fifth-round pick from Toronto.

Winnipeg Jets

Winnipeg recalled winger JC Lipon from AHL Manitoba. They recalled defenceman Joshua Morrissey on an emergency basis.

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