Eaves and McColum are both placed on waivers today.

By Anaheim and Nashville respectively.

Jensen signs a 4 year, $10 million deal with Washington.

https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/capitals-re-sign-nick-jensen/c-305107770

Zadina to debut vs Sharks on Sunday. Will be limited to 9 NHL games this year in order to protect him from Seattle expansion draft.

https://www.tsn.ca/wings-zadina-to-debut-sunday-against-sharks-1.1262560

Jurco traded from Florida for Cliff Pu to Carolina.

I was under the impression Jurco only had an AHL deal. I think TSN isn't reporting this correctly.

Red Wings in the playoffs.


Filppula - Islanders
Mrazek - Carolina
Janmark - Dallas (might be out for playoffs fell awkwardly today)
Jarnkork - Nashville
Jensen - Washington
Nyquist - San Jose

Todd McLellan takes over as LA coach.

https://edmontonsun.com/sports/hock...an-gladly-jumps-back-in-saddle-with-l-a-kings

Coaches:
Gerrard Gallant (former player) - Las Vegas
Mike Babcock (former coach) - Toronto
Bob Bougner (former prospect, drafted 32nd in 1989) - Florida
Todd McLellan (former assistant coach) - Los Angelas
Bill Peters (former assistant coach) - Calgary



Gallant, Babcock, Peters all out in the first round.
McLellan recently named head coach of LA Kings.

Gallant gets a lifetime pass from me for his goal in the 87 playoffs against EDM that iced the G1 win. No matter that the Oilers won the next 4, the G1 win felt like a series win to me.

KHL Round-Up



Pavel Datsyuk - SKA St. Petersburg (KHL)
Recently announced his departure from SKA after 3 seasons.
12 G, 30 A, 42 PTS, 52 GP - Regular Season
1 G, 6 A, 7 PTS, 12 GP - Playoffs (Lost in Western conference finals)


Cory Emmerton - Novosibirsk Sibir (KHL)
0 PTS in 11 GP before being released.
Eventually signed with Luasanne HC in Swiss League.
12 G, 12 A, 24 PTS, 36 GP for Lausanne in regular season.
4 G, 2 A, 6 PTS, 12 GP for Lausanne in playoffs.

Teemu Pulkkinen - Minsk Dynamo (KHL)
15 G, 14 A, 29 PTS, 50 GP.
Had a hot start but trailed off towards end of season on a bad team. Led Minsk in points.

David Booth - Minsk Dynamo (KHL)
2 G, 1 A, 3 PTS, 18 GP.

Andrej Nestrasil - Nizhenkamsk Neftekhimik (KHL)
8 G, 15 A, 23 PTS, 55 GP.


Alexey Marchenko - CSKA Moscow (KHL)
Won the Gagarin Cup as league champions.
2 G, 17 A, 19 PTS, 59 GP in regular season.
2 G, 5 A, 7 PTS, 20 GP in playoffs.


Tomas Kopecky
Incorrectly listed under KHL in my alumni list. Appeared not to play this past season.

Shanahan receives a 6 year extension with Toronto.


https://www.tsn.ca/maple-leafs-sign-shanahan-to-six-year-extension-1.1305928

Adam Almquist - Bern SC (Swiss)
1 G, 14 A, 15 PTS in 50 Regular Season Games
1G, 3A, 4 PTS in 13 Playoff Games

Jan Mursak - Bern SC (Swiss)
10 G, 11A, 21 PTS in 32 Regular Season Games
5 G, 5A, 10 PTS in 15 Playoff Games

Almquist and Mursak were on Bern SC which led the league in points and won the title in playoffs.

Damien Brunner - Biel HC (Swiss)
18 G, 19 A, 37 PTS in 50 Regular Season Games
5 G, 4 A, 9 PTS in 12 Playoff games.

Kyle Quincey - HIFK Helsinki (SM Liiga)
5 G, 8 A, 13 PTS in 35 Regular Season Games
1 G, 6 A, 7 PTS in 12 Playoff Games.

HIFK ended in 4th place losing the 3rd place game 1-0.

Jakub Kindl - Plzen HC (Czech)
2G, 8A, 10 PTS in 26 regular season games.

Joakim Andersson - HV71 Jonkoping (SweHL)
5G, 20A, 25 PTS in 52 GP.

Mattias Ritola - Leksands IF (Swe-1)
2G, 7A, 9PTS in 11 GP.


***Honourable mentions

Ilari Filppula - TPS Turku (SM Liiga)
12G, 23A, 35 PTS in 44 Regular Season games.
1G, 1A, 2PTS in 4 playoff games.

Xavier Ouellet re-signs with Montreal for 1 year.

https://www.tsn.ca/montreal-canadie...er-ouellet-on-one-year-two-way-deal-1.1312309

Datsyuk signs with his hometown Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist of the KHL.

https://www.tsn.ca/pavel-datsyuk-signs-with-khl-club-avtomobilist-1.1316909

Janmark has been extended by Dallas for 1 year at $2.3 million.

He had 6 goals, 19 assists for 25 points last season in 81 games.


https://www.tsn.ca/dallas-stars-sign-mattias-janmark-to-one-year-deal-1.1317872

Former Red Wings Tomas Jurco and Daniel Renouf (1 game but still counts) won the Calder Cup of the AHL with the Charlotte Checkers. Jurco had 18 points in 18 playoff games. He also had 27 points in 33 games in the AHL between the Charlotte CHeckers and Springfield Roadrunners, missed the start of the season recovering from shoulder surgery.

Former Red Wing prospect Zach Nastasiuk was also on the team.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY2_y6aqoIg

You can catch a small glimps of Nastasiuk and Jurco after the very awkward handoff of the cup.

From a few months back. Landon Ferraro awarded The Yanick Dupre Memorial Award.

This award has been presented annually since 1998 to an AHL player for his outstanding contributions to his local community and charitable organizations. The Yanick Dupre Memorial Award winner is selected by the AHL and representatives from IOA and American Specialty from among 31 individual team Man of the Year honorees.

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https://theahl.com/ferraro-ahl-man-of-the-year

Ben Street – Anaheim
Split time between Anaheim Ducks and San Diego Gulls (AHL)
NHL: 21 GP 3G 2A 5 PTS
AHL: 32GP 9G 17A 26 PTS

Patrick Eaves – Anaheim
Having played only 2 games the previous season and visiting many doctors, he eventually got well enough to play a few games in 2018-19. Unfortunately he got hurt early in the season missing significant time. He was limited 7 games in the NHL with 0 points. He also played 7 games for the San Diego Gulls where he recorded 2 assists in 7 games. By the end of the season his previous symptoms returned. Was nominated for the Masterton trophy this season. Let’s hope he can muster a full season next year.

Scott Wilson – Buffalo
Spit time between Buffalo Sabres and Rochester Americans (AHL)
NHL: 15GP 0G 3A 3PTS
AHL: 17GP 3G 4A 7PTS

Petr Mrazek – Carolina
Reclaimation project for Carolina which yielded good results. Had signed cheap on a prove it deal and is in line for a massive payday this summer.
40GP 23W 14L 3oTL with save % of 91.4 and GAA of 2.39

Tomas Tatar – Montreal
Was traded prior to 2018-19 from Vegas to Montreal as past of the Pactionretty deal. Recorded a career high in points with Montreal.
80GP 25G 33A 58PTS

Xavier Ouellet – Montreal
Signed as free agent with is hometown Montreal Canadiens in the summer of 2018 following his Detroit buyout. He recently signed a new extension with Montreal. Split time between Montreal Canadiens and Laval Rocket (AHL)
NHL: 19GP 0G 3A 3PTS
AHL: 47GP 7G 21A 28PTS

Valterri Filppula - New York Islanders
Signed as a free agent in 2018 with the Islanders. Is a free agent this summer at age 35.
72GP 17G 14A 31PTS

Riley Sheahan – Florida
Traded this past deadline as part of Pittsburgh’s acquisition of McCann and Bjugstad. Has been used as a massive defensive specialist since being traded by Detroit. Elite faceoff ability.
82GP 9G 10A 19PTS

Tomas Nosek – Vegas
68GP 8G 9A 17PTS

Brendan Smith - New York Rangers
Clawed his way back to the NHL following the AHL demotion in 2017-18.
63GP 4G 9A 13PTS

Landon Ferraro - Iowa Wild (AHL) *Property of Minnesota
12GP 2G 3A 5PTS

Eric Tangradi – New Jersey Devils/Binghamton Devils
NHL: 6GP 0G 1A 1PTS
AHL: 41GP 10G 14A 24PTS

Mitch Callahan - Bakersfield Condors (AHL) *Property of Edmonton
AHL: 61GP 15G 19A 34PTS

Tom McCollum - Milwaukee Admirals (AHL)
34GP 12W 20L 1oTL 89.9 save % 2.72 GAA


Kris Newbury – Jacksonville Iceman (ECHL)
57GP 16G 31A 47PTS

Ryan Sproul – Toronto Marlies/Laval Rocket/Hershey Bears (AHL)
64GP 10G 19A 29PTS

Daniel Renouf – Charlotte Checkers (AHL)
Part of Calder Cup championship team.
72GP 2G 22A 24PTS

Jared Coreau – San Diego Gulls/San Antonio Rampage (AHL)
Traded during season by Anaheim to St. Louis. Only played in AHL
45GP 15W 27L 3oTL

Gustav Nyquist
Traded to San Jose during deadline. Recorded career high with 60 points and 38 assists. Is a UFA this summer.
81GP 22G 38A 60PTS

Tomas Jurco
Spent much of season recovering from injuries. Signed with Springfield Thunderbirds in the Winter and was traded at the deadline to Charlotte Checkers where he played critical role in their Calder Cup win. Free Agent in the summer trying to make it back to the NHL.

***Honourable mentions
Mattias Janmark – Dallas
Recently signed an extension with Dallas.
81GP 6G 19A 25PTS

Calle Jarnkrok - Nashville
79GP 10G 16A 26PTS

To be honest, I never heard of Glenn Merkosky till he got let go by the Wings yesterday. Last year he was inducted to the AHL hall of fame.

He played only 20 games with the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL recording only 2 assists. He played a total of 66 NHL games between Hartford Whalers, New Jersey Devils, and the Detroit Red Wings recording 5 goals and 12 assists for 17 points.

He was most of a superstar at the AHL level winning three Calder cups (Maine Mariner 83-84 and Adirondack Red Wings 85-86, 88-89.

Following his retirement he spent 1 season as assistant coach with Adirondack Red Wings in 1991-2 before moving onto a head coaching position for the Sudbury Wolves of the OHL. After 4 seasons he returned to Adirondack Red Wings as a Head Coach from 1996-1999. Following the 1999 season he became a scout for the Detroit Red Wings until 2019.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRXHBB1xVXU

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=3682
https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/72703/glenn-merkosky

Only 330 views in 16 months since that video was posted.

Its like nobody cares about the AHL hall of fame.