Just like always, we’ll keep you up to date with all the minor moves around the league in one thread. The NHL has just four games on tap for this Friday night, as teams get ready for the last weekend before the trade deadline.
- It was a fleeting call up for Cory Conacher, who has been sent back to the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL this morning. Brought up to replace Jonathan Drouin last night in the Tampa lineup against the Calgary Flames, he will head back to the minors now. The diminutive forward has again shown his scoring ability at the lower level, with 44 points in 42 games this season.
- Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch tells us that the Blue Jackets have brought Markus Hannikainen and Joonas Korpisalo back up from the Cleveland Monsters, and assigned Anton Forsberg to the AHL. Korpisalo and Forsberg have been ping-ponging back and forth between the two leagues since the team let Curtis McElhinney hit waivers, but Hannikainen hasn’t played with the NHL club since the beginning of the month.
- The Jackets have also placed Lukas Sedlak on injured reserve retroactive to February 17th. They add that Hannikainen is on an emergency recall.
- The Buffalo Sabres recalled Justin Bailey and Evan Rodrigues from the AHL and flipped Derek Grant back down. Mike Harrington of the Buffalo News wonders what that means for Zemgus Girgensons on the health front.
- The Anaheim Ducks have sent Nicolas Kerdiles back down to the AHL after making his NHL debut on Wednesday night. The acquisition of Patrick Eaves likely leaves no room for him on the wing.
- Arizona has recalled goaltender Adin Hill on an emergency basis from the AHL, and will have him back up Louis Domingue tonight in Dallas. Mike Smith will be not be dressed for the Coyotes as he battles an illness.