Like always, we’ll keep an eye on all the minor transactions around the league right here. Make sure to bookmark or refresh throughout the day to keep up with all the movement.
- The Pittsburgh Penguins have recalled goaltender Casey DeSmith from the AHL while starter Matt Murray deals with a lower-body injury. Tristan Jarry will take over the lion’s share of the workload while Murray is out, but DeSmith could be called on if he falters. The Penguins, who’ve struggled with goaltending issues all season so far are now putting their faith in two unproven rookies for the time being. Jarry and DeSmith have a combined four starts in the NHL.
- The Columbus Blue Jackets have recalled Gabriel Carlsson from the AHL on an emergency basis, sending Markus Hannikainen down in his place. It’s not clear why Carlsson was needed with Scott Harrington already on the roster as an extra defender, but perhaps more than one injury was sustained last night against the Montreal Canadiens. Jack Johnson did play just 15:29, his lowest total of the season.
- Colorado will welcome Anton Lindholm back off injured reserve, but it’ll cost two of their other defensemen. The team has assigned both Chris Bigras and Andrei Mironov to the San Antonio Rampage of the AHL, while bringing Duncan Siemans back up. Patrik Nemeth is still on injured reserve with a lower-body injury, and doesn’t appear close to a return.
- The Los Angeles Kings have placed Andy Andreoff on injured reserve retroactive to November 25th. That’s the game in which Andreoff took a “Superman punch” from Kevin Bieksa, and was immediately knocked down. Bieksa is becoming infamous for that punch, as it also knocked out Radko Gudas earlier in the year. No corresponding move has been made yet by the Kings.