One thing that is sometimes lost in the shuffle on trade deadline day is a huge number of paper transactions made by each team around the league. Young players that are currently with the NHL club and waiver-exempt, are sent down to the minor leagues for just one day to make them eligible for the AHL playoffs. Though the NHL rosters are expanded on trade deadline day, teams are still left with just four non-emergency recalls for the rest of the season, several of which are used by these eligibility paper transactions.
Below is a list of all the eligibility transactions—meaning they were sent down and quickly recalled—that took place yesterday:
Boston Bruins:
Buffalo Sabres:
Casey Nelson
Nicholas Baptiste
Calgary Flames:
Carolina Hurricanes:
Chicago Blackhawks:
David Kampf
Carl Dahlstrom
Jean-Francois Berube
Colorado Avalanche:
David Warsofsky
Dominic Toninato
Andrew Hammond
Dallas Stars:
Detroit Red Wings:
Edmonton Oilers:
Minnesota Wild:
Montreal Canadiens:
New York Islanders:
Christopher Gibson
Tanner Fritz
Sebastian Aho
New York Rangers:
Ottawa Senators:
Philadelphia Flyers:
Pittsburgh Penguins:
San Jose Sharks:
St. Louis Blues:
Tampa Bay Lightning:
Toronto Maple Leafs:
Kasperi Kapanen
Travis Dermott
Vegas Golden Knights:
Washington Capitals:
Winnipeg Jets: