With qualifying offers set to expire in just over 24 hours, a lot of AHL players are putting pen to paper on new contracts. We’ll keep tabs on those moves here.
- Colorado has inked defenseman Mason Geertsen to a one-year deal, CapFriendly reports on Twitter. Instead of accepting his qualifying offer, Geertsen took a league minimum cap hit at the NHL level in exchange for a boost in his AHL pay from $70K to $85K. The 23-year-old spent all of last season with the Avalanche’s minor league affiliate in San Antonio, recording three goals and six assists along with 117 penalty minutes in 72 games.
- The Penguins have put pen to paper with two of their remaining restricted free agents. CapFriendly reports (Twitter link) that the team has inked defenseman Ethan Prow and center Thomas DiPauli to one-year, two-way deals. Prow receives a $650K salary in the NHL and $90K in the minors while DiPauli gets a $650K NHL salary and a $100K AHL salary while the deal contains a total $125K guarantee. Both players spent last season with Pittsburgh’s AHL affiliate in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.