There has been plenty of roster movement between NHL teams and the taxi squad on a daily basis this season. Although some major names may be highlighted in separate articles, this is where you’ll find the majority of that shuffle news each day.
West Division
- The Los Angeles Kings have performed their daily cap move, sending Lias Andersson, Tobias Bjornfot, and Austin Strand to the taxi squad. To make room, Mark Alt, Markus Phillips, and Boko Imama have been sent to the Ontario Reign. The team continues to move players on and off the roster depending on whether they play that day and will likely do so throughout the season.
- The Vegas Golden Knights have sent Tomas Jurco and Kaedan Korczak to the AHL, recalling Carl Dahlstrom and Tyrell Goulbourne to the taxi squad in their place. The Golden Knights are still scheduled to take on the Anaheim Ducks tomorrow, despite Tomas Nosek testing positive for coronavirus during the third period of last night’s match.
North Division
- The Ottawa Senators have sent Logan Brown to the AHL, allowing him to start playing minor league games now that the Canadian division is starting up. Brown, 22, was the 11th overall pick in 2016 but has still only played in 29 NHL games, none this season. In his place on the taxi squad, Matthew Peca has been recalled.
- The Calgary Flames have sent Michael Stone to the AHL, while recalling Glenn Gawdin to the taxi squad. The 23-year-old Gawdin has been outstanding in his first two seasons of professional hockey, scoring 38 and then 47 points. He seems poised to get his first chance in the NHL at some point in the near future, especially if the team continues to not get much offense from the bottom half of the roster.
Central Division
- The Detroit Red Wings have sent Giavani Smith and Mathias Brome back to the taxi squad, given it’s an off day for the team. The Red Wings fell again last night, pushing their record to 3-9-2 in the early part of the season.
- The Dallas Stars have loaned Julius Honka to the AHL while placing Ty Dellandrea and Tanner Kero on the taxi squad. Taylor Fedun, who was put on waivers earlier today, is also likely headed for the taxi squad should he clear tomorrow.
- The Nashville Predators have recalled Alexandre Carrier from the AHL and placed him on the taxi squad while reassigning Anthony Richard to the Chicago Wolves. Michael McCarron and Sean Malone are both back on the taxi squad.
East Division
- The Washington Capitals have sent Daniel Carr down to the taxi squad, while sending Pheonix Copley from the taxi squad to the Hershey Bears. The Bears had their season opener postponed, but played one game against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, in which Copley stopped 26 of 28 shots in a losing effort. With Hershey back in action tomorrow, he’s on his way back down. Later in the day, the team sent Martin Fehervary and Michael Sgarbossa to the minor leagues as well.
- The New Jersey Devils have sent Kevin Bahl and Gilles Senn down to the minor leagues from the taxi squad, giving them a chance to play in the coming days. Mikhail Maltsev has been moved from the NHL roster to the taxi squad, while Joshua Jacobs has been called up from the AHL to it.
- The Buffalo Sabres have recalled Dustin Tokarski to the taxi squad, as Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen prepares to make his season debut in the minor leagues. The team has also assigned C.J. Smith to the Rochester Americans.