While it has been relatively quiet on the transaction front in recent days, there have been a few moves of some note from the AHL. Here is a rundown of those.
- Jordan Nolan’s time with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton has come to an end as Pittsburgh has released the winger from their affiliate, relays Tyler Piccotti of the Citizens’ Voice (Twitter link). Nolan had been away since mid-February with head coach J.D. Forrest calling the move a mutual decision. The 31-year-old played in two games with the Baby Pens and last saw NHL action back in 2018-19 with St. Louis.
- While a handful of undrafted college free agents will sign NHL deals in the coming weeks, many more will sign AHL agreements. The Rangers have jumped into that market as their farm team announced (Twitter link) that they’ve signed winger James Sanchez to an AHL deal. The 23-year-old just wrapped up his NCAA career, spending the last two seasons with Arizona State. In 26 games this season, he had five goals and 11 assists after putting up 40 points in 36 games in 2019-20.
- With the WHL season underway in some divisions and starting soon in others, several players have recently been released from AHL tryouts to head back to their respective teams. Colorado is the latest team to do so as they’ve released goalie Trent Miner and winger Sasha Mutala from their AHL deals, per the AHL’s transactions log. Miner, a 2019 seventh-round pick, will head to Vancouver while Mutala, a fourth-rounder that same year, is off to Tri-City. In a corresponding move, the Avs re-assigned winger Ty Lewis from ECHL Utah to AHL Colorado.
- The Kings have re-assigned goaltender Jacob Ingham from Greenville of the ECHL to AHL Ontario per the AHL’s transactions log. The 20-year-old is in the first season of his entry-level contract and has posted a 3.90 GAA with a .859 SV% in his first five professional appearances.