The Wild made a pair of roster moves in advance of their next game against Utah on Friday. The team announced (Twitter link) that winger Yakov Trenin has been placed on injured reserve while winger Devin Shore has been assigned to AHL Iowa.
Trenin has missed three straight games due to an upper-body injury. Assuming this placement is back-dated, he’ll be eligible to return as soon as this weekend. The 27-year-old is in his first season with Minnesota after signing a four-year, $14MM contract with them back in free agency, a move that hasn’t worked as well as anyone would have hoped.
After putting up double-digit goals in each of the last three years, Trenin has struggled considerably offensively this season, lighting the lamp just twice while adding one assist in 29 games. While he sits second on the team in hits with 82, it’s safe to say that GM Bill Guerin was expecting more from his biggest free agent addition from July.
As for Shore, he cleared waivers on Tuesday but stayed with Minnesota for a couple of extra days and played last night against Florida. He has played in 13 NHL contests so far but has been held off the scoresheet while averaging a little over eight minutes a night. The veteran has been a strong contributor with Iowa, however, notching two goals and eight assists in 14 appearances with them.