While NHL training camps are still a few weeks away, CHL camps are already underway. That has brought about some early activity on the transaction front; here’s a rundown of some recent moves involving NHL prospects.
- WHL Medicine Hat announced that they’ve signed Stars defenseman Niilopekka Muhonen and Utah blueliner Veeti Vaisanen to contracts for the upcoming season. The Tigers selected the two players in the CHL Import Draft earlier this offseason. Muhonen was a fifth-round pick last month after spending most of last season in KalPa’s junior system in Finland. Vaisanen, meanwhile, was a late third-rounder and spent the majority of last season in Finland’s top level, getting into 50 games with KooKoo where he had two goals and eight assists.
- After spending last season in Switzerland, Basile Sansonnens is on the move. His club team in Lausanne announced that they have loaned him to QMJHL Rimouski for the upcoming season. The Canucks selected the defenseman late in the seventh round in June after he picked up three points in 40 games with Gotteron at the junior level. It’s a one-year loan for Sansonnens who will return to Lausanne for the 2025-26 season; he’s signed with them through the 2027-28 campaign which is also the deadline for Vancouver to sign him to an NHL contract or lose his rights.
- Kraken prospect Andrei Loshko is on the move as OHL Niagara announced that they’ve claimed the forward off waivers. The 19-year-old was a fourth-round pick in 2019 and is coming off a productive season with QMJHL Rouyn-Noranda, one which saw him record 28 goals and 37 assists in 64 games. However, the Huskies picked up two new players in the Import Draft, resulting in Loshko hitting the waiver wire. Seattle has until June 1, 2025 to sign Loshko to an entry-level deal.