The Arizona Coyotes reduce roster to thirty-two –
The Arizona Coyotes reduced their roster to thirty-two players by releasing three players and re-assigning ten players to their AHL affiliate in Portland, Maine.
Released
• Krys Barch, Forward
• Matt Kassian, Forward
• Jamie McBain, Defenseman
Re-assigned
• Alex Bolduc – Forward, Portland (AHL)
Drafted by: St. Louis Round: 4 Overall: 127 Year: 2003
• Darian Dziurzynski, Forward, Portland (AHL)
Drafted by: Phoenix Round: 5 Overall: 141 Year: 2011
• Tyler Gaudet, Forward, Portland (AHL)
Free Agent: Signed as a free agent in November, 2013
• Phil Lane, Forward, Portland (AHL)
Drafted by: Phoenix Round: 2 Overall: 52 Year: 2010
• Jordan Martinook, Forward, Portland (AHL)
Drafted by: Phoenix Round: 2 Overall: 58 Year: 2012
• Mike McKenna, Goalie, Portland (AHL)
Drafted by: Nashville Round: 6 Overall: 172 Year: 2002
• Dylan Reese, Defenseman, Portland (AHL)
Drafted by: New York Round: 7 Overall: 209 Year: 2003
• Henrik Samuelsson, Forward, Portland (AHL)
Drafted by: Phoenix Round: 1 Overall: 27 Year: 2012
• Brendan Shinnimin, Forward, Portland (AHL)
Free Agent: Signed as a free agent in March, 2012
• Mark Visentin, Goalie, Portland (AHL)
Drafted by: Phoenix Round: 1 Overall: 27 Year: 2010
From Arizona Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney on re-assigning Samuelsson and Guadet –
“I thought both of them had excellent training camps. It was a somewhat difficult decision to send them out to Portland (AHL), but we looked at the calendar and realized we start our season in less than two weeks and we have a lot of players to sort out here. Both first-year pros simply need experience playing with and against men.”
From Arizona Coyotes Head Coach Dave Tippett –
“They’re going to be good NHL players. We have to make sure they get all the steps in place … They shouldn’t be discouraged about going down and getting started there.”
The Arizona Coyotes have three preseason games left before their season opener vs Winnipeg on October, 9 and Head Coach Dave Tippett would like to get his forward lines and defence pairings settled.
“We’ve given the younger players a great deal of opportunity the last week with so many games and played a lot of players in a lot of different situations. But now this trip turns to start getting our team in order.”
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