2023-02-25 08:00:00
The Colorado Avalanche acquired goaltender Keith Kinkaid from the Boston Bruins in exchange for forward Shane Bowers.
Kinkaid will report to the Colorado Eagles.
Kinkaid, 33, played 20 games with the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League this season, posting an 8-7-4 record, a 3.10 goals-against average and a save percentage of .909. He also played one game with the Boston Bruins, earning a win on November 12 against Buffalo.
Signed by New Jersey as a free agent on April 18, 2011, Kinkaid played 168 career NHL games with the Devils, Montreal, Rangers and Boston, recording a 70-58-21 record with a goals-against average. allowed of 2.91 and a save percentage of .905. He was the first goaltender in NHL history to have each of his first three starts decided on a shootout and earned his first NHL victory in the last of those three games, beating Tampa Bay, the December 19, 2014.
Bowers was acquired from Ottawa on Nov. 5, 2017, and made his NHL debut with the Avalanche this season against Nashville. He had 59 points, including 27 goals in 154 career AHL games, all with the Colorado Eagles, adding five points in eight playoff games.
Konecny is injured; Elliot Desnoyers recalled
The Philadelphia Flyers have placed Travis Konecny on injured reserve with an upper-body injury, the National Hockey League team announced on Saturday.
To replace him in the training, the Flyers recalled Quebec forward Elliot Desnoyers from their school club of Lehigh Valley in the American Hockey League.
Desnoyers, playing his first season as a pro, has 19 goals and 17 assists in 48 games for Lehigh Valley since the start of the campaign.
Desnoyers will play his first NHL game tonight against the New Jersey Devils.
Kravtsov aside, Leschyshyn on waivers
The New York Rangers will be dropping Vitali Kravtsov and Jake Leschyshyn again for Saturday afternoon’s game against the Washington Capitals.
Leschyshyn will also be placed on waivers at 2 p.m., according to what our colleague from TSN Darren Dreger.
The informant of TSN Chris Johnston reports that both players will need to be traded to make room under the salary cap for a possible trade that would bring Patrick Kane to the Big Apple.
Vitali Kravtsov and Jake Leschyshyn are again being scratched by the #NYR for this afternoon’s game. Expectation is both will have to be moved to clear the space needed to acquire Patrick Kane.
— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris)
February 25, 2023
Kravtsov is a former 2018 first-round pick who has been slow to establish himself in the NHL. In 28 games with New York this season, he has three goals and three assists.
Leschyshyn is a 23-year-old forward who has zero points in 35 NHL games this season. He played 22 games with the Golden Knights and 13 games with the Rangers.
The Maple Leafs will trade a 2nd pick to the Coyotes
The Toronto Maple Leafs will trade their 2025 2nd round pick to complete the trade made to the Arizona Coyotes on February 19, 2022.
The Maple Leafs acquired defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin and forward Ryan Dzingel from the Coyotes in exchange for forward Nick Ritchie and a conditional draft pick.
The Coyotes had until Friday night to choose between a 2023 3rd round pick or a 2025 2nd round pick.
The Maple Leafs still have 3 choices (3rd, 5th and 6th rounds) for the next draft.
Senators recall Kastelic
A few hours before their duel against the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre, the Ottawa Senators recalled Mark Kastelic, in addition to demoting Ridly Greig to the American League.
Greig played 11 games with the Senators in the NHL, registering one goal and three assists.
As for Kastelic, he had four goals and an assist in 43 games with the Senators. In the AHL with Belleville, he had one goal and five points in seven games.
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