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2012 Offseason Moves

Below is a chart of the 2011-2012 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins contract statuses. As the summer advances this list will be updated. Any new additions will be given their own separate table below this one. Don’t expect much activity until after the middle of June and for business to really pick up on and after July 1, provided there is a new NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement in place for next season.

Name Position Status Notes
Chris Barton Left Wing Unrestricted Free Agent (AHL) Re-signed with Wheeling (ECHL) September 28.
Beau Bennett Right Wing 2012 Rookie
Robert Bortuzzo Defense Restricted Free Agent Re-signed with Pittsburgh August 30.
Cody Chupp Center Unrestricted Free Agent (AHL) Re-signed with Wilkes-Barre August 8.
Ryan Craig Left Wing Unrestricted Free Agent (NHL) Signed with the Springfield Falcons July 19.
Brandon DeFazio Left Wing Unrestricted Free Agent (AHL) Signed with New York Islanders July 2
Simon Despres Defense Under Contract Likely graduated to PIT
Brian Gibbons Center Under Contract
Alex Grant Defense Restricted Free Agent Re-signed with Pittsburgh August 30.
Andrew Hotham Defense Unrestricted Free Agent (AHL) Signed with Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL) July 31.
Patrick Killeen Goaltender Under Contract Needs another year of ECHL
Tom Kuhnhackl Left Wing 2012 Rookie
Bryan Lerg Left Wing Unrestricted Free Agent (AHL) Signed with Colorado Avalanche July 1.
Steve MacIntyre Left Wing Unrestricted Free Agent (NHL) Re-signed with Pittsburgh July 1.
Denver Manderson Forward Unrestricted Free Agent (AHL) Re-signed with Wilkes-Barre August 8.
Colin McDonald Right Wing Unrestricted Free Agent (NHL) Signed with New York Islanders July 2
Reid McNeill Defense 2012 Rookie
Peter Merth Defense Unrestricted Free Agent (AHL) Signed with the Wheeling Nailers (ECHL) July 19.
Mattias Modig Goaltender Restricted Free Agent Signed with Växjö Lakers (Sweden) June 14
Joey Mormina Defense Unrestricted Free Agent (AHL) Re-signed with Wilkes-Barre July 11.
Joe Morrow Defense 2012 Rookie
Scott Munroe Goaltender Unrestricted Free Agent (NHL) Signed with Adirondack Phantoms August 23.
Cal O’Reilly Center Restricted Free Agent Signed with Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the KHL July 17.
Adam Payerl Right Wing 2012 Rookie Saw late season action, may be slightly ahead of curve
Nick Petersen Left Wing Under Contract Left team in playoffs to attend to “personal matters”
Alexandre Picard Defense Unsigned Signed with HC Lev Praha in the KHL July 25.
Casey Pierro-Zabotel Center Restricted Free Agent
Matt Rust Center Unrestricted Free Agent (AHL)
Philip Samuelsson Defense Under Contract
Ryan Schnell Left Wing Unrestricted Free Agent (AHL) Signed with St. John’s IceCaps July 5.
Zach Sill Center Under Contract On NHL contract, will be looking to graduate in 12-13
Carl Sneep Defense Restricted Free Agent Re-signed with Pittsburgh July 11
Brian Strait Defense Restricted Free Agent Re-signed with Pittsburgh August 30.
Ben Street Center Unrestricted Free Agent (AHL) Signed with Calgary Flames July 2
Eric Tangradi Left Wing Restricted Free Agent Re-signed with Pittsburgh August 30
Brad Thiessen Goaltender Under Contract Re-signed a one-year contract with PIT June 30.
Paul Thompson Right Wing Under Contract
Dominik Uher Center 2012 Rookie
Boris Valabik Defense Unsigned Signed with HC Kometa Brno (Czech Republic) August 14
Keven Veilleux Right Wing Restricted Free Agent Re-signed with Pittsburgh July 11
Geoff Walker Right Wing Unrestricted Free Agent (AHL) Signed with Colorado Avalanche
Cody Wild Defense Unrestricted Free Agent (AHL) On a tryout with the Hamilton Bulldogs.
Jason Williams Right Wing Unrestricted Free Agent (NHL) Signed with Ambrì-Piotta (Switzerland) May 29

This list will continued to be updated as the summer wears on.

The new guys:

Name Position Old Team Notes
Jeff Zatkoff Goaltender Manchester Monarchs Was an AHL All-Star last year. Signed a two-year contract. Will push Thiessen.
Dylan Reese Defense Bridgeport Sound Tigers Rock solid defenseman, could be first WBS call-up to PIT
Riley Holzapfel Forward St. John’s IceCaps Turned it on late last season. Is he hitting WBS at his peak?
Warren Peters Center Texas Stars The second coming of Ryan Craig?
Trevor Smith Forward Norfolk Admirals Number four on Bombulie’s big board. A huge get.
Philippe Dupuis Center Toronto Marlies Tweener player, splitting time between NHL / AHL Toronto, with more success at the AHL level.
Benn Ferriero Right Wing Worcester Sharks Point-per-gamer at AHL level, 23 on Bombulie’s big board.
Jayson Megna Forward Nebraska-Omaha (WCHA) Prospect camp invitee who impressed enough to earn an NHL contract.
Scott Zurevinski Forward Quinnipiac University (ECAC) Two year captain at Quinnipiac, as undrafted and played in an eight game ATO with St. John’s late last year.

Last Update: September 26.

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