All quiet on the Penguins front today. Brad Thiessen and Eric Tangradi were assigned to Wilkes-Barre which make both eligible to be listed on the Clear Day rosters which will be out next Monday.
Here is a recap of what all teams in the AHL’s East Division did:
Pittsburgh / Wilkes-Barre
No moves.
Washington / Hershey
No moves. Keith Aucoin was re-assigned yesterday and Dmitri Orlov was assigned today also, but was immediately recalled.
Ottawa / Binghamton
Goaltender Ben Bishop was acquired by the Senators yesterday from St. Louis. He will start tomorrow for the B-Sens but should be up with Ottawa next week.
Anaheim / Syracuse
RW Dale Mithell for D Mark Fraser and D Sebastian Erixon for RW Andrew Gordon.
Tampa Bay / Norfolk
Tampa Bay traded for D Mike Commodore for draft picks. This shuffled Brandon Segal to Tampa and Evan Oberg, Mike Angelidis and Trevor Smith back to Norfolk. They also traded F Carter Ashton for D Keith Aulie. The plan is to keep Aulie in Tampa.
Analysis
1) The moves made by Anaheim today pretty much spell out they don’t think that Syracuse is a playoff team.
2) It’s safe to say that the Norfolk Admirals mean business. Early favorites to win the Calder Cup? Maybe.
3) I am shocked Washington didn’t do something to help itself. The Capitals are struggling.
Trades can still be made on the AHL level until next Monday’s Clear Day.
Here’s Jonathan Bombulie’s take on the deadline moves.
Jonathan makes light of the fact that the Penguins are off tomorrow but no worries! My Third Quarter Grades will be up on the blog tomorrow at noon.
Let’s Go Pens!
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