SEASON SYNOPSIS
Despite a gut-punch ending, it would be short-sighted to deem the Manitoba Moose’s 2021-2022 campaign as anything other than a success.
Getting knocked out in the first round was tough, especially after clawing back from the brink of elimination to force a Game 5. But, you can’t define Manitoba’s season on that alone. Looking at things from a developmental perspective, there was an endless amount of positives in a vacuum.
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Cole Perfetti, with 15 points in 17 games, evolved into an impact player and came into his own at the pro level. Ville Heinola rounded out his game amid some frustrating circumstances, finishing the year off with a strong playoff showing that all but punched his ticket to the big leagues next year. Declan Chisholm, Leon Gawanke, and Jonathan Kovacevic raised their respective stocks, too.
At the tail end of the season, ELC signings like Daniel Torgensson, Wyatt Bongiovanni, and Henri Nikkanen impressed the coaching staff enough that they muscled their way into the lineup in the lead-up to the playoffs (with the latter of the three suiting up in a playoff game).
The thing too was that the Jets’ AHL affiliate remained competitive all year long. Credit for that starts with head coach Mark Morrison, who impacted this group in his first year behind the helm. But we’d also be remiss not to tip our cap to Craig Heisinger, who assembled quality AHL personnel like the line of Evan Polei, Cole Maier, and Nick Jones (amongst others) who rounded out the roster.
Mikey Eyssimont led the team in scoring with 42 points (18G, 24A). Jeff Malott scored a team-high 23 goals, and Gawanke registered a team-high 26 assists.
(List accurate as of August 24th at 8:50am CT)
UNDER CONTRACT AND RE-SIGNINGS
Forwards
- Daniel Torgersson – First year of an entry-level contract
- Kristian Reichel – First year of NHL two-way contract
- Evan Polei – Second year of AHL one-way deal
- Cole Perfetti – Second year of an entry-level contract
- Henri Nikkanen – First year of an entry-level contract
- Greg Meireles – Re-signed on AHL one-way deal
- Jeff Malott – Re-signed two-year NHL two-way contract
- Cole Maier – Second year of AHL one-way deal
- Nick Jones – Re-signed on AHL one-way deal
- Isaac Johnson – Re-signed on AHL two-way deal
- Mikey Eyssimont – Second year of NHL two-way contract
- Thomas Caron – Re-signed on AHL two-way deal
- Wyatt Bongiovanni – First year of an entry-level contract
- Morgan Barron – Third year of entry-level contract
- Tyler Boland – Year two of AHL two-way deal
- David Gustafsson – Re-signed on two-year NHL contract
Defenceman
- Dean Stewart – Re-signed on AHL one-way deal
- Dylan Samberg –Third year of entry level contract
- Jimmy Oligny – Second year of AHL one-way deal
- Simon Lundmark – Second year of entry-level contract
- Ville Heinola – Second year of an entry-level contract*
- Declan Chisholm – Third year of entry-level contract
- Johnny Kovacevic – Re-signed three-year NHL contract (two-way for 22/23 and 23/24, then one-way for final year)
- Leon Gawanke – Signed one-year, two-way NHL contract
Goaltender
- Arvid Holm – Third year of entry-level contract
- Evan Cormier – First year of AHL one-way deal
- Mikhail Berdin – Second year of NHL two-way contract
* – Contract includes European Assignment Clause, detailed in Article 11 – 11.19 of the NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement — “The SPC of any Player may contain a clause that provides that, in the event his NHL Club Loans the Player to a club outside the NHL, during the period of such Loan, the Player shall have the option to be Loaned to a club of his choice outside North America.”
NEW ADDITIONS
Forwards
- Alex Limoges – First year of entry-level contract’
- Saku Maenalanen – First year of NHL two-way contract
- Kevin Stenlund – First year of NHL two-way contract
- Colin Bilek – First year of AHL one-way deal
- Joseph Nardi – First year of AHL one-way deal
Defenceman
- Ashton Sautner – First year of NHL two-way contract
- Kyle Capobianco – First year of NHL contract (two-way for 22/23, then one-way for final year)
- Tyrel Bauer – First year of entry-level contract
- Simon Kubicek – First year of two-year AHL contract
- Chris Martenet – First year of AHL contract
Goalies
- Oskari Salminen – First year of entry-level contract
DEPARTURES
Forwards
- Kristian Vesalainen – Signed one-year contract in SHL with Malmo
- C.J. Suess – Signed one-year, two-way NHL contract with San Jose
- Austin Poganski – Signed one-year, two-way NHL contract with Seattle
- Bobby Lynch – Signed one-year, one-way AHL contract with Rockford
- Nick Hutchison – Signed one-year, one-way AHL contract with Utica
- Todd Burgess – Signed one-year, one-way AHL contract with Milwaukee
- Luke Johnson – Signed one-year AHL contract with San Jose
- Haralds Egle – Signed one-year contract in the Swiss League with SC Langenthal
- Ty Pelton Byce – Signed one-year ECHL contract with the Idaho Steelheads
Defencemen
- Markus Phillips – Signed one-year contract in Liiga with Ässät
- Hayden Shaw – Signed one-year contract in DEL with the Nürnberg Ice Tigers
Goalies
- Philippe Desrosiers – Signed one-year, one-way AHL contract with Laval
(Special thanks to CapFriendly and Elite Prospects for all the contract terms and definitions for this offseason player tracker!)
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