2023 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Offseason Player Tracker

SEASON SYNOPSIS

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins weren’t the worst team in the AHL during the 2022-23 season, but they definitely were the worst in the Eastern Conference (at least according to their record). The Penguins finsihed the year with a 26-32-14 record, recording 66 points and a platry .458 points percentage.

Three players finished with 50+ points for the Baby Pens in 2022-23: Valtteri Puustinen (24G + 35A = 59 PTS in 72 GP), Drake Caggiula (22G + 31A = 53 PTS in 65 GP), and Alex Nylander (25G + 25A = 50 PTS in 55GP). Defenseman Ty Smith may have only had seven goals this past season, but six of those were on the power play, good for second among AHL defenseman. Goaltender Dustin Tokarski played in 36 games for WBS, posting a 2.69 goals against average and a .910 save percentage.

(List accurate as of Sept. 21st, 2:40pm ET)

UNDER CONTRACT AND RE-SIGNINGS

Forwards

• Corey Andonovski – Last year of entry-level contract
• Raivis Ansons – Second-to-last year of entry-level contract
• Jordan Frasca – Second-to-last year of entry-level contract
• Ty Glover – Second-to-last year of entry-level contract
• Jagger Joshua – First year of two-year AHL contract (signed ATO for 2022-23)
• Samuel Poulin – Last year of entry-level contract
• Lukas Svejkovsky – Second-to-last year of entry-level contract
• Jagger Joshua – Signed an ATO + 2-year AHL contract on March 21 (played for WBS and Michigan State Univ. [NCAA] in 2022-23)
• Justin Addamo – Signed a one-year AHL contract on April 3 (played mostly for ECHL Wheeling in 2022-23)
• Alex Nylander – Signed a one-year, one-way NHL contract extension on April 29
• Valtteri Puustinen – Signed a one-year, one-way NHL contract extension on June 20
• Jonathan Gruden – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract on July 14
• Samuel Houde – Signed to a one-year AHL contract on August 16

Defensemen

• Taylor Fedun – Last year of two-way NHL contract
• Mark Friedman – Last year of one-way NHL contract
• Justin Lee – Last year of AHL contract
• Xavier Ouellet – Last year of two-way NHL contract
• Owen Pickering – Second-to-last year of entry-level contract
• Jack St. Ivany – Last year of entry-level contract
• Ty Smith – Signed a one-year, one-way NHL contract on July 15

Goaltenders

• Taylor Gauthier – Second-to-last year of entry-level contract
• Joel Blomqvist – Signed a three-year, entry-level NHL contract on April 5

NEW ADDITIONS

Forwards

• Evan Vierling – Signed a one-year AHL contract on May 17 (played for the OHL’s Barrie Colts in 2022-23)
• Joona Koppanen – Signed a two-year NHL contract (23-24 is two-way, 24-25 is one-way) on July 1 (played for the Boston and Providence Bruins in 2022-23)
• Marc Johnstone – Signed a two-year, two-way NHL contract on July 2 (played for the Toronto Marlies in 2022-23)
• Radim Zohorna – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract on July 2 (played for the Calgary Flames & Wranglers and the Toronto Maple Leafs & Marlies in 2022-23)
• Vinnie Hinostroza – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract on July 7 (played for Buffalo and Rochester in 2022-23)
• Andreas Johnsson – Signed a one-year, one-way NHL contract on July 7 (played for San Jose, New Jersey, and Utica in 2022-23)
• Thimo Nickl – Signed a one-year AHL contract on July 10 (played for AIK of HockeyAllsvenskan in 2022-23)
• Dillon Hamaliuk – Acquired via the Erik Karlsson trade from San Jose on August 6 (played six games for ECHL Wichita in 2022-23)

Defensemen

• Isaac Belliveau – Signed a three-year, entry-level NHL contract on March 1 (played for the QMJHL’s Gatineau Olympiques in 2022-23)
• Ryan Shea – Signed a one-year, one-way NHL contract on July 1 (played for Texas in 2022-23)
• Will Butcher – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract on July 3 (played for Texas in 2022-23)
• Emil Pieniniemi – Signed a three-year, entry-level NHL contract on July 14 (played for Kärpät of Liiga in 2022-23)
• Dmitri Samorukov – Signed a one-year AHL contract on July 31 (played for St. Louis and Springfield in 2022-23)

Goaltenders

• Magnus Hellberg – Signed a one-year, one-way NHL contract on July 2 (played for Ottawa, Detroit, and Grand Rapids in 2022-23)
• Garret Sparks – Signed a one-year AHL contract on July 18 (played for Springfield and ECHL Orlando in 2022-23)

DEPARTURES

Forwards

• Filip Hållander – Signed a five-year contract with Timrå IK of the SHL on April 28
• Drake Caggiula – Signed a two-year, two-way NHL contract with Edmonton on July 1
• Brooklyn Kalmikov – Signed a one-year contract with ECHL Maine on July 19 (played three games for WBS and 66 games for ECHL Maine in 2022-23)
• Nathan Légaré – Traded to Montreal in the Erik Karlsson trade on August 6
• Sean Josling – Signed a one-year, two-way AHL contract with Charlotte on August 18 (played for ECHL Florida, ECHL Wheeling, and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in 2022-23)
• Kyle Olson – Signed a one-year contract with ECHL Reading on September 21

Defensemen

• Joshua Maniscalco – Signed a one-year AHL contract with the Rockford IceHogs on July 11
• Christopher Merisier-Ortiz – Signed a one-year, two-way AHL contract with Laval on July 17
• Colin Swoyer – Signed a one-year AHL contract with Hershey on August 2 (was not extended qualifying offer on June 30)
• Mitch Reinke – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract with Seattle on September 2
• Peter Diliberatore – Signed a PTO with Arizona on September 6 (was not extended qualifying offer on June 30)

Goaltenders

• Filip Lindberg – Signed a two-year contract with TPS of Liiga on May 5
• Dustin Tokarski – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract with Buffalo on July 1

FREE AGENTS

Forwards

• Jamie Devane – UFA (AHL)
• Tyler Sikura – UFA (AHL)

Defensemen

• Jon Lizotte – UFA (AHL)

Goaltenders

• Tommy Nappier – UFA (AHL); played one game with WBS and 21 games with ECHL Wheeling in 2022-23

(Special thanks to CapFriendly and Elite Prospects for all the contract terms and definitions for this offseason player tracker!)

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