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Waivers

The New Jersey Devils claimed forward Jean-Sebastien Dea off waivers from the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday.

Dea, 24, appeared in five games with the Penguins last season, posting one goal. The centre had 18 goals and 50 points in 70 games with AHL's Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.

He was undrafted to start his NHL career and spent time in the ECHL in 2014-15 before eventually making his NHL debut during the 2016-17 season.

The following players were placed on waivers Friday:

ZANE MCINTYRE BOS

NICOLAS KERDILES WPG

SETH GRIFFITH WPG

DENNIS EVERBERG WPG

JC LIPON WPG

ERNEST SCHILLING WPG

BRENDAN GAUNCE VAN

AL MONTOYA EDM

DUSTIN TOKARSKI NYR

COLE SCHNEIDER NYR

MAREK MAZANEC NYR

PETER HOLLAND NYR

CHRIS BIGRAS NYR

JULIAN MELCHIORI FLA

BEN STREET ANA

JOSEPH BLANDISI ANA

The following players cleared waivers Friday:

WADE MEGAN DET

MARK LETESTU CBJ

SCOTT WEDGEWOOD BUF

TAYLOR FEDUN BUF

REECE SCARLETT DAL

DILLON HEATHERINGTON DAL

ZACH TROTMAN PIT

RYAN GRAVES COL

SCOTT KOSMACHUK COL

MASON GEERTSEN COL

ANDREW AGOZZINO COL

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward Jori Lehtera returned to practice on Friday after missing Wednesday's skate and Thursday's game once a report in Finland revealed he had been questioned in connection with a drug bust in his native country.

Lehtera spent practice on the Flyers' fourth line, skating with Scott Laughton and Michael Raffl.

Lines, per the Courier-Post:

Giroux-Couturier-Konecny
Lindblom-Patrick-Voracek
van Riemsdyk-Vorobyev-Simmonds
Laughton-Lehterä-Raffl
Leier-Weal-Weise

The following information is from the Canadian Press: NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said Thursday the league is investigating the situation. Lehtera's lawyer, Ari Nieminen, said he expects police to release a statement clearing up some things that came out of the report.

"Police is giving this brief statement about this because this is getting out of hand," Nieminen said by phone. "They are going to clear some things up because there's some kind of misunderstanding about his case."

Finnish news agency MTV reported Wednesday that Lehtera is connected with an investigation into a cocaine ring. Nieminen said no charges have been filed against Lehtera.

"He's only suspected," Nieminen said. "In my opinion, very minor things. It's wrong to say that he's involved with this kind of thing what they are really investigating, the police."

Nieminen said he could not comment on specific details of the case. He expects the police briefing to come Friday. A spokeswoman for the police department did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.

Lehtera, 30, is entering his fifth NHL season and is in the last year of his contract with Philadelphia. He has played 280 regular-season and 39 playoff games for the St. Louis Blues and Flyers.

"We have spoken with Jori Lehtera and the league office regarding the reports out of Finland, and will reserve any further comment on the matter at this time," Flyers general manager Ron Hextall said.

 

Toronto Maple Leafs

Leafs lines at the morning skate - Kristen Shilton, TSN

Forwards:

Kapanen-Tavares-Marner

Marleau-Matthews-Ennis

Leivo-Kadri-Brown

Johnsson-Lindholm-Gauthier

Defencemen:

Rielly-Hainsey

Gardiner-Zaitsev

Dermott-Ozhiganov

Rosen-Holl

Goalies:

Andersen

Pickard

 

Ottawa Senators

The Ottawa Senators have assigned forward Filip Chlapik and defenceman Christian Wolanin to Belleville (AHL). 

Edmonton Oilers

The Oilers have placed goaltender Al Montoya on waivers for purpose of assignment to Bakersfield (AHL).

Montreal Canadiens 

Habs lines at practice. according to the the team's official Twitter account.  

Tatar - Danault - Gallagher
Byron - Domi - Lehkonen
Drouin - Kotkaniemi - Armia
Chaput - Plekanec - Scherbak
De la Rose - Peca - Hudon

Mete - Petry
Alzner - Benn
Reilly - Juulsen
Ouellet - Despres

Price
Niemi
Lindgren

Defenceman David Schlemko is absent from practice due to an injury he suffered in Wednesday's game vs. Toronto. 

New York Rangers

According to the team's official Twitter account, the Rangers have made the following roster moves:

Lias Andersson, Steven Fogarty, Libor Hajek, Ryan Lindgren, Michael Lindqvist, Ville Meskanen, and Rob O’Gara have been assigned to Hartford (AHL).  

The Rangers have also placed the following players on waivers for purpose of assignment to Hartford: Chris Bigras, Peter Holland, Marek Mazanec, Cole Schneider and Dustin Tokarski.

Winnipeg Jets 

The Jets have made the following moves to reduce their roster on Friday. 

The following players have been assigned to the Manitoba Moose (AHL):

G - Mikhail Berdin
G - Eric Comrie
D - Sami Niku
D - Nelson Nogier
D - Peter Stoykewych
F - Mason Appleton
F - Jansen Harkins
F - Skyler McKenzie
F - Kristian Reichel
F - CJ Suess

The following five players will be assigned to the Moose, pending waivers:

D - Cam Schilling
F - Dennis Everberg
F - Seth Griffith
F - Nic Kerdiles
F - JC Lipon