Ice Chips: Penguins cut Nylander, 16 others from training camp
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Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins have cut their training camp roster down to 28 players.
Forwards Alex Nylander, Valtteri Puustinen, Drake Caggiula, Filip Hallander, Jamie Devane, Kyle Olson, Nathan Legare, Raivis Ansons, Corey Andonovski and Drew O'Connor, along with defencemen Xavier Ouellet, Colin Swoyer and Jack St. Ivany have all been assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's training camp in the American Hockey League.
Goaltenders Filip Lindberg and Dustin Tokarski will also report to AHL training camp.
Nylander, Tokarski, Ouellet, and Caggiula will have to go through waivers before joining Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Forward Radim Zohorna was also placed on waivers but has not been removed from the Penguins' training camp roster.
Owen Pickering and Nolan Collins have both been sent back to their respective junior teams.
Toronto Maple Leafs
Maple Leafs defenceman Rasmus Sandin practices with the team for the first time during training camp after signing a new contract.
Sandin, 22, signed a two-year, $2.8 million deal on Sept. 29 ending a holdout that caused him to miss the start of training camp.
The 5-foot-11 defenceman had five goals and 16 points in 51 games last season.
Forward Pierre Engvall is taking part in his first Maple Leafs practice for the first time this training camp, according to TSN's Mark Masters.
Engvall, 26, missed the start of training camp with an ankle injury.
The Ljungby, Sweden native registered 15 goals and 35 points in 78 games last season.
The Maple Leafs used these lines during practice on Sunday, according to Masters:
Group 1:
Bunting - Matthews - Marner
Robertson - Kerfoot - Nylander
Aston-Reese - Holmberg - Aube-Kubel
Gogolev - Gaudette - Malgin
Rielly - Brodie
Muzzin - Sandin
Giordano - Holl
Kral - Mete
Murray
Samsonov
Power Play 1:
QB: Rielly
Middle/flanks: Marner, Matthews, Nylander
Net front: Bunting
Power Play 2:
QB: Giordano
Middle: Gaudette
Flanks: Malgin, Robertson
Net front: Kerfoot
Group 2:
Engvall - Kampf - Anderson
McMann - Der-Arguchintsev - Steeves
Clifford - Shaw - Simmonds
Abruzzese - Douglas - Ellis
Slaggert,Blandisi
Kokkonen - Hollowell
Rifai - Villeneuve
Pietroniro - Hoefenmayer
Hellickson - Miller
Kallgren
Ferguson
Calgary Flames
The Calgary Flames have cut their roster down to 28 players on Sunday.
Forwards Walker Duehr, Adam Klapka, Mitch McLain, Jakob Pelletier, Cole Schwindt, Brett Sutter, and Connor Zary, and defencemen Yan Kuznetsov, and Ilya Solovyov have been assigned to the AHL's Calgary Wranglers.
Forwards Clark Bishop, Ben Jones, and Matthew Phillips, defencemen Nick DeSimone, and Colton Poolman, and goaltender Oscar Dansk have been put on waivers for the purpose of assigning them to the Wranglers.
Forwards Emilio Pettersen, Martin Pospisil, and defenceman Dennis Gilbert are injured and are listed as day-to-day.
The Flames used these lines during Sunday's practice, according to Wes Gilbertson of Postmedia:
Huberdeau - Lindholm - Toffoli
Mangiapane - Kadri - Dube
Rooney - Backlund - Coleman
Lucic - Eakin - Lewis
Milano - Ruzicka - Ritchie
Edmonton Oilers
The Oilers have put forward Greg McKegg on waivers with the intent to assign him to the AHL's Bakersfield Condors on Sunday.
McKegg, 30, signed a two-year, two-way deal with the Oilers in the offseason and had two goals and five points in 43 games with the New York Rangers last season.
Buffalo Sabres
The Sabres have placed goaltender Malcolm Subban on waivers on Sunday with the intent to assign him to the AHL's Rochester Americans, according to Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News.
Subban, 28, appeared in four games with the Sabres last season where he had a 0-2-1 record with a .871 save percentage and 4.85 goals-against average,
Boston Bruins
Forward Taylor Hall did not practice on Sunday with the Bruins due to an undisclosed injury, according to Matt Porter of the Boston Globe.
Hall, 30, had 20 goals and 61 points in 81 games last season.
Anaheim Ducks
Forward Trevor Zegras is day-to-day with an upper-body injury but will practice on Sunday.
Zegras, 21, had 23 goals and 61 points in 75 games last season.
Seattle Kraken
The Seattle Kraken have placed forwards Jesper Forden, Cameron Hughes, Kole Lind, Max McCormick, Austin Poganski, Andrew Poturalski, and Carsen Twarynski, defencemen Gustav Olofsson, and Brogan Rafferty, and goaltender Magnus Hellberg on waivers for the purpose of assigning them to the AHL's Coachella Valley Firebirds on Sunday.
Washington Capitals
The Capitals have assigned forward Hendrix Lapierre and defenceman Vincent Iorio to the AHL's Hershey Bears on Sunday.
The team also have placed forwards Beck Malenstyn, and Garrett Pilon, defencemen Bobby Nardella, Dylan McIlrath, Gabriel Carlsson, and goaltender Zach Fucale on waivers for the purpose of assigning them to the Bears.