Ice Chips: Habs place F Schnarr on waivers

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Montreal Canadiens

The Canadiens have placed forward Nate Schnarr on waivers.

Schnarr, 23, was acquired by Montreal at the 2022 trade deadline from the New Jersey Devils in exchange for goaltender Andrew Hammond. In 63 AHL games last season split between the Utica Comets and Laval Rocket, Schnarr had 17 goals and 36 points.

The team also signed goaltender Jake Allen on Saturday to a two-year, $7.7 million contract extension. In 35 games last season, he had a 9-20-4 record, 3.30 goals against average and .905 save percentage.

Edmonton Oilers

The Oilers have placed forward Seth Griffith on waivers with the intention to assign him to the AHL's Bakersfield Condors.

Griffith, 29, signed a two-year, two-way contract with the Oilers on Oct. 9, 2020 and appeared in one game with Edmonton last season.

Drafted 131st overall in the 2012 NHL Draft by the Boston Bruins, Griffith has 8 goals and 19 points in 80 career games split between the Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Florida Panthers, Buffalo Sabres, and Oilers.

Vegas Golden Knights

The Golden Knights announced that they have placed forwards Byron Froese and Sheldon Rempal, defenseman Brayden Pachal, and goaltender Michael Hutchinson on waivers with the intent of assigning them to the AHL's Henderson Silver Knights.

Hutchinson was acquired by Vegas on July 13 when he signed a one-year, two-way contract. He appeared in two game with the Toronto Maple Leafs last season and ended with a 0-1-0 record

Froese was acquired by the Golden Knights on July 13 when he signed a two-year, two-way contract. Last season he had 20 goals and 37 points in 55 games with the AHL's Stockton Heat

Rempal signed a two-year, two-way contract with the Golden Knights on July 13 and scored 33 goals and 69 points with the AHL's Abbotsford Canucks last season.

Pachal was acquired as an undrafted free agent by the Golden Knights in September of 2019 and signed a one-year extension on July 28. He registered two goals and 11 points in 65 games with the Silver Knights last season.

Winnipeg Jets

The Jets announced they have placed forwards Mikey Eyssimont and Jeff Mallott, and defencemen Leon Gawanke and Ashton Sautner on waivers with the intention of assigning them to the AHL's Manitobay Moose on Saturday.

The Jets used these lines during Saturday's morning skate, according to team reporter Mitchell Clinton:

Perfetti - Dubois - Wheeler

Maenalanen - Lowry - Appleton

Harkins - Toninato - Stenlund

Lambert - Gustafsson - Reichel

Dillon - Pionk

Stanley - Schmidt

Heinola - Samberg

Colorado Avalanche

The Avalanche used these lines during practice on Saturday, according to Peter Baugh of The Athletic:

Lehkonen - MacKinnon - Rantanen

Rodrigues - Newhook - Nichushkin

Meyers - Compher - O'Connor

Cogliano - Sedlak - Kaut

Extras: Blidh, Maltsev, Bowers, Megna

Defence: Girard, Byram, Manson, MacDonald, Makar, Johnson, Toews, MacDermid

Buffalo Sabres

The Sabres are expected to use these lines during their preseason game against the Pittsburgh Penguins, according to Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News:

Quinn - Thompson - Olofsson

Krebs - Cozens - Peterka

Bjork - Savoie - Hinostroza

Murray - Asplund - Weissbach

Power - Jokiharju

Davies - Lyubushkin

Clague - Priskie

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Malcolm Subban

Chicago Blackhawks

The Blackhawks are expected to use these lines in their preseason game against the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday, according to Ben Pope of The Chicago Sun Times:

Tyler Johnson - Toews - Raddysh

Kurashev - Reichel - Sikura

Khaira - Reese Johnson - Entwistle

Katchouk - Slavin - Seney

Jack Johnson - Regula

Phillips - Allan

Del Mastro - Beaudin

Stalock

Wells

Florida Panthers

The Panthers are using these lines during their preseason game against the Carolina Hurricanes, according to team reporter Jameson Olive:

Heponiemi - Luostarinen - Denisenko

Lomberg - Dalpe - Levtchi

Keppen - Tierney - Balcers

Giles - Nash

Del Zotto - Kinnunen

Ludvig - Bitetto

Kiersted - Cesana

Staios

Knight

Guzda

Boston Bruins

The Bruins are using these lines during their preseason game against the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday according to Fluto Shinzawa of The Athletic:

Zacha - Bergeron - DeBrusk

Hall - Krejci - Lysell

Foligno - Nosek - Wagner

Frederic - Beecher - McLaughlin

Forbort - Clifton

Ahcan - Zbboril

Wolff - Wissman

Ullmark

Carolina Hurricanes

The Hurricanes are using these lines during their preseason game against the Florida Panthers on Saturday, according to team reporter Walt Ruff:

Teravainen - Aho - Jarvis

Svechnikov - Kotkaniemi - Necas

Kase - Staal - Fast

Stormwall - Drury - Tieksola

Slavin - Burns

de Haan - Bear

Seeley - Lagesson

Andersen

Kochetkov

St. Louis Blues

The Blues are expected to use these lines in their preseason game against the Dallas Stars on Saturday, according to Jeremy Rutherford of The Athletic:

Buchnevich - Thomas - Tarasenko

Saad - Barbashev - Leivo

Bitten - Brown - Bolduc

Highmore - Alexandrov - Angello

Leddy - Parayko

Rosen - Kessel

Tucker - Bortuzzo

Hofer

Zherenko