Smith hasn’t appeared in a game since a 3-1 victory over Colorado on Jan. 8. He also was on injured reserve with a back injury from Dec. 20 until Dec. 31.

Placed on IR

CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks placed veteran forward Craig Smith on injured reserve ... fellow defenseman Wyatt Kaiser to their American Hockey League affiliate. Del Mastro, 22, was a fourth ...

For now, it is going by a generic placeholder name, the Utah Hockey Club. As the team underwent its rapid move in the spring (normally, sports franchise relocations unfold over years, not months), its new ownership began to submit a flurry of trademark applications for possible names.

SEATTLE -- Philipp Grubauer cleared waivers and was assigned to Coachella Valley of the American Hockey League by the Seattle Kraken on Thursday. Grubauer is 5-15-1 with a 3.83 goals-against average and .866 save percentage in 21 games. His GAA and save percentage are last among the 54 goalies to play at least 15 games this season.

Baseball comparisons drawn between Mark Buehrle and the duo of Noah Schultz and Hagen Smith basically begin and end with all three being left-handed hurlers and having connections to the White Sox organization.

The Seattle Kraken will send Philipp Grubauer to the American Hockey League if he clears waivers. Follow this tracker for the latest NHL news.

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The Rockford IceHogs have been invading the Chicago Blackhawks roster lately. That tends to happen (an AHL team sending a lot of guys to the NHL) during rebuilding seasons. The latest addition to the roster for Chicago is going to be Landon Slaggert. They called him up from Rockford ahead of their game against the Minnesota Wild on Sunday night.

Bertuzzi and Teuvo Teravainen have been solid signings for Hawks general manager Kyle Davidson, but the rest of his moves have added very little this season.

Recently, the nominees for the 2025 Hobey Baker Award were announced. Sacha Boisvert of North Dakota, Aidan Thompson of Denver, Sam Rinzel of Minnesota, and Ryan Greene of Boston University are the Blackhawks draft picks nominated for the Hobey Baker Award this year.

Mikko Rantanen was dealt to the Hurricanes for Martin Necas, Jack Drury and two draft picks. Follow this tracker for the latest NHL news.