

The 14 year NHL Vet enters year 8 in Buffalo and will look to improve his 45 points and 21 goals a season ago. Okposo is the grizzled leader of this Buffalo squad and it was proved when he was named the Captain of the Sabres a week ago. Reilly was sent through waivers right before the Bruins season was to begin, but it appeared it was more of a salary cap maneuver than a demotion to the AHL. Reilly enters his third year in Boston looking to repeat his career year a season ago when he played in 75 games scored 17 points and recorded 4 goals. Last year in 57 games he recorded 13 points.

The list of Gophers currently in the NHL is as follows: Arizona Coyotes:īoyd will be in his second season in the Valley of the Sun after playing 74 games for the Coyotes last season recording a career high 35 points and 17 goals.ījugstad moved to Arizona after a pair of injury prone seasons with his hometown Minnesota Wild. Some players have been mainstays for their team, while some moved to new clubs in the off season, and one will make the roster as a rookie. The eighteen Gophers are split over fourteen NHL squads. Minnesota’s total of 18 players ranks only behind Michigan’s 21, Boston College’s 19 and is tied with Boston University’s 18. Minnesota will have at least an additional thirteen players starting the season on AHL contracts, many who have previously seen time on an NHL roster and are only an injury or two away from being called up to the big leagues. The Minnesota Gophers hockey team will have eighteen alums starting the 2022-23 NHL season on an active roster when the NHL began play this week.
