Panthers Make Roster Changes, Yotes Send Domi Down to Minors

Florida - The New Jersey Devils traded forward Krystofer Barch and a seventh-round pick in 2015 to the Florida Panthers for forward Scott Timmins and a sixth-round pick in 2014, the Panthers announced Saturday. Barch, 33, spent part of the 2011-12 season with the Panthers. He had no points and 41 penalty minutes in 22 games for the Devils in 2012-13. He has 12 goals, 31 points and 713 penalty minutes in 326 NHL games in his career. Timmins, 24, was a sixth-round pick in the 2009 NHL Draft. He's played 24 games for the Panthers, including five during the 2012-13 campaign, and has one goal and no assists. He had 11 goals and 24 points for San Antonio in the American Hockey League last season. Barch is in the second year of a two-year, $1.5 million contract, while Timmins is on a one-year, two-way deal worth $600,000 if he spends the entire season in the NHL. The seventh-round pick acquired by the Panthers is the St. Louis Blues' selection that New Jersey picked up in a trade for Matt D'Agostini in March.

The Florida Panthers also signed forward Brad Boyes and defenseman Tom Gilbert, two players who had been with the team during training camp on a professional tryout, to contracts Saturday, the club announced on Twitter. Terms of the deals were not disclosed. Chris Johnston of Rogers Sportsnet reported the Boyes contract is one year for $1 million and the Gilbert deal is also for one season. The 31-year-old Boyes had 10 goals and 35 points in 48 games for the New York Islanders last season, reviving his career alongside John Tavares and Matt Moulson on the team's top line after a disappointing year with the Buffalo Sabres in 2011-12. Gilbert, 30, had three goals and 13 points in 43 games for the Minnesota Wild in 2012-13. He joined the Wild in a midseason trade the previous campaign after parts of six seasons with the Edmonton Oilers.

 

Phoenix - The Coyotes are sending 2013 first-round pick Max Domi back to his junior team, Domi said Saturday on Twitter. Domi, the 12th pick in the draft June 30 at Prudential Center, appeared in four preseason games. He had no goals and an assist. The son of longtime NHL player Tie Domi, Max Domi had 39 goals and 87 points in 64 regular-season games for the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League last season before adding 11 goals and 32 points in 21 postseason contests.London will be the host of the 2014 Memorial Cup, so the Knights will have an automatic berth. Domi will also be a favorite to represent Canada in the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championships.

"Had an amazing experience in Phoenix!" Domi tweeted. "Learned a lot and can't thank everyone enough! So pumped to get back at it with the boys in London!"