Damien Brunner, an unsigned free agent forward, is joining the New Jersey Devils on a tryout basis.

General manager Lou Lamoriello confirmed prior to New Jersey's preseason game against the New York Rangers on Monday night that Brunner is joining the team and will be on the ice Tuesday morning.

Brunner, 27, spent five years playing for Zug in his native Switzerland before joining the Detroit Red Wings last season. He finished with 12 goals and 26 points in 44 games, then scored five goals and nine points in 14 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

The Vancouver Canucks pared their training-camp roster Monday by sending a pair of 2013 draft picks back to their junior teams in the Ontario Hockey League.

Cole Cassels, son of former NHL center Andrew Cassels, was sent back to the Oshawa Generals, while defenseman Jordan Subban, brother of Norris Trophy winner P.K. Subban and brother of Boston Bruins goaltending prospect Malcolm Subban, was returned to the Belleville Bulls.

The Colorado Avalanche on Monday shifted seven players from their main training camp to the team's American Hockey League camp.

Sent to the Lake Erie Monsters were forwards Trevor Cheek and Gabriel Desjardins; defensemen Daniel Maggio, Lee Moffie and Mikael Tam; and goaltenders Kieran Millan and Kent Patterson.

Phoenix Coyotes defenseman Rostislav Klesla was resting comfortably at home Monday after suffering a concussion and whiplash during a preseason game Sunday game against the Los Angeles Kings, coach Dave Tippett said at an afternoon press conference.

Klesla was taken from the ice at Jobing.com Arena on a stretcher midway through the first period after a hit by Kings forward Jordan Nolan. Klesla was alert and waved to the crowd as he was removed from the ice. He was taken to an area hospital and remained there until about 3 a.m., according to Tippett, before being released.

"He probably has a little bit of a headache but ... he's home, which is a good sign," Tippett said, adding there was no timetable for Klesla's return to the ice.

The Dallas Stars trimmed their training camp roster by four players Monday.

Goaltender Philippe Desrosiers and defenseman Troy Vance were returned to their Quebec Major Junior Hockey League clubs; Desrosiers, a 2013 second-round pick (No. 54) was sent to the Rimouski Oceanic, while Vance went back to the Charlottetown Islanders.

The Buffalo Sabres cut their roster by five players Monday when it returned five players to their junior hockey teams.

Among those returned to their Canadian Hockey League club was forward Justin Bailey, a Buffalo native selected by the team in the second round (No. 52) of the 2013 NHL Draft. He'll return to the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League for a second season.

The Los Angeles Kings on Monday trimmed their training-camp roster by returning eight players to their junior-hockey teams.

Among those sent back was goaltender Patrik Bartosak, who was returned to the Red Deer Rebels of the Western Hockey League. A fifth-round pick (No. 146) in the 2013 NHL Draft, Bartosak was named the best goaltender in the Canadian Hockey League last season.

The San Jose Sharks trimmed one player from their training-camp roster Monday, returning center Chris Tierney to his junior team.

A second-round pick (No. 55) in the 2012 NHL Draft, Tierney will play this season for the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League.

Philadelphia Flyers top goaltending prospect Anthony Stolarz was one of four players the team released from its training camp roster Monday.

Stolarz, taken in the second round (No. 45) of the 2012 NHL Draft, made 14 saves on 15 shots in the Flyers' preseason opener Sunday, a 4-3 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs in a game played at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario. He played half the game, following starter Steve Mason.