The Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday returned Anthony Mantha, their first-round pick in the 2013 NHL Draft, to his junior team, the Val D'Or Foreurs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
Mantha, who scored 50 goals for Val D'Or last season, played in one preseason game for Detroit.
The Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday trimmed their training camp roster by 12 players, sending 11 to the Charlotte Checkers, their American Hockey League affiliate, and returning another to his junior team.
New Jersey Devils wing Jaromir Jagr skated on his own Wednesday morning for the first time since he was sidelined from training camp last Thursday due to soreness.
"He did have a light skate today and it went well," coach Pete DeBoer said.
"Obviously I have to help in areas where I'm best," Brunner told the Devils website. "I think I have to use my speed, my shot and create some offense and put some pucks in the net."
The Calgary Flames reassigned 19 players Wednesday, sending 13 to the Abbotsford Heat, their American Hockey League affiliate, and returning six other to their junior teams.
Among those reassigned were 2013 first-round draft picks Morgan Klimchuk and Emile Poirier, both of whom were returned to their junior teams.
The Edmonton Oilers reduced their training camp roster by four players Wednesday, sending three to the Oklahoma City Barons, their American Hockey League affiliate, and returning another to his junior team.
The Oilers' training camp roster now includes 41 players: four goaltenders, 14 defensemen and 23 forwards.
New York Islanders coach Jack Capuano said offseason addition Cal Clutterbuck "will miss some extended time" after suffering a skate laceration in a preseason game on Tuesday, according to a Newsday report.
Clutterbuck left the game against the Calgary Flames early in the third period after apparently suffering the injury while delivering a check.
Biggs, the 22nd pick of the 2011 NHL Draft, had 53 points in 60 games with the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League last season, and finished his season with one goal in four games with the Marlies. He also got into one AHL playoff game with the Marlies.
Blacker, a 2009 second-round pick (No. 58), had 11 points and a minus-4 rating in 61 games with the Marlies last season, and one assist and a plus-2 rating in four AHL playoff games.
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