The Anaheim Ducks pared three more players from their roster Wednesday and now have 32 players remaining in camp.

The Dallas Stars on Wednesday assigned defenseman Cameron Gaunce to their American Hockey League affiliate, the Texas Stars.

The Stars' training camp roster now stands at 36 players; three goaltenders, 12 defensemen and 21 forwards.

The Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday signed defenseman Nikita Zadorov to a three-year, entry-level contract.

Taken with the 16th pick of the 2013 NHL Draft, the 6-foot-5, 220-pounder has one goal and a team-best plus-4 rating in three preseason games.

The New York Rangers announced on Wednesday that they have assigned nine players to Hartford of the American Hockey League.

Sent down were forwards Micheal Haley, Danny Kristo, Michael Kantor and Andrew Yogan, along with defensemen Danny Syvret, Dylan McIlrath, Tommy Hughes and Aaron Johnson. Goaltender Cam Talbot was also trimmed from the Rangers roster.

The Calgary Flames on Wednesday sent six players to their American Hockey League affiliate, the Abbotsford Heat.

Sent down were forwards Steve Begin, Markus Granlund and Josh Jooris, along with defensemen Chad Billins, John Ramage and Tyler Wotherspoon.

The moves leave the Flames with 32 players (19 forwards, 10 defensemen, three goalies) remaining in training camp.

The Flyers got one top-six forward back on the ice but were missing another one at practice Wednesday.

Wayne Simmonds, who had been battling the flu, returned to practice for the first time since the team's trip to Lake Placid, N.Y., last week.

Simmonds said he felt OK on the ice.

"I'm fine," Simmonds said. "Had a good practice [Tuesday] before the game, too. I was good [Tuesday], just coming back off the flu. But I feel healthy, feel strong and ready to go."

The Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday sent forward Brad Winchester and defenseman Theo Peckham to the Rockford IceHogs, the club's American Hockey League affiliate.

Winchester, 32, spent all of last season in the AHL, totaling 27 points in 37 games with the Milwaukee Admirals. He last played in the NHL in 2011-12, when he had 10 points in 67 games with the San Jose Sharks.

New Jersey Devils forward Jaromir Jagr told reporters after practicing Wednesday that he probably won't play Thursday in the team's preseason finale against the Philadelphia Flyers.

"I'm probably not going to play [Thursday] only because I didn't have a practice with my teammates," said Jagr, who has skated on his own and with a group of Devils on Tuesday who weren't playing in that evening's game in Philadelphia.

Jagr, who left the Devils' first practice Sept. 12 with a lower-body injury, said the final decision belongs to the New Jersey coaching staff, but that he wouldn't be concerned about not getting into a preseason game and feels practices will be enough to get him up to speed.

The New Jersey Devils trimmed eight players from their training-camp roster, including defensemen Jon Merrill and Eric Gelinas, and forward Stefan Matteau. They will start the season in the American Hockey League with the Albany Devils.

The Devils also sent goalie Scott Wedgewood, defenseman Brandon Burlon, and forwards Rod Pelley, Tim Sestito and Mike Sislo to Albany. Defenseman Damon Severson was returned to his junior team, the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League.

New Jersey now has 28 players left in training camp -- three goalies, eight defensemen and 17 forwards.

The Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday assigned defenseman Stefan Elliott to the Lake Erie Monsters of the American Hockey League, bringing their training camp roster down to 27 players.

Elliott, 22, has played parts of the last two seasons in the NHL. He had a goal and four points in 18 games last season, following four goals and 13 points in 39 games as a rookie in 2011-12.

Elliott was a second-round pick of the Avalanche (No. 49) in the 2009 NHL Draft.