The Devils announced that they’ve re-signed forward Shane Bowers to a two-year, two-way contract.
The New Jersey Devils announced they’ve reassigned forwards Graeme Clarke and Shane Bowers to the American Hockey League. The Utica Comets have three games remaining in the AHL regular season and are amid a playoff chase, despite being in last place in the AHL’s North Division.
The New Jersey Devils spent a lot of effort building depth this offseason. On top of the young players across their prospect pool who might be ready for the NHL, the Devils added Tomas Nosek, Shane Bowers, and Chris Tierney.
Shane Bowers, 23, was recently acquired by New Jersey in a one-for-one trade that sent defenseman Reilly Walsh to the Boston Bruins.
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Kinkaid has 11 years of NHL experience, posting a 70-58-21 record with eight shutouts in 168 games.
The Bruins and Avalanche have swapped depth players as Colorado has traded forward Shane Bowers to Boston in exchange for goaltender Keith Kinkaid. Both teams have announced the move and have confirmed that the players have been sent down to their respective minor league clubs.
Shane Bowers entered the Colorado Avalanche organization with a solid reputation and was expected to make the NHL. He came as part of the Matt Duchene trade deal and was drafted in the first round of the 2017 Draft, taken 28th overall by the Ottawa Senators.
Bowers’ return comes ahead of schedule after the team gave him a six-week recovery timeline from an upper-body injury on Nov. 12. He suffered the injury after skating just three shifts in his NHL debut two days earlier.
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Colorado Avalanche forward Shane Bowers will be sidelined approximately six weeks with an upper-body injury, coach Jared Bednar confirmed Sunday. A 2017 first-round pick, Bowers was hurt after playing less than two minutes in his NHL debut on Thursday night against Nashville.
When the Maple Leafs elected to overhaul their goaltending group this offseason, the biggest question aside from rebound performances from Murray and Ilya Samsonov, would be health.
Options are already limited and about to be stretched even thinner. Well. This was going to be an analysis of Shane Bowers’ first NHL game. No longer the case.
Sampo Ranta gets the call, too. Injuries are an unfortunate part of the game but they create opportunities for others to get their chance to show they can contribute in the NHL.
Training camp cuts continued Thursday morning for the Avalanche. Colorado reassigned five players to the Colorado Eagles of the American Hockey League and placed six others on waivers.
When the Colorado Avalanche signed Shane Bowers to a one-year extension, the move didn’t draw a lot of attention. But this one-year deal might be the most important contract of Bowers’ professional hockey career, as it might be the last chance for the former first-round pick to make an NHL roster.
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