Overview
- Philadelphia immediately signed Maxence Guenette, who entered the deal as an unsigned restricted free agent, to a one-year, two-way contract.
- Dennis Gilbert returns to the Senators organization after a brief four-game stint there last season and is expected to report to AHL Belleville.
- Guenette, 24, has eight NHL games without a point and has produced 27 goals and 116 points across 236 AHL games for Belleville.
- Gilbert, 29, brings 111 games of NHL experience and had been playing this season with AHL Lehigh Valley, logging one assist in six games.
- The move helps Ottawa cover a thin left side with Thomas Chabot unavailable and Donovan Sebrango claimed by Florida, while Guenette is expected to join AHL Lehigh Valley.