According to a team announcement, the Philadelphia Flyers have reassigned defenseman Adam Ginning to the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms. The transaction reduces the Flyers’ active roster to 22 players.
Beginning tomorrow, Philadelphia will embark on a brief two-game road trip against the Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins before returning home on Saturday. Given that it’s atypical for a team not to have at least one extra forward and defenseman on the roster for a road trip, the expectation is that another roster move is coming.
That roster move will likely come in the form of Jamie Drysdale‘s activation from the injured reserve, when he’s eligible to be tomorrow. Head coach Rick Tocchet left that possibility open this morning when he indicated that both Drysdale and Bobby Brink may be in the lineup tomorrow.
Ginning, 26, wraps up his second stint with the Flyers this season. He has gone scoreless across five games, averaging 15:20 of ice time per game. He’s been a boon on the defensive side of the puck, averaging a 94.3% on-ice SV% at even strength.
He’s returning to a Lehigh Valley club where he has already played in 17 games this year. Throughout those 17 appearances, he’s registered one goal and three points with a -2 rating. His +/- is tied for third-worst on the team.