Mermis has appeared in 12 AHL games since being reclaimed by Toronto off waivers on Jan. 3.

Utah acquires Sammy Walker from Minnesota

The Buffalo Sabres are considered to have one of the best prospect pools in the NHL, not only because of their selecting high in recent drafts but also due to their eye for talent and their organizational choices of either leaving players to develop in their home countries or bringing them to North America. All are 25 years old or younger, whose rights are currently held by the Sabres or are on AHL or NHL deals and have played less than 40 NHL games.

The Buffalo Sabres posted their third victory in a row, holding on for a 4-3 win over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday afternoon, but the focus after the game was not on the club’s recent positive trend, but on the head hit by New Jersey’s Stefan Noesen on Tage Thompson, that earned the Devils winger a major and game misconduct and saw the Sabres forward driven from the game and not return.

Forward Philip Tomasino - to Pittsburgh at the end of November - continues to improve the details of his game

The Chicago Blackhawks have called up Artyom Levshunov for practice purposes only.