Not much question the Florida Panthers are looking toward next year and beyond as bodies are transferred between Sunrise and Rochester with greater frequency.
Forwards Bill Thomas and Tim Kennedy were returned to the Amerks on Sunday, opening space for wingers Jordan Knackstedt and Eric Selleck to make their Panthers season debut.
Knackstedt, a RW, has 9 points (4 goals) in 31 games with Rochester, while LW Selleck appeared in 58 matches, notching 2 goals and 12 points. Both players are on two-way entry-level deals (Knackstedt will be an RFA in July).
Florida hosts Philadelphia Tuesday.
UPDATE: via Twitter, OFP is reporting Patrick Rissmiller and Mike Duco have been recalled from ROC. Good luck in sorting all of this out.
UPDATE 2: From the AHL…
| 03/14/2011 | Eric Selleck (LW) | Rochester | ADD Returned on loan from Florida/NHL |
| 03/14/2011 | Jordan Knackstedt (RW) | Rochester | ADD Returned on loan from Florida/NHL |
| 03/14/2011 | Michael Duco (LW) | Rochester | DEL Recalled from loan by Florida/NHL |
| 03/13/2011 | Bill Thomas (RW) | Rochester | ADD Returned on loan from Florida (NHL) |
| 03/13/2011 | Eric Selleck (LW) | Rochester | DEL Recalled from loan by Florida (NHL) |
| 03/13/2011 | Jordan Knackstedt (RW) | Rochester | DEL Recalled from loan by Florida (NHL) |
| 03/13/2011 | Tim Kennedy (C) | Rochester | ADD Returned on loan from Florida (NHL) |
Soooo…at the end of the day – or 5:30 pm, anyway – Duco appears to be the only call-up to Florida. Selleck has been suspended for four games by the American League “as a result of his actions in a game vs. Toronto on Mar. 11.”