On October 16th, the Buffalo Sabres claimed L.A. Kings defensemen Christian Wolanin off of the waiver wire. Less then 2 months later, the Kings re-paid the Sabres and reclaimed Wolanin, sending the 26 year old back to whence he came.
Today, Buffalo was caught red-handed trying to smuggle Wolanin to Rochester after only playing in one game wearing the swords. In an unremarkable debut this seasons, against the Washington Capitals, Wolanin racked up a plus/minus -2 in only 8:18 of ice time. In all fairness, the blueliner was a press box regular up until that point, so some rust was expected, but the minimal ice time was not a huge vote of confidence from Don Granato’s coaching staff.