Jeník has played 22 games in the NHL for Arizona, from where the club moved to Salt Lake City before the upcoming season and will play the first year under the name Utah HC. He is currently a protected free agent without a contract.
Jeník’s one-year two-way contract, which guaranteed him an income of $775,000 in the NHL and dropped to $100,000 on the farm, ended. Last season, he got an opportunity in the first team of the Coyotes in five games and scored an assist. On the farm in Tucson, he collected 36 points for 16 goals and 20 assists in 55 regular season games, and did not score in two playoff games.
Arizona drafted Jeník in the third round in 2018 at No. 65. He made his NHL debut at the end of the 2020/21 season, when he started twice and scored two goals. In the next season, he appeared in the Coyotes jersey in 13 games and had a record of 2+1. In the following year, he did not score in two games.
In four seasons in the AHL, Jeník played 165 games in the regular season and collected 120 points (46+74). He scored a goal in five games and assisted in two in the elimination games. In the extra league for Liberec, he played in 16 duels and had two assists.
Twenty-four-year-old Sokolov played 13 games for Ottawa in two seasons in the NHL and scored two points. He spent all of last year in Belleville in the AHL.
2024-07-03 19:16:16
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