Bitten was placed on waivers Sunday, per Chris Johnston of TSN.
Bitten notched 22 goals and 45 points in 65 games with AHL Springfield last season. He also picked up one assist and 10 hits in four appearances with St. Louis in 2022-23. Bitten will probably spend most of this campaign in the minors.
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Blues' Will Bitten: Heads to AHL
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Bitten was assigned to AHL Springfield on Sunday, Jim Thomas of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
Bitten has supplied one assist and 10 hits in four appearances with the Blues this season. He also has eight goals and 10 points in 20 AHL contests this campaign. The Blues brought up Logan Brown (upper body) from his conditioning loan in a corresponding move.
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Blues' Will Bitten: Recalled from AHL
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Bitten was recalled from AHL Springfield on Saturday.
Bitten was selected in the third round (70th overall) of the 2016 Entry Draft and has yet to make his NHL debut. He has eight goals and 10 points in 23 AHL games this season.
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Blues' Will Bitten: Goes on waivers
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Bitten was put on waivers by St. Louis on Sunday, Jim Thomas of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
Bitten scored a goal in Monday's preseason match against Dallas, but he will begin the year in the AHL if he clears. He produced 10 goals and 25 points in 45 games at the minor-league level last season with Springfield.
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Blues' Will Bitten: Inks two-year pact
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Bitten signed a two-year, two-way contract with St. Louis on Wednesday.
Bitten has yet to make his NHL debut despite spending the last four seasons playing in the minors. Selected by the Canadiens in the third round of the 2016 NHL Draft, the 24-year-old winger is coming off a decent campaign with the AHL Springfield last year in which he generated 10 goals and 14 assists during the regular season before adding another 21 points in 18 postseason contests. If he can carry the momentum from his playoff performance into training camp, Bitten may be in line for that debut this year.
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Blues' Will Bitten: Dealt to St. Louis
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The Blues acquired Bitten from Minnesota in exchange for Nolan Stevens on Wednesday.
Bitten was Minnesota's third-round pick in 2016. The 23-year-old played 23 games for AHL Iowa this season, recording three goals and five assists. It's unclear if the Blues intend to promote him to the NHL roster anytime soon.
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Wild's Will Bitten: Headed to waivers
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Bitten was placed on waivers by Minnesota on Thursday, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports.
Bitten had 19 points in 31 games last year with AHL Iowa, where he's likely to spend the majority of his time in 2021-22.
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Wild's Will Bitten: Gets two-way contract
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Bitten signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Wild on Saturday, per CapFriendly.
Bitten put up 19 points in 31 contests with AHL Iowa last year, his third season with the Wild's farm team. The forward's deal will pay him $840,000 at the NHL level, although it remains to be seen if he'll get much of a chance to make the big club's Opening Night roster. He'd likely need to outperform Frederick Gaudreau or Matthew Boldy in training camp.
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Wild's Will Bitten: Sent to minors
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Bitten was reassigned to AHL Iowa on Friday, CapFriendly reports.
Bitten has tallied four assists in 11 games with AHL Iowa this season but has yet to make his NHL debut. He likely won't get that chance this year.
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Wild's Will Bitten: Moves up to taxi squad
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Bitten was promoted to the taxi squad Thursday, per CapFriendly.
Bitten has recorded four assists in 11 games with AHL Iowa. It doesn't seem likely that he'll see any NHL ice time in the near future.
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Wild's Will Bitten: Sent to AHL affiliate
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The Wild assigned Bitten to AHL Iowa on Friday.
The AHL's season is about to start, so Bitten will head to the minors for the foreseeable future. The 22-year-old forward picked up 21 points in 51 minor-league appearances last campaign.
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Wild's Will Bitten: Rises to taxi squad
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Bitten was recalled from AHL Iowa to the taxi squad Sunday, Sarah McLellan of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.
The Wild are dealing with a few injuries at forward, so Bitten will add depth. The 2016 third-round pick has yet to make his NHL debut. His AHL performance hasn't been anything special, as he posted 21 points over 51 games last season. Nevertheless, he'll practice and travel with the team for the time being.
The Canadiens traded Bitten to the Wild in exchange for Gustav Olofsson on Wednesday.
Bitten has been highly productive in the OHL over the past three seasons, racking up 73 goals and 186 points in 194 contests. The 2016 third-round pick could develop into a solid middle-six forward for the Wild, but he'll need to prove himself in the AHL before getting a shot with the big club.
