Overview
- The team confirmed the reassignment Monday, sending the 2024 No. 13 pick back to Guelph after a four-game stint with a minus-3 rating.
- Luchanko was used on the fourth line with no special-teams time, logging limited minutes and registering one shot on goal.
- The move mirrors last season, when he was also returned to juniors after four games despite averaging 14:03 under John Tortorella.
- CHL–NHL transfer rules bar players under 20 from the AHL, leaving Philadelphia to choose between NHL minutes or a return to junior hockey.
- Guelph is 6-5-2-0 and holding the Western Conference’s final playoff spot, and Luchanko is expected to step back into a leading role after posting 21 goals and 56 points in 46 games last season.