So, the roster is trimmed by three...Passlot(17) returns to high-school hockey in Minnesota, Meyer (17) and the veteran Guenther(19) were all re-assigned today.
Guenther's departure is a bit of a surprise considering that there are younger, less experienced d-men still on the roster.
So we are down to 25 players (including Morrssey and Parenteau):
Forwards-
Chance Braid (19)
Dakota Conroy (19)
Shane Danyluk (19)
Jayden Hart (19)
Carson Perreaux (19)
Mike Winther (19)
Leon Draisaitl (18)
Gage Quinney (18)
Reid Gardiner (17)
Tim Vanstone (17)
Lance Yaremchuk (17)
Darcy Zaharichuk (17)
Matteo Gennaro (16)
Dylan Stewart (16)
D-Men-
Dylan Busenius (20)
Evan Morden (20)
Sawyer Lange (19)
Tomas Andrlik (18)
Tyler Dea (18)
Josh Morrissey (18)
Mackenze Stewart (18)
Brendan Guhle (16)
Goalies-
Cole Cheveldave (20)
Rylan Parenteau (17) (until Chevy is cleared to play)*
Nick McBride (16)
Forwards: We carried 14 last season but one of Yaremchuk or Stewart are likely on the bubble if a quality 20yo falls from the sky...probably Stewart (we have 4 16yos still on the roster).
Defense: We carried only 7 d-men last year but if two players are needed to soak up all of Ruopp's minutes from last season, then 8 is not out of the question this year. However, the arrival of a 20yo forward makes one of our 20yo d-men the odd-man out...unless Ruopp comes back...and then they would both be gone.
Heh.
...but seriously, a 20yo forward would mean 7 d-men...unless Verrall is called back up to keep 8.
Goalies: Parenteau will be reassigned as soon as Chevy's cleared to play, so there's no suspense here.
It will be interesting to see if any other changes happen before Friday's game.
See you at the rink,
-Wapitikev