Training camp roster now stands at 37 players
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The Columbus Blue Jackets trimmed their training camp roster by 20 players, club General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen announced today. There are currently 37 players in camp - 22 forwards, 11 defensemen and four goaltenders.
The Blue Jackets placed the following players on waivers for the purpose of assignment to the Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League: D
Gavin Bayreuther and F
Trey Fix-Wolansky.
The club loaned the following players to Cleveland: F
Tyler Angle, D
Tim Berni, D
Marcus Bjork, D
Samuel Knazko and D
Billy Sweezey.
The club announced that the following players on AHL contracts have been released from tryout contracts and have been returned to Cleveland: F Roman Ahcan, G Pavel Cajan, D Cole Clayton, F Cole Fonstad, F Brett Gallant, F Jake Gaudet, D Olivier Leblanc, F Robbie Payne, F Justin Richards and D Dillon Simpson.
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Nolan Lalonde has been returned to the Ontario Hockey League's Erie Otters. In addition, G Hayden Stewart and F James Neal have been released from their tryout contracts.