Canadiens Cut 18 Players

[Thrillhouse]

MONTREAL – The Montreal Canadiens announced today that sixteen (16) players have been assigned to the AHL Hamilton Bulldogs. The Club also returned defenceman PK Subban (Belleville–OHL) and forward Olivier Fortier (Rimouski–QMJHL) to their respective junior team.

Thirty-two (32) players are still at training camp, including three (3) goaltenders, eleven (11) defencemen and eighteen (18) forwards. The Canadiens will play their remaining three preseason games at the Bell Centre on September 30th (Detroit), October 1st (Boston) and October 4th (Minnesota).

The Canadiens’ training camp will move to the Mont Tremblant area on Thursday with practice sessions open to the public at the St-Jovite arena on October 2-3.

Following are the 16 players reporting to the Bulldogs, who will begin their training camp on September 30th, 2008 at Mile One Centre in St-John’s, Newfoundland.

Goaltenders (2)
Cédrick Desjardins
Loic Lacasse

Defensemen (3)
Pavel Valentenko
Shawn Belle
Chad Anderson

Forwards (11)
Brock Trotter
Ryan White
James T. Wyman
Mike Glumac
Olivier Latendresse
Yanick Lehoux
Ryan Flinn
Mathieu Aubin
Ryan Russell
David Desharnais
Thomas Beauregard

[I_am_Belak_2]

hmm that's it for Ryan Flinn then... And damn, Shawn Belle is never gonna get a crack at the NHL...

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Originally Posted by I_am_Belak_2

hmm that's it for Ryan Flinn then... And damn, Shawn Belle is never gonna get a crack at the NHL...

With Laraque around, Flinn was most likely ticketed to be the HW in Hamilton anyway.

[Tucker_316]

No shocker about Flinn, although nice to notice Stewart and Henry both still seem to have a shot at the NHL.

[KordicNilanRoberge]

Very nice to see Henry and Stewart shot of NHL !!!! I am very glad if both guys go up!!! Nice to see Canadiens pick up more tougness by last year and many of good prospects...

[mongoose]

Stewart may make the team and to tell you the truth id be happy to see him take latendresse,s spot on the roster.

[Chiefs for Life]

Originally Posted by mongoose

Stewart may make the team and to tell you the truth id be happy to see him take latendresse,s spot on the roster.

I wouldn't mind if they got rid of Kostopoulos or Begin, or maybe both an made room for some youth, like Stewart an Chipchura....