Blue Jackets Trim Roster By 15
Tuesday, Sep. 15th, 2009
COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets have made their first roster moves of training camp today, assigning six players to the Syracuse Crunch, the club’s American Hockey League affiliate, returning three draft picks to their respective junior clubs and releasing six others from their tryout contracts, General Manager Scott Howson announced. The current training camp roster currently consists of 52 players.
The six players assigned to Syracuse were: forwards Chris Higgins, Brock McBride and Tyler Murovich and defensemen Cam Brodie, Tim Filangieri and Kevin Roeder.
The three Blue Jackets draft picks who were returned to their European/junior clubs were: forward Tomas Kubalik (Plzen, Czech Elite League) and defensemen Steven Delisle (Gatineau, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League) and David Savard (Moncton, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League).
In addition, the club released forwards Matt Caria, Andrew Clark and Cass Mappin; defensemen Paul Bezzo and Spencer McAvoy and goaltender Jamie Tucker.
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