San Jose Sharks general manager Doug Wilson announced today that the team’s training camp has been reduced from 62 to 51 players.
According to the Sharks website, some reassignments have been made.
The following players have been reassigned to their junior clubs as shown:
| PLAYER | POS | CLUB ASSIGNED TO | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rourke Chartier | F | Kelwona (WHL) | |
| Kevin Labanc | F | Barrie (OHL) | |
| Dylan Sadowy | F | Saginaw (OHL) | |
| Alex Schoenborn | F | Portland (WHL) | |
| Alexis Vanier | D | Baie-Comeau (QMJHL) |
In addition, the following players have been assigned to Worcester:
| PLAYER | POS | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Bigos | D | ||
| Chris Crane | F | ||
| Brenden Ellis | D | ||
| Jeremy Langlois | F | ||
| Nick Jones | D | ||
| John MacInnis | F |
The roster currently consists of:
Forwards: Jimmy Bonneau, Gabryel Boudreau, Mike Brown, Adam Burish, Ryan Carpenter, Logan Couture, Andrew Desjardins, Petter Emanuelsson, Nikolay Goldobin, Barclay Goodrow, Michael Haley, Freddie Hamilton, Eriah Hayes, Tomas Hertl, Melker Karlsson, Tyler Kennedy, Bryan Lerg, Patrick Marleau, Tye McGinn, Matt Nieto, Travis Oleksuk, Joe Pavelski, Rylan Schwartz, John Scott, James Sheppard, Daniil Tarasov, Joe Thornton, Chris Tierney, Raffi Torres, Evan Trupp, Tommy Wingels.
Defensemen: Konrad Abeltshauser, Julius Bergman, Justin Braun, Brent Burns, Dylan DeMelo, Jason Demers, Taylor Doherty, Taylor Fedun, Scott Hannan, Matt Irwin, Mirco Mueller, Matt Tennyson, Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Gus Young.
Goalies: J.P. Anderson, Aaron Dell, Troy Grosenick, Ben Meisner, Antti Niemi, Alex Stalock.
The majority of those attending and trying to make the opening night roster were a part of the organization last season. This isn’t encouraging in terms of management promising significant changes after last season’s playoff collapse. Perhaps the goal of going with a younger roster is still eminent. It is still uncertain what the franchise is wanting to do, however one must hope that it is for the best of the team.