Prospects camp cuts; main training camp starts tomorrow
After almost a week of prospects camp, the Canucks released the following players today:
- Matthew Ford
- Mitch McColm
- Bobby Nadeau
- Joe Plekaitis
- James Reid
- Justin Taylor
- Michael Ward
That means the main training camp, which starts tomorrow, will include the following players:
DEFENSEMEN
- Nolan Baumgartner
- Kevin Bieksa
- Keith Carney
- Kevin Connauton
- Alexander Edler
- Christian Ehrhoff
- Taylor Ellington
- Michael Funk
- Nathan McIver
- Brad Lukowich
- Willie Mitchell
- Lawrence Nycholat
- Shane O’Brien
- Evan Oberg
- Travis Ramsey
- Aaron Rome
- Sami Salo
- Yann Sauve
- Mathieu Schneider
- Nolan Toigo
FORWARDS
- Steven Anthony
- Steve Bernier
- Mario Bliznak
- Alex Bolduc
- Alex Burrows
- Dusty Collins
- Pavol Demitra
- Guillame Desbiens
- Dan Gendur
- Tanner Glass
- Michael Grabner
- Jannik Hansen
- Cody Hodgson
- Darcy Hordichuk
- Ryan Johnson
- Ryan Kesler
- Pierre-Cedric Labrie
- Mark Parrish
- Ronald Petrovicky
- Matt Pope
- Prab Rai
- Mason Raymond
- Marco Rosa
- Rick Rypien
- Mikael Samuelsson
- Dave Scatchard
- Daniel Sedin
- Henrik Sedin
- Sergei Shirokov
- Kellan Tochkin
- Eric Walsky
- Kyle Wellwood
GOALTENDERS
- Roberto Luongo
- Daren MacHesney
- Andrew Raycroft
- Cory Schneider
Yes, that’s the same 39-year old Keith Carney who played 18 games for the Canucks in the 2005/2006 season (for the price of a second-round draft pick).
And no, I have no idea who Daren MacHesney and Marco Rosa are.
