Training Camp rolls on in a way that only Training Camp can.
Players have shown up in the best shape of their lives, a couple key guys have been injured to an unclear extent and the fan base has had a couple real good opportunities to over-react to both wins and losses against a bitter rival. This is what it’s all about.
But today, we get to the best part – the cuts! Homer Simpson put it best actually…
Now it’s time for the easiest part of any coach’s job. The cuts. Although I wasn’t able to cut everyone I wanted to, I have cut a lot of you.
Seventeen players in total, actually. With Camp relocating to Quebec City the rest of the way the Sens have trimmed the fat a little bit because frankly, there wasn’t room on the plane. An overview of who was let go below…
-The club assigned the following eight players to the Belleville Senators of the American Hockey League: Matthew Andonovski, Tyler Boucher, Jake Chiasson, Jorian Donovan, Tomas Hamara, Jackson Parsons, Oskar Pettersson and Djibril Toure.
-An additional five players will be placed on waivers for the purpose of being assigned to Belleville: Wyatt Bongiovanni, Xavier Bourgault, Cameron Crotty, Garrett Pilon and Hunter Shepard.
-And four players on AHL contracts – who attended Ottawa’s camp on PTOs – will also be assigned to Belleville’s camp: Philippe Daoust, Landen Hookey, Jamieson Rees and Keean Washkurak.
That leaves a total of 31 players, including 3 goalers, 10 defenceman and 18 forwards.
3+10+18 = 31. Math checks out.
