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Originally Posted by Da_Chief
Why are they cutting players right now?
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well they invited a huge squad to split it into two groups (blue and white) to give everyone a look vs Sweden and Finland. Now they merge the two groups and cut the roster down for the remaining three games.
Will be interesting to see how much TOI Gillies will get in those three games, since he's pretty much a lock for the WJC already. I would guess they want to test Stolarz and Demko a bit more. Looking at defense, Sieloff should have no trouble securing good minutes at the WJC. Sieloff, Skjei, Grzelcyk, Santini, McCoshen and Pesce makes for a nice d-core.
BTW, Sieloff, Gillies and Riley Barber are the only returning players from the gold-medal squad.