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Originally Posted by Cali Flames Fan
My thoughts on how this will shake out:
Green=almost assuredly safe and on the opening day roster
Orange=in contention for one of the last few spots
Red=has a shot at a roster spot, but is a long shot
Purple=outside extreme long shot at the roster, but still has a chance
Bold=almost assuredly cut due to injury status or extreme lack of talent
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So here's who's left:
Forwards (23):
Raymond (injured)
Monahan
Hudler
Gaudreau
Backlund (injured)
Colborne
Glencross
Stajan
Jones (injured)
Bollig
Bouma
McGrattan
Byron
Setoguchi
Bennett
Baertschi
Reinhart
Ferland
Granlund (injured)
Knight
Poirier (injured)
Klimchuk (injured)
Arnold
Elson
Jooris
Defence (14):
Giordano
Brodie
Smid
Wideman
Russell
Engelland
Brookbank (try-out)
Diaz (try-out)
Yonkman (try-out)
Wotherspoon (injured)
Potter (injured)
Kulak
Sieloff
Cundari
Culkin
Ramage
Acolatse
Goalies (3)
Hiller
Ramo
Ortio
No surprising cuts today, nothing higher than "in the red" on my list anyways. The defensive battle is shaking out to be interesting. Acolatse still being here confuses me. Can't imagine why they wouldn't put him through waivers since Cundari was put on waivers as well today. Seems like he's not going to be here, but he's sticking around. Yonkman will either be released outright (possible), or given an AHL deal (probable due to the lack of big physical defenders on the farm). Sieloff was impressive last night, but he has a lot of catching up to do. He'll probably be one of the final cuts. I think it still comes down to Diaz or Brookbank for the 7th d-man spot, with the other being released from the tryout unless they accept an AHL deal.
Ferland cemented his orange status with me last night. I think he might have even more chance than Gaudreau or Bennett as of now because of Hartley's comments. Seems like he'll be down to one of the last cuts unless he mails it in the rest of the way. I also upgraded Jooris to a "red" since he's done so well throughout pre-season and the rookie tournament. He's probably not going to be on the opening day roster, but I wouldn't be shocked if he was called up for an injury replacement at some point this year. Heck, with all the injuries piling up he might even be an injury replacement to start the year. Jones, Setoguchi, Gaudreau, Bennett, Ferland all have an opportunity to stay with the club to start the year at this point. We'll see what happens when guys get healthy. Bennett's an easier choice because he can go back to junior after 9 games, or when the regulars get healthy, whichever comes first. I think he sticks for at least his 9 games at this point.