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Preseason roster

Email|Link|Comments (5) Posted by Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff September 5, 2008 02:15 PM

The Bruins have released their preseason roster, which is listed below with numbers:

Forwards (rookies)

Jamie Arniel, 72
Yuri Cheremetiev, 78
Zach Hamill, 52
Jordan Knackstedt, 67
Mikko Lehtonen, 68
Jeff LoVecchio, 57
Brad Marchand, 63
Matt Marquardt, 59
Levi Nelson, 76
Wacey Rabbit, 58
Maxime Sauve, 74
Blake Wheeler, 42

Defensemen (rookies)

Andrew Bodnarchuk, 65
Scott Fletcher, 82
Doug Krantz, 79
Jeff Penner, 62
Denis Reul, 64

Goalies (rookies)

Adam Courchaine, 71
Michael Hutchinson, 70
Kevin Regan, 50

* Rookies will be on the ice on Sept. 16 at Ristuccia Arena at 1 p.m.

Forwards (veterans)

P.J. Axelsson, 11
Patrice Bergeron, 37
Byron Bitz, 61
Martins Karsums, 43
Phil Kessel, 81
Chuck Kobasew, 12
David Krejci, 46
Milan Lucic, 17
Petteri Nokelainen, 29
Jeremy Reich, 53
Michael Ryder, 73
Martin St. Pierre, 47
Marc Savard, 91
Peter Schaefer, 27
Vladimir Sobotka, 60
Marco Sturm, 16
Nate Thompson, 51
Shawn Thornton, 22
Stephane Yelle, TBD

Defensemen (veterans)

Andrew Alberts, 41
Johnny Boychuk, 55
Zdeno Chara, 33
Mike Egener, 56
Andrew Ference, 21
Shane Hnidy, 34
Matt Hunwick, 48
Matt Lashoff, 49
Adam McQuaid, 54
Ryan Stokes, 66
Mark Stuart, 45
Aaron Ward, 44
Dennis Wideman, 6

Goalies (veterans)

Manny Fernandez, 35
Kevin Nastiuk, 75
Tuukka Rask, 40
Tim Thomas, 30

* Veterans will be on the ice on Sept. 19 at Ristuccia Arena at 1 p.m.

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5 comments so far...

who is Kevin Nastiuk? doesn't ring a bell at all, when did they pick him up? what makes him a veteran? Why wasn't he taing part in the "goalie camp"? Speakin of, why weren't Courchaine and Hutchinson at the camp?

Posted by hockey September 5, 08 02:51 PM

Unrelated to the preseason roster but a Bruins question for you... if the Bruins were to cut a player before the season began, would they still be responsible for his salary and would it still count against the cap? In other words, if Schaefer had a poor camp and the team decided to cut him, would his 2.1M salary still count against the cap? I ask this seeing as we are already at 24 NHL-caliber players (counting Sobotka and Nokelainen) and are right up against the cap. Would cutting a player like Schaefer or Reich help with the cap status or would the only cap relief come from sending down players with two way contracts? Thanks for any help...

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Posted by Doh September 5, 08 02:56 PM

If Schaefer is placed on waivers and clears (or is claimed by another team), his cap number comes off the books completely.

Posted by Fluto September 5, 08 05:21 PM

hockey: I believe Nastiuk was in the Carolina Hurricanes organization. Not sure about last season, but at least earlier. He was somewhat of a prospect coming out of junior, but got stuck in the ECHL. Not sure why they would invite him as I doubt anything comes out of him at this point, but I suppose he's designated as a "veteran" because he's got plenty of experience from NHL camps.

Posted by Marl September 5, 08 05:49 PM

thanks marl, and thanks Fluto for updating about the invites!

Posted by hockey September 6, 08 01:07 PM