Following Monday’s 5-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs, head coach Claude Julien mentioned that the Canadiens would trim their roster in the coming days to get it close to its final form for the start of the regular season.
Today they trimmed the remaining preseason roster by four players, reducing the number still with the team to 39.
Canadiens release four players from training camp.
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Among the cuts is Joel Ward. While he had some flashes, he was not to carve out a role in the Canadiens lineup this year. Nick Suzuki was also returned to the Owen Sound Attack.
None of the players have to pass through waivers.
Here is the full list of of the released players:
Forwards (2)
Nick Suzuki (sent to junior)
Joel Ward (released)
Defencemen (2)
Michal Moravcik
David Sklenicka
Here are the 39 players still at camp:
Forwards (22)
Kenny Agostino
Joel Armia
Paul Byron
Michael Chaput
Phillip Danault
Jacob de la Rose
Nicolas Deslauriers (injured)
Max Domi
Jonathan Drouin
Byron Froese
Brendan Gallagher
Charles Hudon
Jesperi Kotkaniemi
Artturi Lehkonen
Michael McCarron
Matthew Peca
Tomas Plekanec
Nikita Scherbak
Andrew Shaw (injured)
Hunter Shinkaruk
Tomas Tatar
Hayden Verbeek (injured)
Defencemen (14)
Karl Alzner
Jordie Benn
Simon Despres
Noah Juulsen
Brett Lernout
Victor Mete
Xavier Ouellet
Jeff Petry
Mike Reilly
David Schlemko
Matt Taormina (injured)
Jarret Tyszka (injured)
Shea Weber (injured)
Rinat Valiev
Goaltenders (3)
Charlie Lindgren
Antti Niemi
Carey Price
Injured players cannot be cut from camp until they are officially cleared.
