On Thursday, Ottawa announced their roster for the upcoming rookie tournament in London, Ontario, where they'll face off against fellow rookies from Pittsburgh, Toronto, and Chicago. The 24-man roster will compete on the following days:
Saturday Sep 13, 2014
2:00 p.m. Game # 1 – Pittsburgh (black) vs. Ottawa (white)
Sunday Sep 14, 2014
7:00 p.m. Game #4 Toronto (blue) vs. Ottawa (white)
Monday Sept 15, 2014
7:00 p.m. Game #5 Ottawa (white) vs. Chicago (red)
And the roster, as disclosed this morning:
Goaltenders: Chris Driedger (Calgary – WHL, Elmira – ECHL, Binghamton – AHL), Andrew Hammond(Binghamton – AHL, Ottawa – NHL).
Defencemen: Travis Brown (Moose Jaw – WHL, Victoria – WHL), Fredrik Claesson (Binghamton – AHL), Mitch Jones (Plymouth – OHL), Ben Harpur (Guelph – OHL), Stefan Leblanc (Sudbury – OHL, Mississauga – OHL), Alex Lepkowski (Oshawa – OHL, Greenville – ECHL, Rochester – AHL), Matt Murphy (Halifax – QMJHL), Troy Rutkowski(Elmira – ECHL, Binghamton – AHL).
Forwards: Jakub Culek (Elmira – ECHL, Binghamton – AHL), Vincent Dunn (Gatineau – QMJHL, Binghamton – AHL), Ryan Dzingel (Ohio State – Big Ten, Binghamton – AHL), Alex Guptill (Michigan – Big Ten, Texas – AHL),Darren Kramer (Binghamton – AHL), Curtis Lazar (Edmonton – WHL), Tobias Lindberg (Djurgardens – Swe-Jr., Djurgardens – Allsvenskan), Max McCormick (Ohio State – Big Ten), Nick Paul (North Bay – OHL), Francis Perron(Rouyn-Noranda – QMJHL), Shane Prince (Binghamton – AHL), Matt Puempel (Binghamton – AHL), Buddy Robinson (Elmira – ECHL, Binghamton – AHL), Garrett Thompson (Ferris State – WCHA, Binghamton – AHL).
As one would expect, the forward group is the intriguing part of Ottawa's roster -- the defensive corps, less so. Ottawa really has done well to assemble respectable forward groups at different tiers and development stages, and it's created a couple of situations where talented players can be on the outside looking in at the NHL and AHL levels. I mean, look at the names coming together for just a rookie camp: Lazar, Prince, the trio of forwards acquired in the Jason Spezza, deal. It's a really sound bunch.
Defensively, I'll just say that I'll be more or less watching to see how Fredrik Claesson looks. The organization's raved about him in months past, and his counting/underlying numbers last year were pretty respectable.
Back with more tomorrow. Maybe with some exciting news. We'll see.
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