Blackhawks Make First Round of Roster Cuts

by Matthew Dirt on Sep 16, 2009 4:20 PM CDT Comment 15 comments

Today the Blackhawks announced the first few cuts to the training camp rosters, dropping 9 players. Matt Keith, Maxime Tanguay, Joe Charlebois, Jean-Claude Sawyer and Joe Palmer were all assigned to the IceHogs while Byron Froese, David Gilbert and Teigan Zahn were all sent back to juniors.

These cuts are pretty heavy on the non-roster invitees. None of the players cut so far are surprising at all though, we don't even have profile pages for them yet.

So lets bring back the big board and break out the "strikethrough":

Forwards:

#	Name	Age	#	Name	Age
78	Akim Aliu	20	58	~~Byron Froese~~	18
12	Kyle Beach	19	68	~~David Gilbert~~	18
40	Dan Bertram	22	53	Adam Hobson	22
29	Bryan Bickell	23	81	Marian Hossa	30
34	Danny Bois	26	88	Partick Kane	20
36	Dave Bolland	23	59	Rob Klinkhammer	23
47	Evan Brophey	22	82	Tomas Kopecky	27
22	Troy Brouwer	22	16	Andrew Ladd	23
37	Adam Burish	26	62	Peter MacArthur	24
33	Dustin Byfuglien	24	11	John Madden	36
27	Mark Cullen	30	10	Patrick Sharp	27
41	Nathan Davis	23	20	Jack Skille	22
28	Jake Dowell	24	19	Jonathan Toews	21
55	Ben Eager	25	32	Kris Versteeg	23
46	Colin Fraser	24

Defense:

#	Name	Age	#	Name	Age
25	Cam Barker	23	23	Aaron Johnson	26
57	Michael Brennan	23	2	Duncan Keith	26
51	Brian Campbell	30	42	Shawn Lalonde	19
43	Jonathan Carlsson	21	44	Richard Petiot	27
64	~~Joe Charlebois~~	23	54	~~Jean-Claude Sawyer~~	23
56	Brian Connelly	22	7	Brent Seabrook	24
48	Simon Danis-Pepin	21	5	Brent Sopel	32
6	Jordan Hendry	25	60	~~Teigan Zahn~~	19
4	Niklas Hjalmarsson	22

Goalies:

#	Name	Age	#	Name	Age
50	Corey Crawford	24	31	Antti Niemi	26
30	Joe Fallon	24	70	~~Joe Palmer~~	21
39	Cristobal Huet	34	38	Alec Richards	22

Non-Roster Invitees:

Name	Position	Name	Position
Daryl Boyle	D	~~Matt Keith~~	RW
Bryan Ewing	F	Derek Nesbitt	RW
~~Justin Hodgman~~	C	David Phillips	D
Bracken Kearns	C	~~Maxime Tanguay~~	C

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I wonder if that Partick Kane kid is any good.

by wlittle on Sep 16, 2009 4:58 PM CDT reply actions

I expect we'll see him stricken soon

Heard he’s a dicipline case. We don’t need a thug like that playing professional hockey.

by Mike Martin on Sep 16, 2009 6:02 PM CDT up reply actions

Er...

Dicipline sounds bad. Discipline sounds a little better.

by Mike Martin on Sep 16, 2009 6:03 PM CDT up reply actions

How long

Do the Hawks hold the rights to Alex Tanguay’s little brother?

by AirTrafficAJ on Sep 16, 2009 5:03 PM CDT reply actions

don't think they do anymore

if he was a non-roster invitee

FifthFeather.com

by El Duque's Raft on Sep 16, 2009 7:19 PM CDT up reply actions

Off topic, but--

RIP Fred Cusick. Growing up with Dad, watching the Bruins games on TV38, is where I started to love hockey. And Fred was a significant part of that.

WAIT FOR THE WHISTLE!

by Sec 326 Bureau Chief on Sep 16, 2009 10:47 PM CDT reply actions

If interested:

Puck Daddy has more.

WAIT FOR THE WHISTLE!

by Sec 326 Bureau Chief on Sep 16, 2009 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions

Tim Sassone's Assessment

Most of us that comment here seem to have a good deal of respect for Sassone’s hockey knowledge. His blog “Between the Circles” has a post today regarding the first 3 days of camp. VERY encouraging! (“Patrick Kane looks stronger and quicker on the ice.”)

How long till opening night?

P.S. Anyone know if the whole Comcast/DirecTV/VS. channel thing is going to be worked out? Any news or comments from the NHL?

by Preacher000 on Sep 16, 2009 11:49 PM CDT reply actions

Heard Kaner was hitting the heavybag this summer

Among other things…

by Mike Martin on Sep 17, 2009 3:37 AM CDT up reply actions

Nice.

SHOOOOOOOT IT!!!! Anon

by burpchelischili on Sep 17, 2009 5:09 AM CDT up reply actions

i wasn't joking when i said he looked like he put on some

muscle in his mugshot.

Its encouraging that Tim has noticed a difference on the ice, at least at this incredibly early juncture.

Got more soul than a sock with a hole.

by chrome on Sep 17, 2009 1:19 PM CDT up reply actions

Makarov?

Anybody know why, exactly, he’s not at camp? Am I even right in saying that? I remember last season he was one of the shining lights in training camp, and there was even talk he could be ready for a roster spot. Any news at all?

by ChicoMaki on Sep 17, 2009 5:38 PM CDT reply actions

I haven’t heard why exactly he’s not at training camp. I’m sure we’ll see him in Vancouver though and probably next year he can get another shot at the team.

Second City Hockey

by Matthew Dirt on Sep 17, 2009 6:35 PM CDT up reply actions

You think he’ll be in Vancouver? Now I’m really perplexed. If he can crack that line-up, you’d think there’d be more talk of him replacing Hossa’s minutes than Beach/Skille/Aliu. If those three are long shots, then he’s at least less of a long shot if he’s that ready. I wonder if it’s a KHL contract thing. Pinko bastards. Heh. I kid.

by ChicoMaki on Sep 17, 2009 11:26 PM CDT up reply actions