Roster cuts are still rippling through the Canadiens organization, and this time the Laval Rocket are the ones doing the trimming.
On Wednesday, the Rocket announced that forward Aleksandr Legkov and defensemen Jacob Dion and Kale McCallum have been cut from training camp and assigned to the Trois-Rivières Lions. That leaves Laval with 25 players still in camp as the club gets closer to settling its roster.
For Canadiens fans, all three names are already familiar. Legkov drew plenty of attention during Montreal camp after spending last season in Russia’s Federal League, then missing a significant stretch of camp because of a work visa issue. Dion and McCallum were part of the first group of cuts sent down to Laval last week before this latest move sent them on to Trois-Rivières.
The path from one camp to the next is a routine part of this time of year, with each level of the organization sorting out its own roster before the season begins. In this case, the next stop for all three players is the ECHL group in Trois-Rivières, where they’ll keep working and developing as the Rocket continue to narrow things down.
The Rocket are now down to a smaller, cleaner camp picture, and their American Hockey League season is getting closer with each round of cuts.
“The Laval Rocket announced Wednesday that three players have been cut from its training camp, including one forward and two defensemen.
Forward
Aleksandr Legkov (Trois-Rivières)
Defensemen
Jacob Dion (Trois-Rivières)
Kale McCallum (Trois-Rivières)
Twenty-five players continue to take part in the Rocket's training camp.”
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