The first wave of training camp cuts is rolling in, and Monday brought a long list of names as teams trimmed their preseason rosters.
Boston got things moving early, sending eight players to AHL Providence: defensemen Tobie Bisson, Loke Johansson and Max Wanner; forwards Wyatt Bongiovanni, Navrin Mutter and Kalle Väisänen; and goaltenders Luke Cavallin and Max Lundgren.
The New York Islanders made their moves through team release, assigning defenseman Vladimir Dravecky to OHL Guelph, goaltender Burke Hood to WHL Vancouver, forward Tomas Poletin to WHL Kelowna and forward Luca Romano to OHL Kitchener.
Tampa Bay also pared down its camp group, with forward Ethan Czata headed to OHL Guelph, forward Aiden Foster to WHL Prince George, forward Oleg Kulebiakin to QMJHL Halifax, goaltender Stepan Shurygin to OHL Saginaw, forward Cooper Soller to USHL Sioux Falls, defenseman Grant Spada to OHL Guelph and defenseman Max Vilén to QMJHL Moncton.
Seattle’s list was the longest of the day. The Kraken sent a large group to AHL Coachella Valley, including defensemen Alexis Bernier, Lukas Dragicevic, Kaden Hammell, Tyson Jugnauth, Ty Nelson, Caden Price and Gustav Olofsson, plus forwards Ryden Evers, Jagger Firkus, David Goyette, Andrei Loshko, Julius Miettinen, Jani Nyman, Carson Rehkopf, Lleyton Roed, Eduard Sale, Nathan Villeneuve and Ian McKinnon.
McKinnon was released from PTO to AHL Coachella Valley, while Olofsson and Mitchell Stephens were also released from PTO to AHL Coachella Valley. Seattle additionally assigned defenseman Finn Kearns to OHL Sudbury, defenseman Will Reynolds to QMJHL Newfoundland and defenseman Rylan Singh to OHL Guelph.
Vancouver rounded out the day’s moves, with Vilmer Alriksson going to AHL Abbotsford. The Canucks also released defensemen Joe Arntsen, Tim Rego and Gavin White from PTO to AHL Abbotsford, along with forwards Austin Brimmer and Bennett Schimek from PTO to AHL Abbotsford.
Forward Gabriel Chiarot and goaltender Aku Koskenvuo were assigned to AHL Abbotsford, forward Anri Ravinskis was sent there as well, and forward Lucian Bernat was assigned to OHL Owen Sound. Goaltender Ty Young was also sent to AHL Abbotsford.
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