The Lightning announced 28 cuts today, of which 25 were assigned to the Syracuse Crunch.
The following players have been assigned to Syracuse:
*Note: Syracuse is going to Lyon, France for training. So many were cut to make the trip.
15 ANGELIDIS, Mike** 6-1 210 6/27/85 Woodbridge, Ontario FA (8/3/10)
72 BLUJUS, Dylan 6-3 198 1/22/94 Buffalo, New York ’12 Draft (2nd Rd)
46 BLUNDEN, Mike** 6-4 216 12/15/86 Toronto, Ontario FA (7/1/14)
76 CORRENTE, Matt** 6-0 205 3/17/88 Mississauga, Ontario FA (7/8/14)
34 COSTELLO, Jeff 6-0 212 11/20/90 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Trade w/VAN (6/27/14)
55 COTE, J.P. ** 6-2 213 4/22/82 Quebec City, Quebec FA (12/18/13)
37 DARCY, Cameron 6-0 185 3/2/94 South Boston, Mass. 14 Draft (7th Rd)
59 DOTCHIN, Jake 6-3 222 3/24/94 Cambridge, Ontario ’12 Draft (6th Rd)
49 GAUTHIER, Danick 6-1 208 10/24/91 Repentigny, Quebec FA (3/2/12)
65 GOURDE, Yanni 5-9 170 12/15/91 Quebec City, Quebec FA (3/9/14)
50 GUDLEVSKIS, Kristers 6-4 190 7/31/92 Aizkraukle,Latvia ’13 Draft (5th Rd)
57 IKONEN, Henri 6-0 183 4/17/94 Savonlinna, Finland ’13 Draft (6th Rd)
29 KOEKKOEK, Slater 6-2 186 2/18/94 Winchester, Ontario ’12 Draft (1st Rd)
28 KUNYK, Cody 5-11 195 5/20/90 Sherwood Park, Alberta FA (3/20/14)
64 MILAN, Dan 6-3 190 4/14/92 Detroit, Michigan FA (9/23/11)
45 MORMINA, Joey 6-6 220 6/29/82 Montreal, Quebec AHL Contract
41 NEILSON, Eric 6-1 201 8/18/84 Fredericton, Newbrunswick AHL Contract
89 NESTEROV, Nikita 5-11 195 3/28/93 Chelyabinsk, Russia ’11 Draft (5th Rd)
43 PARADIS, Philippe** 6-2 205 ½/91 Dolbeau, Quebec Trade w/CHI (4/2/13)
38 RICHARD, Tanner 6-0 186 4/6/93 Markham, Ontario ’12 Draft (3rd Rd)
52 SAMSON, Jerome** 6-0 195 9/4/87 Greenfield Park, Quebec FA (7/10/14)
13 SERGEEV, Artem 6-2 217 4/20/93 Moscow, Russia FA (7/1/12)
60 SMITH, Dalton 6-2 218 6/30/92 Oshawa, Ontario Trade w/CBJ (3/5/14)
88 VASILEVSKIY, Andrei 6-3 207 7/25/94 Tyumen, Russia ’12 Draft (1st Rd)
47 VERMIN, Joel 5-11 194 2/5/92 Bern, Switzerland ’13 Draft (7th Rd)
The following players have been returned to their junior teams:
97 DeANGELO, Anthony 5-10 170 10/24/95 Sewell, New Jersey 14 Draft (1st Rd)
73 ERNE, Adam 6-1 206 4/20/95 New Haven, Connecticut ’13 Draft (2nd Rd) Erne is still too young to play in the AHL.
The following player has been released from his tryout:
32 MANNINO, Peter 6-1 195 2/17/84 Farmington Hills, Michigan INVITEE
Defenseman Luke Witkowski and forwards Vladislav Namestnikov, Jonathan Marchessault and Cedric Paquette are still in camp, and likely to come with the team to Estero.
The roster needs to get down to 23 to start the regular season.
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