OK, here’s what we (think we) know so far:
–Most obviously this morning, Masi Marjamaki was not here. What’s next with him, that’s unclear at the moment. (That’s a weird thing to write.)
–Of the tryouts and semi-tryouts, four survive: Morency, Labelle, Gregg Johnson and Morrison.
–The Islanders’ 23-man roster includes none of Jeff Tambellini, Kip Brennan or Blake Comeau. It does include all of Aaron Johnson, Freddy Meyer and Bruno Gervais. Not clear yet what’s going on with Berard, but they do appear to be fine with going with eight defensemen.
Here were the lines this morning:
Bentivoglio-Walter-Jackman
Regier-Nielsen-Colliton
Johnson-Smith-Labelle
Pitton/Morency
Along with the following 10:
D: Wotton, Kohn, Spiller, MacDonald, Fata, Fraser
G: MacDonald, Morrison, Ouellet, Mole
More on some other guys later, or in the paper tomorrow, one or the other.
Elsewhere, Billy Thompson latched on with Victoria (ECHL).