TRAINING CAMP STARTS TODAY!
All caps, exclamation point...cheesy, yes, but I am damned excited.
This post will be pinned to the cover of the site for the duration of camp. I'll update it as cuts are made, as the coaches whittle the players down to what will be the opening night roster for the Blue Jackets.
In addition to the players under contract with the Jackets and their unsigned prospects, five players have been invited to camp- four forwards and a blueliner. Up front, Alex Aleardi, Jeremy Langlois and Trent Vogelhuber recently took part in the Traverse City prospect tournament, and all three are currently Springfield Falcons property. The fourth invitee forward is interesting. Broc Little, also Falcons property, played the past two seasons in Sweden, racking up a ton of points. He's undersized, but worth keeping an eye on. He'll be looked to for offense in Springfield this year. The lone defense invite is Joe Lavin, who spent the past two seasons with Rockford of the AHL. He was also signed by the Falcons this summer to an AHL deal.
Two players are currently injured- Nathan Horton and Dalton Prout.
We'll have more content in the coming days giving our thoughts on potential training camp battles, but I'll say this much for now- I've got my eyes locked on the progress of Boone Jenner. With a great camp, he could force his way into the opening night lineup.
TRAINING CAMP TRACKER | |||
FORWARDS | |||
NAME | CAMP TEAM | 12-13 CLUB | SENT TO |
Alex Aleardi | B | Windsor Spitfires-OHL | |
Josh Anderson | B | London Knights-OHL | |
Artem Anisimov | B | Columbus Blue Jackets- NHL | |
Cam Atkinson | B | Columbus Blue Jackets- NHL | |
Jonathan Audy-Marchessault | B | Springfield Falcons- AHL | |
Cody Bass | B | Springfield Falcons- AHL | |
Jared Boll | A | Columbus Blue Jackets- NHL | |
Oliver Bjorkstrand | B | Portland Winterhawks-WHL | |
Matt Calvert | B | Columbus Blue Jackets- NHL | |
Michael Chaput | B | Springfield Falcons- AHL | |
Sean Collins | A | Springfield Falcons- AHL | |
Blake Comeau | B | Columbus Blue Jackets- NHL | |
Ryan Craig | A | Springfield Falcons- AHL | |
Brandon Dubinsky | B | Columbus Blue Jackets- NHL | |
Nick Foligno | A | Columbus Blue Jackets- NHL | |
Marian Gaborik | B | Columbus Blue Jackets- NHL | |
Oliver Gabriel | A | Evansville Icemen-ECHL | |
Jake Hansen | A | Springfield Falcons- AHL | |
Nathan Horton | Injured | Boston Bruins-NHL | |
Boone Jenner | A | Oshawa Generals-OHL | |
Ryan Johansen | A | Columbus Blue Jackets- NHL | |
Andrew Joudrey | A | Springfield Falcons- AHL | |
Jeremy Langlois | A | Quinnipiac-ECAC | |
Mark Letestu | A | Columbus Blue Jackets- NHL | |
Broc Little | B | AIK-SHL | |
Spencer Machacek | A | Springfield Falcons- AHL | |
Derek MacKenzie | A | Columbus Blue Jackets- NHL | |
Nick Moutrey | B | Saginaw Spirit-OHL | |
Kerby Rychel | B | Windsor Spitfires-OHL | |
Lukas Sedlak | B | Chicoutimi Sagueneens-QMJHL | |
Jack Skille | A | Florida Panthers-NHL | |
Dalton Smith | A | Springfield Falcons- AHL | |
R.J. Umberger | A | Columbus Blue Jackets- NHL | |
Trent Vogelhuber | B | Evansville Icemen-ECHL | |
DEFENCE | |||
NAME | CAMP TEAM | 12-13 CLUB | SENT TO |
Gianluca Curcuruto | B | Plymouth Whalers-OHL | |
Tim Erixon | B | Columbus Blue Jackets- NHL | |
Cody Goloubef | A | Springfield Falcons- AHL | |
Dillon Heatherington | B | Swift Current Broncos-WHL | |
Jack Johnson | A | Columbus Blue Jackets- NHL | |
Thomas Larkin | A | Colgate-ECAC | |
Joe Lavin | A | Rockford Icehogs-AHL | |
Austin Madaisky | B | Evansville Icemen-ECHL | |
Patrick McNeill | B | Hershey Bears-AHL | |
Ilari Melart | B | HIFK Henskini-Finland | |
Ryan Murray | B | Everett Silvertips-WHL | |
Nikita Nikitin | A | Columbus Blue Jackets- NHL | |
Blake Parlett | B | Springfield Falcons- AHL | |
Dalton Prout | Injured | Columbus Blue Jackets- NHL | |
Frederic St. Denis | A | Hamilton Bulldogs-AHL | |
David Savard | A | Springfield Falcons- AHL | |
Fedor Tyutin | A | Columbus Blue Jackets- NHL | |
Will Weber | A | Springfield Falcons- AHL | |
James Wisniewski | B | Columbus Blue Jackets- NHL | |
GOALTENDERS | |||
NAME | CAMP TEAM | 12-13 CLUB | SENT TO |
Sergei Bobrovsky | B | Columbus Blue Jackets- NHL | |
Oscar Dansk | A | Erie Otters-OHL | |
Curtis McElhinney | A | Springfield Falcons- AHL | |
Mike McKenna | B | Peoria Rivermen-AHL | |
Jeremy Smith | A | Milwaukee Admirals-AHL | |