The Montreal Canadiens have sent 19 players to the Laval Rocket in preparation of the American Hockey League camp starting on Monday.
Most of the players cut have been in the team’s minor league group at practices. Players on NHL contracts who were cut include forwards Arsen Khisamutdinov, Cam Hillis, Joël Teasdale, and defencemen Louie Belpedio, Xavier Ouellet, and Josh Brook. Of that group, Ouellet and Belpedio need to clear waivers this afternoon, and Teasdale and Brook are injured.
Players with AHL contracts who were cut include forwards Peter Abbandonato, Cedric Desruisseaux, Justin Ducharme, Brandon Gignac, Jake Lucchini, Shawn St-Amant and Kevin Roy, defencemen Terrance Amorosa, Charles-David Beaudoin, Tory Dello, Cody Goloubef and Carl Neill, and goaltender Alexis Gravel.