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richkrt99:
i read somewhere - almost 100% sure it was El-Bashir reported very late Sunday night that Sourdiff and Chisolm have been cut, but I sure have not seen it reported anywhere since, and Chisolm is listed on tonight's game roster so...El-Bashir made a boo-boo Sunday night

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G2GX0ecWYAAQB_P?format=jpg&name=medium



Three guys cut this morning:  Terik Parasak, Cam Allen, Patrick Thomas

alta:
After this morning’s skate, coach said Milano should be “back to business”. Not sure what that means, business for last year has been 10 games.


With the Nationals season over and this not being an NFL game night, I suppose there is a chance in hell that the Caps will actually be on 106.7. We shall see.

richkrt99:
Caps website roster (certainly not updated or accurate) shows:  Frank, Leonard, Sourdiff, Milano listed, but not Lappy.  I assume this is the roster at end of last season
I would think based on performance thus far that Lappy and Milano, as well as Leonard make the squad, leaving two F spots open (with a 23 man, 13F, 8D, 2G roster).
I don't now where they stand with Sourdiff - he would have to clear waivers to go to AHL. Well I've heard that said, but i don't understand why that is - he is only 23 and has played only 4 NHL games.  According to the waiver rules I read, he falls into a waiver exempt category.  NHL waiver exemption chart:

So that's leaves 2 spots left for whole bunch of hopefuls: (assuming Milano, Lappy, Leonard made the NHL squad)
Frank
Sourdiff
Miroshnechenko
Cristall
Protas v2.0
(I didn't list everyone, but only the top names being tossed about)
I figure Protas does not make the NHL squad - he's 19 and not yet played his first pro season.  I expect he plays Hershey this season to get some more experience.  He certainly did tear up the WHL last year.
Cristal has played very well and looks very good, but he also played WHL last year and his size is a disadvantage.  He had an excellent camp last year too and was one of very last guys cut.
Frank - Do we assume he has a roster spot?  I dunno, he might be a casualty if Cristall and Miro keep playing well.
Sourdiff - they seem high on him (or did this summer spending 2 draft picks) but he has been less noticeable to me than several others.  Maybe he's just not flashy, but he has not stood out to me.
Miro - he has played pretty well also, made some plays, and show more physicality this year, and getting in good spaces and working hard.

It's interesting Miro, Frank, Cristall, Lappy, Protas are all skating tonight.  Leonard not skating tells me he's made the NHL squad

On the D side...as far as i can tell Chisolm and Iorio have only shot at making the NHL squad (Carlson, Chicklets, Fever, Roy, TVR, Sundin, BigMac makes 7D already)

But then, WTF do I know?  I know I'm enjoying this preseason and the prospects trying to make the team more than i have before though.  Maybe I was just extra bored this offseason.

richkrt99:

Yikes.  $17mil per year makes him highest paid NHL player I believe

https://www.nhl.com/news/kirill-kaprizov-signs-eight-year-136-million-contract-with-minnesota-wild

alta:
Last season Draisaitl was the highest paid at $14M per. The current salary and cap numbers won’t get updated until opening day on October 7. I forget when the roster needs to be finalized, the same day or the day before.

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