CUTS EXPECTED TO COME TODAY

According to today’s Telegraph-Journal, seven to eight players are expected to be cut from Saint John Sea Dogs Training Camp sometime today.

The newspaper reports that forwards Colin Campbell, Sebastien Huberdeau, Jason Thorpe and defenceman Martin Joyal were released on Sunday, leaving the Sea Dogs with 35 players in camp. On Saturday, four players voluntarily left camp.

The team will likely have 27-28 players on their Training Camp roster after today.

"We'll probably keep somewhere around 24 or 25 guys until the first two or three games of the season," said Sea Dogs Head Coach Gerard Gallant.

Saint John has three NHL drafted players on their Training camp roster: Vancouver Canucks pick Steven Anthony, Washington Capitals prospect Stanislav Galiev, and St. Louis Blues draftee Stephen MacAulay. Not at camp but expected to return following Pittsburgh Penguins Training Camp is Simon Despres.

With five expected empty roster spots to start the season, the Dogs will have to keep some of their prospects on the squad until the big boys return.

The Sea Dogs are 1-1-0-0 in the pre-season, spliting a home-and-home series with the Halifax Mooseheads this weekend. They take on the Acadie-Bathurst Titan next weekend.