Some NHL camp updates

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

The Saint John Sea Dogs lead the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League in current players/graduates attending NHL training camps this year.

According to a CHL.ca story, the Sea Dogs have a total of 20 players - five current and 15 graduates - taking part in NHL camps.

Current players include Ryan Francis (Calgary), Jeremie Poirier (Calgary), Peter Reynolds (Columbus), Cameron MacDonald (Tampa Bay) and William Villeneuve (Toronto).

Graduates of the Sea Dogs include Bokondji Imama (Arizona), Callum Booth (Boston), Charlie Coyle (Boston), Jakub Zboril (Boston), Eric Gelinas (Carolina), Spencer Smallman (Carolina), Brett Gallant (Columbus), Jonathan Huberdeau (Florida), Mike Hoffman (Montreal), Julien Gauthier (New York Rangers), Thomas Chabot (Ottawa), Zachary Emond (San Jose), Mathieu Joseph (Tampa Bay), Matthew Highmore (Vancouver) and Nathan Beaulieu (Winnipeg).

Not included in the total are players who played with Saint John but ended their junior careers elsewhere. That list includes Nathan Larose (Anaheim), Olivier Leblanc (Columbus), Joe Veleno (Detroit), Ostap Safin (Edmonton), Joshua Roy (Montreal), Alex D'Orio (Pittsburgh) and Maxim Cajkovic (Tampa Bay).

A total of 981 current or former CHL players are attending NHL camps this year. 226 are from the QMJHL.

Unsurprisingly, the London Knights lead all CHL teams with 49 players attending camps.

Reynolds, who went undrafted this past summer and is attending Blue Jackets camp as a free agent, played 13:14 in the team's 5-4 pre-season shootout loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday. He finished a -1 with one shot on goal.

I feel like this was tipped by Reynolds on his way by ... It appeared to change direction. https://t.co/fdMbx3Flna

— Kevin Chambers (@SN_Canucklehead) September 29, 2021

Some other updates:

• The Tampa Bay Lightning have reassigned Cam MacDonald to the Sea Dogs.
• The Montreal Canadiens have reassigned Joshua Roy to the Sherbrooke Phoenix.
• The Pittsburgh Penguins have reassigned Alex D'Orio to the AHL's Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
• The San Jose Sharks has assigned Zachary Emond to the AHL's San Jose Barracuda.

As Sportsnet reports, Roy stood out at Canadiens camp. He's also lost 20 pounds.