Sea Dogs make first round of cuts

SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Sea Dogs announced a few updates to their training camp roster on Tuesday.

Eight players have either left or been cut, leaving 41 players on the team's camp roster. An updated roster can be found here.

Here's who is no longer at camp:

Forwards

Samuel Assinewai (free agent)

Luca Aziz* (free agent)

Daniel Daley* (2023 American draft)

Campbell MacIntyre (2022 draft)

Defensemen 

Zachary Cloutier (2022 draft)

Tomas Lulic* (2023 draft)

Jordan Vidicek* (free agent)

Goaltender

Kyan Labbe* (2023 draft)

*Left after 48 hours

Players who left after 48 hours are presumably doing so to maintain their college hockey eligibility.

There were no huge shocks amongst the roster moves. The biggest was likely goaltender Kyan Labbe leaving after 48 hours — but his departure makes sense given that a roster spot was not guaranteed this year. Labbe, who is just 5'07", was a fourth-round pick of Saint John in this year's QMJHL Entry Draft.

Labbe's departure leaves four goaltenders at camp. Olivier Brideau is presumably a lock, leaving three netminders battling for the other spot.

The Sea Dogs take on the Charlottetown Islanders on Tuesday and Wednesday night in pre-season play. They also host the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Friday.

There will likely be a significant amount of cuts following Friday's game. The Sea Dogs won't play again until Sept. 8.