The Avalanche have just announced that they have reduced their roster to 26, with three players assigned to the Injury Reserve. That brings them to the required 23 player active roster required by the league.
They reassigned Stefan Elliott to Lake Erie (AHL). They place Kyle Cumiskey (groin), Mark Olver (head) and Brandon Yip (arm) on the IR.
This leaves Gabriel Landeskog with the Big Club. Going into the season this is what the team will look like:
Forwards:
Matt Duchene
TJ Galiardi
Milan Hejduk
David Jones
Chuck Kobasew
Gabriel Landeskog
Joakim Lindstrom
Cody McLeod
Peter Mueller
Ryan O`Reilly
Mark Olver (IR)
Kevin Porter
Paul Stastny
Daniel Winnik
Brandon Yip (IR)
Defenseman:
Kyle Cumiskey (IR)
Jan Hejda
Matt Hunwick
Erik Johnson
Shane O`Brien
Ryan O`Byrne
Kyle Quincey
Ryan Wilson
Goalies:
Jean-Sebastien Giguere
Semyon Varlamov
What do you think of the team? Any surprises? What do you think the lines will be opening night!?