Columbus Blue Jackets trim training camp roster to 34 players

Club assigns 19 players to AHL's Cleveland Monsters, places four on waivers and returns one to junior club

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By BlueJackets.com Staff @BlueJacketsNHL / BlueJackets.com

The Columbus Blue Jackets trimmed their training camp roster by 24 players, club General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen announced today.
The Blue Jackets assigned the following players to the Cleveland Monsters, the club's American Hockey League affiliate: F Vitaly Abramov, D Brady Austin, F Paul Bittner, D Garret Cockerill, D Ryan Collins, F Dan DeSalvo, F Maxime Fortier, F Brett Gallant, F Nikita Korostelev, F Miles Koules, F Ryan MacInnis, F Justin Scott, F Kole Sherwood, D Blake Siebenaler, D Doyle Somerby, G Brad Thiessen, F Calvin Thurkauf, F Trent Vogelhuber and D Justin Wade.
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The club also placed the following players on waivers for the purposes of assigning them to Cleveland: D Tommy Cross, F Zac Dalpe, F Nathan Gerbe and D Dillon Simpson. Goaltender Joseph Raaymakers was released from his tryout contract and returned to the Ontario Hockey League's London Knights.

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