The Hawks set free a host of hopefuls today, primarily veterans attempting to latch on to an already crowded lineup. Tomas Kopecky, Daniel Paille, Lubomir Visnovsky join Jan Hejda, released yesterday, on the unemployment line. I guess it's no use pondering how bad Hejda and Visnovsky would have been in comparison to Rozsival.
Brandon Mashinter and Cameron Schilling were assigned to Rockford, as well.
Chillingly, Kyle Cumiskey is now indicated as a roster player rather than a PTO.
So, who's left? Kyle Baun, who's had some success in the preseason, so far, along with Garret Ross, Dennis Rasmussen, Vincent Hinostroza and Ryan Hartman are the remaining forwards not yet assured a spot. One could argue that Panarin belongs in that group but I expect that, if he's healthy enough to play, he'll get every opportunity to fail by receiving 8 minutes per game on the fourth line before bolting for The KHL. On defense we have Viktor Svedberg, Erik Gustafsson and, presumably, Kyle Cumiskey, who has yet to suit up for a pre-season game, I believe. It's possible that one of these three could squeeze out Rundblad or Van Riemsdyk but I don't see that happening.
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