Split Squad Rosters vs. Winnipeg

by Mike MacLean on Sep 19, 2011 2:15 PM EDT

I must admit, ti's a little strange-and exciting-to put Winnipeg in the headline. It's so good to have the Jets back in the league, and the Jackets are the team that gets to welcome them back to the NHL. Granted, it's only a preseason game (and a split-squad game at that) but a lot of people will take an interest in the result. Given the aura surrounding the return of the Jets, special considerations were taken into account when deciding on how to split the rosters. Generally, the Canadian coaches and players are heading to the 'Peg while the Americans and Euros stay in Columbus. Coach Arniel is a former Jet, so this should be an exciting moment for him. Here are the rosters:

Traveling to Winnipeg:

Matt Calvert	Derick Brassard	Tomas Kubalik
Alexandre Giroux	Ryan Johansen	Derek Dorsett
Ryan Russell	Derek MacKenzie	Aaron Bogosian
Dane Byers	Martin St.Pierre	Cody Bass

Kris Russell	Dalton Prout
Grant Clitsome	Cody Goloubef
Aaron Johnson	Austin Madaisky

Curtis Sanford

Allen York

Staying in Columbus:

Vinny Prospal	Antoine Vermette	R.J. Umberger
Maksim Mayorov	Samuel Pahlsson	Jared Boll
Oliver Gabriel	Michael Chaput	Cam Atkinson
Dalton Smith	Boone Jenner	Lukas Sedlak

John Moore	James Wisniewski
Nick Holden	Radek Martinek
David Savard	Marc Methot

Mark Dekanich

Paul Dainton

As you can see, the division of players by nationality isn't a rule, but generally the Western boys (outside of Gabriel) will be in Winnipeg. I love the look of the Moore-Wiz pairing, they would be dangerous on the man advantage. One player I'll be keying on this preseason is Tomas Kubalik- I think he's in line for a huge year, and he could even make the Jackets out of camp. I'm also eager to see what Dex is all about. He'll have a solid defense in front of him tomorrow.

Check back tomorrow for our game day coverage.

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Half of me really wanted to see Nash and Carter at home tomorrow playing together for the first time but the other half knows its the right thing to do to not risk Carters injury yet and give him an extra day. Pumped to see them together soon

by cbjfan14 on Sep 19, 2011 3:10 PM EDT reply actions

Carter should be practicing tomorrow morning, and Nasher’s obviously going on Wednesday night. Hopefully Carter can too.

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by Dan P. on Sep 19, 2011 3:26 PM EDT reply actions

I would think they will both play and on the same line to try and get the chemistry and figure out their line mate Wednesday

by cbjfan14 on Sep 19, 2011 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions

To answer a question we got on Twitter: For the players not in either of the rosters tomorrow (Carter, Nash, Tyutin, Mason, etx), if they don’t want to watch the game from the press box, they’re generally expected to be in the locker room working out or getting things checked out by the training staff.

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by Matt Wagner on Sep 19, 2011 4:37 PM EDT reply actions

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