Peter Laviolette strongly hinted the Flyers would make some roster cuts on Saturday and thats exactly what transpired as five players were sent back to the Phantoms.
The biggest name on the list was goalie Johan Backlund, who will have to clear waivers to get back to the Phantoms.
Also cut was fellow goalie Jason Bacashihua; forwards Jon Kalinski, Stefan Legein and defenseman Dan Jancevski. By Saturday afternoon The Flyers also sent defenseman Kevin Marshall and forward Mike Testwuide to the Phantoms.
Here is the complete list of players trimmed from the Flyers roster on Saturday as they cut down to 38 players:
Goalies
Jason Bacashihua
Johan Backlund
Forwards
Jason Akeson
Tyler Brown
Shane Harper
Ben Holmstrom
John Kalinski
Stefan Legein
Tye McGinn
Luke Pither
Mike Testwuide
Eric Wellwood
Defensemen
Marc-Andre Bourdon
Tyler Hostetter
Dan Jacevski
Blake Kessel
Oliver Lauridsen
Kevin Marshall
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In addition, Brad Phillips, Cullen Eddy, Garrett Klotz and Garrett Roe were released from their NHL Professional Try-Out and will report to Adirondack as well.
E-mail Tim Panaccio at tpanotch@comcast.net.