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David Rundblad traded to the Ottawa Senators by the St. Louis Blues who then took Vladimir Tarasenko:

Cornell’s Colin Greening signed with the Ottawa Senators on April 24.   Nice article from his hometown paper, the Telegram.

Transaction list-inspired post:

Jamie McBain called up to the Carolina Hurricanes for his NHL debut vs. the Boston Bruins – previous blog galleries: college/USA, Albany River Rats

Viktor Tikhonov was recalled from Cherepovets by Phoenix

Brian Lee assigned to Binghampton by Ottawa.

And most-rumored item in my twitter feed:  Will he sign or won’t he re: Jordan Schroeder (most including link to Vancouver Sun story) – earlier blog gallery

The following players could make their NHL debut in their team’s opening game today.

Anaheim Ducks: None
Columbus Blue Jackets: None
Dallas Stars: Jamie Benn, Luke Gazdic
Edmonton Oilers: None
Los Angeles Kings: Alec Martinez

Nashville Predators: Teemu Laakso

New Jersey Devils: None
New York Islanders: John Tavares

Ottawa Senators: Erik Karlsson

Phoenix Coyotes: None

From Ken Daneyko to Mike Brennan, my favorite players are often defensemen, the more D-oriented the better. It didn’t feel right to highlight the high scorers in the earlier post on completing the U20 camp galleries, especially since the US D shut out the Russians in one game and held them to only 1 goal in two others (the Russians scored 6 in Friday’s game, but that’s just being a polite host, right?). So here are the 10 defensemen who took part in the full camp. Posted previously – Cam Fowler and John Moore.

John Carlson (Washington Capitals):

Adam Comrie (Guelph Storm/Florida Panthers):

Matt Donovan (University of Denver/New York Islanders):

Jake Gardiner (University of Wisconsin/Anaheim Ducks):

Nick Leddy (University of Minnesota/Minnesota Wild):

Aaron Ness (University of Minnesota/New York Islanders):

David Warsofsky (Boston University/St. Louis Blues):

Chris Wideman (Miami University/Ottawa Senators):