Columbus Blue Jackets 2017 NHL Prospect Tournament Roster

The Columbus Blue Jackets have announced their 2017 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre ICE arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features  the third overall selection in the 2016 draft, Pierre-Luc Dubois. Also included are the 29th overall pick in the 2015 NHL draft, Gabriel Carlsson, who played in two NHL games last year. Three former Red Wings free agent tryouts – Justin Brazeau and Hayden Hodgson (AHL contract) and Luke Kirwan are also included.

This year’s Tournament is scheduled from September 8 – 12 and will feature teams from DallasDetroit, Columbus, ChicagoCarolinaMinnesotaNew York, and St. Louis. For details on the tournament and ticket information please click here.

NO. PROSPECT NAME POS HT WT DRAFTED 2016-17 TEAM
FORWARDS
79 Vitaly Abramov RW 5.10 181 CBJ-16 (3-65) Gatineau (QMJHL)
57 Paul Bittner LW 6.04 205 CBJ-15 (2-38) Cleveland (AHL)
98 Justin Brazeau * RW 6.05 208 North Bay (OHL)
18 Pierre-Luc Dubois LW 6.03 202 CBJ-16 (1-3) Blainville-Boisbriand (QMJHL)
95 Trent Fox * LW 6.03 189 Mississauga (OHL)
96 Hayden Hodgson * RW 6.02 215 Saginaw (OHL)
93 Luke Kirwan * LW 6.02 217 Flint (OHL)
82 Bobby MacIntyre * LW 5.09 191 Sault St. Marie (OHL)
64 Jordan Maletta C 6.03 215 Cleveland (AHL)
67 Justin Scott C 6.01 195 Cleveland (AHL)
88 Kole Sherwood RW 6.01 204 Flint (OHL)
83 Calvin Thurkauf LW 6.02 203 CBJ-16 (7-185) Kelowna (WHL)
74 Sam Vigneault F 6.05 202 Clarkson (ECHL)
DEFENSEMEN
89 Nathan Billitier * D 5.11 187 Kingston (OHL)
53 Gabriel Carlsson D 6.04 183 CBJ-15 (1-29) Linkopings (Swe)
59 Ryan Collins D 6.05 204 CBJ-14 (2-47) Minnesota (NCAA)
85 Stephen Desrocher * D 6.04 206 TOR-15 (6-155) Kingston (OHL)
51 Jacob Graves D 6.02 194 Cleveland (AHL)
94 Medric Mercier * D 6.03 210 Oshawa (OHL)
75 Scott Savage * D 6.01 186 Boston College (NCAA)
44 Blake Siebenaler D 6.01 190 CBJ-14 (3-77) Cleveland (AHL)
GOALTENDERS
80 Matiss Kivlenieks G 6.02 184 Souix City (USHL)
90 Ivan Kulbakov * G 6.00 182 Youngstown (USHL)

* denotes free agent tryout

** All Rosters are in draft form and are subject to change.

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