Preseason kicks off tonight

The first of 3 preseason games is tonight at 7:05 in Wilkes Barre against the Baby Pens. The Capitals reassigned Nycholat and Holtby leaving the Caps with 28 players (not counting Patty McNeill). That means there will be at least 5 more players arriving from Washington in the next week.

So far the (camp) roster looks something like this (I apologize if I miss anyone as I am not sure I know all the camp invitees):

Goalies:

• Braden Holtby
• Todd Ford
• Jared DeMichiel

Defense:

• Josh Godfrey
• Johann Kroll
• Dustin Stevenson
• Dylan Yeo
• Patrick Cullity
• Joe Finley
• Sean Collins
• Zach Miskovic
• Patrick Wellar
• Wes O’Neill

Forwards:

• Trevor Bruess
• Boyd Kane
• Joel Rechlicz
• David de Kostrazza
• Anton Gustafsson
• Jake Hauswirth
• Nikita Kashirsky
• Dmitry Kugryshev
• Ashton Rome
• Francois Bouchard
• Kyle Greentree
• Grant McNeill
• Brian Willsie
• Keith Aucoin
• Andrew Joudrey
• Lincoln Schrock
• Jordan Pietrus
• Steve Pinizzotto
  

Players expected in Hershey some time soon that are still in Washington:

• G Dany Sabourin
• D Brian Fahey
• D Patrick McNeill (injured but listed on Caps roster)
• F Jay Beagle
• F Mathieu Perreault
• F Matt Hendricks

and, while long shots, still possibly...

• F Andrew Gordon
• F Marcus Johansson

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According to Tim Leone the lineup for tonight will look something like this....

Lines:
G. McNeill - Gustafsson - de Kastrozza
Greentree - Willsie - Kugryshev
Pietrus - Kashirsky - Bruess
Schrock - Hauswirth - Rechlicz

D-pairs:
O’Neill - Miskovic
Stevenson - Cullity
Finley (game-day decision)/Yeo (if Finley is scratched) - Godfrey

Goalies: Ford, DeMichiel