Butch spoke with the media today.
- Training camp is still on track for 7/10.
- They have rosters of 28 and 30 plus 4 goalies ready to go for camp. He won’t divulge the end of the roster because he wasn’t sure a) how many they can bring and b) they haven’t notified everyone. Cshea guess- the 22 skaters on the roster when play halted plus Trent Frederic, Karson Kuhlman, Jack Studnicka, Steve Kampfer, Urho Vaakanainen, Jakob Zboril. That’s 28. Maybe swap Zboril for another F like Gaunce, Ritchie or Senyshyn.
- 4 goalies are Rask and Halak plus Lagace and Vladar.
- Coaches/management can’t be with the players working out at Warrior right now, but he gets info from the training staff.
- He’ll talk with Chara and Bergy before camp starts to gauge how the guys are feeling and their comfort level with the situation. Goal is still to win the Stanley Cup. — If a player indicates they don’t want to play, the organization would be supportive.
- Jokes that is they end up in Toronto they’ve had playoff success in that rink.
- Asked about keeping the players entertained in the bubble, he says the Xbox guys will be fine.