Roster Cleanup

Eight more players were sent down to the Portland Pirates, including Tim Kennedy and Nathan Gerbe.  Here’s the note from Sabres.com:

Heading to Portland are: forwards Mathieu Darche (pending waivers), Mark Mancari (pending waivers), Nathan Gerbe, Tim Kennedy, Dylan Hunter and Marek Zagrapan; and defensemen Chris Butler and Michael Funk.

That leaves 24 players on the roster, if you assume that Goose starts the year on IR.  So there is one more move to be made.  John Vogl over at the Buffalo News noted that Connolly was not on the ice today, but there’s time for him to get healthy yet.

Gerbe could probably be playing now, but there just isn’t roster room as of yet.  I’m imagining him as the first forward recalled though, so with Timmy C still on the roster there’s a good shot at him seeing more than just a cup of coffee at some point.