Canucks reduce roster to 49 players

The Vancouver Canucks made 7 cuts Wednesday morning. Forward Dan Gendur was assigned to the Manitoba Moose, while forwards Steven Anthony, Prab Rai and Kellen Tochkin, and goalie Morgan Clark were sent back to their respective Junior clubs. Meanwhile forward Dusty Collins and defenseman Nolan Toigo were given their outright release.

Our take: No surprises here. Hopefully the youngsters can make some strides in Juniors this year and come back next year looking stronger. Expect more cuts sometime this week as the Canucks are still carrying 49 players on their pre-season roster

Keith Carney retires

Keith Carney has decided not to attend the Canucks training camp as previously expected. He has decided to hang up the skates and retire.

Our take: Carney had a pretty solid NHL career but he realistically didn't have a chance of cracking the Canucks top 10 defenseman. I would imagine he realized this and decided he didn't want to play in the AHL, therefore called it quits.

Mark Parrish to attend training camp on a tryout basis

According to TSN, former Wild captain Mark Parrish will join the Canucks on a tryout basis for training camp starting this weekend at UBC. Parrish played in 44 games for the Dallas Stars last year before being bought out this off-season.

Our take: Mike Gillis promised he would bring in some unsigned veterans to camp this year, and he has definitely delivered on that promise. Dave Scatchard, Keith Carney and Ronald Petrovicky will join Parrish as veteran's on a tryout with the Canucks. Vancouver is already loaded up front so it's unrealistic that any of these guys will make their roster. It is however possible that Parrish, or any of the others could get signed to play for the Moose this year. Regardless, they should add a little more competition to training camp.