Some surprise names like Bracco, Brooks and Nielsen continuing to be sent to play in a rookie tournament.
It's not totally unusual to see guys get 3 tournaments. I think Nielsen is the only real surprise, because there are 11 defensemen there already and they do have a pretty good idea about him right now. This is his 4th tournament. More surprised Engvall was not brought in, since it would be his first one.
Grundstrom-Brooks-Bracco
Marchment-SDA-Piccinich
Ferguson-Stotts-Moore
Pucek-McGregor-Zummack
Elynuik-Bradley-Pooley
Estephan-Plouffe
Sandin-Liljegren
Nielsen-Lindgren
Gordeev-Durzi
LeBlanc-Kral
Hunter-Hollowell
Rubins
Scott-Bouthillier
I would have trimmed the roster down a little bit to give more ice time to the important guys. I think they could have survived without Pooley, Plouffe, Hunter and Rubins. That would leave 15 forwards (most of which are natural centers), 9 defensemen and 2 goalies.