New faces at Canadian camps
The training camps beginning across the league, here's a primer of the familiar places from previous NHL teams now toiling for one of the seven Canadian NHL clubs.
With training camps beginning across the NHL, here's a look at some of the new faces arriving at Canadian camps.
New faces denotes players with NHL experience or significant free agent signings who weren't at that particular camp one year ago. Players the club itself has drafted in the recent past are presumed.
Included are the most noteworthy or last club they played on during the 2010-11 campaign, and where applicable, experience as measured by NHL regular season games.
Calgary Flames
- Chris Butler, D, Buffalo, 155 GP
- Scott Hannan, D, Washington, 830 GP
- Quintin Laing, F, AHL, 79 GP
- Lee Stempniak, RW, Phoenix, 456 GP
Edmonton Oilers
- Eric Belanger, F, Phoenix, 716 GP
- Cam Barker, D, Minnesota, 271 GP
- Yann Danis, G, New Jersey, 45 GP
- Ben Eager, F, San Jose, 323 GP
- Josh Green, F, Anaheim, 334 GP
- Darcy Hordichuk, F, Florida, 495 GP
- Andy Sutton, D, Anaheim, 624 GP
Bonus new-old face:
- Ryan Smyth, F, Los Angeles, 1,069 GP
Montreal Canadiens
- Peter Budaj, G, Colorado, 242 GP
- Erik Cole, F, Carolina, 620 GP
- Jeff Woywitka, D, Dallas, 251 GP
- Mike Blunden, F, Columbus, 51 GP
- Brian Willsie, F, AHL, 381 GP
- Nathan Lawson, G, Islanders, 10 GP
Ottawa Senators
- Tim Conboy, D, AHL, 59 GP
- Stephane Da Costa, F, NCAA, 4 GP
- Nikita Filatov, F, Columbus, 44 GP
- Zenon Konopka, F, Islanders, 195 GP
- Mike McKenna, G, New Jersey, 17 GP
- Mark Parrish, F, Buffalo, 722 GP
- David Rundblad, F, Sweden
Bonus new-old face:
- Alex Auld, G, Montreal, 223 GP
Toronto Maple Leafs
- Tim Connolly, F, Buffalo, 627 GP
- Philippe Dupuis, F, Colorado, 86 GP
- Cody Franson, D, Nashville, 141 GP
- John-Michael Liles, D, Colorado, 523 GP
- Matthew Lombardi, F, Nashville, 441 GP
Vancouver Canucks
- Steve Begin, F, AHL, 488 GP
- Byron Bitz, F, DNP, 87 GP
- Matt Climie, G, AHL, 5 GP
- Niko Dimitrakos, F, KHL, 158 GP
- Andrew Ebbett, F, Phoenix, 145 GP
- Anders Eriksson, D, Sweden, 572 GP
- Todd Fedoruk, F, DNP, 545 GP
- Manny Legace, G, Germany, 365 GP
- Mark Mancari, F, Buffalo, 36 GP
- Owen Nolan, F, Switzerland, 1200 GP
- Marco Sturm, F, Washington, 890 GP
- Alexander Sulzer, D, Florida, 62 GP
Winnipeg Jets
Everyone!
From a former Thrashers perspective:
- David Aebischer, G, Switzerland, 214 GP
- Troy Bodie, F, Carolina, 107 GP
- Eric Fehr, F, Washington, 230 GP
- Tanner Glass, F, Vancouver, 184 GP
- Randy Jones, D, Tampa Bay, 326 GP
- David Koci, F, Colorado, 142 GP
- Kenndal McArdle, F, Florida, 33 GP
- Ben Maxwell, F, Atlanta, 32 GP
- Janne Pesonen, F, Finland, 7 GP
- Kyle Wellwood, F, San Jose, 373 GP