The Blue Jackets trimmed nine players from the current roster today, GM Scott Howson announced. The current roster consists of 27 players. The Blue Jackets assigned defenseman John Moore to the Kitchener Rangers of the OHL. The club also assigned defensemen Grant Clitsome, Nick Holden and David Liffiton and forwards Maksim Mayorov, Stefan Legein and Tom Sestito to the Syracuse Crunch, the club?s AHL affiliate. Forward Derek MacKenzie and defenseman Jonathan Sigalet were placed on waivers for the purpose of assignment to Syracuse.