The Columbus Blue Jackets made their fourth roster moves of training camp today, assigning two players to the Syracuse Crunch, the club?s American Hockey League affiliate, and releasing one other from his tryout contract, General Manager Scott Howson announced. The current training camp roster consists of 37 players. Two players were assigned to Syracuse: defenseman Andrey Plekhanov and goaltender Dan LaCosta. In addition, the club released goaltender Sebastian Dahm from his tryout contract.

Carolina Hurricanes' GM Jim Rutherford announced Tuesday that Jeff O?Neill has been released, stating that the mutual decision to part ways resulted from a meeting this past weekend, as reported by Yahoo.com.

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced Monday that seven players have been assigned to the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League. Forwards Bates Battaglia, Andre Deveaux, Alex Foster, Kris Newbury, Ben Ondrus, and defencemen Josef Boumedienne (YOH-sef BOH-mid-ean) and Jaime Sifers have all been assigned to the Maple Leafs? primary affiliate. In addition, the Maple Leafs have recalled forward Kyle Rogers from the Marlies and returned centreman Chris DiDomenico (DEE-DOH-menacoh) to the QMJHL?s Saint John Sea Dogs.

Phoenix Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney announced today that the Coyotes have assigned five players to the San Antonio Rampage (American Hockey League) training camp. There are now 30 players remaining on the Coyotes? training camp roster. The following players have been sent to the San Antonio Rampage training camp: Goaltender Josh Tordjman Defenseman Logan Stephenson Forwards Jeff Hoggan Adam Keefe Derek Nesbitt

The Los Angeles Kings have announced the following player transactions: Assigned to the Manchester Monarchs (AHL): Drew Bagnall - D Jonathan Bernier ? G Trevor Lewis - C Returned to Junior Team: Mike D?Orazio ? D (Owen Sound ? OHL)

The Anaheim Ducks announced today that the National Hockey League (NHL) club has made the following roster moves: Assigned to Iowa Chops (AHL) Training Camp: Michal Birner ? Left Wing Eric Boguniecki ? Center John de Gray ? Defenseman J.P. Levasseur ? Goaltender Ross Lupaschuk ? Defenseman Brendan Mikkelson ? Defenseman Brian Salcido ? Defenseman Petteri Wirtanen ? Center Assigned to junior team: Maxime Macenauer ? Center (Rouyn-Noranda/QMJHL) Logan MacMillan ? Left Wing (Halifax/QMJHL) Anaheim now has 35 players remaining on its 2008 Training Camp Roster ? 23 forwards, 9 defensemen and three goaltenders.

Juniors P.K. Subban and Olivier Fortier were among 18 players cut from the Canadiens' training camp on Monday as the club trimmed its roster to 32 players, according to a Canadian Press report.

The Los Angeles Kings have announced the following player transactions: Assigned to the Manchester Monarchs (AHL): Justin Azevedo - C Andrew Campbell ? D Paul Crosty ? D Vladimir Dravecky - RW Gabe Gauthier - C Bud Holloway - LW Josh Kidd - D Brady Murray ? LW Marty Murray - C Scott Parse - RW Daniel Taylor ? G Eric Werner ? D Jeff Zatkoff - G The Kings have 40 players remaining on their 2008 Training Camp roster (22 forwards, 13 defensemen and five goaltenders).

According to a Yahoo.com report on Monday, Carolina Hurricanes' co-owner Thomas Thewes died after a two year battle with leukemia. He was 76.

The Columbus Blue Jackets made their third roster moves of training camp today, assigning four players to the Syracuse Crunch, the club?s American Hockey League affiliate, and releasing four others from their tryout contracts, General Manager Scott Howson announced. The current training camp roster consists of 40 players. The four players assigned to Syracuse: forward Steve Kelly (pending waivers) and defensemen Nick Holden, Jonathan Sigalet, and Kyle Wharton. In addition, the club released forwards Devin DiDiomete, Trevor Frischmon, Jon Mirasty, and Blair Yaworski.