Found July 26, 2009 on Lowetide:
By my count 47 players suited up for the Springfield Falcons in 2008-09. The count goes like this: 4 goaltenders, 14 defenders and 29 forwards make up the original group.The number of players who have been set free this summer is large (Mathieu Roy, Tim Sestito, Dany Sabourin, Sebastien Bisaillon, Carl Corazzini, Tyler Spurgeon, Guillaume Lefebvre, Stephane Goulet, Shane Willis, Mike Gabinet, Hans Benson) and the number of men incoming is also large (we'll get to it in a minute).Among those who will not be on the Falcons to start the year is the skinny kid in the photo (Jordan Eberle) who'll be in the WHL or playing with the Oilers this fall.Here's a list of players who are possible Falcons. This has been a frustrating "moving target" so please let me know of any errors. This post will be followed by the beginning of the "reasonable expectations" posts as we count down to August, the end of summer holidays for Oilers management and the time when they ...
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