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Local product Bodie cut loose
Troy Bodie's dream of wearing the colours of his favourite team as a kid officially vanished on Wednesday.
The Winnipeg Jets opted to let his contract expire rather than sign the Portage la Prairie product, meaning the 26-year-old forward is now without a hockey address.
A NHL vet with 107 games under his belt with both Anaheim and Carolina, Bodie scored one goal in the pre-season and showed a level of toughness that should make him appealing to another organization, either at the big-league level or in the AHL.
All NHL teams had to declare their 23-man rosters on Wednesday and the Jets, in addition to making the move with Bodie, placed Eric Fehr and Aaron Gagnon on injured reserve while Kenndal McArdle and Ben Maxwell are listed as day-to-day.
Winnipeg currently has 13 forwards, eight defencemen and two goaltenders on its roster, also confirming Wednesday that veteran netminder David Aebischer had signed an AHL contract and been assigned to the St. John's IceCaps.
THE SQUAD... FOR NOW
Goaltenders
29 Ondrej Pavelec
50 Chris Mason
Defencemen
4 Zach Bogosian
5 Mark Stuart
6 Ron Hainsey
7 Derek Meech
12 Randy Jones
29 Johnny Oduya
33 Dustin Byfuglien
39 Tobias Enstrom
Forwards
8 Alex Burmistrov
9 Evander Kane
13 Kyle Wellwood
14 Tim Stapleton
15 Tanner Glass
16 Andrew Ladd
18 Bryan Little
19 Jim Slater
22 Chris Thorburn
26 Blake Wheeler
28 Patrice Cormier
55 Mark Scheifele
80 Nik Antropov
Injured reserve
17 Eric Fehr
23 Kenndal McArdle
42 Aaron Gagnon
49 Ben Maxwell
-- MORE OFFENCE, PLEASE: The Jets are hoping to get a boost in numbers from veteran centre/winger Nik Antropov, whose totals fell from 67 points in 2009-10 to 41 last year.
"I just hope he has a productive year," said head coach Claude Noel. "For me, it's not only scoring -- and I know he's a scoring type -- but he's a good, reliable player. So if he scores, great, and if he doesn't we'll help him score."
-- Tait
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition October 6, 2011 C3
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