The Matthew Wuest Memorial Cup is up for grabs again during the 2018 NHL Prospects Tournament in Traverse City, Mich., and the Columbus Blue Jackets prospects will be participating for the 17th time.
The list of players involved has been released by the club. A lot of free agent invites will be involved and they litter the defense. Only one player on defense is a drafted player by the team. Notable name Vitali Abramov will not be participating this year after having surgery on his wrist, according to The Athletic's Aaron Portzline.
Heres the #CBJ roster and schedule for Traverse City: pic.twitter.com/724A3FSCdo
— Aaron Portzline (@Aportzline) August 23, 2018
The team will be coached by Cleveland Monsters head coach John Madden. Fellow Monsters coaches Carey Krug and Steve McCarthy will join Madden behind the Columbus bench for the tournament.
Here is the Blue Jackets' tournament schedule:
Friday, Sept. 7
9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Practice (West Rink)
4 p.m. at CHICAGO (West Rink)
Saturday, Sept. 8
9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Practice (West Rink)
3:30 p.m. at ST. LOUIS (West Rink)
Sunday, Sept. 9
10:45 to 11:45 a.m. Practice (David's Rink)
Monday, Sept. 10
10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Practice (David's Rink)
7 p.m. vs. CAROLINA (David's Rink)
Tuesday, Sept. 11
Game - Opponent, Time and Rink TBD
