By my count they have 12 extra bodies over the 18 skaters needed to dress. There just isn't room for everyone. It'd be nice to see them get into a game or 2, but I hate to see all the line changes & broken chemistry just before playoffs.
Pelletier, Jones, Schwindt, Klapka, Stromgren, Bishop, McLain, Morton, Sutter should dress for every game - outside the odd rest day
Kerins, Damani, Ciona, Wedman, Gallant....all depending on the matchup
Then you have the new guys in Silye, Bell, Honzek, Lipinski all getting a taste of Pro
So at least 6 forwards will not make the lineup.
We also have 11 D currently: Poolman, Solo, Oesterle, Asp, Kuz, Poirier, Grush, Lyle, Pysyk. Jurmo, Morin. So scratch another 5 from here, although Lyle has missed the past couple months so who knows if he'll even be back.
Nikolaev is currently with Rapid City, so I don't see how he, or any of the other ECHLers come back
I don't get the Silye signing, especially with the CHL guys due to come up.