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2007-08 Islanders Roster

October 2nd, 2007 by murph

Just posted to NewYorkIslanders.com is the team’s 2007-08 Opening Day lineup. Noticeably absent is training camp invitee Bryan Berard who looked really good during the pre-season. There are two hurdles to Berard joining the Isles - 1) someone has to be bumped off the roster to make room for Berard, and 2) the Isles and Berard need to work out a contract. The bigger problem is hurdle #1 because Gervais and Campoli (the most likely candidates to get bumped) would have to clear NHL waivers before the Isles could assign them to Bridgeport. The Isles have plenty of cap space, so hurdle #2 isn’t that big of a deal. Hopefully the team is trying to figure out a solution to hurdle #1, while they work with Berard on a contract.

Also of note is Jeff Tambellini headed to Bridgeport again.

GOALTENDERS (2)
34 Wade Dubielewicz
39 Rick DiPietro

DEFENSEMEN (8)
2 Aaron Johnson
8 Bruno Gervais
14 Chris Campoli
24 Radek Martinek
25 Andy Sutton
32 Brendan Witt
44 Freddy Meyer
47 Marc-Andre Bergeron

FORWARDS (13)
7 Trent Hunter
10 Richard Park
11 Andy Hilbert
12 Chris Simon (eligible to return Oct. 13)
13 Bill Guerin
16 Jon Sim
18 Mike Sillinger
20 Sean Bergenheim
26 Ruslan Fedotenko
27 Darryl Bootland
63 Josef Vasicek
81 Miroslav Satan
89 Mike Comrie

17 Shawn Bates (injured)

[Update] Islanders beat writer Greg Logan from Newsday provides this update on his blog. According to Logan, Gervais can be sent down without having to clear waivers.

Free agent defenseman Bryan Berard remains unsigned, but that might change later today. It’s possible GM Garth Snow might be trying to trade Meyer to make room for the possible signing of Berard. It’s also still possible Gervais could be sent down to Bridgeport. Among the forwards, Jeff Tambellini was sent back to Bridgeport after failing to make the second scoring line.

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