If you go to our roster page you'll notice that it now contains 45 players. That's a lot.

If you take a look at the other NHL rosters you'll see the same thing. Basically, as training camp approaches all players with NHL contracts (whether they include a minor-league clause or not) are being added to the full rosters. Then as teams start making cuts the rosters will be trimmed back down until they back to the standard 23 players heading into the regular season.

So if you're taking a look at the roster don't assume that player X will be on the team in October just because he's on the roster now. We obviously can't carry 45 guys. And if you're planning on buying a jersey for player X, you might want to hold off until he makes the team. The listed jersey numbers are subject to change once the roster is set. The current numbers are the ones that will be worn by the players in camp and probably in the pre-season.