The Saskatoon Blades’ roster breakdown is four goalies, 13 defencemen and 19 forwards after deletions were made in advance of the start of the W-H-L pre-season.

Among those 36 players are six who are 2004-born players and are not eligible to be full-time regulars with the Bridge City Bunch.

The list, also, doesn’t include Kirby Dach. He will attend Chicago’s rookie and main training camps after being the third overall selection in June’s N-H-L Draft by the Blackhawks.

Joining Dach at N-H-L rookie camps are forwards Riley McKay, Eric Florchuk and Chase Wouters plus defencemen Nolan Kneen and Scott Walford.

The Blue and Gold visit Regina Friday night for their first exhibition test against the Pats before taking on Swift Current Saturday afternoon at the Brandt Centre in Regina. Following is the Blades’ updated roster…