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July 5, 2009
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The Boston Bruins start the season in Colorado tonight. Not making the finla roster was Vladimir Sobotka. He was sent down earlier today to Providence. He will start the year down but don’t expect him to stay long. Sobotka had an impressive pre-season and will most likely be the first call up to the Bruins. Making the team is rookie Blake Wheeler, who turned a lot of heads in camp and continued to impress throughout the pre-season.
Here is the final roster
| # | Name | Pos | Ht. | Wt. | BOD | POB |
| 6 | Dennis Wideman | D | 6-0 | 196 | 3-20-83 | Kitchener ONT |
| 11 | PJ Axelsson | LW | 6-1 | 188 | 2-26-75 | Kungalv SWE |
| 12 | Chuck Kobasew | RW | 5-11 | 192 | 4-17-82 | Vancouver BC |
| 16 | Marco Sturm | LW | 6-0 | 194 | 9-8-78 | Dingolfing GER |
| 17 | Milan Lucic | LW | 6-3 | 228 | 6-7-88 | Vancouver BC |
| 18 | Stephane Yelle | C | 6-2 | 183 | 5-9-74 | Ottawa ONT |
| 21 | Andrew Ference | D | 5-11 | 189 | 3-17-79 | Edmonton ALTA |
| 22 | Shawn Thornton | RW | 6-2 | 217 | 7-23-77 | Oshawa ONT |
| 29 | Perreri Nokelainen | C | 6-1 | 195 | 1-16-86 | Imatra FIN |
| 30 | Tim Thomas | G | 5-11 | 208 | 4-15-74 | Flint MI |
| 33 | Zdeno Chara | D | 6-9 | 255 | 3-18-77 | Trencin SLO |
| 34 | Shane Hnidy | D | 6-2 | 204 | 11-8-75 | Brandon MAN |
| 35 | Manny Fernandez | G | 6-1 | 207 | 8-27-74 | Etobicoke ONT |
| 37 | Patrice Bergeron | C | 6-2 | 194 | 7-24-85 | Ancienne-Lorette QBC |
| 41 | Andrew Alberts | D | 6-5 | 218 | 6-30-81 | Minneapolis MN |
| 42 | Blake Wheeler | LW | 6-5 | 208 | 8-31-86 | Robbinsdale MN |
| 44 | Aaron Ward | D | 6-2 | 209 | 1-17-73 | Windsor ONT |
| 45 | Mark Stuart | D | 6-2 | 213 | 4-27-84 | Rochester MN |
| 46 | David Krejci | C | 6-0 | 178 | 4-28-86 | Sternberk CZE |
| 73 | Michael Ryder | RW | 6-0 | 192 | 3-31-80 | St. John’s NFLD |
| 81 | Phil Kessel | RW | 5-11 | 180 | 10-2-87 | Madison WI |
| 91 | Marc Savard | C | 5-10 | 191 | 7-17-77 | Ottawa ONT |
