With just one preseason game remaining on the docket and regular-season hockey less than a week away, the Bruins announced a sizable number of training-camp cuts on Friday afternoon.

Nine total players were removed from the training-camp roster — with Patrick Brown, Mike Callahan, Georgii Merkulov, Victor Soderstrom and Riley Tufte placed on waivers for the purpose of assignment to AHL Providence.

Boston also assigned Frederic Brunet, Riley Duran, Brett Harrison and Fabian Lysell to Providence — with none of those four players needing to clear waivers before getting sent to the AHL ranks.

The two most noteworthy names among those cuts are Lysell and Merkulov — a pair of offensive-minded forwards who failed to kick the door down in search of more reps at the NHL level this fall.

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