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The tail-end of the season always sees some roster changes for next year. Although it hasn’t been a free-agent frenzy like after the conclusion of the Olympic cycle, there have still been a handful of prominent changes.

These moves will not take effect until the fall, so the Players’ Championship and/or Humpty’s Champions Cup will be your last chance to see some of these teams with their current configurations.

Here are five intriguing team changes for the 2019-20 season.

Team Jacobs (Northern Ontario)

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Brad Jacobs	Marc Kennedy	E.J. Harnden	Ryan Harnden

Former Team Koe third Kennedy, who took a step back this season, returns to the ice to replace Ryan Fry. The 12-time GSOC title winner Kennedy filled in for Fry earlier this season at the Canada Cup and helped Team Jacobs win that event.

Team Epping (Ontario)

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John Epping	Ryan Fry	Mat Camm	Brent Laing

Fry will join longtime pal Epping at third. That requires a lineup shuffle: Camm moves over to second and Laing to lead as Craig Savill is parting ways with the club.

Team Walker (Alberta)

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Laura Walker	Kate Cameron	Taylor McDonald	Nadine Scotland

Walker will skip a new squad adding Kate Cameron and Taylor McDonald (formerly with Team Flaxey) and former skip Scotland. Walker and McDonald also previously played together on Teams Carey and Rocque.

Team K. Jones (Ontario)

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Kaitlyn Jones	Alli Flaxey	Clancy Grandy	Morgan Lavell

Flaxey is rejoining Grandy and Lavell but will shuffle the lineup to bring in former world junior champion Jones, who is graduating to the women’s tour and returning to Ontario.

Team Cannon (Manitoba)

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Theresa Cannon	Karen Klein	Vanessa Foster	Raunora Westcott

Skip Darcy Robertson is moving on but her former teammates opted to stick together with Cannon sliding up from lead. Westcott played with Team Flaxey this season.