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In fairness, short of a trade, we have literally no other options.

We were already shifting Boychuk to his off-wing (although he admittedly played RW last season for the Checkers) in projected lineups.

Shift Lindholm to center and we're now left with only Semin and Dwyer as true RW's. LaRose was already the injury call-up scenario. And that's where we are.

What this injury may do is add the other half-reason to trade for a true top-9 RW. We were already short one as it was.
 
Habsy said:
So what's the verdict from the old faithful for this year? You guys making the playoffs?

If there was a year to tank this is definitely it though. McDavid, Eichel and Hanifin all look like elite talent.
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Too many pieces have to work near-perfectly for us to make the playoffs, even as first round fodder. But we're not as hopeless as the national pundits have us.

System changes alone, plus learning curve and individual "I can do better" rebound seasons will keep us out of the top tier drafting scrum. However, inevitable injuries and depth issues will probably seat us at our familiar place at the draft table, but with a very good menu selection in front of us.

But I do expect this to be a fun season to watch. Things are changing, and for the better. Nothing to do now but watch the play unfold.
 
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You called it-- LaRose gets a PTO!

RF's first opportunity to show his GM mettle and we get the chance to see LaRose back as a Hurricane! The more things change, the more they stay the same...
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My question--in order for him to be in camp and/or participate in a preseason game, does he have to have a PTO, since they signed him to an AHL only contract?
 
NHL camp professional tryout <> PTO. There is no such thing as an NHL PTO. You do NOT need to have signed anything to be invited to an NHL camp or play in pre-season games.

The NHL has 3 contract types....One way NHL deal, 2 way NHL/minors league deal, and an ATO. PTOs are AHL contracts that are good for up to 25 games and can be terminated earlier than that.

LaRose supposedly has a AHL contract with Charlotte. He would NOT be on a PTO with the Canes, no such thing. He's just a non-amateur camp invitee with an AHL contract. AKA he is a professional tryout camp invitee. No NHL contract of any kind (at least not yet).
 
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May be casual use of language, but Michael Smith used the term in the news release:

LaRose, who signed an AHL contract with the Charlotte Checkers this summer and has been skating informally for the last week, has joined the Canes in training camp on a professional tryout.
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Regardless of the technicalities...the plot thickens. :lurk5:
 
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He didn't say PTO, he just noted its a professional tryout which is correct. Bowman is on a professional tryout with Montreal, which is not any type of contract or offer. A PTO is a specific type of AHL contract and not applicable here.
 
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The signing of Rosie solves the RW dilemma, the center problem and maybe the goalie situation.
 
The org's been short a RW for a while...one of the reasons we keep finding Dwyer in the top six.

Rosie being held in Raleigh for a bit instead of heading for Charlotte just means we've deployed the injury chute as the Lindholm-to-center experiment continues.

Who knows...might not even stick. That's asking a lot out of Elias. He could end up right back on right wing and Rosie heads for Charlotte until one of our RW's goes down.

And meanwhile, with potential insurance savings for at least a portion of the outage, maybe the org is working a trade for the RW we have been missing for a while. We have at least one extra NHL-level bottom-pairing D-man, at a minimum, as a trade asset. Injury relief for that position does at least exist in Charlotte.

But for RW, LaRose is pretty much our only immediate option if Lindholm sticks at center.
 
I really don't envy the predicament RF is in, but am really praying that LaRose is a band aid while he pursues a decent fix.
 
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NHL camp professional tryout <> PTO. There is no such thing as an NHL PTO. You do NOT need to have signed anything to be invited to an NHL camp or play in pre-season games.

The NHL has 3 contract types....One way NHL deal, 2 way NHL/minors league deal, and an ATO. PTOs are AHL contracts that are good for up to 25 games and can be terminated earlier than that.

LaRose supposedly has a AHL contract with Charlotte. He would NOT be on a PTO with the Canes, no such thing. He's just a non-amateur camp invitee with an AHL contract. AKA he is a professional tryout camp invitee. No NHL contract of any kind (at least not yet).
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From the front page of the Hurricanes web site and underneath a picture of LaRose:
The Canes whittled their roster down to 36 players, reassigning nine players and adding veteran Chad LaRose on a PTO
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Not sure who's right or wrong, but bottom line is he's baaaack...
 
He jumped past a dozen players without one day of practice or playing one minute of a scrimmage or game. Dude got skills!
 
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