Seven players cut from Hurricanes training camp

by Brian LeBlanc on Sep 24, 2011 8:56 PM EDT in Hurricanes Newsstand

Defenseman Michal Jordan is among seven roster cuts the Hurricanes made on Saturday. (Photo by Jamie Kellner)

The day before the Hurricanes head to Charlotte for a preseason matchup with the Winnipeg Jets, the team informed seven players that they won't be returning to Raleigh after the game.

Forwards Nicolas Blanchard, Mike McKenzie, Cedric McNicoll, Jared Staal and Justin Shugg will report to the opening day of Charlotte Checkers camp on Monday, along with defensemen Michal Jordan and Rasmus Rissanen. None of the seven played in either of the Canes' first two preseason games, losses to Buffalo on Monday and to Nashville last night at the RBC Center.

The Canes' camp roster now stands at 36 players, and of those players only Mathieu Roy, Bobby Sanguinetti, Derek Joslin, Chris Durno and Mike Murphy have yet to see game action. The Canes will travel to Charlotte tomorrow afternoon to face the Jets at 5 p.m. at Time Warner Cable Arena, then will return the favor with a game in Winnipeg on Tuesday night.

Update 8:45 p.m.: TSN is reporting that the Canes have placed Blanchard, Justin Soryal and Brett Bellemore on waivers. This is presumably a formality, as Soryal and Bellemore were on the list of cuts released by the team on Thursday and Blanchard was included in today's cuts. Assuming none of the three are claimed, they will clear on Monday in time for the Checkers' camp to begin. The other six players assigned to Charlotte today are not waiver-eligible and do not need to clear to be sent down.

The full release from the team is available after the jump.

HURRICANES ASSIGN SEVEN PLAYERS TO CHARLOTTE

Carolina’s training camp now at 36 players

RALEIGH, NC – Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has assigned seven players from its training camp to its American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers. The Hurricanes’ training camp now stands at 36 players.

Forwards Nicolas Blanchard, Mike McKenzie, Cedric McNicoll, Jared Staal and Justin Shugg, as well as defensemen Michal Jordan and Rasmus Rissanen, will join Charlotte as the team opens its training camp on Monday. All of the Checkers’ training camp sessions will take place at Extreme Ice Center in Indian Trail, NC. For information on Charlotte’s training camp, please visit http://www.gocheckers.com.

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No surprises there.

That they were kept around, though, probably says good things to and for them in terms of their development and effort in this camp.

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by MichaelProcton on Sep 24, 2011 4:23 PM EDT reply actions

When will the official announcement on tomorrows lineup come out?

by Crazychf on Sep 24, 2011 4:28 PM EDT reply actions

Tomorrow likely – but I’ve tweeted what I know.

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by Carolyn Christians on Sep 24, 2011 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions

I would assume Sangs would seem time tomorrow considering he hasn’t played in the pre-season yet

by Crazychf on Sep 24, 2011 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions

They were vague on Defense but said it would be similar line up as Friday. So I’m guessing it’ll be Gleason/Pitkanen, then Faulk w/Kaberle, Murphy w/Harrison. They’ve had Sanguinetti in the scrimmages.

I think they’re playing the vets tomorrow so they don’t have to make the trip to WPG Wednesday. Sounds like it’ll be all the kids heading to Manitoba Tuesday, and that’s when I would think Sanguinetti will get a decent look. Probably with Krueger, Mathieu Roy, Joslin. I’d suspect Faulk and Murphy will go then too.

Forwards tomorrow look to be
Staal, Jussi, Poni
Nash centering Skinner and Stewart
BrandonSutter centering Dalpe and Tlusty
Matsumoto with Brett Sutter and Samson.

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by Carolyn Christians on Sep 24, 2011 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Update: TSN reports that Soryal, Bellemore and Blanchard are on waivers for the purpose of assignment to the AHL. The article has been updated with the new information.

by Brian LeBlanc on Sep 24, 2011 8:57 PM EDT reply actions