The Carolina Hurricanes reached their hotel in St. Louis on Wednesday about 5 p.m. A half-hour later, the “new guy” checked in.
Ty Rattie, claimed off NHL waivers Wednesday by the Canes, had some new teammates to meet. The forward also had some goodbyes to say to his old teammates with the St. Louis Blues.
Talk about an awkward situation. Rattie dressed in the visitors’ locker room Thursday at the Blues’ Scottrade Center, watched part of the Blues’ morning skate, then took the ice with the Canes for their morning skate. He will be in the Canes’ lineup — on a line with Victor Rask and Jeff Skinner —- playing the Blues on Thursday night.