The training camp roster is now down to 27 as the Carolina Hurricanes made another wave of cuts on Thursday.
Forwards Nicolas Roy, Aleksi Saarela, and Valentin Zykov were all assigned to the Charlotte Checkers and will join the team’s training camp immediately.
Defensemen Trevor Carrick and Jake Chelios and goalie Jeremy Smith will have to pass through waivers in order for them to join the Checkers. We will find out Friday at noon whether or not the trio will stay in the organization.
The only surprising name on the cut list is Carrick as he had an impressive training camp and preseason but ultimately lost the sixth and seventh defenseman jobs, likely to Haydn Fleury and Klas Dahlbeck.