As the Hurricanes look to get their opening night roster down to 23 players and maximize their cap situation, the team announced a slew of roster moves Monday: Max Lajoie, Eric Gelinas, Stefan Noesen, C.J. Smith and Josh Levio cleared waivers and were assigned to AHL Chicago, Jake Gardiner was placed on long-term injured reserve, Vincent Trocheck was placed on injured reserve retroactive to Oct. 3, Eetu Makineimi was recalled from AHL Chicago and Jamieson Rees was placed on the injured non roster list.
Got all that? Here’s the Hurricanes’ updated 23-man roster (plus the injuries)
Forwards: Sebastian Aho, Teuvo Teravainen, Andrei Svechnikov, Martin Necas, Nino Niederreiter, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Jordan Staal, Jesper Fast, Jordan Martinook, Derek Stepan, Steven Lorentz, Seth Jarvis, Jack Drury
Defensemen: Jaccob Slavin, Brett Pesce, Tony DeAngelo, Ethan Bear, Ian Cole, Brady Skjei, Brendan Smith
Goalies: Frederik Andersen, Antti Raanta, Eetu Makineimi
LTIR: Jake Gardiner
IR: Vincent Trocheck (retroactive to Oct.