The Canes trimmed their roster by a substantial amount Wednesday afternoon, keeping just 25 bodies in the room. One of those bodies is Max Pacioretty, who will start the season on the injured reserve list and not count for one of the (up to) 23 available roster slots allowable. It’s possible that the Canes won’t opt to retain 23 players on the main roster, but some behind-the-scenes decisions left to be made could be a major factor in how they plan to construct the final roster.
Amongst those decisions are:
- The status of Derek Stepan, who remains on the current 25-man roster on his PTO.