The St. Louis Blues had some excellent contributions by players added on Player Try Out contracts last season. Two of them are still on this year’s team in fact.
Scottie Upshall and Kyle Brodziak were both brought in as extremely late additions to the Blues last year. As with almost anyone brought in on a tryout basis, they weren’t expected to do more than be depth players.
PTO’s aren’t normally expected to play a full season. Tryout players are usually out of options and just looking to hook themselves onto a team to keep their playing days going.