This will probably transition into the normal Season Misc thread once we get to the start of the season, but with such a compressed timeframe between the announcement of the divisional alignment and tentative schedule and the start of camps it makes sense to gather pre-season discussion here.
Canes Current Roster
Centers ... Aho, Staal, Trocheck ... and then one of Geekie, Martinook (hopefully not), Shore (also hopefully not)
Wings ... Teravainen, Svechnikov, Necas, Fast, Niederreiter, McGinn, Foegele, Martinook (see above), Dzingle
Defense ... Slavin, Hamilton, Pesce, Skjei, Gardiner, Fleury, Ryan
Goalies ... Mrazek, Reimer
23 man roster would probably include Ryan and Shore at the moment, especially with the AHL situation unclear. 4-6 man taxi squads are allowed and teams need to carry 3 goalies in some shape or form. That probably means that Ned will start on the taxi squad. Other taxi squad candidates (IMO) among the forwards are Suzuki, Steve Lorentz, Clark Bishop and the Cotton brothers. On D you'd probably be looking at McKeown, Bean and Keane. It's unclear right now whether or not Carolina will carry 4 or 6 on the taxi squad. Given revenues, you'd be safe assuming they will carry as few as they figure they can get away with.
Roster Moves
With such a short runway before things get started ... two weeks from today, with Christmas right in the middle ... you're probably looking at opening camp with what you've already got on hand. There are some issues ... goalies not up to the quality of the rest of the group, D is unbalanced left to right, depth is a bit thin up front ... but this roster is really similar to the way they finished last season and it likely good enough to qualify for the playoffs, barring a goaltending collapse or a bad run of injuries.
Canes Current Roster
Centers ... Aho, Staal, Trocheck ... and then one of Geekie, Martinook (hopefully not), Shore (also hopefully not)
Wings ... Teravainen, Svechnikov, Necas, Fast, Niederreiter, McGinn, Foegele, Martinook (see above), Dzingle
Defense ... Slavin, Hamilton, Pesce, Skjei, Gardiner, Fleury, Ryan
Goalies ... Mrazek, Reimer
23 man roster would probably include Ryan and Shore at the moment, especially with the AHL situation unclear. 4-6 man taxi squads are allowed and teams need to carry 3 goalies in some shape or form. That probably means that Ned will start on the taxi squad. Other taxi squad candidates (IMO) among the forwards are Suzuki, Steve Lorentz, Clark Bishop and the Cotton brothers. On D you'd probably be looking at McKeown, Bean and Keane. It's unclear right now whether or not Carolina will carry 4 or 6 on the taxi squad. Given revenues, you'd be safe assuming they will carry as few as they figure they can get away with.
Roster Moves
With such a short runway before things get started ... two weeks from today, with Christmas right in the middle ... you're probably looking at opening camp with what you've already got on hand. There are some issues ... goalies not up to the quality of the rest of the group, D is unbalanced left to right, depth is a bit thin up front ... but this roster is really similar to the way they finished last season and it likely good enough to qualify for the playoffs, barring a goaltending collapse or a bad run of injuries.