cmaleski2
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Our only healthy options for a realistic forward callup are Jamieson Rees, Blake Murray or Cal Burke at this point. Justin Robidas hasn't even played a pro game yet. You can't really call up one of our players on loan to Europe (well you CAN, but not easily and would you go that route if it wasn't a clear long term emergency?).
Signing any of our as of yet signed non-CHL prospects (all the college kids or the Russians) wouldn't make any sense given they have no AHL team to go to. No Russian is going to sign with us to be our #14/15/16 forward.
In the most extreme pinch, a team could do an emergency recall and bring someone up from a Canada Major Juniors team, play him a few games in the NHL, and then ship him back to his Juniors team, like the Canes did many years ago with Ryan Murphy. But do you know how many CHL forwards the Canes own draft rights to right now? Yep, ZERO!!! Nothing but Russians, Euros and College kids.
Rees would likely be the default just because Cal Burke has never played the Canes system (and still isn't and likely never will, even though we traded for him).
There are also plenty of NHL vets sitting at home waiting for their phones to ring. I doubt the Canes want to go that route.
Signing any of our as of yet signed non-CHL prospects (all the college kids or the Russians) wouldn't make any sense given they have no AHL team to go to. No Russian is going to sign with us to be our #14/15/16 forward.
In the most extreme pinch, a team could do an emergency recall and bring someone up from a Canada Major Juniors team, play him a few games in the NHL, and then ship him back to his Juniors team, like the Canes did many years ago with Ryan Murphy. But do you know how many CHL forwards the Canes own draft rights to right now? Yep, ZERO!!! Nothing but Russians, Euros and College kids.
Rees would likely be the default just because Cal Burke has never played the Canes system (and still isn't and likely never will, even though we traded for him).
There are also plenty of NHL vets sitting at home waiting for their phones to ring. I doubt the Canes want to go that route.
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