The Carolina Hurricanes have recalled four players from the Chicago Wolves: Bradly Nadeau, Skyler Brind'Amour, Domenick Fensore and Riley Stillman.
Nadeau, 19, is the leading scorer on the Chicago Wolves and paces all rookies with 30 goals.
He's been a point-per-game player since returning from the World Junior Championships and he looks to be developing into a really promising talent.
Brind'Amour, 25, is the son of Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour, and looks to be in line to make his NHL debut.
He's played 121 AHL games over his career and this season has 16 goals and 23 points in 67 games.
Fensore, 23, has put in the work over the last few seasons from the NCAA to the ECHL and then the AHL and now it looks like he's going to be making his NHL debut too.
The 5-foot-9 blueliner has been a force on every side of the puck for the Wolves this year with nine goals and 32 points in 66 games.
Stillman, 27, has spent plenty of time with the Hurricanes this season, having been a consistent callup as the seventh defenseman, although he did get in for three NHL games this season.
The Hurricanes have just two games remaining on their regular season schedule — a back-to-back against the Montreal Canadiens and Ottawa Senators — and because these games pretty much don't matter for anything, the team is going to be resting players.
"Like every team at this time of the year, we've got guys who are nursing stuff and so, is it the right move to keep pushing them through it when they can play or is it, 'Hey, we've gotta be as healthy as can be,'" said Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour on Tuesday. "That's the kind of decisions and I think we're leaning more on, 'Let's get our guys healthy.'"
One such player is Jordan Martinook, who sat out the team's Sunday evening game against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
"He could go, for sure, but it's just that he has this little issue," Brind'Amour said on Martinook. "Just time is on his side and we have it. We're just being real cautious."
With at least another forward and potentially two defensemen that could sit as well, we may have some fairly interesting lineups come tomorrow and Thursday.
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