I figured that there might be interest in Devante Smith-Pelletier after Hathaway left for Washington. If he can keep up skating wise I could see him earning a contract. The other guys I would guess are just training camp bodies other than maybe Andrew MacDonald getting a temp spot while Valimaki recovers. It is interesting how PTOs usually have some prior connection to coaches, management, or players. Here’s what I could dig up:
Devante Smith-Pelley-RW
-played for Geoff Ward in NJD, Ryan Huska in WJC, allegedly friends with Monahan
Tobias Rieder - LW/RW
-drafted by Arizona (Maloney/Treliving), played for Geoff Ward (WC Germany), played for Ray Edwards (AHL Portland, Arizona affiliate), played with Talbot/Lucic in Edmonton, played with Zac Rinaldo in Arizona
Zac Rinaldo - LW
-played with TJ Brodie in Barrie (OHL)
Alexandre Grenier - RW
-played with Rob Hamilton (Stockton player) in AHL Springfield, Byron Froese (Stockton player) in AHL Laval
Andrew MacDonald - D
-paired with Hamonic in NYI
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