"The Canes assigned 12 players Thursday to the Charlotte Checkers, their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate. The Hurricanes' training-camp roster now stands at 24 players.

Sent to Charlotte were forwards Drayson Bowman, Zach Boychuk, Jerome Samson, Chris Durno, Jon Matsumoto, Brett Sutter and Chris Terry; defensemen Justin Krueger, Bobby Sanguinetti and Mathieu Roy; and goalies Justin Peters and Mike Murphy.

Among those still in camp are center Riley Nash, and defensemen Ryan Murphy and Justin Faulk.

Zac Dalpe and Jiri Tlusty appeared to have won open roster spots among the top 12 forwards. Canes coach Paul Maurice noted Tlusty, who had offseason shoulder surgery, has played "at a man's level, an NHL man's level" without any dips in his performance throughout a "great" camp."