I'm guessing this is our last look at Poturalski, Bishop and Wesley, who seem like beyond-long-shots to make the roster this season and are at the end of their contracts. Poturalski turns 25 this year so it seems highly unlikely to me that we see him in a Canes uniform again. The other guys could get extended and come back next year, but I don't see why we wouldn't replace them with draftees.
Bean, McKeown, Renouf, Cajkovsky are auditioning for a chance to sit in the press box as the #7 guy when a Cane gets injured. My guess is they want Bean and McKeown playing minutes in Charlotte regardless of how this pans out. So it's kind of between Renouf and Cajkovsky to win the race for possible future free nachos and conversation with Tripp. Perhaps it's telling that they held off on putting Fora in the lineup tonight... it seems like he'd get a look, so they may be viewing him as the front-runner and holding him off till tomorrow night.
Seems like the guys who are really on the hot seat are PDG, Saarela, Brown, McKegg, Geekie, Pu, and Wallmark. When injuries kick in, we will need at least one of those guys to step into a regular shift in Raleigh. They have a very real opportunity to make their cases during this camp, and in the cases of McKegg and Brown this is almost certainly their last real shot at the NHL.
And of course it will be interesting to see how Mrazek and Ned look in net.
