Canes Add Layers on Third Day of Camp

Following a weather-induced day off on Saturday, the Carolina Hurricanes resumed training camp at PNC Arena early Sunday morning.
Here are five takeaways from the third day of Hurricanes training camp.

Adding Layers
The Hurricanes introduced a few new wrinkles to practice today, including 3-on-3 and special teams work with assistant coach Dean Chynoweth. The Canes will continue to build on these concepts as they grow their foundation in the first days of training camp.
The exhibition season - more on that later - is the time when the coaching staff and front office will be looking for the players to execute on these concepts introduced.

Some players, like Sebastian Aho at one point today, have helped to reiterate to teammates what the coaching staff is looking for out of certain drills.
"He's been great. We stuck him with Andrei (Svechnikov) out there. Andrei needs a lot of guidance right now with the systems and stuff. We expected that," head coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "Sebastian has been really good about being vocal, and you can tell he's real comfortable with it too, so that's good."
Through it all, Brind'Amour has been preaching speed and pace, something we noted on the first day of camp. Today, Team Grit was a bit slow getting to the boards after a whistle ended a drill, and Brind'Amour ensured his group was hustling: "That's inches! We need that."
Hamilton Hot
Dougie Hamilton ranked tied for first in goals (17) among league defensemen just a season ago. Perhaps shootout specialist is next? Hamilton went a perfect 3-for-3 in shootouts between drills today.
"You're going to make me use him now," Brind'Amour joked. "That was pretty good."

Then, in 3-on-3 action - which didn't feature many goals in either session - Hamilton finished off a pass from Martin Necas for a goal. No. 19 had the hot stick today, and the Hurricanes will be hoping to see more of that in the regular season.
Ferland Gives a Scare
Micheal Ferland took a spill into the end boards that both looked and sounded nasty. He was face down on the ice for a few seconds before getting to his feet under his own power and being evaluated on the bench. He was back on the ice for the following drill, but did spend a few moments in the room before remerging for special teams work at the end of the session.
"Yeah, I don't like seeing that with anybody, but especially him, a guy we're counting on. We don't need to see more guys go down," Brind'Amour said. "He's also tough. You ask him right away, 'You all right?' He's like, 'Yeah, yeah.' Some guys you just never know. He seems to be OK. He's in there working out. I think we dodged one there."
Speaking of injuries, Brind'Amour touched a bit more on Victor Rask's right hand injury today, elaborating that the surgery was "major" and involved repairing tendons. The Swedish center is out indefinitely with an extended recovery ahead.
"It's not going to be quick. It will be months, for sure. It's too bad. I talked to him the other night after his surgery. It is what it is. It's tough, but he'll be back," Brind'Amour said. "He'll be healthy and ready to go at some point during the season."
First Cuts of Camp
The Hurricanes made their first cuts of training camp on Sunday afternoon, assigning forwards Luke Henman and Stelio Mattheos and defenseman Brendan De Jong to their respective junior clubs. The team's
training camp roster is now at 47 players
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The Canes will remain split into Team Grit and Team Grind, while game groups and non-game groups are coming soon …
Preseason Begins Soon

The Hurricanes will be back on the ice Monday morning beginning at 8:45 a.m. Then, it's a preseason gameday. The Canes will travel to Tampa Bay on Tuesday before hosting the Lightning on Wednesday in the first two match-ups of the six-game exhibition slate.
"You don't want to get too excited one way or another, good or bad, about practice," Brind'Amour said. "We'll see when we get into games. That's when it matters. That's when we'll decide who's making the team, their roles and everything."