The offseason is winding down and training camps are less than three weeks away. That means PTO season is in full swing.<\/p>\n
A half-dozen players have already signed professional tryout contracts and more will follow.<\/p>\n
Will the Detroit Red Wings bring a veteran to camp, which starts Sept. 18 in Traverse City?<\/p>\n
If they do, it\u2019ll likely be a forward. They already have eight NHL defensemen under contract after signing Travis Hamonic earlier this month.<\/a><\/p>\n So far, forwards Milan Lucic (St. Louis), Connor Sheary (Rangers) and ex-Red Wing Givani Smith (Carolina) as well as defensemen Jack Johnson (Minnesota), Oliver Kylington (Carolina) and Brendan Smith (Columbus), another former Red Wing, have signed PTOs.<\/a><\/p>\n Here are a half-dozen forwards who might be seeking professional tryouts (with age):<\/p>\n Andreas Athanasiou, 31: He\u2019s a fast-skating skilled forward who never reached his potential after scoring 30 goals for the Red Wings in 2018-19. Lack of competitiveness and consistency have hounded him. He spent most of last season with AHL Rockford (11 goals, 27 points in 30 games). He played for Red Wings coach Todd McLellan for two seasons in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n Robby Fabbri, 29: He equaled his career high with 18 goals and had 32 points in 68 games with the Red Wings in 2023-24, his fifth season in Detroit, before being dealt to Anaheim, where he tallied only eight goals and 16 points in 44 games. A former Blues first-round pick who can provide secondary scoring but whose career has been marred by multiple ACL surgeries.<\/p>\n Luke Glendening, 36: Checker, penalty killer and strong face-off man who spent eight seasons with the Red Wings, he was a regular with Dallas and Tampa Bay the past four seasons, appearing in 77 games with the Lightning in 2024-25.<\/p>\n Luke Kunin, 27: The 15th overall pick in 2016 (Minnesota) appeared in 75 games last season between San Jose (11 goals, 18 points) and Columbus (no points in 12 games). He\u2019s physical and kills penalties.<\/p>\n Max Pacioretty, 36: He\u2019s played for four different teams in the past four seasons and has been linked to Detroit and Edmonton for a possible PTO. Pacioretty earned a contract from Toronto following a PTO last season and had five goals and 13 points in 37 games and eight points in 11 playoff games.<\/p>\n Jack Roslovic, 28: It\u2019s surprising he remains unsigned after collecting 22 goals and 39 points in 81 games for Carolina. Chances are, he\u2019ll sign a contract rather than a PTO. He\u2019s been linked to Toronto.<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The offseason is winding down and training camps are less than three weeks away. That means PTO season…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-105369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}