After playing their final game before the break earlier today (a 7-3 win over Utah), the Hurricanes made a pair of roster moves. The team announced that winger Juha Jaaska and defenseman Scott Morrow have been assigned to AHL Chicago.
Jaaska has been recalled and demoted several times already with Carolina making close to daily roster moves to maximize their cap space. (That trend should stop now for a couple of weeks until play resumes after the break.) The 26-year-old is in his first season in North America after signing as an undrafted free agent last spring and has split time between the Hurricanes and Wolves. With the former, he has four assists in 17 games while averaging a little under nine minutes a night of playing time. He has been much more productive in the minors though, tallying seven goals and nine assists in 26 outings on the farm.
Morrow is in his first full professional season after wrapping up his college career last year. The 22-year-old played in his second NHL contest of the season this afternoon, logging 12:11 of ice time while he’s still looking for his first point. With the Wolves, Morrow has been an impressive contributor, notching 10 goals and 19 assists in 41 appearances. After notching at least 30 points in his three college years, Morrow has done well keeping up that level of production in his first taste of the minors.