Despite already potentially creating some roster room by placing Scott Darling and Valentin Zykov on waivers today, the Carolina Hurricanes have moved Haydn Fleury to injured reserve as he continues to deal with a concussion. Fleury suffered the injury on November 23rd, and will likely be placed retroactively to that date. In the meantime, the team has recalled forward Clark Bishop for the third time this season.
The move is interesting because the team would have had room to recall Bishop anyway tomorrow, meaning there are likely other recalls in the works after Darling and Zykov either clear or are claimed. One would expect the Hurricanes to bring up an extra defenseman for their game tomorrow, given the fact that they now only have six on the active roster. Among the candidates for that recall are Trevor Carrick who was with the team recently, or perhaps even Roland McKeown who hasn’t played with the Hurricanes yet this season but showed well in his short 10-game debut during 2017-18.
Regardless, for now this at least means a return to the NHL for Bishop, who will replace Zykov as the team’s 13th forward. The fifth-round pick is still looking for his first NHL point, after having gone scoreless in his first seven games this season. Not a huge offensive presence at even the junior level, Bishop won’t be expected to contribute much at that end of the rink.