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Oilers considered signing veteran forward to PTO before he signed outside NHL

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Brennen Beaudin
September 17, 2022  (5:59 PM)
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NHL veteran forward Riley Nash reportedly had an opportunity for a professional tryout before signing a deal outside of the NHL.

According to the Athletic's Daniel Nugent-Bowman, the Edmonton Oilers were considering inviting him to camp on a PTO.

The 33-year-old recently signed a two-year deal with the Charlotte Checkers of the AHL. He played with the Checkers in the past from 2010-2013. Over the past 10 years he has played mostly in the NHL recording 176 points (63 goals, 113 assists) in 627 games with the Hurricanes, Bruins, Blue Jackets, Jets, Lightning, and Coyotes.

He has been much more effective in the AHL tallying 107 points (45 goals, 62 assists) in 205 games with the Checkers and Syracuse Crunch. In his final 17 games in the AHL last season he out up 10 goals and 8 assists, not bad for the physical veteran forward.