If Troy Brouwer wants to play with the Florida Panthers again this season, he's going to have to go through a professional try-out (PTO) at training camp first. The Panthers have announced the 34-year-old forward has been invited to training camp, in the hopes of earning a contract for the regular season.
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Brouwer played in 75 games for the Panthers last season before becoming an unrestricted free agent this summer. He managed 12 goals and 21 points. Before playing in Florida, Brouwer suited up for Chicago, Washington, St. Louis and Calgary. He has a total of 838 NHL games under his belt, and has 181 goals and 181 assists. He won a cup with Chicago in 2010.
Meanwhile, Tobias Rieder, Devante Smith-Pelly, Zac Rinaldo and Alexandre Grenier will be attending the Calgary Flames training camp on PTOs. Reider, 26, played 67 games for Edmonton last season, notching 11 assists. He's also played for LA and Arizona over the course of his career. Smith-Pelly, 27, split last season between Washington and their AHL affiliate, the Hershey Bears. He was a member of the Caps Stanley Cup winning team in in 2017-2018.
29-year-old Rinaldo, who is known for his rough style of hockey, most recently played for the Nashville Predators. Over 351 career games, he has 15 goals and 22 assists. Grenier, 27, has just nine games of NHL experience, all of them with Vancouver.
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