Training Camp: Mitchell Theoret Sent Back to Niagara

Another expected camp cut, Niagara IceDogs center Mitchell Theoret was sent back down to the OHL for another season with the IceDogs. He sustained an injury in mid-september in one of the Islanders rookie games with Boston and has been only been lightly skating since.

AT: Nothing wrong with this, and we'll see plenty more of these in the coming weeks before the regular season starts. I'm sure it was nice for Theoret to get to play with his buddy Strome in a big league level setting, but he was only a 4th liner on Niagara and had no chance of making the Islanders. Let's just hope his concussion is dealt with properly and he goes back to Niagara and gives a hell of a season.

CH: Theoret will get some solid playing time for the IceDogs when he is ready to go. It will be very interesting to see how he develops this year, given that he is property of an NHL organization now. Like Alex said, this was obviously bound to happen from the start. But it was a good learning experience for Theoret, who now has a much better idea of what it takes to be a pro hockey player.