Don't forget: The on-ice portion of this week's prospect conditioning camp starts at 4:45 p.m. Wednesday at the RecZone.

They'll be out there Thursday, Friday and Saturday as well. That group includes Brandon Sutter, Jamie McBain, Zach Boychuk and seven others who will get a crash course in Canes trainer Pete Friesen's lofty fitness expectations.

Michael Leighton is also a possibility to participate, harkening back to a different goalie at a different prospect conditioning camp. In August 2001, after taking a year off of hockey, a 36-year-old Tom Barrasso celebrated his return to the NHL by outrunning a bunch of kids almost 20 years his junior on the track at Cardinal Gibbons.

The previously posted RecZone ice times for next week's prospect conditioning camp have been changed.

Carolina's prospects will now be on the ice from 4:45-5:45 p.m. each day, Wednesday through Saturday.

Fans can get a look at four of the Hurricanes' blue-chip prospects during their annual conditioning camp, which starts next week and runs through July 12.

Brandon Sutter, the Hurricanes' first-round pick in 2007 and their expected fourth-line center this season, headlines a group that also includes Wisconsin defenseman Jamie McBain, 2008 first-round pick Zach Boychuk and 2008 second-round pick Zac Dalpe.

A few years ago, most NHL teams wouldn't have considered Zach Boychuk as a first-round pick. At 5-9 1/2, only three of the top 140 North American skaters measured shorter.

But it's a new NHL and Boychuk is the newest member of the Carolina Hurricanes. After two defensemen the Canes considered went with the 12th and 13th picks, the Canes held onto the 14th pick and took a forward from the Western Hockey League for the second straight year.