This past July the Hurricanes added a few bottom six players to their lineup in forwards William Carrier, Jack Roslovic and Eric Robinson to improve their overall depth. One player in particular that was brought in for that category once had a little bit of a different pedigree.
Tyson Jost was a top ten pick back in the 2016 NHL draft. The Colorado Avalanche made Jost their 10th overall pick during that years draft after Jost managed to finish 2nd in scoring at the University of North Dakota as a Freshman the year prior, scoring over a point-per-game with 35pts in 33 games played. Now, 8 years after being drafted, Jost joined the Hurricanes on July 1st signing a one-year contract for the league minimum of $775k.
Jost will look to prove he belongs in the NHL for a whole year after splitting time between the NHL and AHL during the 2023-2024 season. Jost played 43 games for the Buffalo Sabres last season where he scored just 3 goals, 3 assists and 6 points. Jost also played in 25 games for the Sabres’ AHL affiliate the Rochester Americans where he recorded 14 points. Josts’ 25 games in the AHL last season was his first stint in the American League since he played 8 games for the Colorado Avalanches’ affiliate the Colorado Eagles back in the 18-19 season.
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Jost, who is still only 26 years old, will look to cement himself in the Hurricanes bottom-six this season. Despite having a lot of competition in the bottom-six heading into training camp, one thing that is in Josts’ favor is his ability to fit into different roles, something Hurricanes GM Eric Tulsky spoke of after signing Jost on July 1st.
“Tyson is a reliable forward who can play a variety of roles,” said Tulsky. “His versatility will help bolster our depth heading into next season.”
While Jost will likely never be the offensive player that some thought he could be prior to be selected 10th overall back in 2016, Jost is a player with pretty good speed and is willing to get to the dirty areas in front to score. Jost is also a player who has a motor that is always going and will forecheck hard, a style that is a good fit in the system that head coach Rod Brind’Amour wants his team to play with. Entering his 9th NHL season with what is now his 4th team, Jost will look to show Brind’Amour and his staff that he belongs in the line-up as a regular every night.
In 456 career games at the NHL level between the Colorado Avalanche, Minnesota Wild and Buffalo Sabres, Jost has scored 57 goals, 83 assists and 140 points. Josts’ career best season to date came back in the 2018-2019 season with the Avalanche when he scored 11 goals and 26 points in 70 games played.
