I notice that the WHL Weekly Report lists Pouteau as "returned from Injury" That means that the Pats now have 9 d-men on the team. Depending on what they do with Zonneveld, the are either 1 or 2 over what is normally kept.
With Holmes and Morriseau listed as "indefinite" and Nijhoff as day to day, they will need to do something even if only for the short term.