Toronto Argonauts quarterback Ricky Ray is scheduled to see a “throwing specialist” as he continues to build strength in his surgically repaired throwing shoulder.

Ray had repair work down on a a torn labrum in his right shoulder as well as a small tear in his right rotator cuff in late November, 2014. He returned late last season to play three games with the Argos.

“There have been no setbacks,” Argos head coach Scott Milanovich said in a conference call Wednesday as he announced his coaching staff for the 2016 CFL season.

The throwing specialist came to Milanovich’s attention through another coach, he said. “It’s a technique-oriented program where the guy just kind of works with your arm placement and some drills to strengthen the follow-through.”

Milanovich doesn’t know a lot about this specialist, other than the fact that he’s worked with some “extremely qualified quarterbacks in the NFL.”

“We’re just doing all we can, and Ricky’s doing all he can, to make sure that he’s ready to roll,” Milanovich said.

The Argos will open their training camp at the University of Guelph at the end of May.

Ray, 36, sat out most of 2015 but was thrust into the starting job late in the season when Trevor Harris began to struggle. Now that Harris has bolted to the Ottawa Redblacks as a free agent, the Argos are pinning their hopes on Ray, a three-time Grey Cup champion, because they don’t have an experienced backup.

No. 2 on the depth chart is

Twenty-five-year-old Logan Kilgore, who has been in the Argos system since Sept. 6, 2014 without having thrown a pass, is second on the depth chart. No. 3 is 32-year-old Adrian McPherson, who threw only seven passes, completing three, in his first year with Toronto last season.

Although Milanovich indicated full confidence in the quarterbacks behind Ray, the coach realizes he isn’t sure what’s he got yet if something happens to his starter.

“They haven’t done it in a game and you never know about a quarterback until he does it, and he’s in there and has the keys,” Milanovich said.

A sellout of around 27,000 is expected on June 23 when the Argos open at a refurbished BMO Field against the arch-rival Hamilton Tiger-Cats in an atmosphere that should be super-charged.

The Argos were the visiting team when Hamilton and Ottawa opened their new stadiums. Milanovich and the players will now get to experience that electricity first-hand as the home team. The coach has been thinking about that moment.

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“It almost doesn’t seem real sometimes,” Milanovich said.

NOTE: Milanovich’s 10-man staff has four new faces for 2016: defensive co-ordinator Rich Stubler; special teams co-ordinator Kelly Jeffrey; defensive line coach Kit Lathrop; and assistant special teams co-ordinator Bradley Daye. The Argos will soon name a receivers coach to replace Jaime Elizondo, who was hired by the Ottawa Redblacks to be their offensive co-ordinator.