Alexander Semin was signed to a 5 year $35 million contract earlier this week by the Carolina Hurricanes. Yes, I know, he couldn’t garner the interest of any NHL team in the off season to give him a multi-year deal. Now after two months of play, he has apparently proved himself to the Hurricanes organization ...
GM Jim Rutherford made a somewhat surprising decision by placing Jussi Jokinen on waivers on Tuesday, but the decision makes sense for the Hurricanes in more ways than one. Scoring Factor The Hurricanes offense is clicking better than it ever has in the past few years. The first line is near the top of the ...
Last season Carolina Hurricanes’ GM Jim Rutherford made a surprising decision by choosing to sign UFA-to-be defenseman Tim Gleason rather than trading him for draft picks and/or prospects at the trade deadline. The non-trade has been paying off for the Hurricanes as they attempt to secure a playoff spot. As the Feb. 27 trade ...
Now that we are more than halfway through the NHL season, the analysis of a team can be made without being hasty. Where the holes are on each team is now evident, or even more so now than before. Transactions, coincidence, and real possibilities for the future are coming through as the trade deadline approaches ...
The Carolina Hurricanes claimed Adam Hall off of waivers from Southeast division rival, the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday and while some may view Hall as “just a fourth-liner,” the forward will be important to the Hurricanes moving forward into the season. For one thing, Hall will bring leadership and experience to the Hurricane’s young ...
When the Carolina Hurricanes traded their latest first round pick, at the time, in Phillipe Paradis to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Jiri Tlusty in 2009 some fans thought the Hurricanes had overpaid. But three years after the trade happened, Tlusty is showing why GM Jim Rutherford made the trade. When the Czech forward arrived in ...
Carolina’s sweetheart and former Calder Trophy recipient Jeff Skinner has gotten back into action with the Canes after being out with a concussion. He suffered the concussion on February 14th against the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 4-1 win for the Canes. Since the season began, the issue of a concussion seemed to be put behind ...
If you take a look at the NHL goal scoring leaders right now, you’ll see a lot of familiar faces at the top: Steven Stamkos, John Tavares, James Neal, Eric Staal, among others. And then there’s Jiri Tlusty.
When it was announced the Pittsburgh Penguins had traded Jordan Staal, it came as a shock that he would move from a team with Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin to join the Hurricanes. Carolina is the home of his oldest brother Eric Staal, who also happens to be the captain of the Carolina Hurricanes. Uniting brothers, one trade at a time.
To get a number retired in the National Hockey League is a special honor, one that is typically reserved for a unique kind of player. It doesn’t necessarily mean that the honoree was winner, but rather that he did something important to either put his team on the map or help make it stand out. ...
