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 ...
Alex Semin and the Carolina Hurricanes invade the Verizon Center tonight in the Chinatown section of Downtown, DC for a matchup with your Washington Capitals. The first of a pivotal home and home series this week, with game two scheduled on Thursday night. The Canes arrive with a record of 14-9-1. Good for 29 points, ...
It’s a shame the 2012 off-season will forever be overshadowed by a labor dispute. High profile free-agent signings like Zach Parise, Ryan Suter, and Alex Semin along with blockbuster trades including players such as Rick Nash, Jordan Staal, and James van Riemsdyk are eclipsed by memories of hockey related revenue, “make-whole”, player pensions, and the ...
Earlier today, the Predators claimed winger Zach Boychuk off waivers from the Pittsburgh Penguins. It’s not often that many positive things can be said about a player that has been waived twice in the same year by two teams, the Carolina Hurricanes and the Pittsburgh Penguins, but Zach Boychuk has the potential to surprise not ...
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.
Eric and Jordan Staal may not be playing on the same line like many fans had hoped to see this season, but Carolina’s brotherly duo has still be able to lead the Hurricanes’ offense to new heights — even if they’re doing it separately. Skating as the 1A and 1B centers on Kirk Muller’s depth ...
With the shortened NHL season set to begin on Saturday January 19th, 2013, it is time to make our predictions as to which team will make the playoffs this season. The 48-game calendar will not be forgiving for teams that go through prolonged slumps and, as a result, young teams will be at a disadvantage ...
One of the benefits of the “post-lockout” NHL is the parity that now exists throughout the league. Since the 2004-05 work stoppage, 29 of the 30 NHL teams have made the playoffs, and the divisional races and playoff seeding in every season are determined by just a few points. With the constant turnover of teams ...
August is the time of the year where things are very slow regarding NHL news, especially since the free agency “frenzy” has cooled down and that NHL training camps are still about one month away. However, with a lock-out looming over the league and the players, following Gary Bettman’s announcement yesterday that there will be ...
The Carolina Hurricanes further bolstered their offense Thursday afternoon, signing former 40-goal scorer Alex Semin to a 1-year deal. The contract will pay him $7 million for the 2012-13 season. View this tweet at twitter.com After weeks of speculation and a longer stay on the free agent market than anticipated, Carolina signed the Russian native ...
