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Hurricanes Have Game Rust to Knock Off
September 28th, 2019 The Carolina Hurricanes played their next-to-last preseason game Friday night against the visiting Nashville Predators. In a game they lost in overtime, 2-1, there were high points and points that still need to improve as the start of the 2019-20 season looms large next week. The Hurricanes played what is likely to be most of their...
Hurricanes' Faulk: Another Team's Treasure
September 25th, 2019 After speculation began several years ago, the Carolina Hurricanes have finally pulled the trigger on trading defenseman Justin Faulk. The Hurricanes press release said, "The team has acquired defenseman Joel Edmundson, forward Dominik Bokk and the Blues' seventh-round selection in the 2021 NHL Draft from the St. Louis Blues in exchange...
Hurricanes' Lucas Wallmark Is Ready for More
September 21st, 2019 Lucas Wallmark is looking forward to the upcoming season. The 24-year-old center for the Carolina Hurricanes is coming off his first full season on NHL ice, and is ready for more. Wallmark played in 81 games last season for the Hurricanes. He put up 10 goals and 18 assists for 28 points. In the 2019 Playoffs, he had one goal and...
Devils' Scott Stevens - Dirty or Tough?
September 15th, 2019 * originally published in Jan. 2018 Scott Stevens can be considered one of the last of a breed of NHLer that wreaked havoc on other players. During a time when checks were seemingly more vicious than in today's game, Stevens threw his share of hits that rattled opposing players; some were injured, some were just angry, but there was...
Hurricanes' Reimer Ready to Work Hard and Have Fun
September 14th, 2019 The Carolina Hurricanes made it to the Eastern Conference Final last season in large part because of their goaltending. Petr Mrázek and Curtis McElhinney were an effective tandem, feeding off of each other and picking each other up. McElhinney is gone, Mrázek is the presumed number one and James Reimer is the presumed backup. The...
Hurricanes' Gardiner "100 Percent and Ready"
September 7th, 2019 The Carolina Hurricanes announced Friday that they have inked former Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Jake Gardiner to a four-year deal. The deal will pay him an average annual value (AAV) of $4.05 million. Gardiner at a Glance In the team's press release, president and general manager Don Waddell said, "Jake is a solid veteran...
