Carolina Hurricanes
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Hurricanes May Use Goalie as Trade Bait
According to Carolina Hurricanes general manager Don Waddell, the team might consider moving one of it’s goaltenders. “We don’t have a lot of cap space. If we’re going to do something at the trade deadline, maybe one of the chips is one of our goalies. I can’t say which one. It depends.” James Reimer and… Continue reading
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Report: Eric Staal to Prefer American Teams
According to a report by Dave Pagnotta of the Fourth Period, Eric Staal has little interest in subjecting himself to the two-week quarantine that being traded to a Canadian team would require. Pagnotta says that Staal has a 10-team no-trade clause, and could therefore remove Canadian teams as a possibility. This part is unclear to… Continue reading
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Ryan Dzingel Traded Back to Ottawa
Ryan Dzingel has been traded back to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for Cedric Paquette and Alex Galchenyuk. Dzingel has a cap-hit of $3.375 million for this season, after which he’ll be a UFA. Paquette and Galchenyuk combine for a cap hit of $2.7 million. They will both also be UFAs after this season. Dzingel… Continue reading
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What Lies Ahead for the Hurricanes in Goal?
In a recent piece in the Athletic, Sara Civian fielded a question about possible in-season trade targets for the Hurricanes to bolster their goaltending position. She mentions Marc-Andre Fleury, who has loudly fallen behind Robin Lehner on the depth chart for Las Vegas, though the Knights might not want to move him until Lehner returns… Continue reading
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Strickland: Preds Interested in Hoffman, Granlund
Andy Strickland reports that the Nashville Predators are interested in UFA wingers Mike Hoffman and Mikael Granlund, with a much better chance of landing Hoffman of the two. Strickland notes that the Hurricanes and the Blue Jackets are two additional teams interested in Granlund. Continue reading