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And The Cradle Will Rock - Youth Served on Hurricanes Blueline

The defense is starting to take shape for the Carolina Hurricanes. Not only does it look much bigger and different than before, but it is also a great deal younger than it has been for the past several years.
Gone is the veteran experience of Glen Wesley and Bret Hedican. They have been replaced by [...]

The Big Money - Reviewing Day One of “Crazy Daze”

Some NHL players must have felt like they just won the lottery yesterday. Let’s take a quick look around and review some of the deals finalized on day one. Agents are still partying as we speak.

Green signs in Washington for 21M over 4 years. (good deal for both sides)
Stuart signs in Detroit [...]

This Ain’t The Summer of Love - Buyouts, Qualifying Offers, and more

In stark contrast to Carolina’s Summer of 2006 when all contract negotiations seemed to go smoothly, players were re-signed without any hitches, coach’s contracts were extended, and love was in the air, so far the Summer of 2008 has had a couple of buyouts, minimum qualifying offers, a disputed buyout, and the inability to make [...]

Darcy Says No - Canes Can’t Sign Hordichuk

and the good news keeps coming….
Looking like a scene right from a Seinfeld episode, last week the Hurricanes traded a 5th round draft pick in the 2009 draft, simply for the right to negotiate early with a 4rth line enforcer who earned 510K last year and who only played in a handful of games.
Carolina management [...]

A Deeper Look - The Gleason and Hordichuk News

The Tim Gleason signing seems like a good one for both parties. Obviously, the blue-liner deserved a raise (he made $1,175,000 last year.) The new cap hit will be 2.75M for the next 4 years, which certainly won’t break the Hurricanes budget.
I think that Nashville’s signing of Ryan Suter a couple of [...]

Gleason Re-ups for 4 - Darcy Hordichuk Next

The Carolina Hurricanes just announced that they signed defenseman Tim Gleason to a 4 year deal today. The contract will pay Gleason a total of 11 million over a 4 year period. (the annual payout is 2M in 2009, 2.5M in 2010, 3M in 2011, and 3.5M in 2012. )
It was also announced [...]