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• Injuries in the 2025 NHL Playoffs: Team-by-Team Breakdown and Odds Impacts

As the 2025 NHL playoffs reach the conference finals, the physical toll of postseason hockey is on full display. Injuries—both openly acknowledged and many shrouded in secrecy—have shaped the journey for each contender. With only the Florida Panthers, Carolina Hurricanes, Dallas Stars, and Edmonton Oilers remaining, the health of key players looms large over every […]...2025
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• The 2025 NHL Playoffs: Conference Finals Teams and Odds

As the 2025 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs reach their crescendo, four teams remain in contention, each with a unique story and a burning desire to etch their name on hockey’s most coveted trophy. The Eastern Conference sees a rematch between the reigning champion Florida Panthers and the ever-resilient Carolina Hurricanes. At the same time, the […]...2025
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• Panthers' roster adds have been 'as advertised'
Forward Brad Marchand and defenseman Seth Jones, two of the marquee names at this year's trade deadline, have been front and center as the Florida Panthers have stormed back into the Eastern Conference finals, where they will meet the Carolina Hurricanes....2025
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• Reigning Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers, Carolina Hurricanes meet again in Eastern final

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Florida Panthers were on their way to becoming the NHL's standard, headed to the Stanley Cup Final two years ago before returning to win the Cup last year....2025
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• Panthers, Hurricanes Eastern Conference Final Preview
The Florida Panthers and the Carolina Hurricanes are gearing up to butt heads in a situation similar to the last time these two teams met in the Eastern Conference Final…...2025
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• Reviewing the Metropolitan Division Teams’ 2024-25 Seasons & Previewing the Offseason
The Carolina Hurricanes are the last Metropolitan Division team remaining in the postseason, which means the other seven have begun their offseason journeys. For some teams, that means new head…...2025

• The Carolina Hurricanes keep leaning on their penalty kill in another deep postseason push

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — There's a moment of frustrated dread for any hockey team that comes with an official raising an arm to call a penalty triggering a power play....2025
• Friday Question: Which athlete do you hate the most?

Time to be a big old bunch of haters. In a perfect world there’d be no hate. I don’t know if John Lennon said that, or Elmo from Sesame Street. Obviously we all should aspire to hate less and love more, but when it comes to sports that’s not an option. Naturally there are athletes we just grow to hate with a red-hot passion. People who get our blood boiling every single time they set food on the f...2025
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• Guest Post: Family, Loss, and Hockey
Editor’s Note: former Cannon writer and longtime commenter Dan Flashes reached out to ask if he could share a piece he wrote about his family and the 2024-25 season. This is something different than we usually do here but I think you’ll appreciate it. In case you haven’t noticed (“And judging by the attendance, you haven’t,” —Harry Doyle), I haven’t been commenting here for a bit. ...2025
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• Cross One Off The List

I spoke a little about the goal of the ECHL's recent expansions in the article written Friday about Rio Rancho, New Mexico, and I spoke about how there were only three NHL franchises without official ECHL affiliates at that time with the Carolina Hurricanes, Columbus Blue Jackets, and Ottawa Senators being those teams. The one-to-one ratio that the ECHL is hoping to eventually reach with NHL affil...2025
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• NHL playoffs: Slavin scores in OT as Hurricanes clip Capitals 2-1 in second-round opener

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jaccob Slavin scored in overtime, Frederik Andersen made 13 saves in his return from injury and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 2-1 in Game 1 of their second-round NHL playoff series on Tuesday night....2025
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• Jaccob Slavin scores in OT as the Hurricanes beat the Capitals in Game 1 of their 2nd-round series

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jaccob Slavin scored in overtime, Frederik Andersen made 13 saves in his return from injury and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 2-1 in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series on Tuesday night....2025
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• MHH Roundtable: Reactions to another early exit

Photo by Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Picking up the pieces after yet another Game 7 loss. After a stunning loss in Game 7 to the Dallas Stars, it’s an abrupt end to the season for the Colorado Avalanche. We will have a whole offseason to dissect what went wrong and where the team goes from here but these are our initial reactions. Who was your round one M...2025
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• Playoffs Rd 2 Preview: Dallas vs Winnipeg
For the first time since the National Hockey League’s 2021-22 campaign, the Winnipeg Jets are advancing past the first round of the playoffs….and they did it in a once in a lifetime fashion as they stormed back to score two goals in the final minutes of the game to tie things up before cashing in the winner in double overtime. Quite the Game 7 memories for the White Out crowd at the Ca...2025
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• NHL Playoff predictions for every 2025 second round series

Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images Let’s make predictions for the second round of the 2025 NHL Playoffs. The 2025 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs have been absolutely sensational thus far, and now we’re getting to the business end of the postseason. It’s very difficult to know how a team will adapt from an 82 game season of one-off matchups and project how they’ll translate that into a deeply ta...2025
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• More Southern Expansion

The ECHL announced today that they have reached an agreement for their 31st franchise that will begin play in 2026-27. We've seen the ECHL expand rapidly in recent years with franchises in Iowa, Trois-Rivières, Savannah, Bloomington, Tahoe, and Greensboro all being added since 2021. It seems like there's at least one announcement about expansion annually with the ECHL, and today was that day as th...2025
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• Guest Post: Family, Loss, and Hockey
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• Opinion: Rantanen trade blew up in our faces, fire Bednar and MacFarland

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images It’s just a business after all, right? This organization needs a fresh start, and it starts by breaking a few hearts. It starts with GM Chris MacFarland. When he makes the right moves on the battlefield, MacFarland comes off as a genius, but like most of your friends were while playing Call of Duty Zombies, the quick trigger finger would come back to bite th...2025
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• A city guide to Raleigh if you are visiting for March Madness

Photo by Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images Raleigh is hosting the first and second rounds of the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament. There’s nowhere in the world quite like Raleigh when it comes to college basketball. The capital of North Carolina, part of the tobacco road rivalry, and an exploding cosmopolitan city — there’s a little bit of everything for Raleigh will open its d...2025
• One of the NHL’s most-intimidating players begged a stranger to pick up 100 burgers from McDonald’s

Photo by Michael Mooney/NHLI via Getty Images Absolute legend. Sometimes being an NHL veteran is about more than displaying leadership on the ice or in the locker room. Sometimes it’s about walking in the freezing cold to pick up food for the team, needing to borrow a stranger’s car, and coming back with 100 cheeseburgers to be the hero everyone needs. That’s precisely what happened with B...2024
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"Photo: @Capitals The Washington Capitals downed the Carolina Hurricanes, 5-4 (SO) Thursday night at Capital One Arena."

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"Photo: @Capitals/X The Washington Capitals defeated the Carolina Hurricanes by a score of 7-6 in a shootout Friday at Capital One Arena."

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"Quinnipiac sophomore goaltender Yaniv Perets has signed an NHL contract with the Carolina Hurricanes."

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"BOSTON — The Boston Bruins earned a much-needed win in Game 3 of their best-of-seven series against the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Friday at TD Garden."

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"After signing a surprising offer sheet in restricted free agency -- and an eventual contract -- with the Carolina Hurricanes in August, Jesperi Kotkaniemi will meet his former team, the Montreal Canadiens, on Thursday."

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"Dave Ayres, a 42-year-old who drives the Zamboni for the Toronto Maple Leafs' AHL affiliate, stepped in as the emergency goalie for the Carolina Hurricanes Saturday night, stopping eight of 10 shots to help Carolina to a 6-3 win."

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"Twice this season the Carolina Hurricanes sophomore scorer has pulled off the move that no one had before at the NHL level."

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"He threw on a Patrice Bergeron jersey and headed over the TD Garden to watch the Bruins take on the Carolina Hurricanes."

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"Defenseman Dmitry Orlov scored twice and the Washington Capitals kept the offense rolling to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-1 and extend their point streak to 14 games "

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"- Centre Victor Rask and the Carolina Hurricanes have agreed to a six-year contract worth $24 million."

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"DETROIT – The Red Wings dealt Erik Cole a healthy helping of heartache in 2002 eliminating the rookie forward and the Carolina Hurricanes in the Stanley Cup finals."

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"San Jose Sharks rookie goalie Troy Grosenick made his NHL debut against the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday."

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• NHL Playoff predictions for Panthers vs. Hurricanes and Oilers vs. Stars

Photo by Randy Litzinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Here are our predictions for the Stanley Cup Conference Finals. The 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs have been staggeringly good, and now we’re down to the final four. Dreams of a Canadian team finally winning the cup took a massive hit in the second round with both the Jets and Leafs falling, leaving everything to the Edmonton Oilers, who...2025
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• Friday Question: Which athlete do you hate the most?
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• Summer Concert Nights - Part One

With the warmer weather upon most of us in the Great White North, there will be a rise in the number of concerts that happen outdoors at various venues across Canada. I suspect that a number of you who stop by this blog will take in a performance or two when it comes to those summer concerts, so HBIC decided to save all its best performers in hockey jerseys for this occasion! Being that I'm not a ...2025
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• Hurricanes’ Svechnikov Finding His Best Form in These Playoffs
When the Carolina Hurricanes drafted Andrei Svechnikov second overall in the 2018 NHL Draft, the consensus was that the team had just drafted their next superstar. The comparison was Marian…...2025
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• Goals by Svechnikov, Roslovic jolt the Hurricanes in Game 3 playoff win against the Capitals

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Andrei Svechnikov gave the Carolina Hurricanes their breakthrough moment to continue his strong postseason, while Jack Roslovic offered his own stay-ready moment after recently being a healthy scratch....2025
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• MacKinnon refuses to criticize execs for Mikko trade ahead of World Championships

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images MacKinnon instead took the time to praise Rantanen rather than go scorched earth on his bosses. Nathan MacKinnon kept it classy. Some leaders have the brazenness to call out their management publicly when they disagree with a team decision; we saw that with Dylan Larkin, but when given the opportunity, MacKinnon took the high road ahead of the 2025 IIHF men’s Worl...2025
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• NHL mock draft 2025: Instant projection after lottery determines order

Photo by Michael Miller/ISI Photos/Getty Images The NHL Draft lottery is complete. Here’s an instant mock draft. The top of the 2025 NHL Draft is set with the New York Islanders winning the lottery on Monday night with a 3.5 percent chance. There will be plenty of time to pore over the draft class and dive deeper into these prospects, but here are the snap decisions in a lottery-only mock ...2025
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• Playoffs Rd 2 Preview: Dallas vs Winnipeg
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• NHL Playoff predictions for Panthers vs. Hurricanes and Oilers vs. Stars
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• Rd2 Gm6 Preview: Winnipeg @ Dallas
The Winnipeg Jets will be hoping to copy their Canadian counterparts today after watching the Toronto Maple Leafs pick up a road win against the Florida Panthers to force a Game 7 in their series. The True Northers need to do the same thing tonight against the Dallas Stars if they hope to extend their playoffs, something made all the more difficult due to the fact that the Jets have yet to pick up...2025
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• AEW Collision (5/8) Draws Over 380,000 Viewers On Different Night And Cable Network
Viewership and ratings information for the May 8th episode of AEW Collision. Wrestlenomics reports that AEW Collision on May 8th drew 382,000 viewers on TBS. This number is up from the 341,000 the show drew on May 3rd, which aired on TBS as opposed to TNT in its normal time slot of 8 p.m. ET on Saturday. The episode scored a 0.09 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic, up from the 0.06 demo rating o...2025
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• MacKinnon refuses to criticize execs for Mikko trade ahead of World Championships
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• NHL playoffs: Slavin scores in OT as Hurricanes clip Capitals 2-1 in second-round opener
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• Jaccob Slavin scores in OT as the Hurricanes beat the Capitals in Game 1 of their 2nd-round series
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• MHH Roundtable: Reactions to another early exit
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• The Carolina Hurricanes keep leaning on their penalty kill in another deep postseason push
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• Rd2 Gm6 Preview: Winnipeg @ Dallas
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• Friday Question: Which athlete do you hate the most?
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• Guest Post: Family, Loss, and Hockey
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• Goals by Svechnikov, Roslovic jolt the Hurricanes in Game 3 playoff win against the Capitals
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• MHH Roundtable: Reactions to another early exit
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• Opinion: Rantanen trade blew up in our faces, fire Bednar and MacFarland
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• NHL mock draft 2025: Instant projection after lottery determines order
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• Recap: Rantanen scores hat-trick, Avs implode in 4-2 disaster as Stars advance

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images That didn’t go well. The Colorado Avalanche needed to be perfect for 13 minutes away from advancing to the 2nd round of the playoffs. That was until an old friend turned out the lights. Mikko Rantanen had his second four-point period in the series, scoring a hat-trick and an assist on the go-ahead goal to cap off one of the biggest implosions in Colorado franchis...2025
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• 3 Takeaways From the Devils’ 5-2 Game 4 Loss to the Hurricanes
On Sunday, April 27, the New Jersey Devils and the Carolina Hurricanes faced off for Game 4 at the Prudential Center. The Devils were coming off the momentum of their…...2025
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• Zamboni driver saves the day in goal for Carolina
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• Hurricanes reach 2-way deals with 4 restricted free agents
RALEIGH, N.C. - The Carolina Hurricanes have agreed to terms with four of their restricted free agents to one-year, two-way contracts. General manager Ron Francis on Thursday announced the deals with forwards Brendan Woods and Brody Sutter an......2016
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• Hurricanes, Victor Rask agree to 6-year, $24 million deal
RALEIGH, N.C. - Centre Victor Rask and the Carolina Hurricanes have agreed to a six-year contract worth $24 million. General manager Ron Francis said Tuesday the deal will pay Rask $4 million per year through 2021-22. Rask was a restricted fr......2016
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• Carolina Hurricanes ink entry deals with 1st-round picks
RALEIGH, N.C. - The Carolina Hurricanes have signed first-round draft picks Jake Bean and Julien Gauthier to three-year entry-level contracts. The Hurricanes announced both deals Saturday. They chose Bean, a defenceman, with the 13th overall ......2016
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• Hurricanes open free agency by giving Stalberg 1-year deal
RALEIGH, N.C. - The Carolina Hurricanes have signed forward Viktor Stalberg to a one-year contract worth $1.5 million. General manager Ron Francis announced the Swede's signing Friday, about 90 minutes after the NHL's free agency period start......2016
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• Hurricanes buy out final year of D Wisniewski's deal
RALEIGH, N.C. - The Carolina Hurricanes have bought out the final year of veteran defenceman James Wisniewski's contract. General manager Ron Francis announced the move Thursday. The 32-year-old Wisniewski was to make $3 million this comin......2016
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• Carolina Hurricanes agree to 3-year deal with prospect Aho
RALEIGH, N.C. - The Carolina Hurricanes have agreed to a three-year entry-level contract with forward Sebastian Aho. The team announced the terms Monday. The deal will pay the 18-year-old $832,500 at the NHL level or $70,000 in the American H......2016
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• Hurricanes hire Samuelsson to coach AHL team in Charlotte
RALEIGH, N.C. - The Carolina Hurricanes have hired veteran NHL defenceman Ulf Samuelsson to coach their AHL affiliate in Charlotte. General manager Ron Francis announced Samuelsson's hiring Monday. The 52-year-old Samuelsson and Francis we......2016
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• Opinion: Rantanen trade blew up in our faces, fire Bednar and MacFarland
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• Injuries in the 2025 NHL Playoffs: Team-by-Team Breakdown and Odds Impacts
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• 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference Finals Schedule
NEW YORK – The National Hockey League today confirmed the matchups, dates, starting times and broadcast information for the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference Finals. The Eastern Conference Final will feature the Florida Panthers versus the Carolina Hurricanes and will … Continue reading → The post 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference Finals Schedule first appeared on Pro Hockey News...2025
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• Hurricanes Mailbag: Eastern Conference Final, Andersen & Free Agent Targets
We are just two days from Game 1 (May 20) of the Eastern Conference Final for the Carolina Hurricanes. After winning their Round 2 matchup on Thursday, May 15, the…...2025
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• Top Hurricanes prospect Alexander Nikishin makes his NHL debut in Game 5 at the Capitals
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alexander Nikishin is making his NHL debut for the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 5 of their second-round playoff series Thursday night at the Washington Capitals....2025
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• Washington Capitals vs. Carolina Hurricanes Game 5 Prediction, Potential Lineups and Key Matchups
Washington Capitals vs. Carolina Hurricanes Game 5 prediction, potential lineups, key matchups, and score forecast as Canes eye series win....2025
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• Alex Ovechkin prop bets, 2025 NHL playoffs picks, Capitals vs. Hurricanes Game 5 predictions, SGP for Thursday

The SportsLine Projection Model revealed its best bets for Alex Ovechkin in Thursday's Game 5 between the Washington Capitals and Carolina Hurricanes...2025
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• Projected Lineups for the Hurricanes vs. Capitals – 05/15/25
The Washington Capitals welcome the Carolina Hurricanes to Capital One Arena for Game 5 of their Round 2 matchup this evening. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff…...2025
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• NHL Playoffs contenders and pretenders for 2025 Stanley Cup

Getty Images Which teams are showing up, and who needs to show us more? The first round of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs is still underway with us having just over a week of games in the books. The first chance for series to be wrapped up is on Tuesday, with Toronto and Carolina having the opportunity to shut the door and move on. Playoff hockey and the regular season are entirely different...2025
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• Star Russian rookie arrives in stunning move to shake up 2025 NHL Playoffs

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Alexander Nikishin is the real deal, and he’s playoff ready. The Hurricanes simply ran out of time at the NHL trade deadline. The organization was too preoccupied with shipping off Mikko Rantanen that it left little room for the Canes to add talent for a playoff push. As it stood Carolina was a very good team entering the playoffs, but lacked the spark n...2025
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• Should the Calgary Flames trade for Mikko Rantanen or stay the course?

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• Trevor Connelly’s Future with Golden Knights Could Be in Play at Trade Deadline
Trade deadline season has already begun with the shocking trades between teams making blockbuster swings left and right. Whether it be Mikko Rantanen heading east to the Carolina Hurricanes or…...2025
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• Avalanche score second straight shutout with 2-0 victory over Flyers

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images The defense was solid and Mackenzie Blackwood was incredible once again. Two straight games and two straight goose eggs for the opposition. Following a topsy-turvy month of January coupled by the shocking trade of Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes, the Colorado Avalanche are back on a roll. After getting outmuscled and outwitted in the opening period, the Av...2025
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• Why the Florida Panthers should be America’s Team in the NHL Playoffs
Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports The Florida Panthers’ grit and resilience make them the fan favorite in the NHL playoffs As we get down to the final four teams left in the NHL playoffs, one thing is true: we’re in for a vey different and very fun conference final. The Dallas Stars face off against the Vegas Golden Knights in the Western Conference, and in the Eastern Conference, the Carolina...2023
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• Canadiens Won by Losing Kotkaniemi
It’s been nearly 18 months since Jesperi Kotkaniemi chose to sign an offer sheet with the Carolina Hurricanes. Since then, there has been speculation as to why he would choose…...2022
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• Game 5 Recap: Penalty kill kills Columbus, Hurricanes win 5-1
Photo by Ben Jackson/NHLI via Getty Images Three powerplay goals against? Bold strategy, Cotton, we’ll see if it pays off! The Columbus Blue Jackets, fresh off defeating the presumed #2 team in the division, would face the team most picked to finish atop the Metro: the Carolina Hurricanes. Both teams are hot, as the Jacket’s 3-1 record entering tonight is matched by the Hurricanes’ perfect...2021
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