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• Martin Nečas and the Long Game: A Case for a Contract Extension

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images If the Avalanche fix the Nečas problem, if there is one, they only stand to benefit from it. In professional sports, silence can be deafening—particularly when it surrounds a player rumored to be discontented. In early June, veteran insider Nick Kypreos reported that Martin Nečas was less than fully satisfied with his experience during his ini...2025
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• Blue Jackets Have Significant Ground to Make Up Against the Devils
As we saw in Part 1 of our 2025 Blue Jackets’ Summer Series, the team has made progress against the Carolina Hurricanes. But as we turn our attention to another…...2025
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• 3 Carolina Hurricanes Players to Take the Next Step in 2025-26
The 2025-26 schedules are officially out, and the NHL is another day closer to opening night, a day fans are ready to be here. Regarding the Carolina Hurricanes, they’re officially…...2025
• NHL Rumors: What About the Carolina Hurricanes and Connor McDavid?

What about the Carolina Hurricanes if Connor McDavid decides to go to free agency? They aren't afraid to take swings at big names....2025
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• NHL Rumors: What About the Carolina Hurricanes and Connor McDavid?

What about the Carolina Hurricanes if Connor McDavid decides to go to free agency? They aren't afraid to take swings at big names....2025
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• Sharks’ $13 Million D-Man Reveals He Was Desperate To Get Away From Carolina Hurricanes
Veteran defenceman opened up about his struggles at the Carolina Hurricanes after signing with the San Jose Sharks this free agency season....2025
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• New Jersey Devils’ 2024-25 Report Cards: Erik Haula
The 2024-25 season ended for the New Jersey Devils after their first-round exit in the playoffs at the hands of the Carolina Hurricanes. The Devils made a decent playoff push, but ultimately, all the injuries did them…...2025
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• Winnipeg Jets’ 2025 Draft Summary
Well, the 2025 NHL Entry Draft is in the books and while our Winnipeg Jets had a relatively quiet weekend when compared to many other franchises, they were able to add 5 more players to the prospect pool. Since there is a lot to discuss, lets not beat around the bush and instead dive right in with a list of the new National Hockey Leaguers that joined the True North club: SELECTIONS: (Overall p...2025
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• NHL mock draft 2025: Updated projection on draft day with rumors flying

GREG WOHLFORD/ERIE TIMES-NEWS / USA TODAY NETWORK Here’s our latest NHL mock draft. We’re barely done getting over the Stanley Cup Finals and the NHL Draft is already upon us, and it’s going to be wild. While the 2025 class doesn’t have a surefire star like Connor Bedard two years ago, it’s a deep class with boom or bust potential all over the first round which could lead to some wild thin...2025
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• Los Gatos... De Nuevo

It seemed like it was almost an inevitable conclusion after the Florida Panthers rag-dolled their in-state rivals, the Tampa Bay Lightning, in the opening round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Yes, they were tested by the Toronto Maple Leafs before steamrolling the Carolina Hurricanes, and they found themselves against another familiar foe in the Stanley Cup Final. However, just like last season...2025
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• The Awakening

If you were excited about the marketing that could be done for the ECHL's newest team, things are starting to really get started as the Greensboro Gargoyles have been busy over the last month. We still don't know who the first player will be that will wear the Gargoyles uniform, but we do have a schedule for the team for the 2025-26 ECHL season and we now know who will be coaching the Gargoyles as...2025
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• Canes' Fast (neck) retires after missing season
Carolina Hurricanes forward Jesper Fast is retiring after missing this season with a neck injury sustained in the 2023-24 regular-season finale....2025
• Carolina Hurricanes forward Jesper Fast retires after missing season with neck injury

Carolina Hurricanes forward Jesper Fast is retiring after missing this season with a neck injury sustained in the 2023-24 regular-season finale....2025
• Hurricanes' Chatfield, Walker and Jarvis have no surgery plans for injuries after playoff run

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Hurricanes players Jalen Chatfield, Sean Walker and Seth Jarvis said Friday they don't plan to have surgery for injuries after the team's playoff run to the Eastern Conference final....2025
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• Recap: Panthers rally to advance to third straight Stanley Cup Final

Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images The Hurricanes fought for their lives, but the Panthers chewed them up one last time to end their season in Game 5. The third time was the charm. Carter Verhaeghe scored the go-ahead goal off a feed from Aleksander Barkov with 7:39 left, and the reigning champion Florida Panthers advanced to their third straight Stanley Cup Final, defeating the Caroli...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 29, 2025

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Back in the win column. Noah Cameron has had a historic start to his career: In four starts, Cameron has posted a 1.05 ERA. He hasn’t allowed more than one run in any of his four starts. He has gone at least 6 1/3 innings in each of them, too. That makes Cameron just the second pitcher since 1893 with 6 1/3-plus innings and one run or less in his first f...2025
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• Xavier Legette went to his first NHL game, and the video is exactly as delightful as you’d imagine

This is so pure and good. You don’t exactly get a lot of opportunities to see NHL hockey when you grow up in Mullins, South Carolina (population 3,885) — but Xavier Legette had a chance to be front-and-center now that he’s in the NFL The Carolina Panthers’ receiver was on the glass for Game 5 between the Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes. Not only that. but he was mic’d up to for the experi...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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• 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."

• Martin Nečas and the Long Game: A Case for a Contract Extension
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• Revisiting the Hurricanes’ 2018 Draft Class
With the quiet days of the NHL’s offseason now in full swing, over the next few weeks I will be looking back at previous draft classes from the Carolina Hurricanes…...2025
• UPDATED Pandolfo re-ups; Greer's Cup Day; New contracts for Fensore and Skoog

tw-align-centerPando's staying home.We're excited to announce that Jay Pandolfo has signed a multi-year contract extension to remain our head coach!📝: https://t.co/g1pzAfDXJb pic.twitter.com/61cGYMGfPH— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) July 16, 2025Head coach Jay Pandolfo will be behind the Terrier bench for the foreseeable future after signing a multi-year contract extension. In thre...2025
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• Hurricanes Have Multiple Options to Solve 2C Issue
The first week of the offseason has been incredibly rewarding for the Carolina Hurricanes and their fans, as the team has added a coveted free agent winger in Nikolaj Ehlers…...2025
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• 3 NHL free agency winners and 3 big losers in 2025

Photo by Jonathan Kozub/NHLI via Getty Images Hot weather hockey reigns supreme. NHL free agency is still ongoing, but we’ve definitely reached a cooling off period. The biggest names have signed, leaving only potential trades and depth players on the market. It’s a fascinating time in hockey right now. Everyone sees the blueprint the Florida Panthers have run to win back-to-back Stanley ...2025
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• Hurricanes Threatened Oilers with Bouchard Offer Sheet & More NHL Rumours
In today’s NHL rumours rundown, the Edmonton Oilers were quick to get an Evan Bouchard contract done because the Carolina Hurricanes were threatening to offer sheet him, but pivoted to…...2025
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• He'll Raleigh The Hurricanes

I'll be completely honest in saying that I'm extremely disappointed that Nikolaj Ehlers will wear the colours of the Carolina Hurricanes for potentially the next six years. He was must-see hockey for the Jets most nights as he often found creative ways to score and setup his teammates with the Jets. Having that talent move to Carolina hurts because that's a hole in the lineup that simply can't be ...2025
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• Canes Sign Tyson Jost To One-Year Contract
RALEIGH, N.C. – Eric Tulsky, General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has signed forward Tyson Jost to a one-year, two-way contract. The deal will pay Jost $775,000 on the NHL level or … Continue reading → The post Canes Sign Tyson Jost To One-Year Contract first appeared on Pro Hockey News....2025
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• NHL Rumors: Carolina Hurricanes Were Set To Offer Sheet K’Andre Miller Before Trade

The Carolina Hurricanes were planning to offer sheet either Evan Bouchard or K'Andre Miller before they made that trade with the Rangers....2025
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• Mitch Marner and Nikolaj Ehlers Are Shaping the 2025-26 NHL Conference and Stanley Cup Odds

The 2025 NHL offseason has already delivered seismic shifts reverberating through the Western and Eastern Conferences. The Vegas Golden Knights’ blockbuster trade-and-sign deal of All-Star winger Mitch Marner and the Carolina Hurricanes’ free agent coup of Nikolaj Ehlers have dramatically impacted the live casino online odds for the Stanley Cup and conference titles. These high-profile […]...2025
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• Martin Nečas and the Long Game: A Case for a Contract Extension
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• UPDATED Pandolfo re-ups; Greer's Cup Day; New contracts for Fensore and Skoog
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• NHL free agency player rankings for top-25 available in 2025

Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images Mitch Marner headlines the 2025 class. NHL Free Agency opens on July 1 and it’s going to be a rather bizarre class. Operating as a preamble for the mammoth 2026 class which could be headlined by Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel, this year is light on true star power, but lands at a time where every team is desperate to get better. This could mean that th...2025
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• NHL Draft winners and losers featuring the Islanders’ legendary weekend

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images The NHL Draft is in the books and here’s who did the best (and worst). The NHL’s first (and hopefully only) “decentralized draft” wrapped up over the weekend with one of the more curious classes in recent memory. The best way to characterize 2025 was “boom or bust,” with almost every player outside of the top 10 prospects having obvious problems with th...2025
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• Winnipeg Jets’ 2025 Draft Summary
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• 5 NHL stars who could be traded before the draft

Photo by Glenn James/NHLI via Getty Images Here’s who could be on the move ahead of the first round on Friday night. It’s silly season in the NHL and this year feels much, much sillier than usual. A weak free agency pool without a lot of star power has led to a feeding frenzy over who can free up enough cap space to make an offer to Mitch Marner, this is combined with teams knowing there’s...2025
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• The Awakening
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• UPDATED Pandolfo re-ups; Greer's Cup Day; New contracts for Fensore and Skoog
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• 3 NHL free agency winners and 3 big losers in 2025
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• Winnipeg Jets’ 2025 Draft Summary
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• Recap: Panthers rally to advance to third straight Stanley Cup Final
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 29, 2025
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• NHL 25: Panthers take 2-0 series lead with 7-4 win over Canes

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Four players each scored three points for the Panthers. The Florida Panthers will take a 2-0 series lead over the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Final. According to NHL 25, the Panthers will dominate a majority of the game and overcome a few shaky moments to defeat the Canes 7-4. Sam Reinhart, Carter Verhaeghe, Alexander Barkov, and Sam Be...2025
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• 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
• 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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• 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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• 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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• 3 Carolina Hurricanes Players to Take the Next Step in 2025-26
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• New Jersey Devils’ 2024-25 Report Cards: Erik Haula
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• Mitch Marner and Nikolaj Ehlers Are Shaping the 2025-26 NHL Conference and Stanley Cup Odds
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• Hurricanes Make Stratospheric $51 Million Nikolaj Ehlers Splash As NHL World Goes Wild Over Free Agency Coup
Nikolaj Ehlers was signed by the Carolina Hurricanes in NHL free agency with a six-year, $51 million deal, shaking up the Eastern Conference race....2025
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• Nikolaj Ehlers Signs with Hurricanes in Free Agency

The post Nikolaj Ehlers Signs with Hurricanes in Free Agency appeared first on NHL Trade Talk. Nikolaj Ehlers has officially signed with the Carolina Hurricanes, joining the team’s aggressive offseason push to strengthen its roster for a deep playoff run. The post Nikolaj Ehlers Signs with Hurricanes in Free Agency appeared first on NHL Trade Talk....2025
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• Martin Nečas and the Long Game: A Case for a Contract Extension
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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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• 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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