Jeff O’Neill (92) in a photo from the past with the Carolina Hurricanes and Jeff O’Neill last week working out with some of the Hurricanes’ players at the RecZone. (Photo courtesy of carolinahurricanes.com) When the Canes moved from Greensboro and arrived at t... Read More

The new NHL season is quickly approaching and there has been a lot of activity in the Canes’ organization over the past several months. After missing the playoffs in April of this year by two points, everyone knew some changes were goi... Read More

The Score Sports Forecaster was first out of the blocks with their NHL Season Preview for 2008-09, and the good folks at Andrew's Dallas Stars Page has a quick review of the magazine's preview of the Stars, but also the projected playoff teams and where they'll finish the season: Western Conference 1. Detroit Red Wings 2. Dallas Stars 3. ... Read More

Here's part 3 of 6 of my rankings for how teams have done this off-season through free-agency and through trades as well.**FYI, the grade I give the team is for their off ice performance this summer, it doesn't reflect ... Read More

From the NHLPA:TORONTO (July 5, 2008) – The following players have elected Salary Arbitration: Boston BruinsDennis Wideman Carolina Hurricanes Chad LaRose Colorado Avalanche Marek Svatos Detroit Red WingsValtteri Filppula Florida Panthers Jay Bouwmeester Minnesota Wild Pierre-Marc Bouchard Stephane Veilleux Nashville Predators Ville Koistinen New York Islanders Sean Bergenheim New York Rangers Dan Fritsche Ottawa Senators Antoine Vermette St. Louis Blues Jay McClement San Jose Sharks Marcel Goc Washington Capitals Brooks LaichShao... Read More

Luke DeCock over at Lord Stanley’s Blog at newsobserver.com states the Ottawa Senators are apparently looking for some help to fill in some of the holes on ... Read More

July 3, 2008 Carolina Hurricanes Forward Dwight Helminen The Carolina Hurricanes announced today they had signed Forward Dwight Helminen to a one year contract for $475,000 at the NHL level and $100,000 at the minor league level. Helminen played two seasons with the Hartford Wolf Pack scoring 47 goals and logging 47 assists in ... Read More

July 2, 2008 Carolina Hurricanes Defenseman Joni Pitkanen The Carolina Hurricanes announced today the re-signing of Defenseman Joni Pitkanen who was traded to the Canes yesterday for Forward Erik Cole. Luckily, a little less than 24 hours later at 11:50 AM on July 2nd, the Hurricanes announced they h... Read More

July 2, 2008 Carolina Hurricanes Defenseman Josef Melichar The Carolina Hurricanes announced today the signing of Defenseman Josef Melichar to a one year contract valued at $1,000,000. Melichar was originally drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 3rd round (71st overall) in the 1... Read More

July 1, 2008 This was one of the most active free agency opening days the Carolina Hurricanes have had. The Canes re-signed a defenseman that had been rumored to be returning while basically everyone had... Read More

July 1, 2008 Tim Conboy (38), Wade Brookbank (28), and Ryan Bayda (18) (Photo courtesy of albanyriverrats.com) With all of the injuries last season, the Carolina Hurricanes called heavily on their minor ... Read More

July 1, 2008 Erik Cole (26) and Joni Pitkanen The NHL Free Agency period began on July 1st at high noon, and this year it didn’t take long for the Canes to strike. We have speculated this would happen; yet, I was hoping it would not. At 12:12 PM, the Carolina Hur... Read More

July 1, 2008 Carolina Hurricanes Defenseman Anton Babchuk (41) Today at noon, the Carolina Hurricanes announced they had signed a one year contract with Defenseman Anton Babchuk. As we all remember, Babchuk had a big falling out with this organization during the 2006-2007 seaso... Read More

July 1, 2008   The CaniacD and the CanesNHL blogs are back up and running. After an extremely disappointing end to last season, where the Carolina Hurricanes missed the playo... Read More

One day after acquiring defenseman Joni Pitkanen from the Edmonton Oilers the Carolina Hurricanes have re-signed him to a three year, $12 million contract, counting as $ 4million per season against the Hurricanes cap. The Hurricanes are committing considerable coin to a player who has yet to be play a game in ... Read More

The Carolina Hurricanes remain one of the busiest teams on the opening day of the 2008 NHL UFA market, this time re-signing three players. Defenseman Tim Conboy received a two-year entry level deal worth $975K per season, while forw... Read More

Reports out of Toronto claim the Maple Leafs have signed their former starting goaltender to a one-year deal believed worth $700K. Things have changed since Joseph last joined the Leafs ten years ago. Back then he was brought... Read More

One of the NHL’s long-rumored deals finally took place today, as the Edmonton Oilers traded defenseman Joni Pitkanen to the Carolina Hurricanes for forward Erik Cole. The Hurricanes apparently tried to acquired Pitkanen last summer from the Philadelphia Flyers ... Read More

Sorry for the absence, folks, I took a day off on Friday and my wife and I are spending some time with my son before he heads out for basic training with the Naval Reserve on Sunday. Lots of activity leading up to July 1st as teams scramble to lock up their RFA players and cut... Read More

Two players swapped for each other during last season’s trade deadline have re-signed with their new teams. On Monday the Chicago Blackhawks announced the re-signing of forward Andrew Ladd to a two-year... Read More