Carolina Hurricanes Rumors & News

Raleigh News & Observer "Eric Staal’s diagnosis may been the best the Carolina Hurricanes could have hoped for, given the nature of his knee injury. Staal underwent an MRI exam Saturday morning in Raleigh, which determined the Canes’ captain has a third-degree sprain of the medial collateral ligament in his right knee...." May 19

Raleigh News & Observer "Carolina Hurricanes captain Eric Staal has a sprained right knee, but the injury will not require surgery, it was determined Saturday. Staal has a third-degree sprain of the medial collateral ligament, and his recovery time has been set at three months, which would mean he'd be ready for the..." May 18

CBSSports.com "Carolina Hurricanes captain Eric Staal was injured while playing for Team Canada on Thursday at the World Championships, leaving the ice in severe pain. Late in the first period against Sweden in a quarterfinal game, Staal -- Canada's captain, too -- was playing the puck in the offensive zone..." May 16

Fox Sports Carolinas "Could the Hurricanes be a team that spends to the NHL's salary-cap maximum next season? With the league's salary cap set to drop by almost 10 percent to $64.3 million in 2013-14, the 'Canes, generally a team with a smaller payroll in years past, are moving closer toward a four-year dry spell..." May 11

NHL.com "The National Hockey League moved closer to an agreement to send its players to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia during a meeting in Stockholm on Friday. The meeting included representatives from the NHL, National Hockey League Players' Association, International Olympic Committee,..." May 10

Raleigh News & Observer "During a visit to the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame a couple of years ago, Ron Francis couldn’t help needling the hall’s executive director, Don Fish. "I jokingly said to Don they had the football paraphernalia and basketball paraphernalia and tennis stuff," Francis said Wednesday. "I..." May 02

Raleigh News & Observer "Karmanos selling ECHL team to focus on Canes: ‘I like owning the Hurricanes … Why would we ever move?’ Peter Karmanos has every intention of selling the Florida Everblades of the ECHL. He has no intention of selling the Carolina Hurricanes. In an interview Tuesday, Karmanos said the fact..." May 01

Raleigh News & Observer "The ice is still out at PNC Arena, not that it's needed by the Carolina Hurricanes. There will be no Stanley Cup playoff games. Their season is over. On Monday, the Canes players milled about the locker room, doing media interviews, packing up equipment bags. They rehashed a season that began..." April 29

NHL.com "By finishing with the fewest points in the regular season, the Florida Panthers had the best chance to land the No. 1 pick at the 2013 NHL Draft in June. But, on Monday, the Colorado Avalanche were the ones smiling. Colorado (16-25-7) was the winner of the 2013 Scotiabank NHL Draft Lottery..." April 29

NHL.com "The 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs will open Tuesday in Chicago with a matchup between the Presidents' Trophy-winning Chicago Blackhawks and the Minnesota Wild, who were the last team to clinch a playoff berth. The NHL released the playoff schedule Sunday night and it includes three Game 1s on..." April 29

Raleigh News & Observer "The Carolina Hurricanes’ season will finish Saturday in Pittsburgh. What began with promise will end in disappointment, with the Canes again missing the Stanley Cup playoffs. That the final game will be played in the Penguins’ Consol Energy Center adds a twist. Canes center Jordan Staal last..." April 27

New York Post "The Rangers are in it, and they are in it to win it. Just listen to Ryan Callahan tell it after scoring at 2:55 of overtime last night against the Hurricanes to clinch a playoff berth for the Blueshirts in the season’s penultimate game. “We’ve been there and seen how an eighth seed [Ottawa]..." April 26

Raleigh News & Observer "Canes forward Alexander Semin has a concussion and will miss the final two games of the season, Canes coach Kirk Muller said. Semin did not practice Wednesday and Muller said it was a "maintenance day." But Semin was not at the morning skate on Thursday and Muller said after the skate that..." April 25

NHL.com "The team holding the top pick in the 2013 NHL Draft will need to consider one important question prior to stepping to the podium to announce its selection on June 30 at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. What do we need right now? Is it a poised and polished minute-munching, two-way..." April 24

Newsday "This one won't go in the Islanders' time capsule. But this Islanders team has done everything asked of it the past month, so they did just enough to earn the point they needed to clinch their first playoff berth since 2007. The 4-3 shootout loss Tuesday night to the Hurricanes was an..." April 24

Tampa Tribune "With the Lightning playing out the final week of the season, there are three races to keep an eye on involving Tampa Bay. Will Marty St. Louis take the lead in the scoring race? Can Steven Stamkos storm back for the goal-scoring lead? Exactly how far down the standings will the..." April 22

NHL.com "In celebration of Earth Day, NHL Green has teamed up with Sterling Planet, the United States' leading retail provider of environmental assets for corporate, utility and government clients, to attempt to mitigate the environmental impact of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs. For the second..." April 22

Raleigh News & Observer "In the second week of March, when the Carolina Hurricanes were leading the NHL’s Southeast Division, Jiri Tlusty received a call from his father. Jiri Tlusty Sr. was in their native Czech Republic, excited about the Canes and making plans to come to the U.S. “My dad was having a blast..." April 21

Raleigh News & Observer "Jeff Skinner, who took a big hit from Ottawa Senators defenseman Jared Cowen in Tuesday's game in Ottawa, will be back in the Canes' lineup tonight for the Philadelphia Flyers. Skinner, 20, has suffered concussions in each of the past two seasons, and initially there was concern the hit from..." April 20

Raleigh News & Observer "That Jared Cowen of the Ottawa Senators hit Carolina Hurricanes forward Jeff Skinner in the head is indisputable. The frame-by-frame replays of Cowen’s open-ice hit in Tuesday’s game in Ottawa show the Sens defenseman leading with his right shoulder on the collision with Skinner, knocking..." April 18

NHL.com "Forward Jeff Skinner left the Carolina Hurricanes' game against the Ottawa Senators at Scotiabank Place with an upper-body injury and will not return. Ottawa defenseman Jared Cowen, making his season debut with the Senators after requiring surgery in November to repair a torn labrum in his left..." April 17

ESPN.com "The NHL is in the final planning stages of its much-anticipated series of outdoor stadium games next season with six outdoor contests set to take place in football and baseball stadiums across North America, sources familiar with the plan confirmed to ESPN.com Tuesday. The series will start..." April 17

Raleigh News & Observer "Carolina Hurricanes forward Jeff Skinner, injured Tuesday in the game against the Ottawa Senators, will return to Raleigh today for further medical examination. The Hurricanes are to fly Wednesday to Winnipeg for a Thursday game against the Jets. Skinner left the game and did not return..." April 17

Ottawa Sun "On a night when Jared Cowen delivered a thundering hit and got into a couple of scraps in his return to the home team’s lineup, on a night when Chris Neil finally found the back of the net again ... the Senators did what they had to do. Tuesday’s 3-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, who are on..." April 17

NHL.com "The National Hockey League Players' Association and the National Hockey League today announced a historic partnership with the You Can Play Project that formalizes and advances their long-standing commitment to make the NHL the most inclusive professional sports league in the world. "The NHL..." April 12

TSN.ca "The National Hockey League's meeting with officials from the International Olympic Committee and International Ice Hockey Federation wrapped up in New York City Friday with more work needed to be done. "We had a good working session and were able to discuss all of the issues involved in the..." April 12

Washington Post "The opening 10 minutes at Verizon Center on Thursday night couldn’t have been much uglier for the home team. Out of sorts, turning the puck over and hemmed in their own zone, the Washington Capitals were out-shot 14-0, down by a goal and in search of a way to wake up against the 14th-place..." April 12

Raleigh News & Observer "Carolina Hurricanes coach Kirk Muller has used the phrase often in recent weeks as the losses mounted. “I know I sound like a broken record ...” he said. But there’s no other way to put it. The Hurricanes are in such a deep slump that the losses – 13 in the past 14 games, and eight straight..." April 11

Washington Times "Pat Peake is optimistic that Joni Pitkanen will get back to playing hockey effectively after breaking his left heel bone, based on his history and what he knows of the Carolina Hurricanes defenseman’s injury. The ex-Washington Capitals center suffered a broken right calcaneus bone in 1996 that..." April 11

NHL.com "Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has recalled forward Tim Wallace on an emergency basis from the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League (AHL). Wallace, 28, scored one goal and averaged 10:09..." April 10

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "The Penguins won a hockey game Tuesday night and, in the process, clinched the Atlantic Division championship. That's a significant feat, and their first such title since 2008. Good luck distinguishing the aftermath of their 5-3 victory against the Carolina Hurricanes at PNC Arena, which..." April 10

NESN "Monday night’s win over the Carolina Hurricanes might have looked good for the Bruins on paper, but as is often the case, the final score may have been a little misleading. Sure the B’s rolled to a 6-2 win over a hapless opponent, but this was not the dominant effort the score might suggest. The..." April 09

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "The Penguins can clinch the Atlantic Division championship with a victory tonight over Carolina at PNC Arena. The Penguins hold a 16-point lead over the New York Rangers and New York Islanders, who are tied for second place. The three teams have nine regular-season games remaining. However..." April 09

Boston Herald "Confidence in the offensive zone has been a problem for the Bruins all season long, but the Carolina Hurricanes did their best to help with that issue last night. While Tuukka Rask made up for any defensive-zone miscues (and there were many) when it mattered, the B’s seemingly were able to..." April 09

Raleigh News & Observer "The NHL trade deadline came and went Wednesday, and the day proved to be a mostly quiet one for the Carolina Hurricanes. And a glum one. The Hurricanes announced Wednesday morning that defenseman Joni Pitkanen would be sidelined 10 to 12 weeks after suffering a broken left heel bone in..." April 04

TSN.ca "Caroline Hurricanes defenceman Joni Pitkanen is out for the rest of the season after breaking his left heel trying to beat an icing call Tuesday night. The Hurricanes, who are five points out of a playoff spot, say he will be out 10 to 12 weeks. Pitkanen was hurt when he raced down the ice..." April 03

TSN.ca "The Carolina Hurricanes have traded forward Jussi Jokinen to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange or a conditional draft pick, pending a trade call. The 30-year-old Jokinen cleared was placed on waivers and cleared a little more than a week before the trade deadline. The Hurricanes are..." April 03

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "The Penguins have acquired forward Jussi Jokinen from Carolina for a conditional draft choice. Jokinen was on waivers last week, but went unclaimed. Jokinen, who turned 30 two days ago, has six goals and five assists in 33 games this season. His most productive season was 2009-10, when he..." April 03

Raleigh News & Observer "Joni Pitkanen's broken left heel bone, an injury suffered Tuesday night against the Washington Capitals, has ended the Canes defenseman's season. General manager Jim Rutherford said Wednesday that Pitkanen has a broken calcaneus bone and would sidelined 10 to 12 weeks. Pitkanen was injured..." April 03

Washington Post "It was a scene that had unfolded so many times before in recent years for the Washington Capitals. A two-on-one with Nicklas Backstrom on one side, Alex Ovechkin on the other and an opposing defenseman in the middle with an unenviable task. Backstrom put the puck on Ovechkin’s tape with a..." April 03

NHL.com "Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Joni Pitkanen left the ice on a stretcher with 1:57 remaining in the second period of Tuesday's game against the Washington Capitals. Pitkanen was racing to make a touch for icing alongside Washington forward Troy Brouwer. Pitkanen went hard into the boards..." April 02

TSN.ca "The Tampa Bay Lightning have traded defenceman Marc-Andre Bergeron to the Carolina Hurricanes for forward Adam Hall and a seventh round draft pick. The 32-year-old Bergeron has played in 12 games this season, posting one goal and four assists. In 477 career regular season games, Bergeron has..." April 02

Raleigh News & Observer "Many questions have been raised about the Carolina Hurricanes as they have stumbled through a seven-game winless streak. One heard more and more: what’s up with Jeff Skinner? Judging by the numbers put up this season by the winger, Skinner hasn’t been the same player since suffering a..." March 30

Raleigh News & Observer "Patrick Dwyer says the Carolina Hurricanes could use some "greasy" goals. Jordan Staal prefers the term "dirty" and Jiri Tlusty "ugly." Whatever the hockey jargon or terminology, the Canes badly need goals of any variety. The Hurricanes, in Toronto on Thursday for a game against the Maple..." March 28

Winnipeg Free Press "The Carolina Hurricanes should have been as desperate as the housewives of Beverly Hills, Orange County and Vancouver all put together but no matter as the Winnipeg Jets weren't interested in a sympathy date Tuesday. The Jets have fallen prey to teams with more urgency of late -- the Washington..." March 27

Raleigh News & Observer "While making a long-term commitment to keep forward Alexander Semin, the Carolina Hurricanes may soon be parting with another veteran forward. The Hurricanes on Tuesday placed Jussi Jokinen on waivers. NHL teams have until noon Wednesday to claim Jokinen, who has scored some of the most..." March 27

Winnipeg Sun "Rihanna’s song Diamonds was blasting from the Jets dressing room on Tuesday night in the bowels of PNC Arena, so you knew it had been a good night. The Winnipeg Jets faced the Carolina Hurricanes in one of their biggest games yet since moving from Atlanta nearly two years ago, and the result..." March 27

NHL.com "The Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday announced that forward Chad LaRose has been activated from injured reserve. The 30-year-old LaRose has missed Carolina's last 10 games with a concussion, but participated in his second straight practice on Tuesday morning in preparation for the team's game..." March 26

News & Observer "The Hurricanes on Tuesday placed forwards Jussi Jokinen and Tim Wallace on waivers. Jokinen, 29, has struggled offensively this season, scoring five goals and adding five assists while posting a minus-7 plus/minus rating. He did not have a point in the past six games and notched just one assist..." March 26

NHL.com "Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has recalled forward Riley Nash from the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League (AHL). Nash, 23, rejoins the Hurricanes after being reassigned to Charlotte on..." March 25