Less than a week away from the opening night of the 2023-24 NHL season, teams continue to make roster cuts in an effort to finalize their official roster heading into the year. As always, we’ll track roster moves here. Boston Bruins (via team release) G Brandon Bussi (to Providence, AHL) Carolina Hurricanes (via team release) F Zach Aston-Reese (released from PTO) F Kieffer … [Read more...] about Training Camp Cuts: 10/06/23
Vasili Ponomarev Suffers Undisclosed Injury
Hurricanes prospect Vasili Ponomarev will be out for a little while, notes Cory Lavalette of the North State Journal (Twitter link). The 21-year-old is coming off a strong first season in North America as he picked up 24 goals and 22 assists in 64 games last season with AHL Chicago. The injury isn’t believed to be overly serious but as someone who might have had a shot at … [Read more...] about Vasili Ponomarev Suffers Undisclosed Injury
No Extension Talks Between Hurricanes And Rod Brind’Amour
TSN Insider Pierre LeBrun is reporting that the New Jersey Devils continue to work on signing head coach Lindy Ruff to a multi-year extension. Ruff had the option on his contract picked up for this season but will be a free agent at the end of the 2023-24 season. Devils General Manager Tom Fitzgerald told Lebrun that the intention is to sign Ruff long-term, but didn’t give any … [Read more...] about No Extension Talks Between Hurricanes And Rod Brind’Amour
Rod Brind’Amour Expected To Get New Deal In Carolina
The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun recently broke down what coaches are on expiring deals, and what fans can expect them to do next. He most notably broke down Rod Brind’Amour’s next contract, expressing confidence that the long-running head coach will stick to his word of wanting to stay behind the Carolina Hurricanes bench. This is despite Brind’Amour only making around $2MM in … [Read more...] about Rod Brind’Amour Expected To Get New Deal In Carolina
Raanta Left Money And Term On The Table To Stay With Hurricanes
Hurricanes goaltender Antti Raanta acknowledged to Ryan Henkel of The Hockey News that he left both term and money on the table when he decided to re-sign with Carolina on the opening day of free agency back in July. The 34-year-old put up back-to-back strong seasons with the Hurricanes and posted a 2.23 GAA along with a .910 SV% in 27 games last year, numbers that seemingly … [Read more...] about Raanta Left Money And Term On The Table To Stay With Hurricanes