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Sitting in the basement of the Eastern Conference (with a record of 17 – 24 – 9 at the time of me writing this) and having already shipped out – and brought in – three players; the Carolina Hurricanes will be sellers at the upcoming February 27th NHL trade deadline. So far the rumors have included Tim Gleason (linked to the Philadelphia Flyers, Boston Bruins, and Chicago Blackhawks), Bryan Allen (also linked to the Philadelphia Flyers), Tuomo Ruutu (linked to the Detroit Red Wings) and of course Alexei Ponikarovsky who was just shipped off to the New Jersey Devils last week. One name that I haven’t heard mentioned despite having a career year (which makes him at perhaps the peak of his trade value) is defenseman Jay Harrison.

For teams looking to add a depth defenseman (a guy who can fill that number 3 – 5 role) I’d be baffled is Jay Harrison wasn’t at least somewhere on their “list of guys.” Standing at 6’4” and tipping the scales at a bit over 210 lbs Harrison has that prototypical build you associate with an NHL defenseman. This season Jay has averaged 20:46 minutes per game with 1:51 (TOI/game) of shorthanded time and 1:59 (TOI/game) of power play time. He’s been able to play (and has played) in all situations for the Hurricanes and I think that’s what makes him a very valuable commodity for teams looking to add some depth.

http://eastcoastcanes.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/is-there-a-market-for-jay/