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Injury update

Carolina Hurricanes President and General Manager Jim Rutherford announced today that defenseman Joni Pitkanen may not return to the lineup before the first week in March – which effectively end any and all trade rumors surrounding him. Pitkanen initially suffered a concussion on December 6th [...]

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 [...]

Hey, Pony. Where you going?

After making a four player deal with the Florida Panthers on Wednesday the Hurricanes were at it again last night when they traded forward Alexei Ponikarovsky to the New Jersey Devils for defenseman Joseph Sova.

Hurricanes lose -…]

We’ve heard a lot about concussions over the past year, but it’s not often that you hear from the wives of the players suffering from them. That’s what makes this video, in which Chris Pronger’s wife Lauren opens up about her husband’s slow recovery, so compelling.
Heartbreaking, too. While the Philadelphia Flyers no [...]

Cane’s make a deal

It’s official, the Hurricanes have made a trade! - Unfortunately this deal doesn’t include any of the names we’ve seen mentioned over the past few weeks. The deal involves forwards Evgenii Dadonov and AJ Jenks heading from the Florida Panthers in exchange for forwards Jon Matsumoto and Mattias Lindstrom.

Hurricanes lose - Jon Matsumoto, 25, [...]

Shop NHL has featured its share of oddities for the hockey buying public. The $325 bedazzled purse. The “no, seriously, this isn’t a bong” drinking tubes. That Rastafarian puckhead thing for the Winter Classic.
But few items can claim to be as creep-tastic as this:
No, they’re not part of a hockey-centric knock-off of Mr. Potato [...]

From worst to first?

On Sunday Steve Conroy (who’s a columnist for the Boston Herald) speculated on what players the defending Stanley Cup Champion Boston Bruins may add at (or before) the upcoming NHL trade deadline, for what will conceivably be another deep playoff run. Mr. Conroy suggests that Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli may want to add the Hurricanes [...]

No. 1 Star: Todd Bertuzzi, Detroit Red Wings
Todd Bertuzzi scored twice in this game — once on a breakaway in the first period and again in the overtime frame as the Red Wings’ edged the Chicago Blackhawks, 3-2. Bertuzzi’s breakaway goal came on an absolutely nutso backhand pass from Pavel [...]

Faulk makes the team

Today NHL.com announced the 2011 – 2012 All Star roster. The Carolina Hurricanes have no veteran players on the main roster, yet 19 year old Justin Faulk was named as an All – Star rookie. This is the second year in a row that the Hurricanes have player named to the All – Star rookie team (last year Jamie McBain was on the list.) [...]

Poor Dustin Penner’s been getting it from all sides since he threw out his back while bending over to help himself to a stack of delicious pancakes, and it’s easy to see why. The Los Angeles Kings’ winger hasn’t exactly been lights out since the Kings acquired him last year, and his fitness [...]