RALEIGH, NC – Ron Francis, Vice President and General Manager for the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team will hold Hurricanes Summerfest – a mid-summer celebration of Hurricanes hockey – from July 23-26 at ......
The sixth player from the Canes' 2012 draft to sign with the team did so today on a three-year deal. No, not that one. (Get used to saying that.) The Hurricanes on Tuesday signed left wing Erik Karlsson to a three year deal, becoming the sixth player from the 2012 draft to sign an entry-level contract with the team. Karlsson, 19, was a member of the host Swedish junior team that won silver in the...
RALEIGH, NC – Ron Francis, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has signed left wing Erik Karlsson to a three-year, entry level contract. On the NHL level, ......
Recent report indicates that Ron Francis still has three interviews to go Late Memorial Day afternoon, the Washington Capitals announced that they had hired Barry Trotz as their new head coach. They also promoted Brian MacLellan to be their General Manager. Trotz was the winner of our first coaches poll and he came in second to the possibility of Dan Bylsma in our next . The Hurricanes continue...
Here are a few more Cam Ward opinions, as the round table weighs in My recent article about Cam Ward from earlier this week not only spurred a bit of discussion on the blog, but it also stirred up some debate among the staff of Canes Country. We decided to put together a round table discussion about the goalie, along with some trade proposals from those of us who think a trade is possible and would...
Hurricanes General Manager Ron Francis was recently quoted as "liking him at left winger." Eric Staal has played in 769 regular season games for the Carolina Hurricanes and has racked up 668 points so far in his career. Add in 43 more points scored in 43 career playoff games and he has done a lot of damage while wearing the sightless eye. Most of those points were scored while playing center. Staal...
Can the Hurricanes afford to keep Cam Ward on the roster next season? The Carolina Hurricanes have a big question to answer before next season. What are they going to do with Cam Ward ? Ward was injured a couple of times last year, as he was the year before, and ended up with a career worst .898 save percentage. Anton Khudobin stepped in and played very well, so well in fact that he earned a new...
Game sevens seem to be the order of the NHL. Time to pick your favorites for the Conference Finals and see who has bragging rights among your friends. Brian will be working on the results and adding them to this page later today. Time is of the essence, so I am posting this now so more people have a chance to get their picks in before the first game starts. The Habs will take on the Rangers in the...
Ray Shero is fired in Pittsburgh, but Dan Bylsma stays for now The Carolina Hurricanes have been very quiet so far in their search for a new head coach but there have been a few leaks out in the hockey media world indicating that Ron Francis has been busy. We spoke a few days ago about a report in the Washington Post where Barry Trotz mentioned being contacted by the Hurricanes, Panthers , and Capitals...
The Canes have some decisions to make about several restricted free agents who need contracts The Carolina Hurricanes could have some tough decisions to make regarding their restricted free agents this summer. First off, they already have seven forwards under contract for next season. Eric Staal , Jordan Staal , Alexander Semin , Jeff Skinner , Riley Nash , Patrick Dwyer , and Elias Lindholm are...
Former Carolina coach Kirk Muller quickly gets another gig, this time under Ken Hitchcock As reported by several mainstream news outlets yesterday, Kirk Muller signed on with the St. Louis Blues as an assistant coach for the next two years. He and Ken Hitchcock have history together back to their days in Dallas and this seems like a good fit for him. Here is an article in TSN , (it's sometimes interesting...
Ulf Samuelsson, John Stevens, Guy Boucher, and even Eddie Olczyk are all possible candidates We have already taken a closer look at the top three choices in our Canes Country new coach poll , Barry Trotz , Kevin Dineen , and John Tortorella . Now it's time to take a look at some of the other top choices. (By the way, according to this report in the Washington Post , the Canes have been in contact...
Canes with Mother's Day message, Ron Francis and Mike Vellucci videos I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day! For those of you who have been around a bit, remember the good old days from 12 years ago when the Hurricanes beat the Montreal Canadiens on Mother's Day? Other than the Stanley Cup win, it could have been one of the most enjoyable games a Carolina fan could experience. The home team dominated...
"Torts" finishes in third place in the Canes Country new coach poll Coach John Tortorella could be one of the most disliked coaches in the NHL at the present time. He is famous for having feuds with players, fans, sports writers, and even fellow coaches. But like him or hate him, he does have a keen hockey mind and has credentials most other coaches do not have. Tortorella started his full time...
RALEIGH, NC – Doug Warf, Vice President of Marketing and Executive Director of the Kids ‘N Community Foundation, today announced that registration is now open for the second annual Canes 5k presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina......
Dineen finished second in the Canes Country poll for who should be the next Hurricanes coach With the second highest percentage of votes in our Canes Country poll on who should be the next coach of the Carolina Hurricanes , Kevin Dineen should be high on Ron Francis' list of candidates. He has certainly paid his dues. After a 19 year NHL career, the former Whalers and Hurricanes captain coached...
Trotz was chosen by the majority of Canes Country voters to be next coach of the Carolina Hurricanes The winner of the Canes Country "next coach" poll which has been running here the past couple of days is former Nashville Predators coach, Barry Trotz. Trotz has a solid lifetime winning percentage in the NHL, spanning for over 15 seasons, (.533), considering he took over an expansion franchise loaded...
Take a trip around the NHL media's reaction to the Canes' big news yesterday. The Hurricanes' firing of Kirk Muller dominated the NHL news cycle until yesterday evening, and there was no shortage of reaction across the league to Ron Francis' putting his stamp on the team only a week after taking the club's reins. (Links collected by Jamie Kellner, who I would put on as a co-writer on this story if...
Head coach Kirk Muller and his two bench assistants, Dave Lewis and John MacLean, were fired Monday by the Carolina Hurricanes' new general manager, Ron Francis. Get complete coverage here. The Carolina Hurricanes parted ways with Kirk Muller Monday, firing the coach and his two bench assistants, Dave Lewis and John MacLean, after three seasons. Goaltending coach Greg Stefan was also reassigned to...
Carolina Hurricanes General Manager, Ron Francis, did not rule out anyone in his ongoing search for a new head coach. On Monday, the Carolina Hurricanes joined four other NHL teams in the search for a new head coach. The Florida Panthers , Washington Capitals , Vancouver Canucks , and Nashville Predators are also looking for a new boss. In his press conference on Monday, Ron Francis said that they...