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<updated>2025-08-21T01:03:10+00:00</updated>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[Hurricanes bring Jesper Fast Back—as a coach]]></title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[One huge presence was missed on the ice last season—Jesper Fast. Thanks to an injury he sustained at the end of the 2023-24 season, he sat out the last year of his contract injured, and the extent of those injuries became clear when he announced his retirement in June. Fast was just 33 at the […]]]></summary>
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One huge presence was missed on the ice last season—Jesper Fast. Thanks to an injury he sustained at the end of the 2023-24 season, he sat out the last year of his contract injured, and the extent of those injuries became clear when he <a href="https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/news/jesper-fast-announces-retirement-from-nhl">announced his retirement</a> in June. Fast was just 33 at the time of his retirement, meaning he could have had plenty of hockey left, and while his presence on the Staal line was easy to take for granted, his absence was shown when players like Seth Jarvis had to try and play in his place.
Bigger than that though, Fast was a popular teammate. Much was made of the trade that Jack Roslovic made for his number 96 to Mikko Rantanen, but completely forgotten was the fact that for Taylor Hall to wear his preferred 71, Jesper Fast also had to give his OK. Nothing was ever discussed about what, if anything, Fast got for the trade, and it really does speak to the respect he had inside and out. 
Now it appears the Canes have decided he needs to stay on. 
On Wednesday, <a href="https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/news/canes-hire-jesper-fast-as-development-coach">the Hurricanes announced</a> that Jesper Fast will be coming back to the team as a Devlopment Coach. What that means is unknown, but with a lot of younger players joining the team long-term, having the experience of Fast continuing on while also giving him experience as a coach should be mutually beneficial. Fast will start to get his feet wet as a potential next step for his career, while the current Hurricanes will continue to benefit from his experience.
The Hurricanes’ staff also is changing up with the addition of John Stanier as a video coordinator. He’ll replace Paul Fink, and the move is a promition for Stanier since this will be his first NHL job. He did the same job with the Chicago Wolves, so he’s familiar with the process of the Canes and is a familiar face for the team. 
Finally, the Hurricanes are adding a little local flavor to the communications department, announcing that they hired Freddy Stanley in communications. Stanely is a graduate of UNC and <a href="http://www.freddystanley.com/athletic-communications/">has experience</a> in communications with both the UNC athletic department and The Soccer Tournament that’s held in Cary. 
All of the moves fill in spots as Training Camp is just around the corner. With the single game tickets going on sale Thursday, plus the release of the <a href="https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/tickets/theme-nights">theme nights</a>, things are really ramping up to skates getting on the ice. 

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<title type="html"><![CDATA[Tom Dundon to lead group buying Portland Trail Blazers]]></title>
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<updated>2025-08-13T15:57:08-04:00</updated>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[It appears owning the Carolina Hurricanes has gone well for Tom Dundon. The Dallas Billionaire who bought the team from Peter Karmanos back in 2018 has decided to get deeper into the sports game. First reported by Sportico, the estate of Paul Allen has agreed to sell the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers to a group […]]]></summary>
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It appears owning the Carolina Hurricanes has gone well for Tom Dundon. 
The Dallas Billionaire who bought the team from Peter Karmanos back in 2018 has decided to get deeper into the sports game. First reported by <a href="https://www.sportico.com/business/team-sales/2025/dundon-portland-trail-blazers-sale-paul-allen-1234866910/">Sportico</a>, the estate of Paul Allen has agreed to sell the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers to a group led by Dundon. 
The Canes confirmed that <a href="https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/news/tom-dundon-s-success-as-owner-of-the-carolina-hurricanes">Dundon was making the move </a>and posted a story about his success as an owner. 
The move seemingly came out of nowhere, as the last NBA team to go through a sale—the <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/44328557/sources-bill-chisholm-agrees-buy-celtics-61-billion">Boston Celtics</a>—went through a much more public process where potential buyers were leaked and guessed about. This sale was a lot quieter. It was <a href="https://www.wweek.com/sports/2025/05/13/jody-allen-starts-sale-of-portland-trail-blazers/">announced in May</a>, and since then not much has gotten out about the sale. Fans in Portland worried that this was a sign the NBA was looking for a buyer that might move the team to a new arena in Seattle or Las Vegas.
Instead, according <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/sports/2025/08/portland-trail-blazers-to-be-sold-carolina-hurricanes-owner-tom-dundon.html">Oregon Live</a> the team will be staying in Portland. Unlike his purchase of the Canes where Dundon was able to eventually obtain 100% of the team, the price of an NBA club was significantly higher and Dundon needed to assemble a group to secure his purchase. That group includes the co-president of Blue Owl Capital, Marc Zahr, as well as Sheel Tyle. Tyle is a Portland-based CEO, and his wife Sejal Hathi is actually the director of the <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oha/pages/index.aspx">Oregon Health Authority</a> which among other things helps with the Public Option for health insurance in the state.
The <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/sports/2025/08/portland-trail-blazers-to-be-sold-carolina-hurricanes-owner-tom-dundon.html">Oregon Live</a> piece also notes that this group is emphatic about keeping the Trail Blazers in Portland. Fans of the Hurricanes know that Dundon has experience in a matters like this as the rumors of the Hurricanes being moved to various Canadian Cities had swirled around the team for years until his purchase of the squad. In fact they existed even after the purchase of the squad.
Under Dundon’s ownership, the Hurricanes have entered without question their most successful on-ice era in team history. His first partial year of ownership—2018—was the only season that the Hurricanes have not made the playoffs. That offseason saw the hiring of Rod Brind’Amour, the promotion of Don Waddell as President and CEO, the naming of Justin Williams as Captain, and a recommitment to fans in the area with aggressive ticket prices and deals to get fans back in the arena. The team quickly responded making a surprising run to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2019. Since then they’ve returned to the ECF in 2023 and 2025.
Dundon’s ownership has also seen the team navigate the COVID challenges that the entire league dealt with, while spending to the cap in every season. They have made blockbuster trades, and have become a model for a team embracing analytics. It has also seen the NHL bring an Outdoor Event to North Carolina for the first time, and Dundon has quickly established himself as an NHL owner who doesn’t sit idle. While he does have a reputation for being one of the more stingy owners in the league, that has tended to come with more off the ice matters instead of on the ice. In the last year even this has changed.
Since last summer, Dundon has secured the Canes future in Raleigh by extending the lease agreement with the Centennial Authority while coming to an agreement to get a badly-needed renovation to Lenovo Center that has started this summer. He also secured the ability to reimagine the area around Lenovo Center to turn it into entertainment, residential, and dining area. The idea is similar to The Battery in Atlanta. When Waddell left the Canes to go to Columbus, he hired three people to fill various jobs.
This delegation has made it to where Dundon has been a little less visible in Raleigh the past year, even though he and his group are further planting roots. It now appears he feels good enough about this structure to start focusing on another team, and fans of the Trail Blazers just have to look at the turn around of the Canes to feel hopeful about what sort of owner Dundon will be for the team. 
Hurricane fans shouldn’t feel too worried by the move. With the above mentioned management structure in place plus the long-term deals signed of players as well as the investments in renovations to Lenovo Center, if anything this move means Dundon plans to let the current hockey team continue to do their thing with less, for lack of a better term, interference from him. The move should help raise the profile of the Canes as Dundon will cross into a different sport dynamic and increase brand awareness thanks to this.
We’ll see how long the sale takes to finalize and what Dundon has to say, but it’s amazing to think that a team that once had Peter Karmanos as an owner now has someone who owns multiple major sports teams. 

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<title type="html"><![CDATA[Welcome to the new Canes Country: A fresh look, fewer ads and a new feature]]></title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Things will look a little different around here today.   A few weeks ago we told you something new was coming to Canes Country and today it’s here. Things are cleaner, faster and easier to use. There are the same writers, coverage, comments, and community you’ve come to rely on, now with less clutter and […]]]></summary>
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Things will look a little different around here today.
 
A few weeks ago we told you something new was coming to Canes Country and today it’s here. Things are cleaner, faster and easier to use. There are the same writers, coverage, comments, and community you’ve come to rely on, now with less clutter and clunkiness. 
 
Let’s dive in. If you scroll down the page on your phone or computer, it’s smoother. You’ll notice that the most talked-about stories have a bigger font displaying the number of comments. You’ll also see a section called Active Conversations to point you to the busiest conversations right now. 
 
But there’s two changes we’re most excited to tell you about:
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="91jgPI">Fewer ads for logged-in users</h2>
Our loyal readers and commenters are the heartbeat of our communities, and with this new design we’re excited to offer them fewer ads when they’re logged in. Specifically:
<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Video players will no longer chase you down the page. Just scroll past one and it will be gone.</li><li>Full page pop-ups that would sometimes interrupt your commenting experience have been disabled.</li></ul>
You can <a href="https://canescountry.com/auth/login">log in or sign up here</a> and check it out. 
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="3T9n7L">A new feature by the community, for the community: The Feed</h2>
Today we’re launching a brand new space for you to come together. The Feed is a running stream of posts and updates from you, the community, mixed in with links and updates from the team and our staff. Think of it as our community’s group text where you can easily grab your phone and share a link to a story, post a question or write your own post on the day’s news. 
 
You can find it in two places:
<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>On the homepage, adjacent to the top stories. Community participation is core to who we are, so we want it right on the front page to share your stuff.</li><li>A <a href="https://canescountry.com/feed/">devoted homepage for The Feed</a> where you can see the full stream of posts coming in from the community. You might want to bookmark that.</li></ul>
 
<a href="https://canescountry.com/feed/devoted%20homepage%20for%20The%20Feed">Log in or sign up here</a> and you can start posting on The Feed and seeing fewer ads immediately. 
 
Today’s launch is a big deal for our community, and it’s also a kickoff of broader efforts to build around the community we have here. Soon you’ll get alerts when someone replies to your comment or your post on The Feed, with more to come thereafter. We want to put the community in the driver’s seat, so let us know what you want in the comments below or in The Feed.
 
If you want to dig into more of this updated experience, head over to<a href="https://www.sbnation.com/welcome-to-the-new-sb-nation"> this post on sbnation.com</a> from SB Nation’s Head of Product Ed Clinton, where he expands on the changes in our ads and design. Ed will be responding to questions in the comments. If you have any questions about how to log in to our new system,<a href="https://www.sbnation.com/2025/7/30/24474541/sb-nations-new-login-system-what-you-need-to-know"> check out this article from last week.</a>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[Jackson Blake signs 8 year extension with Hurricanes]]></title>
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<updated>2025-07-24T23:15:40-04:00</updated>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[You may have thought that we were in the quietest part of the NHL offseason, with all of the major signings done, all the schedule news out of the way, and still over a month away from training camp. It turns out that quiet is a perfect time to take care of some business. One […]]]></summary>
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You may have thought that we were in the quietest part of the NHL offseason, with all of the major signings done, all the schedule news out of the way, and still over a month away from training camp.
It turns out that quiet is a perfect time to take care of some business.
One of the big pieces of news to come out on Free Agent Day was that the Hurricanes locked in Logan Stankoven to an eight year extension that kicks in after next season. It showed the team was already looking to next year’s crop of Restricted Free Agents and with this being the last year that teams can offer eight year contracts, both sides were motivated to get a deal done. Another future RFA was taken care of with the sign and trade of K’Andre Miller, as Scott Morrow went back to the Rangers in the deal.
That left just two potential Restricted Free Agents heading into the 2025-26 season: Jackson Blake and Alexander Nikishin.
Now there’s just one.
On Thursday Night, the Hurricanes <a href="https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/news/canes-sign-blake-to-eight-year-extension">announced an eight year extension</a> for Jackson Blake. Blake had a fantastic rookie season for the Hurricanes, seeing a lot of first line time and led the NHL rookies in game winning goals. His 34 points were evenly split between goals (17) and assists (17). The University of North Dakota product was drafted by the Canes in 2021, and he stayed with North Dakota all the way through their 2024 NCAA Tournament run. He signed a contact once the run was over and was able to make his NHL debut in the season finale against the Blue Jackets.
Blake went into last season’s training camp with next to no shot at actually making the big squad. Yet his play during camp and the preseason forced the hand of Rod Brind’Amour to give him a shot, and he never relinquished it.
Blake’s deal will kick in after the 2025-26 season, and per the Canes it’s for $45 million over the eight years. That comes to an AAV of $5.625 million each season until he can become an Unrestricted Free Agent in 2034.
***Note after posting <a href="https://x.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1948573828881277090">Elliotte Friedman reported</a> that the Canes and Blake took advantage of another practice ending after this season—deferred money. According to his post on Twitter/X, Blake’s contract will actually come in at around $5.1 million per year thanks to deferments. So it means Blake is deferring just north of $4 million over the course of the deal. ***
The deal could be a boon for the Canes should Blake continue at this rate. His UFA year was <a href="https://puckpedia.com/player/jackson-blake">scheduled to be 2031</a> and so the Canes were able to get three years of that for the $5.625 million rate, which in the world of the rising cap could be a bargain. For Blake, it locks in an overpayment for the first few years but offers him an assurance of where he’ll be for the next nine years, and also no stress of a RFA negotiation.
The deal just leaves Nikishin as the lone 2026 RFA on the roster—and as mentioned with this being the last year that teams can sign players to eight year extensions plus the trouble the Canes went to in order to have Nikishin come to North America, it wouldn’t be surprising if that gets worked out in the near furture, either.
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[A new look coming for Canes Country in August]]></title>
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<updated>2025-07-24T12:00:00-04:00</updated>
<published>2025-07-24T12:00:00-04:00</published>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[In just a couple of weeks, Canes Country is switching to a new platform as part of SB Nation’s network-wide move to a new publishing platform. This will change the look of the site and also make it faster and more reliable on any device you use. This is an upgrade. When you land on […]]]></summary>
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In just a couple of weeks, Canes Country is switching to a new platform as part of SB Nation’s network-wide move to a new publishing platform. This will change the look of the site and also make it faster and more reliable on any device you use. This is an upgrade.
When you land on the site, it will look cleaner – less clunky, with more white space, a better ad experience with faster load times – but will still have all the usual articles, analysis, and news by all the folks you know. 
Community discussion and content created by you will be more prominent in the new design. The best comment threads will be easy to find, and staff and commenters alike will be able to start conversations whenever they like with a brand new tool. 
We’re planning on an early August reveal, so we wanted to give you a heads up. You’ll hear more from us when it’s almost here. The site will look a little different, feel a little faster, and, most importantly, have a bigger role for you, the community.
So, stick around and check it out!
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<name>Al Hood</name>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[NHL Releases 2025-26 Schedule-a few highlights for the Carolina Hurricanes]]></title>
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<updated>2025-07-16T17:49:49-04:00</updated>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The last real “tentpole” event for the NHL before we dive deep into the summer abyss is the release of next year’s regular season schedule. In previous seasons the league had decided to release the new schedule closer to the start of Free Agency, but this year the decision was apparently made to wait and […]]]></summary>
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The last real “tentpole” event for the NHL before we dive deep into the summer abyss is the release of next year’s regular season schedule. In previous seasons the league had decided to release the new schedule closer to the start of Free Agency, but this year the decision was apparently made to wait and let most of the major headlines of Free Agency shake out before they released everything.
As they tend to do, leaks started happening complete with ESPN announcing when their opening night would be—complete with such contending the teams as <a href="https://www.nhl.com/avalanche/news/2025-26-nhl-season-begins-tuesday-oct-7-with-opening-night-tripleheader-on-espn-sportsnet-and-tva-sports#:~:text=The%20National%20Hockey%20League%20(NHL,and%20TVA%20Sports%20in%20Canada.">Chicago and Pittsburgh</a>. Now the rest of the league joins in on the fun.
At first it looked like the Canes were going to just drop the calendars and let that be that.
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It appeared to mirror previous seasons where the Hurricanes decided to opt out of the fun of a funny video to go with the schedule drop. League-wide they typically don’t have the same shot as ones from the NFL because you aren’t going to try to cram all 82—about to be 84—games in a short video. Still, they are ways to make some noise and sure enough, it was a bit of a fake out as a few minutes later the Canes dropped this:
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true">You know them, you love them Jarvy's road trip crew is back! <a href="https://t.co/WsPskmEYqb">pic.twitter.com/WsPskmEYqb</a>— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) <a href="https://twitter.com/Canes/status/1945537753585737952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 16, 2025</a></blockquote>
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No, your device isn’t messed up. For some reason Twitter deleted the video so the Canes had a redo.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true">Twitter deleted our first video. Not sure why. So here's Jarvy's road trip boys, 2.0 <a href="https://t.co/Wn6oFrMHHS">pic.twitter.com/Wn6oFrMHHS</a>— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) <a href="https://twitter.com/Canes/status/1945563990186205499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 16, 2025</a></blockquote>
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So the Canes decided to use Jarvy’s pals one more time while the iron was hot. There’s very little doubt that they’ll make another appearance when the Amazon Prime NHL series debuts later this summer featuring Jarvis, but it’s great to see them one more time.
As far as the actual schedule goes, there are parts that are expected—there’s a long road trip at the start of the season while the State Fair occupies the area next door to the Lenovo Center, that trip is to the west coast, and it’s made up with some longer home stands later in the season. There’s also a two week Olympic Break as those that are participating head to Italy to represent their country for the first time in over a decade.
The unexpected is how the season ends. Of their final 23 games, 15 of them are on the road. Unlike last year, their trips out west aren’t wrapped up early, instead they go out to Utah on April 11th, and their last home game is actually on April 7th against Boston.
As far as the rotation of the season goes, Carolina gets to host Florida twice this time around, and the NHL seemingly wanted to build tension for another meeting down the road in the playoffs by knocking out all three within a month-December 19th, December 22nd, and January 16th. There is good news for Canes fans though—they not only are home both sides of the major holidays—Thanksgiving and Christmas—they even play at home on January 1st at 7 PM against Montreal. With the Winter Classic happening on January 2nd instead of the 1st, the NHL is letting more teams have a game on day where a lot of fans can attend.
Theres another interesting date in January—January 6th. That is when the Dallas Stars come into town and a certain player will make his return to Raleigh. The start time right now is 7 PM, but don’t be surprised if that one is picked up nationally.
Other interesting (new) returns: The Avalanche come back with Martin Necas and Jack Drury on Saturday January 3rd, and Dmitri Orlov will return to Raleigh on December 7th.
If you need the whole schedule in one fell swoop, here’s is one version –
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With the full schedule out, the national TV partners will dissect it and determine which games will appear on ESPN/ESPN app (remember their whole app process is going to be redone starting in September so there may not be ESPN + so much as just “available on the app/Hulu only”) and which games will appear on TNT. As a Cup contending team they won’t be shut out, it’ll just be interesting to see which games get picked up.
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[Carolina’s Proposed Scoring for Coming Season]]></title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Carolina Hurricanes finished 10th in the NHL regarding goal scoring last season. They finished with a “Goals For” total of 266. (see chart below). Goals For 1 Lightning 294 2 Capitals 288 3 Jets 277 4 Stars 277 5 Avs 277 6 Golden Knights 275 7 Blue Jackets 273 8 Sabres 269 9 Leafs […]]]></summary>
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Seth Jarvis led the Hurricanes in scoring during the 2024-25 regular season with 32 goals. | Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images </figcaption>
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The Carolina Hurricanes finished 10th in the NHL regarding goal scoring last season.
They finished with a “Goals For” total of 266. (see chart below).
Goals For
1 Lightning 294
2 Capitals 288
3 Jets 277
4 Stars 277
5 Avs 277
6 Golden Knights 275
7 Blue Jackets 273
8 Sabres 269
9 Leafs 268
10 Hurricanes 266
One interesting thing is that the two Stanley Cup Finalists were not in the top 10. So how important is this stat?
It would seem that scoring goals would be important, so we will continue.
The Canes had a differential of plus 33, the difference between goals scored and goals allowed. That placed them 9th in the league.
The Florida Panthers had a “Goals For” total of 252 and a difference of 29.
The Edmonton Oilers had a GF of 259 and a difference of 23.
Just for reference, in the previous season the Canes scored 279 goals and had a difference of 63.
With the Canes losing Roslovic 22, Orlov 6, and Burns 6, one might wonder, are there enough goals coming in this season to compensate for those losses?
The answer appears to be yes, and then some.
Player Goals For Projected
2024-25 2025-26
Jarvis 32 32
Aho 29 30
Roslovic 22 0
Svechnikov 20 25
Hall 18 18
Blake 17 20
Martinook 15 14
Robinson 14 14
Stankoven 14 18
Staal 13 12
Jankowski 12 10
Kotkaniemi 12 13
Gostisbehere 7 8
Chatfield 7 7
Burns 6 0
Orlov 6 0
Slavin 6 7
Walker 5 6
Carrier 4 6
Jost 4 2
Birnd’Amour 1 0
Robidas 1 0
Miller 0 7
Nikishin 0 7
Ehlers 25
265 281
As you can see, I projected that Jarvis will match his total from last year and that Aho will score one more, to reach that magic threshold of 30.
Svechnikov only scored 20 last season and I am projecting 25 which I do not think is unrealistic.
Ehlers will replace Roslovic’s scoring pretty easily.
Blake and Stankoven should both continue to improve.
Most everyone else is projected to be about the same. Martinook and Staal might regress a bit.
Nikishin scored 17 goals in each of the last two seasons in the KHL, I project less than half that many, but who knows?
Miller averages about 7 goals a season.
This is a rather simplistic way to look at things, but gives us an idea to start the discussion.
What do you think?
(Apologies for the poor formatting, I will look to improve on that. By the way, the SB Nation platform will be changing in early August, so training for that major change is ongoing.)
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[Hurricanes Sign Noel Gunler and Gavin Bayreuther for Team Depth]]></title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[My apologies for being out of pocket last week, but I have returned and things will be a bit more active. While I was away, the Hurricanes made two depth signings. Noel Gunler and Gavin Bayreuther were both signed to one year, two-way contracts. Gunler had 26 points in Chicago last season. Bayreuther played in […]]]></summary>
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SUNRISE, FL - SEPTEMBER 29: Noel Gunler #38 of the Carolina Hurricanes awaits a face-off during the game between the Florida Panthers and the Carolina Hurricanes at FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, FL on September 29, 2022. | Photo by Jason Mowry/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images </figcaption>
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My apologies for being out of pocket last week, but I have returned and things will be a bit more active.
While I was away, the Hurricanes made two depth signings.
Noel Gunler and Gavin Bayreuther were both signed to one year, two-way contracts.
Gunler had 26 points in Chicago last season.
Bayreuther played in Switzerland last year.
The team’s press release follows.
(I am working on an analysis of team scoring next)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 11, 2025
 
‘CANES SIGN GUNLER, BAYREUTHER TO ONE-YEAR DEALS
Players each receive two-way contracts
 
RALEIGH, NC – Eric Tulsky, General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has signed forward Noel Gunler and defenseman Gavin Bayreuther to one-year, two-way contracts. Gunler’s deal will pay him $813,750 on the NHL level or $80,000 in the American Hockey League (AHL). Bayreuther will make $775,000 in the NHL or $140,000 in the AHL, with a guarantee of at least $150,000.
 
Gunler, 23, recorded 26 points (13g, 13a) in 58 games with the Chicago Wolves (AHL) in 2024-25, ranking second on the club in power-play goals (six) and tied for fourth in goals. He has registered 49 points (24g, 25a) in 100 career AHL games in three seasons with the Wolves. The Lulea, Sweden native posted 56 points (28g, 28a) in 151 career Swedish Hockey League (SHL) games with Lulea HF and Brynas HF from 2018-22 prior to making his North American debut in 2022. Gunler has represented Sweden at numerous international tournaments, including the 2017 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge and the 2021 IIHF U20 World Championship. The 6’2”, 185-pound forward was selected by the Hurricanes in the second round, 41st overall, of the 2020 NHL Draft.
 
Bayreuther, 31, spent the 2024-25 season with Lausanne HC in the National League (Switzerland), scoring five goals and adding 18 assists (23 points) in 52 regular-season games. He added two goals and six assists (8 points) in 18 playoff games as Lausanne HC advanced to the championship series before falling to the ZSC Lions in five games. A native of Concord, N.H., Bayreuther has appeared in 122 career NHL games with Dallas and Columbus, totaling 28 points (5g, 23a). The 6’1”, 196-pound defenseman has played in 238 career AHL games with Texas and Cleveland, scoring 25 goals and adding 92 assists (117 points). Prior to turning professional, Bayreuther spent four seasons at St. Lawrence University, totaling 111 points (35g, 76a) in 142 career games and earning NCAA Second All-American team honors in 2016 and 2017.
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[How the Hurricanes Can Maximize Sean Walker]]></title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[When the Carolina Hurricanes saw a mass exodus from their roster following the 2023-2024 season, longtime defensive mainstays Brady Skjei and Brett Pesce were among the salary cap casualties. Many pundits, and even head coach Rod Brind’Amour, wondered if the losses could be withstood to an extent that would allow the Hurricanes to maintain their […]]]></summary>
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When the <a href="https://www.canescountry.com">Carolina Hurricanes</a> saw a mass exodus from their roster following the 2023-2024 season, longtime defensive mainstays Brady Skjei and Brett Pesce were among the salary cap casualties.
Many pundits, and even head coach Rod Brind’Amour, wondered if the losses could be withstood to an extent that would allow the Hurricanes to maintain their status as a playoff team.
General manager Eric Tulsky and his team in the front office plugged the holes on defense with veterans Sean Walker and Shayne Gostisbehere, and though neither were the shutdown forces that Skjei and Pesce were, they more than got the job done in their respective roles.
The duo comprised the team’s bottom pairing for much of the season, but Walker got looks on other pairs, and his absence was noticeable as the Eastern Conference Final against the Florida Panthers wore on.
Signed to a five-year, $18 million contract last July that looks like a steal given the current market, Walker’s deal provides some certainty at a position that is seeing its market value explode.
This summer, Tulsky has already moved to add K’Andre Miller to the blue line, but the loss of Brent Burns makes it an open question as to who will partner with number one defenseman Jaccob Slavin on the top pairing.
Lefties Miller and Alexander Nikishin have been mentioned, but if the team wants to preserve proper handedness on its most-used pairing, and I’d argue regardless of that factor, it should be Walker.
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="PCQyvN">Why Sean Walker Should be on the Hurricanes’ Top Pairing</h2>
In the Brind’Amour era, the Hurricanes have prioritized having an offensive-minded partner for Slavin, to mixed results.
The most productive season one of Slavin’s partners has had was Dougie Hamilton’s 2019-2020 before his injury, as he put up 1.54 5-on-5 points per 60 minutes.
That coincided with the most productive season of Slavin’s career on a per-60 basis, and the duo was a dominant force before Hamilton went down.
Aside from that, Hamilton put up 1.15 points per 60 in each of his other two seasons with the team, and Burns’ first year in Raleigh was strong as well at 1.29.
Tony DeAngelo’s 2021-2022 season as Hamilton’s replacement checked in at 1.01, and Burns was at 0.8 in 23-24 and 1.02 in this most recent season.
All of those efforts were better in terms of even strength offense than the 0.78 Walker had in his first season in Raleigh, but his numbers have looked much better when given more opportunity.
In 2023-2024 with the Flyers, Walker produced 1.07 points per 60 before being dealt to Colorado at the trade deadline. There, he was good for 1.47 points per 60.
You could see that and assume it was due to an unsustainably strong offensive environment in Denver, but that was better than Bowen Byram, Sam Girard and every other non-Makar and Toews Colorado regular on the backend. The team also shot just 9.70% while he was on the ice in the regular season, so the production was very much legitimate.
Walker served as the defensive conscience to Gostisbehere’s aggressive playdriver this year, but could he be better suited as the offensive end of a Slavin pairing?
There’s strong evidence that that’s the case.
Slavin and Walker played 23:35 together on this most recent playoff run, and though it’s of course a very small sample size, the results were excellent.
The duo controlled 70.91% of the shot attempts, 66.67% of the shots on goal and 67.66% of the expected goals.
Let’s assume that Miller starts the season with Jalen Chatfield and Nikishin continues to ease into the league on the bottom pairing alongside Gostisbehere.
In <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKbeNV7CE_o">early offseason comments to Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio</a>, Brind’Amour lamented the fact that the absence of Skjei and Pesce forced Slavin and Burns to take all of the toughest minutes in every game.
In the video of discussion of the Miller trade the team <a href="https://x.com/Canes/status/1940559287891157455">released on social media</a>, Brind’Amour directly compared Miller to Skjei.
“He reminds me of Brady Skjei,” Brind’Amour says. “That’s with the skating, and getting up in the rush.”
Could a Miller-Chatfield pairing earn enough of Brind’Amour’s trust to take some of that burden off of Slavin next year?
Given the recovery speed they both possess, Miller’s size and Chatfield’s all-around defensive game, I don’t think it’s out of the question at all.
With extra firepower in the form of Nikolaj Ehlers up front, it’s easy to see a world where a more freed-up version of the Slavin pairing also produces more, and someone with Walker’s subtle offensive strengths could both contribute to and benefit from that.
Slavin’s best even-strength offensive season since the 19-20 campaign with Hamilton came in 2023-2024, when he and Burns were deferring the toughest matchups to Skjei-Pesce and a bit more focused on offense.
Is Walker going to go out there and put up a 50-point season? Almost certainly not, since he’s far down the power play depth chart.
But a deeper blue line could allow Brind’Amour to deploy Slavin in a more proactive than reactionary way.
Walker has the skating ability and instincts to be a part of that working well, and unlike DeAngelo, and Burns and Hamilton at their respective worsts, Slavin wouldn’t have to also cover for a defensive liability much of the time.
This team is at its best when the blue line is deep behind Slavin without a clear weak link, and assuming Miller is not a complete disaster, the roster is set up that way as of now.
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[Hurricanes Sign Nikolaj Ehlers to Six-Year Contract]]></title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Carolina Hurricanes announced the signing of winger Nikolaj Ehlers to a six-year, $51 million contract on Thursday. The Danish winger was the top player available on the free agent market entering July 1 after a flurry of re-signings and the sign-and-trade of Mitch Marner to Vegas, and now he’ll call Raleigh home for the […]]]></summary>
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The <a href="https://www.canescountry.com">Carolina Hurricanes</a> announced the signing of winger Nikolaj Ehlers to <a href="https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/news/canes-agree-to-terms-with-nikolaj-ehlers-on-six-year-contract">a six-year, $51 million contract</a> on Thursday.
The Danish winger was the top player available on the free agent market entering July 1 after a flurry of re-signings and the sign-and-trade of Mitch Marner to Vegas, and now he’ll call Raleigh home for the foreseeable future.
Ehlers, who the Winnipeg Jets selected with the No. 9 overall pick in the 2014 <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/nhl-draft">NHL draft</a> (just two picks after Carolina selected Haydn Fleury), put up 63 points in 69 games played this past season.
He followed that up with the best playoff run of his career, scoring 5 goals and 7 points in 8 games as the Jets lost in the second round.
The Danish winger had spent his entire career in Winnipeg before hitting the market this week. In 674 career games played, he’s racked up 225 goals, 295 assists and 520 points with a plus-106 rating.
The situation for Ehlers with the Jets has been increasingly untenable, as a player with undeniable talent had been deployed like a middle-six winger for years in an effort to keep the team’s lineup balanced.
As pointed out by Dimitri Filipovic on Twitter, Ehlers ranks 16th in five-on-five points per 60 among all NHL forwards over the past three seasons, but 199th in five-on-five time on ice per game.
The Hurricanes will likely be eager to offer him the increased role he’s undoubtedly looking for, as he immediately slots in as the most talented finisher on the roster and the most offensively creative player the team has since Martin Necas left in the Mikko Rantanen trade.
Look for Ehlers to fit right in on the top power play unit, and he will likely get every opportunity to build chemistry with Sebastian Aho on the top forward line.
General manager Eric Tulsky wasn’t able to add a legitimate top-line scoring winger in his bids with Jake Guentzel and Mikko Rantanen, but now the job is done.
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