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July 23, 2025

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Kotkaniemi ‘felt the confidence’ right away upon signing with Hurricanes

September 5, 2021 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — Better, stronger, faster — that was the goal in rebuilding Steve Austin, the fictitious Air Force colonel-turned-cyborg from 1970s TV and film. On Saturday, the Hurricanes added a $6 million man of their […]

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Canadiens decline to match offer sheet, Kotkaniemi joins Hurricanes

September 4, 2021 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Montreal Canadiens decided not to match the Carolina Hurricanes’ one-year, $6.1 million offer sheet on center Jesperi Kotkaniemi, giving up on the 2018 third overall pick in exchange for first- and third-round […]

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Hurricanes exact revenge, sign Montreal’s Kotkaniemi to offer sheet

August 28, 2021 Cory Lavalette

Call it revenge, pettiness — whatever you like. The Carolina Hurricanes fired back at the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday by signing restricted free agent enter Jesperi Kotkaniemi to an offer sheet, 25 months after the […]

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Hurricanes sign Andrei Svechnikov to 8-year extension

August 26, 2021 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — It’s weird to think of Andrei Svechnikov as someone approaching his 30s, but that’s what the Hurricanes winger will be when his new contract expires. Carolina tied up one of their cornerstone players […]

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Hurricanes revamp roster on busy 1st day of free agency

July 28, 2021 Cory Lavalette

The Carolina Hurricanes found out the past two seasons they weren’t quite at the top of the NHL. So it’s no surprise changes were coming this offseason. After trading away homegrown talents Alex Nedeljkovic and […]

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Hurricanes sign Rangers castoff Tony DeAngelo to 1-year deal

July 28, 2021 Cory Lavalette

On a normal opening day of NHL free agency, the Hurricanes losing Dougie Hamilton would be the earth-shaking move. But while the defenseman’s new seven-year, $63 million contract with New Jersey certainly reverberated around the […]

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Hurricanes make 13 picks in NHL Draft

July 25, 2021 Cory Lavalette

The Carolina Hurricanes traded away their first-round pick Friday night during the 2021 NHL Draft, grabbing two second-rounders for the final six rounds on Saturday. It wasn’t the only pick swap the team’s front office […]

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‘This is a part of me’: Rod Brind’Amour, Hurricanes agree to 3-year contract extension

June 17, 2021 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — Rod Brind’Amour might not be anywhere near the NHL’s highest-paid coach, but that’s clearly not everything to someone who has made “being a Hurricane” a cornerstone of his life. “Finances and money, that’s […]

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LAVALETTE: ‘Original Six’ make up foundation of Hurricanes’ Cup dreams

May 19, 2021 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — When Tom Dundon bought the Carolina Hurricanes, it didn’t take him long to make top-to-bottom changes in an organization that was closing in on a decade outside of the playoffs. Ron Francis, the […]

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NC’s relaxed COVID rules means more Hurricanes fans at PNC Arena

May 14, 2021 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Carolina Hurricanes have called PNC Arena “The Loudest House in the NHL.” It’s about to get louder. Shortly after North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s announcement that he was lifting all social distancing […]

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