With the early season movements of Tomas Kaberle and Alexei Ponikarovsky and the Hurricanes placing Anthony Stewart on waivers Monday, all signs point to the Hurricanes making noise at the trade deadline at the end of February. Jim Rutherford has already set the bar high on the price tag for forward Tuomo Ruutu and plenty of teams are biting at the offers. Here is some early expectations of what to expect the next few weeks.
One of the problems the Hurricanes will face heading into the trade deadline is meeting all requirements of the NHL Salary Cap including not going below the salary floor which is $16 million below the leagues maximum salary cap. This years maximum salary cap in the NHL is 64.3 million meaning the Hurricanes can’t go below 48.3 million dollars. Currently the Hurricanes are at 50.6 million dollars. With that being said, the Hurricanes are gonna be expected to take on some veteran players with hefty contracts in order to get the maximum out of their players a...
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PLAYERS:
Tomas Kaberle,
Alexei Ponikarovsky,
Anthony Stewart,
Jim Rutherford,
Tuomo Ruutu,
Dustin Penner,
Bryan Allen,
Andreas Lilja,
Jaroslav Spacek
TEAMS: Carolina Hurricanes, Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, Chicago Blackhawks, Minnesota Wild, Ottawa Senators, Vancouver Canucks, Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers, New York Rangers
TEAMS: Carolina Hurricanes, Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, Chicago Blackhawks, Minnesota Wild, Ottawa Senators, Vancouver Canucks, Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers, New York Rangers
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