Hurricanes activate goaltender Frederik Andersen from injured reserve

The Hurricanes have activated goaltender Frederik Andersen from injured reserve, per Walt Ruff of the team’s official site. 

Andersen has been cleared to return to play after missing most of the season due to a deep vein thrombosis and subsequent pulmonary embolism in November.

The 34-year-old essentially serves as a deadline addition for Carolina, who’s had Pyotr Kochetkov, Antti Raanta, Spencer Martin and Yaniv Perets log time in the crease this season with differing results. 

Raanta hit the waiver wire Thursday, and Perets is back on assignment to ECHL Norfolk, meaning Andersen will likely head up a trio with Kochetkov and Martin for the remainder of the season.

Andersen and Raanta both got off to difficult starts this year, although the former’s was slightly closer to average. He had a 4-1-0 record with a .894 SV% and 2.87 GAA in six starts before exiting the lineup less than a month into the season.

His $3.4M cap hit was on standard injured reserve, not long-term injured reserve, so the transaction doesn’t affect the Hurricanes’ cap picture ahead of Friday's deadline. 

The Danish veteran inked a two-year, $6.8M deal with trade protection to remain in Carolina last summer and will be a UFA in 2025.