The Hurricanes added some depth to their bottom-six today by acquiring forward Adam Hall off waivers. Hall has been in the league for 10 seasons and has spent the last four years with the Tampa Bay Lightning. He has a few 10+ goals seasons under his belt, but his best assets are his defensive play and faceoff prowess. He will play his first game for the Hurricanes tonight against the team who just put him on waivers only 24 hours ago, which will make for an interesting storyline.
Hall is a very useful player but asking where he fits in the Hurricanes lineup is a good question. The Jordan Staal line handling most of the tough matchups means that the Hurricanes don't have much use for "shutdown forwards" unless they want to tilt the ice in their top-six's favor. This is why Andreas Nodl struggled to find a place in the lineup and was eventually sent down to Charlotte before he got hurt. Hall is somewhat of a comparable player to him, but does that mean he will su...
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Jordan Staal,
Andreas Nodl,
Guy Boucher,
Tim Brent,
Kevin Westgarth,
Chad LaRose,
Tuomo Ruutu
TEAMS: Tampa Bay Lightning, Carolina Hurricanes
TEAMS: Tampa Bay Lightning, Carolina Hurricanes
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