BRANDON SUTTER RUMORS

One of the bright spots for the Hurricanes this year has been Brandon Sutter's emergance as a shutdown defensive center but I still hear hockey pundits talk about how he has been a "disappointment." Whenever I hear that, I can't help but feel that these "experts" aren't watching the Hurricanes and are only looking at Sutter's 22 points in 54 games...

Brandon Sutter had a goal and an assist and Cam Ward made a season-high 47 saves for his third shutout of the season and 19th of his career as the Carolina Hurricanes completed their first-ever season series sweep of the Bruins with a 3-0 victory Thursday in Boston. Sutter secured the win with his 12th goal of the season at 3:13 of the third period. Andreas Nodl blocked a Tuukka...

Cam Ward made 47 saves - 22 in the first period and 20 in the third - Brandon Sutter had a goal and an assist, and the Carolina Hurricanes finished their first season-sweep of the Boston Bruins with a 3-0 victory on Thursday night. The Hurricanes, who won all four meetings with the Bruins, are 15-25-9 against the rest of the NHL and are last in the Eastern Conference. Carolina outscored...

Shorthanded goals have been a sort of saving grace for the Hurricanes this season. They picked up their seventh man-down goal in Monday night's game against New Jersey. That came in the 37th game of the season, marking the same total they notched all of last season. If nothing else, generating offense in shorthanded situations has been something that took place prior to the coaching...

Brandon Sutter scored a short-handed goal and was credited with a bizarre empty-netter Monday night, leading the Carolina Hurricanes to a 4-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils. Tuomo Ruutu and Anthony Stewart scored in the second period, and Tim Gleason and Tim Brent each had two assists for the Hurricanes. Sutter's empty-net goal came at the end of a strange sequence. Ilya...

Brandon Sutter scored a short-handed goal and was credited with a bizarre empty-netter, leading the Carolina Hurricanes past the New Jersey Devils 4-2 on Monday night.

#16 Brandon Sutter was Mike Maniscalco’s guest on 99.9 FM The Fan’s Backyard Bistro. The entertaining interview provided fans an inside look at Cane life. Here are some fun highlights: Roommate Justin Peters  participated in St. Baldrick’s on Saturday, however, Sutter kept his locks as his “ears are too big for that.” When asked why he thinks the...

Last season, Brandon Sutter began the year with the Albany River Rats, was called up to the Canes in late October and became a 21-goal scorer and valuable contributor. Question: who's the best candidate to be this year's Brandon Sutter, starting the season in Charlotte with the AHL Checkers but by season's end being a solid player and nice surprise with the Canes? Judging...

Brandon Sutter had played long and hard Friday night in the Albany River Rats' 2-1 loss to the Rochester Americans in Albany, N.Y. The next morning, he was on a flight to Minnesota, called up by the Hurricanes. He sat through a weather delay in Detroit while changing planes, then arrived at Minneapolis-St. Paul International to find out his sticks didn't make it. Sutter did make...

Canes center Brandon Sutter has the kind of problem many of us can only long for. "I just don't gain weight," he said Monday. At 6 feet 3, Sutter is as lean and lanky as a cross-country runner. His listed weight is 183 pounds and he says he's doing anything and everything he can to get bigger and push past the 190 barrier. With no luck. "I'm still...