Core-focused 'Canes shaping up well for offseason
Could the Hurricanes be a team that spends to the NHL's salary-cap maximum next season?
With the league's salary cap set to drop by almost 10 percent to 64.3 million in 2013-14, the 'Canes, generally a team with a smaller payroll in years past, are moving closer toward a four-year dry spell without a postseason appearance.
Next season, gone will be the former Southeast...
Canes' Semin to miss final 2 games
The Carolina Hurricanes say Alexander Semin is out with a concussion.
Coach Kirk Muller said Thursday that Semin will miss their final two games of the season, including the home finale against the New York Rangers.
Semin ends his season with 13 goals and 31 assists while establishing himself as a valuable component of the Hurricanes' top line. He was Carolina's marquee...
Semin to miss final 2 games with concussion
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Carolina Hurricanes say Alexander Semin is out with a concussion.
Coach Kirk Muller said Thursday that Semin will miss their final two games of the season, including the home finale against the New York Rangers.
Semin ends his season with 13 goals and 31 assists while establishing himself as a valuable component of the Hurricanes' top line. He was Carolina...
Semin to miss final 2 games with concussion
The Carolina Hurricanes say Alexander Semin is out with a concussion.
Coach Kirk Muller said Thursday that Semin will miss their final two games of the season, including the home finale against the New York Rangers.
Semin ends his season with 13 goals and 31 assists while establishing himself as a valuable component of the Hurricanes' top line. He was Carolina's marquee...
Hurricanes 3, Lightning 2
Jiri Tlusty scored two first-period goals and Dan Ellis stopped 34 shots to lead the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday night.
Alexander Semin scored 16 seconds into the game for the Hurricanes, who jumped ahead 3-0 and held on for their first victory against the Lightning this season.
Semin, who also had two assists, took a feed in the...
Lightning fall at home to visiting Hurricanes
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Jiri Tlusty scored two first-period goals and Dan Ellis stopped 34 shots to lead the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday night.
Alexander Semin scored 16 seconds into the game for the Hurricanes, who jumped ahead 3-0 and held on for their first victory against the Lightning this season. Semin took a feed in the slot from...
Carolina Hurricanes welcome Alexander Semin's return
Washington Capitals fans must chuckle at the concept: The free-falling Carolina Hurricanes are eager to get Alexander Semin back in the lineup.Semin missed the last two games with an upper body injury. Coach Kirk Muller hopes his return sparks some offense for a team reeling from 12 losses in its last 13 games, including the last five in a row.
As a Capital, Semin earned a reputation...
Russian winger Alex Semin signs five-year $35 million extension with Carolina Hurricanes
Russian winger Alex Semin signs five-year $35 million extension with Carolina HurricanesThe Carolina Hurricanes announced on March 25 that they have signed forward Alexander Semin to a $35-million five-year contract extension. This is Semin’s first season with the Hurricanes as he was signed during the summer as a free agent from the Washington Capitals. The 29-year-old native...
Carolina inks Alexander Semin to a five-year, $35 million extension
Prior to the 2013 season, hockey fans wondered which team would take a chance on free agent Alexander Semin. Coming off seven seasons with the Washington Capitals, Semin landed in Carolina with a one-year deal worth $7 million.
How has the Semin experiment worked for the Hurricanes? Pretty well, actually. Through 30 games, Semin has eight goals and 22 assists for a total of 30...
Semin agrees to extension with Canes
Alexander Semin has agreed to a five-year contract extension with the Carolina Hurricanes.
The team announced Monday that Semin will make $7 million per year through the 2017-18 season.
Semin left Washington last summer and signed a one-year deal worth $7 million with the Hurricanes with the hope that a fresh start in Carolina would rejuvenate his career.
He has a team-best 22...
On the Alexander Semin contract
If there is one thing Hurricanes fans needed during this losing streak, it was some good news and that got that today when it was announced that the team had signed Alexander Semin to a five-year contract extension worth $7 mil. per season. Semin has been almost a perfect fit on Carolina's first line with Eric Staal and Jiri Tlusty as the trio have been one of the most dangerous...
Carolina inks Alexander Semin to a five-year, $35 million extension
Prior to the 2013 season, hockey fans wondered which team would take a chance on free agent Alexander Semin. Coming off seven seasons with the Washington Capitals, Semin landed in Carolina with a one-year deal worth $7 million.
How has the Semin experiment worked for the Hurricanes? Pretty well, actually. Through 30 games, Semin has eight goals and 22 assists for a total of...
Matt Karash: Alexander Semin extended - 5 yrs at $7M/year
Blog in process...
The Capitals Sure Are Missing Alexander Semin
Where is Alex Semin? George McPhee has been with the Washington Capitals since 1997. He’s had a great run since becoming the GM, but I think it’s time to call out George McPhee. It might be past time. Here in this blog we talk about Ernie Grunfeld a lot and the bonehead moves he’s made over the past decade with the Wizards but George McPhee, up until the last two years, has...
Guest Column: Alexander Semin thriving in new environment
It's not too often I have a guest writer on here, but ESPN TrueHoop writer Michael Pina showed me an article he wrote on Alexander Semin and I thought it was worth posting on here. Semin has quickly established himself as a fan-favorite among Caniacs and it's nice to see that his strong play has been catching the national eye this year, too.
Whenever a professional athlete...
Gameday: vs. Carolina, Mar. 12
Alexander Semin returns once more, still one of the Canes' best players. (Clydeorama)
The Washington Capitals will close out their brief two-game homestand on Tuesday night with a critical game against the Southeast Division rival Carolina Hurricanes at Verizon Center. The Caps, having lost two games over the weekend, are 10-13-1 this season for 21 standings points; they...
Semin, Staal lead Hurricanes past Sabres
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Alexander Semin had a goal and two assists, linemate Eric Staal added three assists and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Tuesday night.
Jiri Tlusty, Joe Corvo and Jussi Jokinen also scored for Carolina, which was playing for the first time since goalie Cam Ward went on injured reserve following a torn MCL that will require a recovery of...
Capitals Fan Welcomes Back Alexander Semin To Washington, D.C.
The Capitals saw a few things they’d never seen before during Tuesday’s game. Former teammate Alexander Semin was wearing another NHL uniform. [Continue Reading]
How about this hockey babe? Total winner. Sign me up
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Capitals Fan Melissa Loves Semin, Welcomes Semin Back To D.C.
Former Washington Capital Alexander Semin made his first appearance against his old team. Now a member of the Carolina Hurricanes, it is clear that Semin still has some fans in the D.C. area…like this girl who loves her some Semin.
Is this just an innocent sign made by a legitimate fan of Alexander Semin, or did she know what she was doing?
We don’t want to put the girl on blast...
Capitals shut down Semin, beat Hurricanes
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As bad as the Washington Capitals have been at times, they will wake up Wednesday only four points out of first place.
The Southeast Division is the weakling of the NHL in this compressed season, and a two-game surge -- including Tuesday night's 3-0 win over the first-but-fading Carolina Hurricanes -- has been enough to put the Capitals within decent range...
Game 18 Preview: Hurricanes at Capitals
Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals
7 p.m, Verizon Center
TV: FS-Carolinas, CSN-Washington
The big storyline going into tonight will be that it is Alexander Semin's first game at Washington since signing with the Carolina Hurricanes. Semin had many successful years with the Caps before leaving for Carolina via free agency and he was pretty popular with a lot of...
So is Alexander Semin a team killer or what?
Alexander Semin's return to Washington D.C. Tuesday caused quite a stir.Semin was an enigmatic performer during his tenure with the the Washington Capitals, demonstrating world-class offensive ability and the magical ability to disappear for weeks on end.“Some nights you didn’t even know if he was gonna come to the rink,” Capitals forward Troy Brouwer observed during a...
How Will Semin Be Greeted?
Former Capital Alexander Semin will make his first appearance at Verizon Center on Tuesday with his new team, the Carolina Hurricanes. Semin was a polarizing figure in Washington, either going on jaw-dropping scoring binges or long droughts with poorly-timed penalties. And that was when he wasn't injured.
Alexander Semin and shooting percentage
If you were to poll most Hurricanes fans right now, most would agree that Alexander Semin has been a great addition to the team. He has made their first line a real force to be reckoned with and is usually one of their best players every night. However, I'm sure that most people were hoping that he would have more than three goals 14 games into the season and only one at even...
All Jim Rutherford
from Doug Harrison of CBC,
You signed free-agent forward Alexander Semin to a one-year dea llast July with hopes he would play alongside Eric Staal. So far, Semin has played well offensively (one goal, six points) and been responsible defensively (plus-7). Do you consider him your best $7-million investment in recent memory?
“Yeah. I don’t want to discount other guys...
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