What Do the Carolina Hurricanes Do in Net?

The veteran goalie seems like he’ll be staying put. The option could be that they trade him, they could likely find someone who needs a goalie, someone like Edmonton who has had goalie questions come playoff time. Andersen though most likely will be the starting goalie. 

Pyotr Kochetkov

Kochetkov played in a majority of the games for the Hurricanes last season. He played in 47 going 27-16-3 with a 2.60 goals-against average, a .897 save percentage, and two shutouts. The 26-year-old is viewed as the Hurricanes’ top goalie for the season so he’s going to for sure be back on the team. 

Brandon Bussi

If the Hurricanes were to want to send him to Chicago to make room for Kochetkov’s return, they would need to place him on waivers. Do the Hurricanes want to risk placing a goalie on waivers who has been solid for them between the pipes? The other option is to just keep him and have one goalie not dress. That decision is a risk as you could have one of the three goalies sitting out for a week and getting rusty. I think the route they go is waivers and they hope he clears and they can keep him playing in Chicago. The bigger question with Bussi is whether he gets through waivers. 

Next Up:

The Hurricanes return to the ice on Tuesday against the Rangers as they wrap up their brief road trip. Kochetkov was expected to return on the road trip so we’ll see if there’s an answer to the situation coming up and he returns to Carolina’s lineup.