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On Friday morning, USA Hockey finally announced its team for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milano and Cortina, Italy, and Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin has been named to the 25-man roster.

Vancouver Canucks News / The Hockey Writers / December 29

Canucks Have the Makings of an Elite Top-4 With Buium, Willander & Pettersson

The Vancouver Canucks no longer have one of the best defencemen in the NHL patrolling their blue line. While that would usually spell doom for most teams, the Canucks appear set to weather that storm with their solid stable of young defencemen now led by 20-year-olds Zeev Buium and Tom Willander.

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Carolina Hurricanes News / Field Level Media / December 22

Hurricanes’ Seth Jarvis, Jaccob Slavin out week-to-week

The Carolina Hurricanes announced Monday that forward Seth Jarvis and defenseman Jaccob Slavin are considered week-to-week, both with upper-body injuries.

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Carolina Hurricanes News / Daily Faceoff / December 22

Hurricanes Jarvis, Slavin both week-to-week with upper-body injuries

The Carolina Hurricanes shared an update on Monday regarding two injured star players, Jaccob Slavin and Seth Jarvis. According to the team, both players will be out of the lineup on a week-to-week basis with upper-body injuries.

Carolina Hurricanes News / Pro Hockey Rumors / December 22

Jaccob Slavin, Seth Jarvis Out Week-To-Week

The Carolina Hurricanes announced today that two key players are out week-to-week with respective upper-body injuries: Jaccob Slavin and Seth Jarvis. The announcement of Jarvis’ injury does not come as any great surprise.

Carolina Hurricanes News / Daily Faceoff / December 14

Hurricanes activate Jaccob Slavin from IR, returns against Flyers

The Carolina Hurricanes have activated Jaccob Slavin from injured reserve, with the defenseman making his return on Sunday against the Philadelphia Flyers.

Carolina Hurricanes News / Pro Hockey Rumors / December 14

Hurricanes Activate Jaccob Slavin, Reassign Joel Nystrom

A major piece will be back in the Carolina Hurricanes lineup when the puck drops in Sunday’s matchup with the Philadelphia Flyers. Defenseman Jaccob Slavin was activated from injured reserve just before the game, after being designated as a game-time decision before warmups.

Carolina Hurricanes News / The Hockey Writers / December 12

Hurricanes Extend Joel Nyström to 4-Year Contract

The absence of Jaccob Slavin, who hasn’t played in over two months, opened up a spot for 23-year-old defenseman Joel Nyström to earn an NHL opportunity with the Carolina Hurricanes.

Carolina Hurricanes News / The Hockey Writers / November 25

Carolina Hurricanes Need Jaccob Slavin’s Skillset as December Nears

The Carolina Hurricanes enter the week of American Thanksgiving with a 14-6-2 record, after grabbing five points on their recent four-game road trip. They’ve been finding ways to stay competitive, despite dealing with a slew of injuries through the first 22 games of the season.

NHL News / Pro Hockey Rumors / November 11

Hurricanes’ Charles-Alexis Legault undergoes hand surgery

Hurricanes defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere “appears set to return” from his stint on injured reserve and will likely be activated before tonight’s game against the Capitals, according to the team’s Walt Ruff.

Carolina Hurricanes News / Pro Hockey Rumors / October 23

Hurricanes place star defenseman on injured reserve

Before Thursday’s game against the Avalanche, the Hurricanes announced they placed star defenseman Jaccob Slavin on injured reserve earlier in the week – Tuesday, to be exact – due to a lower-body injury.

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Carolina Hurricanes News / Pro Hockey Rumors / October 13

Hurricanes issue several injury updates

Carolina Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind’Amour issued injury updates to two key players today: Jaccob Slavin and Pyotr Kochetkov. As relayed by team reporter Walt Ruff, Slavin is still “being evaluated” for a lower-body injury, and is currently questionable to travel with the team on its upcoming six-game road trip.

NHL News / NHL Rumors / September 23

Bruins' David Pastrnak dealing with knee tendinitis since last year

Andrew Fantucchio: Boston Bruins forward David Pastrnak was back skating with the main group yesterday. Steve Conroy: Pastrnak said that all last season, he was dealing with tendinitis in his knee.

Montreal Canadiens News / Dose.ca / September 21

Alexandre Carrier thinks Kaiden Guhle is almost as good as Jaccob Slavin

The Canadiens organization focused on improving its defensive brigade over the summer, and the departure of David Savard from the team was offset by the arrival of Noah Dobson, a more talented player who should play a lot of minutes for the Habs next season.

Carolina Hurricanes News / The Hockey Writers / August 19

Hurricanes’ Jaccob Slavin Invited to USA Olympic Orientation Camp

The news has been mostly slow over the last few weeks in the hockey world. However, as we draw closer to the 2025-26 season, promotional schedules are being released, and now Olympic Orientation Camp invitations are being sent out.

Carolina Hurricanes News / Breakaway on SI / August 14

Hurricanes Defenseman Continues to Be Disrespected

Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin continues to be disrespected around the NHL. In the annual NHL.com positional rankings, Slavin came in as the eighth-best blue liner in the league.

NHL News / Yardbarker / May 7

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Carolina Hurricanes News / Field Level Media / May 6

Jaccob Slavin's OT goal gives 'Canes Game 1 win over Caps

Jacob Slavin's goal 3:06 into overtime gave the Carolina Hurricanes a 2-1 victory Tuesday over the host Washington Capitals in Game 1 of their Stanley Cup Playoff second-round matchup.

NHL News / Yardbarker / May 6