HURRICANES RUMORS & GOSSIP
Watch Eric Staal’s injury and decide: should NHL players play for their countries?
If you missed it yesterday, Canada was playing Sweden in the quarterfinals of the IIHF World Championships in Stockholm. In the first period, Carolina Hurricanes captain Eric Staal was the victim of an ugly knee-on-knee collision by Swedish defenseman Alex Edler of the Vancouver Canucks.
The video of the incident is below.
Whether you think it was a dirty hit is not the question...
Storm Aftermath: Jamie McBain
It's about that time of the year where we will look back at the season that was for the Hurricanes by taking a look at the individual performance of each player. Last season I did this by showing how effective each player was at controlling scoring chances but I'm going to take a different route this time. Scoring chances are very important, but they're just part of...
Alex Edler Leaves Eric Staal in Ton of Pain After Knee-on-Knee Hit at World Championships
The NHL season may be over for 22 teams, but that doesn’t mean the hockey has stopped for players on the 22 teams who aren’t lucky enough to still be playing for the Stanley Cup. The world championships are going on right now, and there is plenty of NHL representation.
At least one team must be hating that fact right now.
That team would be the Carolina Hurricanes who saw their...
Eric Staal Suffers Brutal Knee Injury At World Championships
Eric Staal’s NHL season was cut short as the Carolina Hurricanes didn’t make it to the postseason. Staal went on to play in the IIHF World Championship, serving as the captain for Team Canada. In a game against Sweden on Thursday, Staal collided knee-on-knee with Vancouver Canucks defenseman and Swede, Alex Edler. From the video footage (which can be viewed here), you can see...
Eric Staal injured in knee-on-knee collision at World Championships
During the first period of Canada vs. Sweden in the Men’s World Hockey Championships in Helsinki, Finland, Alexander Edler collided with Eric Staal in a horrific knee-on-knee hit. Staal was immediately down and writhing in pain. Staal had to be helped off the ice by trainers and could hardly put any weight on his leg. Edler was given a five-minute major for kneeing and was...
Matt Karash: Canes 2013 Eval Part 2: GM Jim Rutherford
Overall, I am a fan of Canes GM Jim Rutherford. I am not in the camp calling for his job after yet another playoff miss. I grumble about the lack of volume of playoff appearances as much as every other Canes fan. But sprinkled amongst the misses are 3 truly magical deep playoff runs including a Stanley Cup win. And if you understand the details of how those 3 teams were built...
Carolina Hurricanes 2013 Zone Entries
One of the growing developments in hockey analysis is tracking zone entries to gauge a team's performance in the neutral zone. Why is neutral zone play important? I've gone over this a few times, but I don't have a problem repeating myself. A recent study done by Eric Tulsky and some other hockey bloggers & researchers have shown that being able to win the battle...
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...
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Breaking down Carolina's cap situation
Yesterday morning, Jim Rutherford addressed the media on the Hurricanes season and one of the key things discussed was the team's off-season plans and from the sound of things, the Hurricanes depth and defense could be in for a bit of an overhaul. In the presser, Rutherford mentioned that he would like to add two to three defensemen this off-season and become "tougher to...
Tough 5 weeks keeps 'Canes outside playoffs again
The Carolina Hurricanes can't seem to figure out how to play well for a full season - even one that's only 48 games long.
For the fourth straight year and sixth time in seven seasons, the Hurricanes missed the playoffs.
And once again, a serious slump was to blame.
An injury-riddled stretch in which they earned only three points in five weeks sent them tumbling from the...
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Carolina Hurricanes seek defensive boost for '13-14
The Carolina Hurricanes have a build a nice foundation on the blue line. Justin Faulk could become a perennial all-star. Ryan Murphy could be ready to break in next season.Jamie McBain could add some offense for a while to come. Tim Gleason and Jay Harrison are under contract as well. So is injury-plagued Joni Pitkanen.But general manager Jim Rutherford told the Raleigh News and...
With three Staal brothers playing for Carolina, Eric’s son makes cute sign (pic)
On Thursday, 22-year-old Jared Staal made his NHL debut for the Carolina Hurricanes after being called up earlier this week from the AHL’s Charlotte Checkers. Making a momentous occasion that much sweeter, he did so alongside two of his brothers, Eric and Jordan, as the Hurricanes faced the New York Rangers, who coincidentally have another one of the Staal brothers, Marc (although...
'Canes start all 3 Staals
The Carolina Hurricanes put all their Staals in their starting lineup.
The Hurricanes had brothers Eric, Jordan and Jared Staal on the line that started the game Thursday night against the New York Rangers.
Jared Staal was called up from Charlotte of the AHL on Wednesday and coach Kirk Muller said he probably would skate on Jordan's line.
But Muller pulled a game-time surprise...
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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...
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Hurricanes put all 3 Staals in starting lineup
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Carolina Hurricanes put all their Staals in their starting lineup.
The Hurricanes had brothers Eric, Jordan and Jared Staal on the line that started the game Thursday night against the New York Rangers.
Jared Staal was called up from Charlotte of the AHL on Wednesday and coach Kirk Muller said he probably would skate on Jordan's line.
But Muller pulled a...
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