The 2021-22 NHL season officially begins today with the opening of free agency at 12:00 p.m. ET.
The Carolina Hurricanes could potentially enter the new league year with a number of holes to fill. The team needs two goalies, likely at leas two defensemen and two forwards. Unrestricted free agents Dougie Hamilton, Brock McGinn, Cedric Paquette, Jordan Martinook, Jani Hakanpaa, Petr Mrazek, Jonathan Bernier and James Reimer remain unsigned.
Hamilton is one of, if not the biggest names on this year’s market. Don Waddell said Saturday the team had a deadline with the top-pairing defenseman, and would need to get him signed before free agency opens. The clock is ticking, in other words. It doesn’t look good for Hamilton to remain in Raleigh.
Meanwhile, sources confirm Dougie Hamilton is going to market. Unless something drastic changes, he's not re-signing in Carolina. The New Jersey Devils looking like front-runners but we'll see Wednesday when the market opens. @TSNHockey @TheAthletic
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) July 28, 2021
The Hurricanes also need NHL two goalies, assuming they’re not able to come to terms with two of Mrazek, Bernier or Reimer by noon.
The team has already been linked to a few players through rumors:
Hearing Antti Raanta and Carolina
— Andy Strickland (@andystrickland) July 27, 2021
Hearing #Canes are closing in on an agreement with UFA D Tony DeAngelo.
Not done yet. But expecting a 1-year deal. There was lots of interest and the opportunity to play for Rod Brind'Amour was appealing.@DFOHockey
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) July 27, 2021
Jake Virtanen has drawn interest from multiple teams, including Carolina. He’ll have options after being bought out by Vancouver.
— David Pagnotta (@TheFourthPeriod) July 27, 2021
We’re keeping a running tab of today’s transactions, with separate articles to follow regarding any Hurricanes-related transactions and interviews.
Multiple broadcasters will provide all-day live coverage including NHL Network, TSN, ESPN+ and Sirius XM NHL and we’ll pass along any live streams or simulcasts.
CapFriendly’s UFA browser is a handy resource; check it out [here]
As a friendly reminder, and we can’t say this enough so we’re putting it in gigantic letters:
Seriously. Don’t get hoodwinked by a con artist. Double and triple check your sources (my best practice is to create a twitter list of all the relevant NHL pundits so I know if the tweet is in the list it should be valid). Today is not the day to proliferate fake news.
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A few news nuggets to read, watch and listen to this morning as we’re waiting for things to kick off.
NEWS: Tyler Johnson is headed to the Chicago Blackhawks.
Tampa Bay traded Johnson and their 2023 second round pick to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Brent Seabrook, sources told ESPN.
— Emily Kaplan (@emilymkaplan) July 28, 2021
Tampa Bay #Lightning update after acquiring Brent Seabrook and trading Tyler Johnson
Cap space: 1.12M over the cap (proj. to use LTIR to remain compliant)
Roster size 16
LTIR candidate Seabrook $6.875MRFAs
— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) July 28, 2021
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- Marc-Andre Fleury, the reigning Vezina Trophy, is headed to the Chicago Blackhawks. It was obviously a move made with the salary cap in mind, but it was still a bit of a surprise to see the reigning Vezina Trophy winner get traded for next to nothing. The trade apparently came as a surprise to Fleury, who doesn’t yet know if he’ll report to Chicago. Retirement could be on the table. [Chicago Sun Times]
- One of the players available today has a familiar name
#RedWings have informed Evgeny Svechnikov, their top 2015 pick, that he won't receive a qualifying offer by today's 5 p.m. deadline, making him an unrestricted free agent. They're open to signing him to a 2-way deal. He'll explore the market, agent Todd Diamond said.
— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) July 26, 2021
Alex Ovechkin is back in DC for five more years
- Gabriel Landeskog is staying in Colorado
Source confirms Landeskog signs 8 year extension with Colorado. $7 million aav
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) July 28, 2021
- Washington sent Brenden Dillon to Winnipeg
Brenden Dillon traded to the Winnipeg Jets for two 2nd round picks.
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) July 27, 2021
- The United States appears to have a coach for the 2022 Olympics
Hearing #pens Mike Sullivan will be named Team USA coach for the 2022 Beijing Olympics. @DFOHockey
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) July 26, 2021
Signings and Trades - Hurricanes
(Player/Term/Contract Value; CONFIRMED means terms confirmed by team or CapFriendly; UNCONFIRMED means a trusted source has confirmed the transaction but terms have not been confirmed)
- CONFIRMED: Tony DeAngelo, one year, $1 million
- CONFIRMED: Frederik Andersen, two years, $4.5 million AAV
- CONFIRMED: Antti Raanta, two years, $2 million AAV
- CONFIMRED: The Hurricanes have traded Warren Foegele for Ethan Bear
- CONFIRMED: The Hurricanes have re-signed Jordan Martinook
- UNCONFIRMED: Josh Leivo
- UNCONFIRMED: Ian Cole, one year, $2.9 million
Signing and Trades - Other NHL Teams
(Player/Team/Term/Contract Value; CONFIRMED means terms confirmed by team or CapFriendly; UNCONFIRMED means a trusted source has confirmed the transaction but terms have not been confirmed)
- CONFIRMED: Petr Mrazek, Toronto Maple Leafs, three years, $3.8 million AAV
- CONFIRMED: Nikita Zadorov has been traded to Calgary
- CONFIRMED: Zach Hyman, Edmonton Oilers, seven years, $5.5 million AAV
- CONFIRMED: Brandon Sutter, Vancouver Canucks, one year, $1.125 million
- CONFIRMED: Canucks trade Nick Holden and third-round pick to Ottawa Senators for Evgenii Dadonov
- CONFIRMED: Jaroslav Halak, Vancouver Canucks, one year, $1.5 million
- CONFIRMED: Ryan Suter, Dallas Stars, four years, $3.65 million AAV
- CONFIRMED: Alexander Wennberg, Seattle Kraken, three years, $4.5 million AAV
- CONFIRMED: Blake Coleman, Calgary Flames, six years, $4.9 million AAV
- CONFIRMED: Tucker Poolman, Vancouver Canucks, four year, $2.5 million AAV
- CONFIRMED: Luke Glendening, Dallas Stars, two years, $1.5 million AAV
- CONFIRMED: Sean Kuraly, Columbus Blue Jackets, four years, $2.5 million AAV
- CONFIRMED: Brian Elliott, Tampa Bay Lightning, one year, $900,000
- UNCONFIRMED: Andreas Borgman, Dallas Stars, one year (two-way), $750,000
- CONFIRMED: Martin Jones, Philadelphia Flyers, one year, $2 million
- CONFIRMED: Alex Goligoski, Minnesota Wild, one year, $5 million
- CONFIRMED: Derek Forbort, Boston Bruins, three year, $3 million AAV
- CONFIRMED: Mikael Granlund, Nashville Predators, four years, $5 million AAV
- CONFIRMED: David Savard, Montreal Canadiens, four years, $3.5 million AAV
- CONFIRMED: Zach Bogosian, Tampa Bay Lightning, three years, $850,000 AAV
- CONFIRMED: Braden Holtby, Dallas Stars, one year, $2 million
- CONFIRMED: Andrew Cogliano, San Jose Sharks, one year, $1 million
- CONFIRMED: Michael Bunting, Toronto Maple Leafs, two year, $900,000 AAV
- CONFIRMED: Cedric Paquette, Montreal Canadiens, one year, $950,000
- CONFIRMED: Laurent Broissoit, Vegas Golden Knights, two years, $2.325 million AAV
- CONFIRMED: James Reimer, San Jose Sharks, two years, $2.24 million AAV
- CONFIRMED: Cody Ceci, Edmonton Oilers, four years, $3.25 million AAV
- CONFIRMED: Keith Yandle, Philadelphia Flyers, one year, $900,000
- CONFIRMED: Jarred Tinordi, New York Rangers, two years, $900,000 AAV
- CONFIRMED: Sean Kuraly, Columbus Blue Jackets, four years, $2.5 million AAV
- CONFIRMED: Chris Wideman, Montreal Canadiens, one year, $750,000
- CONFIRMED: Jonathan Bernier, New Jersey Devils, two years, $4.125 million AAV
- CONFIRMED: Andreas Athanasiou, Los Angeles Kings, one year, $2.7 million
- CONFIRMED: Frederick Gaudreau, Minnesota Wild, two years, $1.2 million AAV
- CONFIRMED: Luke Schenn, Vancouver Canucks, two years, $850,000 AAV
- CONFIRMED: David Rittich, Nashville Predators, one year, $1.25 million
- CONFIRMED: Jujhar Khaira, Chicago Blackhawks, two year, $975,000 AAV
- CONFIRMED: Brock McGinn, Pittsburgh Penguins, four year, $2.75 million AAV
- CONFIRMED: Nicolas Petan, Vancouver Canucks, one year, $750,000
- CONFIRMED: Philipp Grubauer, Seattle Kraken, six year, $5.9 million AAV
- CONFIRMED: Jake McCabe, Chicago Blackhawks, four year, $4 million AAV
- CONFIRMED: Phillip Danault, Los Angeles Kings, six year, $5.5 million AAV
- CONFIRMED: Jaden Schwartz, Seattle Kraken, five year, $5.5 million AAV
- CONFIRMED: Erik Haula, Boston Bruins, two year, $2.375 million AAV
- CONFIRMED: Greg McKegg, New York Rangers, one year (two way), $750,000
- CONFIRMED: Roland McKeown, Colorado Avalanche, one year (two way), $750,000
- CONFIRMED: Alex Edler, Los Angeles Kings, two years, $3.25 million AAV
- CONFIRMED: Phil Di Giuseppe, Vancouver Canucks, one year (two way), $750,000
- CONFIRMED: Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, two year, $1 million AAV
- CONFIRMED: David Kampf, Toronto Maple Leafs, two year, $1.5 million AAV
- CONFIRMED: Kurtis Gabriel, Toronto Maple Leafs, one year, $750,000
- CONFIRMED: Trevor Lewis, Calgary Flames, one year, $800,000
- CONFIRMED: Vinnie Hinostroza, Buffalo Sabres, one year, $1.05 million
- CONFIRMED: Brayden Point, Tampa Bay Lightning, eight year, $9.5 million AAV
- CONFIRMED: Travis Hamonic, Vancouver Canucks, two year, $3 million AAV
- CONFIRMED: Ryan Dzingel, Arizona Coyotes, one year, $1.1 million
- CONFIRMED: Mattis Janmark, Vegas Golden Knights, one year, $2million
- CONFIRMED: Dimitrij Jaskin, Arizona Coyotes, one year, $3.2 million
- CONFIRMED: Jordan Oesterle, Detroit Red Wings, two years, $1.35 million
- CONFIRMED: Carter Hutton, Arizona Coytoes, one year, $750,000
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