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After 107 days, the Carolina Hurricanes play meaningful hockey once again. The Hurricanes’ opening-night roster is set, and they enter the 2026-27 season as the defending Stanley Cup Champions, looking…
On Tuesday night, the defending Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes open up the 2026-27 campaign. The Hurricanes will face the Florida Panthers in the first of five games on opening night. The Hurricanes went 20 years between Stanley Cup titles and look to defend their championship. As the Canes take to the title defense, Elliotte […] The post NHL rumors: The 2027 Stanley Cup Final, according to Elliotte Friedman appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Rumors have swirled this NHL offseason that the Winnipeg Jets will soon trade goaltender Connor Hellebuyck. Hellebuyck has asked to leave the franchise. According to NHL insider Elliotte Friedman, there is one team deeply motivated to make a deal with Winnipeg. “Right now, Carolina is the most motivated pursuer,” Friedman wrote for Sportsnet. The Carolina […] The post NHL rumors: The ‘most motivated pursuer’ in potential Connor Hellebuyck trade appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The NHL regular season begins today with the puck dropping in Carolina as the Hurricanes raise their 2026 Stanley Cup banner. The NHL has expanded to 84 games, which ensures divisional rivals face each other four times, and the Western Conference is looking to hoist the Cup for the first time since 2023. Here are…
Lightning News: The Lightning will sit back the next few days as the rest of the NHL drops the puck on the new season. The Panthers head to Raleigh to face the Stanley Cup winning Carolina Hurricanes at 5 p.m. today while the Lightning won’t start their season until Thursday night at Madison Square Garden against the Rangers. The Lightning made their final roster cuts and as they finalize their opening night roster. [ Raw Charge ] One of the last cuts this year was forward Benjamin R...
There just a little over 24 hours before the Pittsburgh Penguins begin their 2026-27 season and the final touches are starting to fall into place as they prepare to head east and take on the Philadelphia Flyers tomorrow evening. The official start to the season is today, beginning with the Carolina Hurricanes raising a Stanley […]
The NHL returns Tuesday night to kick off the 2026-27 season with five games on the schedule, including a meeting of the Southeast contenders and last three Cup champs in the Carolina Hurricanes and Florida Panthers. Before all that, there was a huge trade between Toronto and Columbus that included two second-tier stars and a […]
The Florida Panthers are in Raleigh to open the 2026-27 regular season against the defending Stanley Cup champions, the Carolina Hurricanes. The team is healthy again (except for Jonah Gadjovich), captain Aleskander Barkov is back after working the rust off with a successful turn at the World Championship, prize acquisition Brady Tkachuk will play his first game as a Cat, and returning goalkeeper Jacob Markstrom will be between the pipes instead of Sergei Bobrovsky. Carolina, who defeated...
We’ve had parades, the Stanley Cup has travelled around the globe—except for Russia, the rings have been handed out, and the banners are set to go. Later this afternoon the Hurricanes will celebrate they are the 2026 Stanley Cup Champions one more time. Then they’ll try to win it again. Carolina opens the season today […]
Eric Tulsky and the Carolina Hurricanes held a press conference on the eve of their season opener and the general manager answered a few questions from the media. Nothing new was revealed. Felix Unger Sorum and Bradly Nadeau each “earned” a spot on the big club, but there is no room for them and they […]
On Sunday, the Carolina Hurricanes announced their opening-night roster, and there was no room for Bradly Nadeau. The highly-touted Hurricanes prospect has been returned to the Chicago Wolves of the…
Nikishin, who racked up 33 points in his rookie season with the Hurricanes, remains without a contract and has reportedly requested a trade.
Can the Hurricanes repeat, or will another recent champion reclaim the Cup? Let the games begin.
Rangers nearly landed Nikishin before contract talks fell apart.
The Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes are getting set to kick off the season this week, without one of their top-six defenders from last year. Restricted free agent Alexander Nikishin, coming off his rookie year in the NHL, is playing hardball and wants a trade, with a huge new contract attached. It appears that the Canes did get a deal agreed upon with the New York Rangers, but Nikishin's camp put the kibosh on it. Per @FriedgeHNIC , the Canes and Rangers had the framework of a N...
The Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes are getting set to kick off the season this week, without one of their top-six defenders from last year. Restricted free agent Alexander Nikishin, coming off his rookie year in the NHL, is playing hardball and wants a trade, with a huge new contract attached. It appears that the Canes did get a deal agreed upon with the New York Rangers, but Nikishin's camp put the kibosh on it. Per @FriedgeHNIC , the Canes and Rangers had the framework of a N...
The NHL season is about to get underway and there are some players who are in jeopardy of not being ready right away.
The NHL season is about to get underway and there are some players who are in jeopardy of not being ready right away.
One big question regarding the Carolina Hurricanes was, who makes the big club, Bradly Nadeau or Felix Unger Sorum? On Sunday, that question was answered when both players were assigned to Chicago. Defenseman, Juuso Valimaki was put on waivers for the intent of sending him to Chicago as well. Seth Jarvis will be put on […]
The Washington Capitals’ 23-man Opening Night roster is set after completing their four-game preseason schedule and making their final training camp cuts on Sunday morning. All NHL teams must officially submit their final rosters by 5 pm ET on September 28. The Capitals will open their regular season on the road against the Carolina Hurricanes
The Carolina Hurricanes unveiled their championship rings following their 2025-26 Stanley Cup title.
Cam Ward was stone cold.
The Carolina Hurricanes will be without a core player for the start of the 2026-27 season. Winger Seth Jarvis has been placed on the injured non-roster list per NHL.com’s Walt Ruff. He is recovering from a shoulder surgery performed in June. The surgery repaired a torn labrum and rotator cuff. Jarvis was set to miss between four-and-six months to rehab the injury. This update falls in-line with that timeline, which could place Jarvis out of the lineup for the first half of the season. He was s...
The Carolina Hurricanes announced Friday the team signed goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov to a two-year contract extension that will carry an average annual value of $3.95 million. According to a news release shared by Hurricanes, Kochetkov will earn a salary of $2.4 million with a $1.5-million signing bonus in 2027-28, then earn a $3-million salary with a $1-million bonus in 2028-29. “Pyotr is an incredibly talented goalie whose aggressive style fits our team very well,” Hurricanes general manager ...
Kochetkov missed the majority of 2025-26 with injury. He went 6-2-0 with an .899 SV% and 2.33 GAA in nine games.