Ryan is an excellent face-off specialist and would make a solid bottom-six center and is an excellent story, while Stempniak, is starting to find his groove after missing much of the season. This might be the right time to make a move for a scoring forward.ĭuhatschek also notes that the team, who recently waived Marcus Kruger and Josh Jooris, could also look to move another pair of veterans at the deadline including Derek Ryan and Lee Stempniak. The team has rookie Haydn Fleury back next year and likely will have 2016 first-rounder Jake Bean coming in. Defenseman Noah Hanifin will be a restricted free agent next year and should get a solid raise. Carolina already have Jaccob Slavin and Brett Pesce under contract and both their extensions will kick in next year at a combined $9.325MM. The team already has captain Justin Faulk leading the defense and although he’s not having as good of a campaign as a year ago, he might make for a good trade chip especially as the defensive salary cap will rise for the team next season. The scribe writes that the Hurricanes have quite a bit of depth on the blueline and it should get deeper soon. However, the team might end up being sellers at the trade deadline as the young team have quite a few trade chips that could help this team down the road, according to The Athletic’s Eric Duhatschek (subscription required). Afterall, they have won two in a row and currently are clinging to the second and final wildcard spot in the Eastern Conference. The Carolina Hurricanes are by no means out of the playoff hunt.
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