The NHL and the Carolina Hurricanes released the official logo to the 2011 NHL All-Star Game. The announcements of the logo has been the biggest news since the announcement of the all-star game in Raleigh. The logo is underlined with the Hurricanes logo and looks great in my opinion.
The other news was the announcement of a 5,000 ft banner to hang off the RBC Plaza in downtown. The banner will feature former All-Stars Patrick Kane, Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin, and Hurricanes captain Eric Staal.  The banner should be completed by Saturday for the 5th annual Raleigh Wide [...]

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Riley Nash 2007 Oilers 1st Round Pick looks to make impact for Hurricanes in 2010-2011
\The Carolina Hurricanes have only made a couple minor signings, as expected, over the last couple of weeks with the chance that some like Riley Nash could show huge return. The Hurricanes also went the way of cheap and two-way contracts to players such as Justin Pogge, Brett Carson, and Bryan Rodney.
The biggest decision the Hurricanes have made in the last couple of weeks was to give Justin Peters and Justin Pogge each two-way deals. With the deals it sees the [...]

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The Carolina Hurricanes have had some noticeable things already happen this summer.  The biggest new was when Peter Karmanos Jr. told the world that he was looking for a minority owner to take over 49% of the teams finances.  When giving a statement Karmanos Jr. had this to say, “My partner, Tom Thewes, passed away two years ago, and we have been putting around trying to figure  how to replace the partner,” said Hurricanes owner Peter Karmanos Jr. , who currently controls 100 percent of the franchise. “We just went to Allen & Co. to explore the [...]

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Tuomo Ruutu was known as a injury plagued player while playing for the Chicago Blackhawks. In 2007-2008 the Hurricanes and Blackhawks decided to make a trade for two former top 5 draft picks when the Blackhawks sent Ruutu to Carolina for Andrew Ladd at the trade deadline. Ruutu helped the team take off after the deadline, but the Hurricanes would be eliminated from the post season on the last day of the season. Ruutu has brought physical element to Carolina along with the ability finish, pun intended, goals.
In 2009-2010 Tuomu Ruutu played only 54 games [...]

Chad LaRose’s season can be summed up in one word, injuries. Chad LaRose has been a energy guy who gives everything he’s got, every night since his call to the NHL in 2005-2006. LaRose coming off of a career year in 2008-2009, which he scored 19 goals and assisted on 12 more for a total of 31 points. However, 2009-2010 would prove to be a difficult one for LaRose as he would fight injuries just to be able to play.
In 2009-2010 Chad LaRose dressed only 56 times compared to 81 games the season before. Even though [...]

Tom Kostopoulos came to Carolina in the off-season via free agency with a reputation as a guy who can keep the locker room light and brings grit to the ice. Kostopoulos by coming to Carolina, came to a completely different hockey market. He played in Montreal for 2 season prior to Carolina and totaled 15 goals and 20 assists. Tom has seen four different NHL cities in his career as he went from the Penguins to the Kings to the Canadians while also spending some time in the AHL in between.
This season Kostopoulos became a fan favorite with his [...]

Oh say can JU-SSI. Yes Jussi Jokinen had a great playoff season last year, but he did not let it end there as he truly had a break out season. Before this season Jokinen was known as Mr. Shootout , because he has the best shootout percentage in the NHL and was perfect in 2005-2006.
This season Jokinen really stepped up his game during his first full season as a Hurricane. When the team was going through a rough patch in October and November, Jokinen was the most reliable scorer. Jokinen came off a season [...]

Before the season Patrick Dwyer was thought to be just a AHL caliber player.  This season he proved that he is indeed a NHL caliber player and proved to be a good 3rd to 4th line player.  Dwyer proved to be a good surprise in a season of very few good surprises.
Patrick Dwyer was called up in mid-november after the Hurricanes suffered an aray of injuries.  Dwyer soon became a very reliable player on the ice in penalty kill situations.  Now Dwyer will never be a 20 goal scorer, but brings some grit to a team in transition.  Dwyer played [...]