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What The Carolina Hurricanes Could Do Without Eric Staal

Eric Staal was injured yesterday at the World Championships and while nothing has been announced on the severity of the injury, it is possible that Staal could miss time during the regular season. The…Read More

Why Jeff Skinner At Center Does Not Make Sense

In the last three games of the season, Coach Kirk Muller tried Jeff Skinner at center, a position he had not played in since his junior days with the Kitchener Rangers. Skinner looked fine in the position,…Read More

Carolina Hurricanes Win Second In A Row

The Carolina Hurricanes extended their winning streak to two for the first time in over a month with a 4-3 shootout win over the New York Islanders. Even more important for the Canes was that depth players…Read More

Takeaways From the Carolina Hurricanes’ First Week

Through the first two games of their season, the Carolina Hurricanes showed how much the extended offseason and lack of training camp had effected their team. They held the bizarre (though auspicious)…Read More

Why the Carolina Hurricanes Have One of the Most Potent Offenses in the NHL

With the notable exception of the Minnesota Wild, I think it’s fair to say that there weren’t many teams in the NHL who were nearly as active this past offseason as the Carolina Hurricanes. It’s…Read More

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It’s Time: The Canes Are Ready to Play

Today Jeff Skinner made his presence known as he joined the group of skaters in Raleigh after being…Read More

Day 61 Of NHL Lock Out

Greetings Caniacs! I am not sure about you but I really thought the CBA negotiations were coming to…Read More

Carolina Hurricanes’ Rutherford Made Good Choices

There’s really no getting around the fact that this past summer was a redemption year for Jim…Read More

Why Jim Rutherford is Raleigh’s Man of the Year

I waited two days to blog about the Skinner extension because I knew if I wrote the minute I heard the…Read More

Hurricanes Get an “F” in Assigning an “A”

Technically the role of Captain/Alternate Captain is limited to being the only player on the ice that…Read More

Pumping the Brakes on Caniac Nation

The other day I saw a comment on a Carolina Hurricanes fan page that read “Stanley Cup here we…Read More

What the Semin Signing Really Means for Carolina

Days after the end of the season, Hurricanes General Manager Jim Rutherford said his top focus in…Read More

Hurricane Warning: Storm to Surge with Staal and Semin

Going into this offseason, Caniacs were hopeful GM Jim Rutherford was going to snag Zach Parise or Ryan…Read More

Did Canes Win Ruutu-Ladd Trade in 2008?

Any time a trade is made in  professional sports, talking heads, fans, and media types rush to figure…Read More

Best of Both Worlds Possible for The Hurricanes

I’m not very happy about it, but it looks like we’ve been painted into a corner. It seems…Read More

Southeast Mid-Summer Grades

With most of the dust settled on summer free agents, I wanted to look at what each team in the Southeast…Read More

Top 10 Most Significant Hurricanes Players : A Revisionist’s View

OK, Listen up because I’m only going to explain this once. As with anything I do, the rules are…Read More

Can Canes Be Successful?

What makes a successful NHL team? The answer to that question differs depending on what city you live…Read More

Friday Top 5: Jussi Jokinen Goals

Jussi Jokinen has been a staple of the Hurricanes for the past 3+ seasons and while his production this…Read More

Puck Drops on Hurricanes Free Agent Frenzy

  Greetings Caniacs! July 1st was the official puck drop to craziness in the NHL, as far as player…Read More