Carolina Hurricanes Morning Headlines: Connor McDavid, Ryan Reaves, and Nashville Predators

November is underway, which means we are entering the heart of the NHL season. What do the Carolina Hurricanes and the other 29 teams have planned for the coming months?

Edmonton Oilers rookie star Connor McDavid is set to miss a lot of time due to a clavicle injury. How will it effect the high-flying young team in Alberta?

The NHL has decided to fine Ryan Reaves for roughing Anze Kopitar of the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday. Was it deserved?

The Nashville Predators certainly aren’t lacking young talent, but with young talent comes big contract extensions. It looks like they are on their way to extending two important pieces of their future.

Let’s take a look at today’s news.

Carolina Hurricanes Links

• The Carolina Hurricanes have seen their minor league affiliate light it up this season. As Jordan Futrell discusses, the Charlotte Checkers have found shootout success in the shootout as of late. (Canes & Coffee)
• The addition of Kris Versteeg has been more than prudent for the Carolina Hurricanes. Mark Jones discussed his play thus far and how he has fit into the lineup. (Today’s Slapshot)

Connor McDavid Out “Long-Term” – Oilers.com

The buzz around Connor McDavid entering his rookie season was early overwhelming for everyone in the hockey world, but the 18-year-old forward handled everything well and got off to a 12 point start in his first 13 NHL games.

Unfortunately, that hot start will be put on hold for McDavid and the Oil. The rookie is set to be out “long-term” with a broken clavicle.

According to Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal, he will require surgery and miss months, plural.

Amid all the bad news surrounding McDavid, it could have been worse. According to Darren Dreger, he avoided damage to the surrounding tissue, and a best-case scenario has him slated to be out 7-8 weeks.

Connor McDavid’s incredibly bright NHL career will have to be put on hold for the foreseeable future, which is definitely a blow to the Edmonton Oilers.

Ryan Reaves Gates Fined – NHL Player Safety

The National Hockey League Department of Player Safety has fined St. Louis Blue forward Ryan Reaves the $3,024.19 for roughing Los Angeles Kings forward Anze Kopitar in a game on Tuesday. The dollar amount was the highest the NHL could’ve fined Reaves according to the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Reaves brought his right arm up and made contact with Kopitar’s head. Kopitar did not have the puck and was not in a situation in which he could’ve been expected to defend himself, as the video below shows.

It was clearly a dirty play from Ryan Reaves, a player who has based his career off of physical play. In 286 career games, he has just 34 points, but he has a staggering 529 penalty minutes.

Preds Look to Extend Stars – Elliotte Friedman

The Nashville Predators have a nice future to build around with forward Filip Forsberg and defenseman Seth Jones, and now they are looking to make sure that they’ll have them both around long term.

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According to Elliotte Friedman, the Preds are looking to lock down their stars, and although nothing is imminent; the two sides are “grinding away”

“Slowly and carefully the Predators continue contract discussions with Filip Forsberg and Seth Jones. Nashville reached out during the summer to get things started, and things are grinding away. Nothing imminent. Both players are with CAA, but different agents.”

Nashville is off to a remarkable 7-2-2 start, but they are trapped in an extremely tight and talented Central Division. They sit in 4th despite their great record, behind the Dallas Stars, St. Louis Blue and Minnesota Wild.

Jones and Forsberg have both been big parts of the club’s great start, and it will likely stay that way for many years to come.

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Last Night’s NHL Scores

WPG Goals: Dustin Byfuglien, Mark Scheifele, Alexander Brumistrov, Bryan Little

TOR Goals: Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau, Leo Komarov 

STL Goals: Alexander Steen (x2) , Robby Fabri, Jay Bouwmeester, David Backes, Vladimir Tarasenko

CHI Goals: Marko Dano, Andrew Shaw, Teuvo Teravainen, Brent Seabrook, Patrick Kane

PIT Goals: David Perron, Sidney Crosby, Eric Fehr

VAN Goals: Daniel Sedin, Jannik Hansen

FLA Goals: Rocco Grimaldi, Eric Gudbranson

ANA Goals: Chris Stewart, Corey Perry, Chris Stewart (game-winner in shootout)