The Carolina Hurricanes could potentially look to possibly sign two stars as meetings are set between them and both Sergei Bobrovsky and Matt Duchene.
The Hurricanes offseason so far has been relatively eventful. The Canes have been far from quiet the past few weeks. The team made a splash in the draft getting praise from several draft analyst. Scott Wheeler from the Athletic stated that “In six years of doing this, I have never been impressed with a team’s performance at the draft as I am by Carolina’s this weekend”.
The praise was echoed by the team about how excited they were regarding what they were able to pull from the draft. Experts raved about first round pick Ryan Suzuki claiming that he has “Elite hockey sense, Elite hands, Elite playmaking ability”. Now does that type of player sound like anybody to you?
Perhaps Canes star Sebastian Aho comes to mind? Both players are 6’0″, 176 and shoot left handed. Suzuki is shifty and has tremendous playmaking ability, reminding me a lot of Sebastian Aho’s game. If our first rounder is a Sebastian Aho clone, then this offseason is already a success.
However the Hurricanes power moves didn’t stop with just Ryan Suzuki. The Canes grabbed what many ranked the second best goalie in the draft with prospect Pyotr Kochetkov. The Canes also grabbed more studs in Jamison Rees, Patrik Puistola, Anttoni Honka, and Domenick Fensore who were all picked ahead of when they were projected.
The Canes draft was phenomenal but Don Waddell wasn’t done yet for the weekend. Waddell traded prospect Aleksi Saarela and Calvin De Haan to Chicago for Goalie Anton Forsberg and Gustav Forsling. The move was likely to clear Calvin De Haan’s cap space to potentially land the Canes a sizable contacted free agent.
The Canes have yet to sign this past seasons goalie tandem in Mrazek and McElhinney. The Canes are likely going to look for a goalie in free agency as well as another top tier forward. Sergei Bobrovsky and Matt Duchene are rumored to have meetings set up with the Canes.