Carolina Hurricanes News

Carolina Hurricanes general manager Jim Rutherford said Thursday he has met with forward Tuomo Ruutu to discuss Ruutu's future with the team, and said a decision should be reached next week.

According TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun, Carolina Hurricanes general manager Jim Rutherford will try to re-sign the pending free agent forward.

The Colorado Avalanche are among a handful of teams fighting for the final Western Conference playoff berth.

There aren't too many teams in the NHL right now who are completely out of the playoff race, which is the reason no one is selling yet.

The Hurricanes battled the Ducks mightily in Anaheim for over 60 minutes Wednesday night only to get tripped up by a Peel and a Corey Perry one timer at 2:14 in overtime.

Got a question on rule clarification, comments on rule enforcements or some memorable NHL stories? Kerry Fraser wants to answer your emails at cmonref@tsn.ca ! I was watching the Ducks and Carolina game and in the OT, with little over 2 minutes to go, Correy Perry appeared to trip up a Carolina player, forcing him out of the play and leaving Perry ... (more)

Carolina's Ruutu Scores In Loss To Anaheim Wednesday : Tuomo Ruutu got Carolina's night off to a good start when he scored the first goal of the game at the 17:57 mark of the first period, but Anaheim would go on to win 3-2 in overtime.

I know the Sens wouldn't be upset if they didn't see him doing one of their games again any time soon.

With the NHL trade deadline just a few weeks away, rumors are beginning to heat up as the contenders continue to distance themselves from the pretenders.

Hurricanes forward Jeff Skinner is starting to find his groove again after missing time with a head injury.

Hurricanes forward Jeff Skinner is starting to find his groove again after missing time with a head injury.

Every year at the NHL trade deadline, there is considerable interest in "rental players." These are players who can be unrestricted free agents July 1. In recent years, contending teams have paid a high price to acquire these players for their playoff runs, even though they expect to lose them after the season.

"It is not a big market in terms of the number of sellers," Fletcher said. "And second, the prices are very high.

The Carolina Hurricanes signed forward Anthony Stewart to a two-year free-agent contract after last season, hoping he could help make up for the loss of Erik Cole.

While Alexei Ponikarovsky has only been a Devil for a few games, he has been one of the more effective players for the Devils over the last few games.

With the NHL Trade Deadline only weeks away, teams are making decisions on whether to buy or sell and deciding which players can make the biggest difference or hold the greatest value.

It's been eerily quiet on the NHL trade front, but the sense is it could be the Carolina Hurricanes that get things going this week with a trade or two.

With the early season movements of Tomas Kaberle and Alexei Ponikarovsky and the Hurricanes placing Anthony Stewart on waivers Monday, all signs point to the Hurricanes making noise at the trade deadline at the end of February.

January 31, 2012; Raleigh, NC, USA; Carolina Hurricanes coach Kirk Muller has a talk with referee Brad Meier during the 2nd period against the New York Islanders at the RBC center.

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