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The Carolina Hurricanes signed Tanabe to a one-year contract with $900,000 on Tuesday. The Hurricanes drafted the defenseman seven years ago. He spent the last season with the Phoenix Coyotes and the Boston Bruins. |
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The Raleigh News and Observer reported that Kaberle is still being bothered by a sore shoulder and may not be ready for the start of the season. The Hurricanes begin their defense of the Stanley Cup on Oct. 4 at home against the Buffalo Sabres. |
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Kaberle scored six goals with 38 assists for 44 points in 77 games for the Hurricanes last season -- his first with the team. The defenseman had four goals and nine assists in 25 playoffs games to help the team to its first Stanley Cup title. |
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Stillman is expected to be sidelined for 3-4 months after undergoing right shoulder surgery on Friday. The left winger will miss the Hurricanes' season opener against the Buffalo Sabres on Oct. 4 when they begin their defense of the Stanley Cup title. |
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Stillman finished tied for second on the Hurricanes with 76 points (21 goals and 55 assists) with Justin Williams last season. He scored nine goals and added 17 assists and was a plus-12 in 25 playoffs games to help the Hurricanes to their first Stanley Cup championship. |
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The Carolina signed Boulerice to a one-year contract Wednesday. |
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Boulerice, who is entering his fifth NHL season, finished with 64 penalty minutes in 38 games last season. He will earn $450,000 at the NHL level and $75,000 at the American Hockey League level. |
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Walker was traded to the Carolina Hurricanes from the Nashville Predators for center Josef Vasicek on Tuesday. Walker recorded five goals and 11 assists in 33 games last season after being limited with a strained groin that needed surgery. The 33-year-old right wing was the Predators' all-time leading scorer with 247 career points and the last player on the team who played on opening night for the expansion franchise in 1998. |
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Walker has 106 goals and 185 assists in 607 career games spanning 11 seasons. |
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Willis signed a one-year contract with the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday, returning to the team that drafted him in the fourth round in 1997. The unrestricted free agent, who played in Europe last season, will earn $450,000 if he makes the team and $115,000 if he is sent to Carolina's AHL affiliate in Albany. |
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Willis has 31 goals and 43 assists in 174 career NHL games spanning five seasons with Carolina and Tampa Bay. |
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The Hurricanes agreed to terms with Kowalski on a one-year contract Friday. |
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Kowalski started last season with the Florida Everblades, Carolina's ECHL affiliate, before being recalled to Lowell of the AHL. He later joined the Hurricanes as the team's practice and emergency goaltender. |
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Letowski agreed to a two-year, $800,000 deal with the Hurricanes on Thursday. The right wing had 10 goals and 18 assists for Columbus last season. The 29-year-old Letowski has 73 goals and 102 assists in 480 games with Phoenix, Vancouver and Columbus. |
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The Hurricanes re-signed Wesley to a one-year, $1.2 million contract on Thursday. The 37-year-old defenseman had two goals and eight assists in 64 regular-season games last year and added two assists in 25 playoff games as Carolina won its first Stanley Cup championship. |
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Wesley has 126 goals, 390 assists and 937 penalty minutes in 1,311 career games over 18 seasons with Boston, Toronto and Carolina. |
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The Hurricanes re-signed Cole to a three-year, $12 million contract on Wednesday. The 27-year-old left wing had 30 goals and 29 assists for 59 points last season, all career highs, despite missing the final 22 regular-season games with a fractured vertebra in his neck. "His size, speed and skill make him the ideal player for today's NHL, and he is one of the cornerstones of our team going forward," Hurricanes president and general manager Jim Rutherford said. |
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Cole returned for Games 6 and 7 of the Stanley Cup finals to help Carolina win its first NHL championship. He has 78 goals and 90 assists in 274 career games spanning four seasons, all with the Hurricanes. |
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Staal signed a three-year, $13.5 million contract Saturday that will keep him with the Stanley Cup champion Hurricanes through 2009. "There was no thoughts of going anywhere else," the 21-year-old Staal said. "I won a championship there. It's what you strive for every year and we've got a great group of players, and I want to be there." |
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Staal more than tripled his production this season for Carolina -- scoring 100 points in 82 games after registering just 31 as a rookie in 2003-04 -- to finish seventh in the NHL in points and eighth in goals with 45. |
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Grahame signed a two-year contract with the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday. The 30-year-old goaltender went 29-22-1 with a 3.06 goals-against average in 57 games with the Tampa Bay Lightning last season. "With the departure of Marty Gerber to free agency, John completes our goaltending tandem for the next two years," Carolina general manager Jim Rutherford said. "I feel very strongly about John's competitiveness and his ability to help our team continue to win." |
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Grahame is 82-66-1 with a 2.69 GAA in 179 career games with the Boston Bruins and the Lightning. |
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Adams signed a three-year contract with Carolina on Friday that will pay him $600,000 per year. The right wing set career-highs with 10 goals and 21 points this season as the Hurricanes hoisted the Stanley Cup. |
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Hutchinson signed a two-year contract with Carolina on Friday that will pay him $450,000 this season and $500,000 in 2007-08. The defenseman was enjoying a career-best regular season before getting injured and missing the final 25 games of the regular season and the entire playoffs as the Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup. |
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Williams signed a five-year, $17.5 million deal on Friday to stay with Carolina. The 24-year-old right wing had a breakout season, finishing with 31 goals and 45 assists to tie for second place on the Stanley Cup champions with 76 points. He also had seven goals in the playoffs, including an empty-net tally in Carolina's 3-1 Game 7 win over Edmonton in the Stanley Cup finals. |
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Wallin signed a four-year, $6.9 million deal on Friday to stay with Carolina. The 31-year-old defenseman scored a career-high four goals in 50 games this season. |
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Kaberle re-signed with Carolina on Tuesday, agreeing to a four-year contract that will pay him $2.2 million a year. The Hurricanes' defenseman scored the winning goal in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals against Edmonton a week ago. "He is a good-skating and experienced defenseman in the prime of his career, and he will play a big role in the team's future," Hurricanes general manager Jim Rutherford said. |
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Kaberle finished with four goals and nine assists during the postseason. He had six goals and a career-best 38 assists during 77 regular-season games. |
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Brind'Amour agreed to terms with Carolina for a five-year, $18-million contract, the team announced on Friday. The Hurricanes' captain will receive $4 million in each of the first three years and $3 million in each of the last two. He scored 12 postseason goals and added six assists to lead Carolina to its first Stanley Cup and won the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the league's best defensive forward. |
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Brind'Amour finished the regular season with 31 goals and 39 assists. He led NHL forwards in ice time (24:17 per game) and faceoffs taken (2,145) and finished third in faceoff percentage (59.1). |
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Brind'Amour won his first Selke Trophy on Thursday as the NHL's best defensive forward. The Carolina captain, who won his first Stanley Cup three days ago, led NHL forwards in ice time (24:17 per game) and faceoffs taken (2,145) and finished third with a 59.1 win percentage. |
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This was his first time nominated for the award, beating out Dallas' Jere Lehtinen and Ottawa's Mike Fischer. Brind'Amour finished with 31 goals and 39 assists in 78 games this season. |
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Ward won the Conn Smythe Trophy on Monday as the most valuable player in the postseason after leading Carolina to its first Stanley Cup. The 22-year-old goaltender made 22 saves in Game 7 on Monday as the Hurricanes won 3-1 over Edmonton. Ward began the playoffs as a backup to Martin Gerber, but finished with more playoff wins (15) than regular season victories (14) and boasted a 2.14 goals-against average. He is just the fourth rookie to win the Conn Smythe trophy. |
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Ward was 14-8-2 during the regular season with a 3.68 GAA. |