Carolina Hurricanes
CAROLINA HURRICANES NEWS CLIPPINGS • June 25, 2021 Gold: Canes consider who to protect from the Kraken By Adam Gold Remember, Brock McGinn is an unrestricted free agent and, as a favorite of the head coach, is a likely candidate to be In about one month, the Seattle Kraken will enter the NHL resigned. player procurement phase of their existence. It’s the league’s expansion draft in which they’ll be able to select one player Slavin and Pesce are obvious. Carolina’s two best from each NHL team’s roster. Well, other than the Vegas defensemen and lifetime Hurricanes. For my money, the Golden Knights, as they’re exempt from this process having future has Pesce with a letter on his chest (with Aho wearing just entered the league a few years ago. the “C” after Staal’s reign) based on his character and reliability. Both players are going to be due substantial salary The rules are simple. Everyone on your roster or in your increases in the coming years (Slavin in four, Pesce after system that has been a pro for two seasons and is either three), but they should be the Duncan Keith and Brent under contract or a restricted free agent is eligible for Seabrook of this franchise. selection. There is the odd player or two that is exempt and for the Carolina Hurricanes, Martin Necas falls into that Skjei proved incredibly valuable to Carolina this year, category. swallowing up big minutes in high-leverage situations. When Slavin was out, once with Covid-19 and then due to injury, Each team can protect players from being selected by Sjkei stepped into the void and excelled.
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