NHL Rumors: Unanswered query for the Central Division, and a few Carolina Hurricanes selections

Unanswered question for the Central Division

Ryan Dixon of Sportsnet: Will the Colorado Avalanche be succesful to sign defenseman Devon Toews to a contract extension sooner than the start of the season?

Will the Dallas Stars add a defenseman sooner than the start of the season? The Stars have some forward prospects that will curiosity the Calgary Flames, who’ve Noah Hanifin who doesn’t want to re-sign.

Will Mark Scheifele and Connor Hellebuyck start the season with the Winnipeg Jets? GM Kevin Cheveldayoff clearly isn’t going to rush into one thing.

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The Carolina Hurricanes might have some choices on the blue line and in web

Cory Lavalette of The Athletic: (mailbag) The Carolina Hurricanes transferring one in all Brett Pesce or Brady Skjei is definitely an opportunity. The Hurricanes bringing in Tony DeAngelo to be their seventh defenseman doesn’t make sense.

The Hurricanes are in no rush to make a switch as they’re under the cap and should stay up for the proper deal. They don’t wish to maneuver any individual merely to maneuver any individual. The Canes don’t should commerce one for a forward within the occasion that they don’t want to.

Pesce is essentially the most positively to be moved and would suppose they could want on the very least a first-round select once more. They could use the extra first-round select on the commerce deadline or shortly.

The Hurricanes don’t have an AHL affiliate this 12 months nonetheless found teams for a lot of of their AHL players however it may be tough for his or her goaltenders. They re-signed every Frederik Andersen ($3.4 million) and Antti Raanta ($1.5 million) and have Pyotr Kochetkov under contract at $2 million.

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Carrying all three isn’t finest however it’s solely a blended $6.9 million cap hit. Loaning Kochetkov to a AHL workers that doesn’t have his enchancment as a priority moreover isn’t a wonderful situation. Andersen and Raanta have factors with the staying healthful.