Carolina Hurricanes
The whole organization. One connected view.
Eastern Conference · Metropolitan DivisionOpen GM workspace2026–27
Current roster2415 F · 7 D · 2 GKnown commitmentsUS$98.2M26 / 36 contracts pricedFarm system#24Thin · board consensusNext game@ STLOct 24
Line combinations
Provider projection · 2026-10-12
#28
#20
#37
#71
#22
#53
#27
#77
#48
#50
#82
#74
#5
#19
#26
#4
#6Goaltending
Brandon Bussi
#32 · CAR · 28 years- SV%
- GAA
- Games
2025–26 · NHL regular season
Shots on goal faced
816 saves97 goals allowed
Source & scope
NHL stats API goalie summary (aggregated across clubs), data/goalie-stats-2025-26.json · 2026-09-21T18:03:37.296Z. Current roster; statistics from the stated season, across clubs. This selection does not identify tonight’s starter. Condensed footage does not establish full video coverage.
Contract horizon
Cap & contractsKnown AAV · 2026–2726 priced deals · 10 AAV unknown
Ceiling · ConfirmedUS$104M
Known committed share94.5%
Ceiling less known AAVUS$5.8M
ForwardsDefenceGoalies
Line: season-specific ceiling. * Outlook or assumption. Balance is not certified cap room.
Cap outlook assumptions
Local to this panel; does not change the GM financial scenario ceiling.
Sources, coverage & amounts
Sum of known AAV, not a complete payroll forecast or available cap room. Relief, bonuses and other charges are excluded. The file may contain later-dated signed terms; its file stamp is not a historical as-of reconstruction.
NHL/NHLPA · 2026–27: $104M · 2026-05-06
NHL/NHLPA · 2027–28: $113.5M · 2025-01-31 · subject to adjustment
Elliotte Friedman / Sportsnet · 2028–29: $127.5M · 2026-09-25 · reported estimate, not confirmed
Beyond that, no published limit in the checked sources. Any chosen growth is a planning assumption, not a forecast. Expiring commitments do not automatically fund a complete future roster.
0 contracts with unresolved terms remain outside the bars.
- F
- 66,808,333 USD
- D
- 27,540,000 USD
- G
- 3,900,000 USD
0 priced signed extensions included this season.
Contract ledger · file stamp 2026-09-21
Prospect pathways
Prospects
William HåkanssonD · Luleå HFNHLETA —
Kurban LimatovD · MHK Dynamo MoskvaNHLETA —
Bradly NadeauL · Chicago WolvesNHLETA —
Context & more prospects
Farm-board notables; recorded development stage, not an arrival forecast.
William Håkansson: 22 GP · 2025–26 · 2 points
Kurban Limatov: 46 GP · 2025–26 · 30 points
Bradly Nadeau: 52 GP · 2025–26 · 56 points
Selection follows the farm board's published notable order. The NHL step is a pathway, not a confirmed move. Arrival dates and current rights are not verified here.
Dominik Badinka
Felix Unger-Sörum
All pathways & roster lanes →What changed
All moves- Alexander Nikishinplaced on injured reserve
Reported event
Results, standings & source context
2026–27 regular season · current roster
Team overview
What the contracts tell us
What the contracts mean for the next moves
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Next game
2026–27
Upcoming games, columns & export
| Date | Opponent | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| at STL | Regular season | ||
| vs BOS | Regular season | ||
| vs CBJ | Regular season | ||
| vs WPG | Regular season | ||
| at NSH | Regular season |
White noise · as of 2026-10-18 · social 2026-10-18
Carolina Hurricanes are in the middle of the pack for attention (63rd percentile); attention is up on the usual
How much the club is being talked about: the league's stories tagged to the club and to its players, daily pageviews of the club's article against its 90-day baseline, and posts naming the club on the connected networks (Bluesky). Attention, measured; not a claim about what it does to the room.
Social: .
Carrying the noise: Jordan Staal (), Taylor Hall (), Sebastian Aho ().
Latest from the league: Preview: October 18 at Calgary (2026-10-18) · Jankowski, Hurricanes defeat Jets for seventh straight win (2026-10-18) · Recap: Canes Kick Off Road Trip With Win In Winnipeg (2026-10-17)
Contract ledger · researched 2026-09-21
Carolina Hurricanes contracts, 2026–27 onward
Every contract CapOrCup could source, one row per player, one column per season. Certified rows match a club or NHL release. Reported rows come from a named outlet and are labelled. Contracts with no public source are listed separately, and none are estimated.
| Player | 2026–27 | 2027–28 | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forwards · | |||
| Sebastian AhoCertifiedCNMC | |||
| Nikolaj EhlersCertifiedLNMC | |||
| Seth JarvisCertifiedR | |||
| Andrei SvechnikovCertifiedRM-NTC | |||
| Logan StankovenCertifiedC | |||
| Jackson BlakeCertifiedR | |||
| Jesperi KotkaniemiCertifiedCM-NTC | |||
| Taylor HallCertifiedLNMC | |||
| Jordan MartinookCertifiedLM-NTC | |||
| Jordan StaalCertifiedC | |||
| William CarrierCertifiedLNMC | |||
| Mark JankowskiCertifiedL | |||
| Eric RobinsonCertifiedLM-NTC | |||
| Bradly NadeauReportedL | |||
| Nicolas DeslauriersCertifiedL | |||
| Juha JaaskaCertifiedL | |||
| Viktor NeuchevCertifiedL | |||
| Ivan RyabkinCertifiedC | |||
| Defence · | |||
| K'Andre MillerCertifiedD | |||
| Jaccob SlavinCertifiedD | |||
| Sean WalkerCertifiedDM-NTC | |||
| Shayne GostisbehereCertifiedDM-NTC | |||
| Jalen ChatfieldCertifiedDNMC | |||
| Joel NystromReportedD | |||
| Charles Alexis LegaultCertifiedD | |||
| Pierre-Olivier JosephReportedD | |||
| Mike ReillyCertifiedD | |||
| Dominik BadinkaCertifiedD | |||
| Noel FransénCertifiedD | |||
| Aleksi HeimosalmiCertifiedD | |||
| Bryce MontgomeryCertifiedD | |||
| Ronan SeeleyCertifiedD | |||
| Juuso VälimäkiCertifiedD | |||
| Goalies · | |||
| Pyotr KochetkovCertifiedG | |||
| Brandon BussiCertifiedG | |||
| Zach SawchenkoCertifiedG | |||
| Sourced total | |||
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Cap or Cup · league-wide signals
Who is earning the cap hit
Each priced CAR skater compared with every priced skater at the same position in the league. Open a signal for the full drill-down on the league board: the tests, the numbers, and what would change it.
Private scenario · 2026–27
Carolina Hurricanes cap planner
Enter figures you trust. The planner never turns missing contract data into a published total, and saves only in this browser.
Line 1
Blake · Stankoven · Aho · Svechnikov · Jarvis
Line 2
Ehlers · Hall
Line 3
Martinook · Staal
Line 4
Carrier · Robinson · Jankowski · Kotkaniemi · Deslauriers
Pair 1
Walker · Miller
Pair 2
Chatfield · Slavin
Pair 3
Gostisbehere · Reilly · Nystrom · Joseph
Projected lineup · as of 2026-10-12
Carolina Hurricanes as the feed projects it
Sportradar NHL API v7, team depth charts depth chart (licensed feed (30-day trial)): the club's intended lines, pairs, power-play units and goalie order, under Rod Brind'Amour. Measured lines above come from last season's shift charts; this is what the club says it means to do. "Expected starter" is first on the chart, not a confirmed start.
Line 1 · William Carrier · Sebastian Aho · Andrei Svechnikov
Line 2 · Taylor Hall · Logan Stankoven · Jackson Blake
Line 3 · Nikolaj Ehlers · Mark Jankowski · Jordan Martinook
Line 4 · Eric Robinson · Jesperi Kotkaniemi · Eric Robinson
Pair 1 · Jaccob Slavin · Jalen Chatfield
Pair 2 · K'Andre Miller · Sean Walker
Pair 3 · Shayne Gostisbehere · Mike Reilly
Power play 1 · Andrei Svechnikov · Sebastian Aho · Jackson Blake · Nikolaj Ehlers · Shayne Gostisbehere
Power play 2 · Taylor Hall · Jesperi Kotkaniemi · Logan Stankoven · K'Andre Miller · Sean Walker
Goalies · expected starter Pyotr Kochetkov · Brandon Bussi
Official roster
Who is in the organization now
| Player | # | Pos | Age | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forwards · | ||||
| Sebastian Aho | 20 | C | ||
| Jackson Blake | 53 | R | ||
| William Carrier | 28 | L | ||
| Nicolas Deslauriers | 44 | L | ||
| Nikolaj Ehlers | 27 | L | ||
| Taylor Hall | 71 | L | ||
| Mark Jankowski | 77 | L | ||
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | 82 | C | ||
| Jordan Martinook | 48 | L | ||
| Bradly Nadeau | 29 | L | ||
| Eric Robinson | 50 | L | ||
| Jordan Staal | 11 | C | ||
| Logan Stankoven | 22 | C | ||
| Andrei Svechnikov | 37 | R | ||
| Felix Unger Sörum | 36 | R | ||
| Defense · | ||||
| Jalen Chatfield | 5 | D | ||
| Shayne Gostisbehere | 4 | D | ||
| K'Andre Miller | 19 | D | ||
| Mike Reilly | 6 | D | ||
| Jaccob Slavin | 74 | D | ||
| Juuso Välimäki | 8 | D | ||
| Sean Walker | 26 | D | ||
| Goalies · | ||||
| Brandon Bussi | 32 | G | ||
| Pyotr Kochetkov | 52 | G | ||
2025–26 production
Last season’s scoring leaders
Club totals with CAR.
| Player | GP | G | A | PTS | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1Range not available Sebastian AhoC | |||||
| #2Range not available Nikolaj EhlersL | |||||
| #3Range not available Andrei SvechnikovR | |||||
| #4Range not available Seth JarvisR | |||||
| #5Range not available Jackson BlakeR | |||||
| #6Range not available Shayne GostisbehereD | |||||
| #7Range not available Taylor HallL | |||||
| #8Range not available Logan StankovenC | |||||
| #9Range not available K'Andre MillerD | |||||
| #10Range not available Jordan StaalC |
Shots for
shots a game, expected per shot
Shots against
allowed a game, expected per shot
From the video · model judgement
How they gained the zone in condensed games
Read from the league's free condensed games: entries carried in against dumped in, entries denied at the line for and against, and the rest of what the model could see. A condensed game is a sample of the game, so these are observations from the games read, not season counts.
Games read: FLA at CAR (2026010026), NSH at CAR (2026010044).
Coaching style · 2025-26
rolls four lines; rides his top four defence
How the bench was run, measured from the shift charts and the play-by-play (a mid-season coaching change is not separated). Each is set against the league median; style words appear only where the club is clearly away from it.
System group
Plays like Montréal Canadiens, Edmonton Oilers, Utah Mammoth
Four groups found by clustering every club's shot profile for and against. The group is described only by the features that set it apart from the league; no label is invented for it.
Goal archive ·
Carolina Hurricanes: every goal, with the league's video
Preseason, regular season and playoffs are kept apart. Each row links to the NHL's own highlight page; no video is hosted here. Where a clip has been reviewed, the reading of it is a model judgement of the frames, not a measurement.
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Assistant GM
Carolina Hurricanes: the front-office read
Every idea below is computed from sourced contracts, 2025–26 production, roster lanes, pick ownership and standings. Nothing is a rumour. Prices are computed guides from production and contract surplus, not market quotes.
Direction and front office
Retooling
Reshaping the roster without a clear buy or sell pattern.
How this GM trades: . Sunk-cost risk: unknown.
Decisions that cannot wait
Most urgent
Ranked by how soon the decision is forced: offer-sheet dates, cap compliance, deadlines and sell-offs.
Brandt Clarke (LAK)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Seth Jones (FLA)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Sam Malinski (COL)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Shayne Gostisbehere
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Jalen Chatfield
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Plan for the cap you might get
Cap outlook
Sourced commitments against the announced or projected ceiling, and against a flat cap at today's (the ceiling stayed flat in 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24). Unpriced contracts are not counted, so real room is smaller.
| Season | Committed | Ceiling | Room (projected) | Room (flat cap) | Needs growth | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | ||||||
| 2027–28 | ||||||
| 2028–29 | ||||||
| 2029–30 |
Long, expensive contracts: Sebastian Aho ( through 2031–32: ); Nikolaj Ehlers ( through 2030–31: ); Seth Jarvis ( through 2031–32: ); Andrei Svechnikov ( through 2031–32: ); K'Andre Miller ( through 2032–33: ); Jaccob Slavin ( through 2032–33: ); Logan Stankoven ( through 2032–33: ); Jackson Blake ( through 2033–34: ).
Expansion: none announced
Protection slots are worth something
The NHL has not approved or announced an expansion team or expansion draft. In June 2026 it gave the Friedkin family a six-month window to explore a second Texas team in Houston or Austin (about $3.5 billion for the fee and an arena). The Board of Governors met on September 22, 2026 without announcing a decision; any expansion would still need a vote of the Board. No expansion draft is announced. Reported, not official: a Houston or Austin team could be awarded before the end of 2026 and would begin play in 2029-30, which would put its expansion draft in June 2029. The league is also reported to be talking with at least two other groups about a 34th team. Checks here apply the rules to today's rosters and contracts as a planning scenario, not a forecast. The format is not announced either: one new club per draft (a club could face a draft in consecutive years) or two clubs in the same draft (a club could lose two players at once). Under the 2021 rules a club protects 7 forwards, 3 defencemen and 1 goalie (or 8 skaters and 1 goalie). Every no-movement clause in force must be protected and uses a slot, so its real cost is the player it pushes off.
If a draft is announced: ask a no-move player to waive for the draft, trade an exposed player now rather than lose them for nothing, or make a side deal with the expansion club to steer its pick.
Where the roster is thin
Needs
A position (centre, wing, defence pair or goal) counts as a need when most of its regulars are unsigned past this season, or when they produce below the league average for that position.
Right-shot defence
- Established
- Signed for 2027–28
- Lane 5v5 pts/60
See it coming
Offer-sheet exposure
This club's own RFAs for summer 2027: what their production is worth on the open market, which compensation band an aggressive offer would fall in, and whether the club could match with the room it has committed. The 2027–28 ceiling is not set; this uses the current ceiling.
No pending RFA carries offer-sheet risk.
Players other clubs might move
Trade targets
Realistic targets, not wish lists: young players stuck behind veterans, salary a cap-strapped club has to move, rentals on selling clubs, and good contracts priced by what they are worth. Young franchise-core players and anyone with a no-move or full no-trade clause are left out.
Brandt Clarke (LAK)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Seth Jones (FLA)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Sam Malinski (COL)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Ty Gallagher (BOS)
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Latest roster move
- Price guide
Luca Marrelli (CBJ)
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Latest roster move
- Price guide
Ty Nelson (SEA)
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Latest roster move
- Price guide
Nick Perbix (NSH)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Latest roster move
- Projected slot
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Ilya Lyubushkin (NSH)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Latest roster move
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Brandon Carlo (STL)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
John Carlson (TBL)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Sean Durzi (NYR)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Tony DeAngelo (NYI)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Jordan Spence (OTT)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Nils Lundkvist (DAL)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Restricted free agents, summer 2027
Offer-sheet candidates
RFAs at clubs tight on cap. Compensation depends on the offer's AAV band and must be paid in the offering club's own picks; the Carlsson offer sheet in July 2026 showed how far a club will go to match.
Matias Maccelli (NYI)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Club injury listing
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Own 2027 picks held
Calum Ritchie (NYI)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Club injury listing
- Projected slot
- Own 2027 picks held
Gabe Perreault (NYR)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Own 2027 picks held
Maxim Shabanov (MIN)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Own 2027 picks held
Trades with three or more clubs
Multi-team ideas
Chains where every club receives a player in a need lane, gives up roughly what it gets, and stays under the cap. Salary retention is used at most once per contract (the 2025 MOU bars a second retention on the same contract within 75 regular-season days) and never above 50%.
ANA → DET → CAR → BOS
- ANA → DET: Rodwin Dionicio (blocked, )
Gate at DET: not confirmed. fit: not yet validated. - DET → CAR: Justin Faulk (sell-high, , DET retains )
Gate at CAR: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - CAR → BOS: Justin Robidas (blocked, )
Gate at BOS: blocked (waiver exemption). fit: not yet validated. - BOS → ANA: Fabian Lysell (blocked, )
Gate at ANA: blocked (waiver exemption). fit: not yet validated.
Ideas to start from
Trade concepts
Each is priced from the player's tier and the contract's surplus over its remaining term, then cap-checked: salary in against salary out. A shape to test, not a final price.
Concept: Ty Gallagher (BOS)
- Contract
- Price guide
- Opportunity
- Net cap change
Concept: Luca Marrelli (CBJ)
- Contract
- Price guide
- Opportunity
- Net cap change
Concept: John Carlson (TBL)
- Cap hit
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Opportunity
- Net cap change
Concept: Sean Durzi (NYR)
- Cap hit
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Opportunity
- Net cap change
Sell while the price is high
Decisions on value contracts
Players in their prime who produce more than their cap hit suggests, with the deal ending within two seasons: the moment their trade value peaks.
Shayne Gostisbehere
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Jalen Chatfield
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Nikolaj Ehlers
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Players to build around
Young players to build around
Players under 24, judged on NHL games played and five-on-five scoring rate, their prospect ranking, and what they are producing now.
Jackson Blake
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
Logan Stankoven
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
Cruz Lucius
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Latest roster move
Bradly Nadeau
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Latest roster move
- White noise
Charlie Cerrato
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Latest roster move
Summer 2027
Free-agent targets
Pending UFAs (26 to 32, no extension signed) in this club's need lanes. The current cap hit is shown for reference, not as an estimate of the next contract.
Artem Zub (OTT)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Latest roster move
- White noise
Alexandre Carrier (MTL)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
League context
Where the market is going
Price of production at signing: cap hit per point of pace in the season before the deal, from the sourced contract ledger. Samples depend on how many deals are priced.
The ledger holds contracts still active in 2026-27, so one- and two-year deals signed in 2024 are missing from the 2024 column. Segments with different term mixes are therefore not comparable here; the term-matched reading is the pricing study on the integrity page.
Goalies: by raw save percentage, a goalie's season after changing teams is almost unrelated to the one before (correlation across moves, vs for goalies who stayed). Adjusted for shot quality the gap disappears ( stayed vs moved): the system changes the shots a goalie faces, so judge goalies on goals saved above expected. of established-goalie trades returned a first-round pick against for productive skaters ( goalie trades: a small sample).
Largest cap hits signed in summer 2026: Leo Carlsson (), Connor Bedard (), Cutter Gauthier (), Pavel Dorofeyev (), Alex Tuch ().
Ask the Carolina Hurricanes assistant GM
Answers use only the ideas above, the club's contracts and trades, and the CBA, and cite each one. If the facts do not support an answer, it says so.
GM horizon
Eric Tulsky: 2.3 years in
How long GMs have lasted since 1967, and what that implies for a GM who has served this long. A GM who expects to be gone soon has a reason to buy today; this is the base rate, not a read on him.
Win-now premium
Carolina Hurricanes: what deadline rentals cost
A rental is a pending unrestricted free agent bought between January 1 and the deadline. Its price is the pick value sent, in expected career NHL games. Part of a price can be rational: a win is worth more to a club on the playoff line. This splits the price above the league mean into what the standings on the trade date explain and what they do not.
| Date | Rental | GM | Picks sent | Price | Win value | Vs mean | Not explained |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-02 | Shayne Gostisbehere | Don Waddell | 2026 round 3 | +41 | +41 |
| GM | Rentals (league-wide) | Mean price | Not explained: mean | 25th to 75th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Waddell | 2 | Not on file (fewer than 5 rentals (2)) | ||
Win value is the rise in the club's chance of reaching the playoff line from one more win, in percentage points. Units are expected career games of the picks sent; a price in cap-share dollars needs the Worth model on rentals, which is not adopted. Not netted: the rental's quality, salary retained by the seller, and players or prospects sent. A rental's expiry is quoted from the trade's NHL.com story, or from the contract archive where the story is silent (an archive expiry can be a restricted one).
Farm-system consensus · front-office read
The pipeline needs more impact bets. A few names can hit without making the overall system strong.
- 01Treat first- and second-round picks as scarce replenishment assets.
- 02Create real NHL auditions for cheap players before buying depth.
- 03Do not confuse one headliner with a complete pipeline.
Draft picks · 2027–2029
Carolina Hurricanes picks
Every round for the next three drafts: the club's own picks, picks it has acquired, and picks it has traded away, with any conditions. "Own" means the pick was checked against the club's trades since 2023; "Own, unconfirmed" means no trade is on record but that check has not been done.
Roster moves · as of 2026-10-17
Carolina Hurricanes roster moves
Waivers, claims, injured-reserve placements, assignments to the minors and signings in the last 45 days, as the club announced them (Sportradar NHL API v7, league transfers feed; licensed feed (30-day trial)). Facts, not inferences: no cause is read into an injured-reserve placement, and what each move does to the cap lives on the cap table.
Jordan Staal
Felix Unger Sorum
Alexander Nikishin
Bradly Nadeau
Juuso Valimaki
Charles Alexis Legault
Cayden Primeau
Henry Thrun
Juuso Valimaki
Felix Unger Sorum
Bradly Nadeau
Seth Jarvis
Justin Robidas
Pierre-Olivier Joseph
Juha Jaaska
Aleksi Heimosalmi
Noel Fransen
Jaccob Slavin
Zachary Lansard
Filip Ekberg
Josiah Slavin
Joel Nystrom
Ruslan Khazheyev
Charlie Cerrato
Dominik Badinka
Ronan Seeley
Zach Sawchenko
Viktor Neuchev
Gleb Trikozov
Ivan Ryabkin
Bryce Montgomery
Jackson Marthaler
Jakub Frolo
Zachary Jovanovski
Injury listings · as of 2026-10-18
Carolina Hurricanes injury listings
What the club has published (Sportradar NHL API v7, league injuries feed; licensed feed (30-day trial)): status, body area, listed-since and expected-return dates. CapOrCup infers no cause from a listing and keeps its own availability measure, games not dressed, separate.
Waiver wire · last 3 league days
Placed on waivers, league-wide
Every player any club placed on waivers in the last three league days, with what the feed shows next: claimed, cleared to the minors, or nothing yet. A claim costs no assets, only a roster spot and the whole contract, and claiming priority follows the standings.
Jacob Bernard-Docker
Aatu Raty
Alex Barre-Boulet
Fit components (description)
Who fits here: fit: not yet validated
No ranking of who fits Carolina Hurricanes is shown until the move backtest passes. What follows describes how Carolina Hurricanes plays and is coached, and the roster rules any addition must clear. The lane-based matchmaker stays on the Assistant GM.
Head coach: , in charge since 2018-10-04 (620 regular-season games on file). Assistants: Not on file.
How this staff has used players (2025-26), against what position and prior minutes predict:
Contracts counted toward the 50 limit: . Active roster for the 23-man limit: Not on file.
as of 2026-04-16
Carolina Hurricanes
trades
Carolina Hurricanes receive
GM: Eric Tulsky
- Stiven Sardarian
Buffalo Sabres receive
GM: Jarmo Kekalainen
- Future considerations
Carolina Hurricanes receive
GM: Eric Tulsky
- Kyle Masters
Anaheim Ducks receive
GM: Pat Verbeek
- Noah Philp
Carolina Hurricanes receive
GM: Eric Tulsky
Anaheim Ducks receive
GM: Pat Verbeek
- Kyle Masters
- 2026 6th-round pick ()
Montréal Canadiens receive
GM: Kent Hughes
- 2026 2nd-round pick ()
Carolina Hurricanes receive
GM: Eric Tulsky
- 2026 2nd-round pick ()
- 2026 4th-round pick ()
Calgary Flames receive
GM: Craig Conroy
- 2026 2nd-round pick ()
Carolina Hurricanes receive
GM: Eric Tulsky
- 2026 2nd-round pick ()
- 2026 3rd-round pick ()
Nashville Predators receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
- 2026 1st-round pick ()
Carolina Hurricanes receive
GM: Eric Tulsky
- 2026 2nd-round pick ()
- 2026 2nd-round pick
Carolina Hurricanes receive
GM: Eric Tulsky
Philadelphia Flyers receive
GM: Daniel Briere
- 2027 7th-round pick · conditional · now back with CAR
Carolina Hurricanes receive
GM: Eric Tulsky
Buffalo Sabres receive
GM: Jarmo Kekalainen
- Gavin Bayreuther
Carolina Hurricanes receive
GM: Eric Tulsky
- Kyle Masters
- 2026 4th-round pick
San Jose Sharks receive
GM: Mike Grier
- 2027 5th-round pick · now back with CAR
Carolina Hurricanes receive
GM: Eric Tulsky
Utah Mammoth receive
GM: Bill Armstrong
- Future considerations
Carolina Hurricanes receive
GM: Eric Tulsky
New York Rangers receive
GM: Chris Drury
- 2026 2nd-round pick
- 2026 1st-round pick · conditional
- Scott Morrow
Los Angeles Kings receive
GM: Ken Holland
- 2025 4th-round pick · No. 125
- 2026 3rd-round pick
Carolina Hurricanes receive
GM: Eric Tulsky
- 2025 3rd-round pick · No. 67
Carolina Hurricanes receive
GM: Eric Tulsky
- 2nd-round pick · No. 41
- 2nd-round pick · No. 49
Montréal Canadiens receive
GM: Kent Hughes
- 2nd-round pick · No. 34
- 6th-round pick · No. 189
Chicago Blackhawks receive
GM: Kyle Davidson
- 2025 1st-round pick · No. 29
Carolina Hurricanes receive
GM: Eric Tulsky
- 2nd-round pick · No. 34
- 2nd-round pick · No. 62
- 2027 5th-round pick · now owned by SJS
Tampa Bay Lightning receive
GM: Julien BriseBois
Carolina Hurricanes receive
GM: Eric Tulsky
- 2025 6th-round pick
Carolina Hurricanes receive
GM: Eric Tulsky
Nashville Predators receive
GM: Barry Trotz
- 2026 5th-round pick
Dallas Stars receive
GM: Jim Nill
Carolina Hurricanes receive
GM: Eric Tulsky
- Logan Stankoven
- 2026 1st-round pick · conditional
- 2028 1st-round pick · conditional · now owned by CAR
- 2026 3rd-round pick
- 2027 3rd-round pick · now back with DAL
Carolina Hurricanes receive
GM: Eric Tulsky
Colorado Avalanche receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
Chicago Blackhawks receive
GM: Kyle Davidson
- 2025 3rd-round pick
Salary retained:
Winnipeg Jets receive
GM: Kevin Cheveldayoff
Carolina Hurricanes receive
GM: Eric Tulsky
- Future considerations
Tampa Bay Lightning receive
GM: Julien BriseBois
Carolina Hurricanes receive
GM: Eric Tulsky
- 2025 3rd-round pick
How the ledger is built
- 2024–25 onward: parsed from NHL.com's season trade pages, which list every trade. Each card links to the NHL.com announcement.
- 2019–20 to 2023–24: parsed from NHL.com trade announcements tagged to a club. Some trades are missing; those seasons are marked partial.
- "Details incomplete" means the announcement did not state one side; the original sentence is shown instead of a guess.
- Picks in 2027–2029 show their current owner from the verified pick ledger.
Statistical schedule · 2026-27 · as of 2026-10-18
Carolina Hurricanes: difficulty rank #16Range not available
Every game priced by the model with the club's rest state. Difficulty averages four league ranks (opponents , rest , travel , back-to-backs ); expected points is the model's own forecast and depends on the club as much as the schedule. League table on the schedule page.
By month: 2026-09: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2026-10: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2026-11: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2026-12: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2027-01: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2027-02: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2027-03: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2027-04: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back.
Game by game
games
Price is the model's chance for this club at the morning of the game with rest known; it moves when rosters are published. The spot names what the schedule did to the club that night.