The Carolina Hurricanes are never afraid to take a big swing, but is anything out there for them to swing at?
NHL Media: David Pagnotta, when asked about the Carolina Hurricanes and what they may looking at. There are several directions they could go in.
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Devan Dubnyk: “The Hurricane, for example, they haven’t really found a way to get over the hump. Just, do you have anything on that? What’s their approach coming up in the next 24 hours, 36 hours here, as they approach the end of the deadline here?
Pagnotta: “Yeah. I mean this, this team you can never look away from, from them. They’re always willing to take a big swing, and Eric Tulsky is looking to do that right now and shore up that team.
One player that they’ve checked in on, as far as the latest information that I have in the last hour (early Thursday evening) has been Vinnie Trocheck. Circling back to a former player, a former Hurricane of theirs.
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Vincent Trocheck is a guy that has generated quite a bit of interest. Minnesota, we know, has an offer still on the table, I believe, for his services out of New York. But the Carolina Hurricanes are another team that have been poking around and trying to pry Vinnie Trocheck out of the Big Apple. That’s something to certainly keep tabs on.
They’re looking to make that addition up front. I can see them looking at a depth piece on the back end. I’ve always wondered about their goaltending. Never been fully sold there. I don’t know if they go in that direction. If they go to a Jordan Binnington, for example, in Carolina, who has some no-trade protection, excuse me, in St Louis, who has no trade protection.
But Carolina always looking to take big swings, Trocheck seems to be a guy that they’ve zeroed in on. We’ll see where that goes. And if they do make a depth piece or two.
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