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Hurricanes Training Camp starts Thursday—Storylines to watch
We made it, folks. It’s less than two weeks to Opening Night, there’ll be an actual hockey game involving some NHL players by the end of the weekend, and before we know it we’ll be marveling at a banner being hung in the Lenovo Center rafters—which may look different if promotional materials sent out to […]
On Training Camp Eve, Jordan Staal signs another extension
As players start to gather in Raleigh for the commencement of the 2026-27 season, there had been one big contract signing that fans were looking for before Training Camp Starter. Of course, that of the Captain, Jordan Staal. Staal was set to begin his final season under the four year deal he signed back in […]
Report: Nikishin Wants “Change of Scenery”
According to Pierre LeBrun of “The Athletic”, Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Alexander Nikishin has requested a change of scenery and that seems to be the issue with re-signing him. The Russian has not backed off that request. Training camp starts next week and Nikishin, who is a restricted free agent, has still yet to be signed. […]
Carolina Hurricanes hockey is back starting this weekend
Update: If you want to catch the live stream of the Prospects Showcase, here’s the one for Canes/Predators: Original post in below Have you been missing hockey since the Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup three months ago? Yes, it’s been almost three months since the Hurricanes skated off the ice in Las Vegas with Lord […]
Roster Released for Upcoming Prospect Showcase
For those of you who have craved some hockey action, your time is coming up soon. Starting on Sunday, September 13, the 2026 Prospect Showcase will begin featuring several of the top prospects from the Carolina Hurricanes, Nashville Predators, and Tampa Bay Lightning. All games will be played at the newly renamed Lane Arena, which […]
Hurricanes announce broadcast details including Prime—with a lot still unknown
Wednesday September 2nd AM update: There’s nothing like announcing one thing and then having to add to it less than 24 hours later. Wednesday morning, the NHL announced a league-wide partnering with Prime Video from Amazon to be the streaming home of six NHL teams, including the Hurricanes. This now means that one question has […]
Get the best of Canes Country on the new SB Nation app
It’s a big day for Canes Country. Today, the SB Nation app is live, and it’s the best way to follow the Carolina Hurricanes. You can download it by searching SB Nation for iOS or Android. A year ago we made some big changes to our community, including offering fewer ads and the addition of […]
NHL announces Hurricanes to be on National TV 12 times
A little over one month before the start of the NHL regular season, the league announced the games that’ll appear on their US TV partners during the 2026-27 campaign. With that, we know now the games that will be broadcast nationally in some form for the Hurricanes: In case you are having trouble seeing the […]
Hurricanes Odds & Ends: Cup Travels, Jerseys, Lenovo Updates, Best of Videos
We are now less than one month away from the Hurricanes retaking the ice in actual, competitive hockey against another NHL team. Players are starting to work their way back to Raleigh, as is the Stanely Cup, and we can start to look ahead more—but still look behind. If you’ve been online in any capacity […]
Hurricanes announce promotional schedule
Yes, we are at this point in the hockey season where any little bit of news about the new season is welcomed with open arms. As Bob Wage covered last week, the Hurricanes announced that they have officially sold out of all of their season ticket packages for the 2026-27 season, and yet they also […]
Carolina Offseason Tidbits: Volume 6 – Prospect Showcase Comes to Raleigh
The long hot summer continues on and the Carolina Hurricanes continue to celebrate their world championship with their individual “Day with the Cup”. Recently the Cup was in Minnesota. If you are not following “@keeperofthecup” on Twitter, (it will always be Twitter to me), there are some good pics there. ———- In other news, the […]
NBA and Portland fans could learn about Tom Dundon from Hurricanes media and fans
Billionaires do not need defending. Let’s start with that, because if someone has several billion dollars they really couldn’t care much about what you think about them. They just want to get your money, and they got those billions by getting your money. Sports team owner billionaires are perhaps a special level of the type […]
Carolina Offseason Tidbits: Volume 5
It has been a quiet offseason for hockey news lately, except of course for the Carolina Hurricanes players living their best lives celebrating with their day with the Stanley Cup. Frederik Andersen brought the Cup to Legoland, Nikolaj Ehlers celebrated with his home town, and Sebastian Aho brought it to a concert. Good times my […]
Hurricanes announce new TV Network
Perhaps the biggest question that started at the end of last season and carried over into the offseason is “how will I watch the Hurricanes next season?” On Tuesday we got an answer—sort of. The Hurricanes announced the formation of their own network that will broadcast locally. This Hurricanes network will still employ Mike Maniscalco […]
Hurricanes Schedule Odds, Ends, and Quirks
Hey, I tried to warn you. With the release of the 2026-27 NHL schedule, there were a lot of quirks and oddities that popped up. None bigger than the start time of the first game of the season: Why ESPN feels the need to have a triple header or a 5 PM game is honestly […]
Carolina Offseason Tidbits: Volume 4 – NHL Schedules Released
The National Hockey League released the schedules for their teams on Thursday. The World Champion, Carolina Hurricanes, will start things off with a match against the Florida Panthers on September 29, at 5 PM. The Canes, who year after year need to have several away games during the annual October State Fair, will have four […]
Hurricanes odds and ends: Cup Stamped, Schedule and TV news Coming, Jersey News
The funny thing about rooting for a team that wins a Stanley Cup is that when the season is over, you have to remind yourself that 30 other teams have been sitting on the sidelines just waiting for that battle to be done in order to fully embrace talking about next season. The NHL Draft […]
Carolina Offseason Tidbits: Volume 3
I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend! I’m afraid there is not much going on to discuss regarding the Carolina Hurricanes at the moment, (officially anyway). They did sign another goalie for depth, Zach Sawchenko. More information can be found here. https://www.canescountry.com/post/g99jHEWABpa1 The biggest “non” news for Carolina is the lack of progress in […]
Carlson Signs With Lightning and Andersen With the Oil – Day 2, Open Thread
Defenseman John Carlson, whose rights the Carolina Hurricanes made a trade for with their final pick during the NHL Entry Draft on Saturday, ended up signing with the Tampa Bay Lighting. After all the rumors about the starting price for him being $10 million times two, or more, he ended up signing for $8.5 million […]
2026 Free Agent Frenzy – Open Thread
First of all, happy Canada Day to our friends north of the border! The trade and free agent rumors are hot and continue to be flying. Late last night it was revealed that Zach Werenski vetoed a trade to Dallas. Supposedly the Hurricanes are still trying to sign John Carlson. Also, Alexander Nikishin’s name has […]
Carolina Offseason Tidbits: Volume 2
It is a busy time for the Carolina Hurricanes and the rest of the league. First of all, there was the draft this weekend which saw your Hurricanes turn four picks into seven. After making six selections, they turned their final pick into the rights to John Carlson. All is quiet on that front so […]
Canes Country Playoff Pick’em Contest – We Have a Winner!
It has been awhile but better late than never. We have a winner for our annual contest. Congratulations to “formersaint” who won with 60 points! Next up was “Succotash-Mustache” (Lanny McDonald is here?) with 53, and Canes – N – Bacon came in third with 51 as (he) won via the tiebreaker. A big thank […]
Hurricanes Acquire Rights to John Carlson
It had been a long day. Some teams were using all of their allotted time, even in the later rounds to make their draft decisions. Then came Carolina, and time had expired while the world waited for them to make pick number 192 in the Draft. What happened? Eric Tulsky and company smacked everyone in […]
2026 NHL Entry Draft – Day 2 Open Thread
There are still plenty of future stars out there who have yet to be drafted. Can the Hurricanes identify and select them? Here are a couple of listings of top rated players still available. https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/2026-nhl-draft-top-30-players-remaining-heading-into-day-2-preston-trejbal-villeneuve https://www.flohockey.tv/articles/16035800-2026-nhl-draft-round-2-preview-best-players-available-and-draft-order Right now (subject to change), the Canes have five picks. 42 57 105 165 192...
Seth Jarvis Has Shoulder Surgery – Out 4 to 6 Months
Last night’s first round of the draft was a typical one for Carolina. They traded their first round pick, 31st overall, to Nashville for two picks in round two, numbers 42 and 57 overall. If nothing else changes, that would give them a total of five picks for Saturday, with a possibility to add more. […]
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