Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Eaves to Remain in Carolina

One of the early goals for the Hurricanes in the off-season was going to be re-signing Patrick Eaves and they did just that on Wednesday. Eaves signed a 3-year deal worth $4.2 million, which is a cap hit of $1.4 million despite his salary structure.

Eaves battled through an injury-plagued season, playing only 37 games and registering only 5 goals and 10 assists in the year. Eaves still has plenty of potential to be a good scoring winger and could be a late addition to your pool team through the year, next season.

ForwardsDefenseGoaltenders
Eric StaalJoe CorvoCam Ward
Ray WhitneyFrank Kaberle
Erik ColeNiclas Wallin
Rod Brind'Amour
Matt Cullen
Sergei Samsonov
Scott Walker
Justin Williams
Jeff Hamilton
Patrick Eaves

The Hurricanes now have 14 regular players signed on for next season at an approximate salary cap hit of $38.5 million, which gives them plenty of room to make a move or two this summer. Other key restricted free agents to sign include, Tuomo Ruutu, Dennis Seidenberg and Tim Gleason.

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