2011-12 MEDIA GUIDE - Carolina Hurricanes - NHL.com

TRADES AND ACQUISITIONS
JuNE 24 Signed forward Tuomo Ruutu to a one-year contract.
JuLy 1 Acquired defenseman Joni Pitkanen from Edmonton in exchange for
forward Erik Cole; Signed defenseman Anton Babchuk to a one-year
contract; Signed forward Ryan Bayda and forward/defenseman
Wade Brookbank to one-year contracts; Signed defenseman Tim
Conboy to a two-year contract.
JuLy 2 Signed defenseman Joni Pitkanen to a three-year contract; Signed
defenseman Josef Melichar to a one-year contract.
JuLy 3 Signed forward Dwight Helminen to a one-year contract.
JuLy 9 Signed forward Chad LaRose to a one-year contract.
JuLy 12 Carolina Hurricanes and the Centennial Authority announced a five-
year extension of the team’s lease of the RBC Center, making the
final year of the lease 2024.
JuLy 14 Signed defenseman Mark Flood and forwards Patrick Dwyer and
Joe Jensen to one-year contracts.
JuLy 30 Signed forward Drayson Bowman to a three-year, entry-level contract.
SEPTEMBER 11 Signed forward Eric Staal to a seven-year contract extension.
SEPTEMBER 15 Signed forward Matt Murley to a one-year contract.
OCTOBER 4 Signed forward Zach Boychuk to a three-year, entry-level contract.
OCTOBER 6 Signed free-agent forward Dan LaCouture to a one-year contract.
OCTOBER 31 Signed free-agent forward Michael Ryan to a one-year contract.
DECEMBER 3 Relieved Peter Laviolette of his head coaching duties; Named Paul
Maurice head coach and Ron Francis associate head coach; Named
Jason Karmanos vice president and assistant general manager.
DECEMBER 29 Suspended forward Dan LaCouture.
2009
FEBRuARy 7 Acquired forward Jussi Jokinen from Tampa Bay in exchange for
forward/defenseman Wade Brookbank, defenseman Josef Melichar
and a fourth-round pick in 2009.
MARCH 4 Acquired forward Patrick O’Sullivan and Calgary’s second-round
pick in 2009 from Los Angeles in exchange for Justin Williams;
traded O’Sullivan and Carolina’s second-round pick in 2009 to
Edmonton for Erik Cole and Edmonton’s fifth-round pick in 2009.
MARCH 18 Signed goaltender Mike Murphy to a three-year, entry-level contract.
MARCH 29 Signed defenseman Jamie McBain to a three-year, entry-level contract.
MAy 20 Signed free-agent forward Matthew Pistilli to a three-year, entry-
level contract.
MAy 29 Signed forward Chris Terry to a three-year, entry-level contract.
JuNE 15 Signed head coach Paul Maurice to a multi-year contract;
Announced that Ron Francis will return to the bench with the title
associate head coach/director of player personnel; Announced that
Tom Barrasso will have the title of assistant coach and that assistant
coaches Kevin McCarthy and Tom Rowe will remain in their roles.
JuNE 29 Signed forward Jussi Jokinen to a two-year contract.
JuLy 1 Signed forward Erik Cole to a two-year contract.
JuLy 2 Signed forward Chad LaRose to a two-year contract.
JuLy 8 Signed free-agent forward Steve goertzen, defenseman Casey Borer
and goaltender Justin Peters to one-year contracts.
JuLy 9 Signed free-agent defenseman Jay Harrison to a one-year contract.
JuLy 15 Signed free-agent forward Tom Kostopoulos to a three-year contract;
Signed free-agent defenseman Andrew Alberts to a two-year
contract; Signed free-agent defenseman Zack Fitzgerald and forward
Mike Angelidis to one-year contracts.
JuLy 20 Signed defensemen Brett Carson and Bryan Rodney to one-
year contracts.
JuLy 23 Signed forward Tuomo Ruutu to a three-year contract.
JuLy 24 Acquired defenseman Aaron Ward from Boston in exchange for
forward Patrick Eaves and a fourth-round pick in 2010.
JuLy 28 Bought out the remaining year of defenseman Frantisek
Kaberle’s contract.
AuguST 18 Signed free-agent forward Stephane yelle to a one-year contract.
AuguST 31 Acquired forward Rob Hennigar from the New york Islanders in
exchange for forward Bobby Hughes.
DECEMBER 3 Acquired forward Jiri Tlusty from Toronto in exchange for
the rights to forward Philippe Paradis.
DECEMBER 4 Hurricanes assistant coach Kevin McCarthy named to the
Philadelphia Flyers’ coaching staff.
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2010
FEBRuARy 7 Traded defenseman Niclas Wallin and a 2010 fifth-round pick to San
Jose for Buffalo’s 2010 second-round pick.
FEBRuARy 12 Traded forward Matt Cullen to Ottawa for defenseman Alexandre
Picard and Ottawa’s 2010 second-round pick.
MARCH 3 Acquired goaltender Justin Pogge and Boston’s fourth-round pick in
2010 or 2011 from Anaheim in exchange for defenseman Aaron
Ward; Traded forward Scott Walker to Washington for
Washington’s 2010 seventh-round pick; Acquired defenseman Brian
Pothier, forward Oskar Osala and Washington’s 2011 second-round
pick from the Capitals in exchange for defenseman Joe Corvo;
Acquired forward Cedric LaLonde-McNicoll and Colorado’s 2010
sixth-round pick from Colorado in exchange for forwards Stephane
yelle and Harrison Reed; Traded defenseman Andrew Alberts to
vancouver for vancouver’s 2010 third-round pick.
MAy 13 Acquired forward Jared Staal from Phoenix in exchange for
Nashville’s 2010 fifth-round pick.
JuNE 26 Acquired forward Jonathan Matsumoto from Philadelphia in
exchange for Washington’s 2010 seventh-round pick; Acquired
forward Riley Nash from Edmonton in exchange for Ottawa’s 2010
second-round pick; Acquired defenseman Bobby Sanguinetti from
the Ny Rangers in exchange for Carolina’s 2010 sixth-round pick and
Washington’s 2011 second-round pick.
SEPTEMBER 17 Signed forward Patrick O’Sullivan as a free agent.
SEPTEMBER 21 Signed forward Jeff Skinner to a three-year, entry-level contract.
NOvEMBER 16 Claimed forward Troy Bodie on waivers from Anaheim.
NOvEMBER 17 Acquired defenseman Ian White and forward Brett Sutter from
Calgary in exchange for defenseman Anton Babchuk and forward
Tom Kostopoulos.
NOvEMBER 23 Forward Patrick O’Sullivan claimed on waivers by Minnesota;
Acquired forward Ryan Carter from Anaheim in exchange for
forwards Stefan Chaput and Matt Kennedy.
2011
FEBRuARy 18 Acquired defenseman Derek Joslin from San Jose in exchange for
future considerations; Acquired San Jose’s 2012 second-round draft
pick in exchange for defenseman Ian White.
FEBRuARy 22 Acquired forward Cory Stillman from Florida in exchange for forward
Ryan Carter and Carolina’s 2011 fifth-round draft pick.
FEBRuARy 28 Defenseman Brett Carson claimed on waivers by Calgary; Acquired
defenseman Bryan Allen from Florida in exchange for forward Sergei
Samsonov.
APRIL 4 Signed defenseman Rasmus Rissanen to a three-year, entry-
level contract.
APRIL 12 Signed defenseman Justin Krueger to a one-year, entry-level contract.
APRIL 15 Signed defenseman Justin Faulk to a three-year, entry-level contract.
JuNE 4 Signed defenseman Tommi Kivisto and forward Mattias Lindstrom to
three-year, entry-level contracts.
JuNE 7 Named Rod Brind’Amour and Dave Lewis assistant coaches; Named
Ron Francis director of hockey operations; Named Tom Rowe pro scout.
JuLy 1 Signed forward Tim Brent to a two-year contract; Signed goaltender
Brian Boucher to a two-year contract; Signed forward Alexei
Ponikarovsky to a one-year contract.
JuLy 2 Signed forward Justin Soryal to a one-year, two-way contract;
Signed forward Anthony Stewart to a two-year contract.
JuLy 5 Signed defenseman Tomas Kaberle to a three-year contract;
Acquired Boston’s 2012 fourth-round pick in exchange for
defenseman Joe Corvo.
JuLy 15 Signed forward Chris Durno to a one-year, two-way contract.