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Carolina Hurricanes Season Preview

Well, when your biggest training camp invite is a guy who used to play for the team (and pretty well too), had a couple of DUI’s, was caught pissing in public, and spent last season playing in a beer league then there is the possibility of disaster on the horizon. (**Good news, since writing this, Jeff O’Neill and the ‘Canes have parted ways, realizing he wasn’t really going to make the team**) Then your captain has his knee “cleaned up” after missing half of last season recovering from surgery on said knee. And then one of your top forwards has a freak “off-ice training” accident, tearing his Achilles and has to have surgery, may be out up to 6 months.

Draft Day Frenzy

The 2008 entry draft is two days away. At this point too many things are happening to believe no trades will take place. Here are some final rumours.

Rangers, Blackhawks, Blake, Emery, Pitkanen, Sanderson, DiPietro, Theodore, deadline non-trades

Do Jaromir Jagr and Brendan Shanahan need strong playoff performances to remain with the Rangers? Is this the last season for Martin Havlat and Nikolai Khabibulin with the Blackhawks? Does Rob Blake want to play in the NHL past this season? Should Senators buy out Ray Emery? Are the Oilers planning on dealing Joni Pitkanen? Will Geoff Sanderson call it quits? Would islanders trade Rick DiPietro? Which teams may go after Jose Theodore if he becomes a UFA? What deals fell through at the deadline?

Huet To Be Traded? Havlat, Campbell To Habs?

With the Montreal Canadiens goalie Cristobal Huet’s last performances, it’s not ridiculous to suggest that Guy Carbonneau head coach of the Habs, has lost confidence in his net-minder. Could there be a trade in the works?

Western Conference: which players could be on the move?

ESPN.com’s Scott Burnside takes a look at 12 pending free agents from the Western Conference that could change teams before the February 26 trade deadline.

Would Oilers move Pitkanen for scoring forward?

Aaron Portzline of The Columbus Dispatch suggests that the Edmonton Oilers could start shopping pending restricted free agent defenseman Joni Pitkanen soon.

Would Oilers move excess D for help at forward?

If the Edmonton Oilers were to trade for a top-six forward, Allan Muir of SI.com suggests the club could move one of their surplus defenseman.

Oilers struggling, seeking defensive help

Terry Jones writes in the Edmonton Sun that the recent slide of the Edmonton Oilers should indicate to GM Kevin Lowe that change is needed.

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