After a draft weekend of feverish activity surrounding the Carolina Hurricanes, the first two days of the NHL's free-agency period have passed without a single out-of-town addition.
General manager Ron Francis has stayed out of an unrestricted free-agent market laden with green, instead merely re-signing third-line center Riley Nash and inking a handful of AHL players since the floodgates opened at noon Wednesday.
Francis, per standard for NHL general managers in the midst of negotiation-heavy periods, has stayed decidedly vague about his plans and desires for the remainder of the summer.
In his Wednesday afternoon press conference, Francis said that the 'Canes are "constantly talking and looking at things. It's tough to find a deal that's the right term and the right money...on this day."
He later added that "the biggest challenge for myself and my management team is being patient and sticking with the plan."
Patient consideration, clearly, is the No. 1 modus operandi in the Hurricanes organization at the moment.
While the team cleared out an additional $4.67 million in cap ...
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