Taking advantage of a woeful injury situation in Winnipeg, Carolina Hurricanes general manager Ron Francis made the first in-season trade of his GM career on Thursday.
James Mirtle of The Globe and Mail provided details of the trade:
The 'Canes will also retain about $375,000 of Harrison's $1.5 million salary cap hit, which runs through the end of the 2015-16 season, according to Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet:
The move comes just hours after the Jets announced that Mark Stuart would join fellow defensemen Zach Bogosian, Tobias Enstrom and Jacob Trouba on injured reserve.
While the return is minimal for the 'Canes, it is nonetheless something—a statement which cannot be said for many of the team's recent player dumps. The team now currently holds eight draft selections in next June's NHL draft.
That number is likely to increase soon.
Although it's been the stagnant offense—which has scored just one goal in six straight games—at fault for most of the Hurricanes' ongoing six-game losing streak, the defense holds far more promise in t ...
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