2024–25 Carolina Hurricanes season explained

League:NHL
Season:2024–25
Year:2024
Team:Carolina Hurricanes
Division:Metropolitan
Conference:Eastern
Record:0–0–0
Homerecord:0–0–0
Roadrecord:0–0–0
Goalsfor:0
Goalsagainst:0
Generalmanager:Eric Tulsky
Coach:Rod Brind'Amour
Captain:Jordan Staal
Altcaptain:Sebastian Aho
Jordan Martinook
Jaccob Slavin
Arena:PNC Arena
Minorleague:Chicago Wolves (AHL)
Bloomington Bison (ECHL)

The 2024–25 Carolina Hurricanes season will be the 46th season (45th season of play) for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established in June 1979, and the 27th season since the franchise relocated from the Hartford Whalers to start the 1997–98 season.

Off-season

On May 24, Don Waddell resigned as GM and President after 6 seasons. Eric Tulsky was named interim general manager that same day.[1] On June 18, Tulsky was promoted to full-time general manager on June 18, 2024.[2]

Schedule and results

Preseason

The Carolina Hurricanes preseason schedule was released on June 25, 2024.[3] |- style="background:#;"| 1 || September 24 || @ Tampa Bay || || || || Amalie Arena || || |||- style="background:#;"| 2 || September 27 || Florida || || || || PNC Arena || || |||- style="background:#;"| 3 || September 28 || @ Florida || || || || Amerant Bank Arena || || |||- style="background:#;"| 4 || October 2 || Nashville || || || || PNC Arena || || |||- style="background:#;"| 5 || October 4 || Tampa Bay || || || || PNC Arena || || |||- style="background:#;"| 6 || October 5 || @ Nashville || || || || Bridgestone Arena || || |||-

Regular season

The Carolina Hurricanes regular season schedule was released on July 2, 2024.[4] |- style="background:#;"| 1 || October 11 || Tampa Bay || || || || PNC Arena || || || || |- style="background:#;"| 2 || October 12 || @ Tampa Bay || || || || Amalie Arena || || || || |- style="background:#;"| 3 || October 15 || New Jersey || || || || PNC Arena || || || || |- style="background:#;"| 4 || October 18 || @ Pittsburgh || || || || PPG Paints Arena || || || || |- style="background:#;"| 5 || October 19 || @ St. Louis || || || || Enterprise Center || || |||- style="background:#;"| 6 || October 22 || @ Edmonton || || || || Rogers Place || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 7 || October 24 || @ Calgary || || || || Scotiabank Saddledome || || || || |- style="background:#;"| 8 || October 26 || @ Seattle || || || || Climate Pledge Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 9 || October 28 || @ Vancouver || || || || Rogers Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 10 || October 31 || Boston || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||-|- style="background:#;"| 11 || November 3 || Washington || || || || PNC Arena || || || || |- style="background:#;"| 12 || November 5 || Philadelphia || || || || PNC Arena || || || || |- style="background:#;"| 13 || November 7 || Pittsburgh || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 14 || November 9 || @ Colorado || || || || Ball Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 15 || November 11 || @ Vegas || || || || T-Mobile Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 16 || November 13 || @ Utah || || || || Delta Center || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 17 || November 16 || Ottawa || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 18 || November 17 || St. Louis || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 19 || November 20 || @ Philadelphia || || || || Wells Fargo Center || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 20 || November 21 || @ New Jersey || || || || Prudential Center || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 21 || November 23 || @ Columbus || || || || Nationwide Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 22 || November 25 || Dallas || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 23 || November 27 || NY Rangers || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 24 || November 29 || Florida || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 25 || November 30 || @ Florida || || || || Amerant Bank Arena || || || |||-|- style="background:#;"| 26 || December 3 || Seattle || || || || PNC Arena || || || || |- style="background:#;"| 27 || December 5 || Colorado || || || || PNC Arena || || || || |- style="background:#;"| 28 || December 7 || @ NY Islanders || || || || UBS Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 29 || December 10 || San Jose || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 30 || December 13 || Ottawa || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 31 || December 15 || Columbus || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 32 || December 17 || NY Islanders || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 33 || December 20 || @ Washington || || || || Capital One Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 34 || December 22 || @ NY Rangers || || || || Madison Square Garden || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 35 || December 23 || @ Nashville || || || || Bridgestone Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 36 || December 27 || @ New Jersey || || || || Prudential Center || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 37 || December 28 || New Jersey || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 38 || December 31 || @ Columbus || || || || Nationwide Arena || || || |||-|- style="background:#;"| 39 || January 2 || @ Florida || || || || Amerant Bank Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 40 || January 4 || Minnesota || || || || PNC Arena || || || || |- style="background:#;"| 41 || January 5 || Pittsburgh || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 42 || January 9 || Toronto || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 43 || January 10 || Vancouver || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 44 || January 12 || Anaheim || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 45 || January 15 || @ Buffalo || || || || KeyBank Center || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 46 || January 17 || Vegas || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 47 || January 20 || @ Chicago || || || || United Center || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 48 || January 21 || @ Dallas || || || || American Airlines Center || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 49 || January 23 || Columbus || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 50 || January 25 || @ NY Islanders || || || || UBS Arena || || || || |- style="background:#;"| 51 || January 28 || @ NY Rangers || || || || Madison Square Garden || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 52 || January 30 || Chicago || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||-|- style="background:#;"| 53 || February 1 || Los Angeles || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 54 || February 4 || @ Winnipeg || || || || Canada Life Centre || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 55 || February 6 || @ Minnesota || || || || Xcel Energy Center || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 56 || February 8 || Utah || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 57 || February 22 || @ Toronto || || || || Scotiabank Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 58 || February 25 || @ Montreal || || || || Bell Centre || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 59 || February 27 || Buffalo || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||-|- style="background:#;"| 60 || March 1 || Edmonton || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 61 || March 2 || Calgary || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 62 || March 4 || @ Detroit || || || || Little Caesars Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 63 || March 6 || Boston || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 64 || March 9 || Winnipeg || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 65 || March 11 || Tampa Bay || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 66 || March 14 || Detroit || || || || PNC Arena || || || || |- style="background:#;"| 67 || March 15 || @ Philadelphia || || || || Wells Fargo Center || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 68 || March 20 || @ San Jose || || || || SAP Center || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 69 || March 22 || @ Los Angeles || || || || Crypto.com Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 70 || March 23 || @ Anaheim || || || || Honda Center || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 71 || March 25 || Nashville || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 72 || March 28 || Montreal || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 73 || March 30 || NY Islanders || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||-|- style="background:#;"| 74 || April 2 || Washington || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 75 || April 4 || @ Detroit || || || || Little Caesars Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 76 || April 5 || @ Boston || || || || TD Garden || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 77 || April 8 || @ Buffalo || || || || KeyBank Center || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 78 || April 10 || @ Washington || || || || Capital One Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 79 || April 12 || NY Rangers || || || || PNC Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 80 || April 13 || Toronto || || || || Scotiabank Arena || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 81 || April 16 || @ Montreal || || || || Bell Centre || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 82 || April 17 || @ Ottawa || || || || Canadian Tire Centre || || || |||-|-|

Transactions

The Hurricanes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 season.

Key:

Contract is entry-level. Contract initially takes effect in the 2025–26 NHL season.

Trades

Date Details Ref
To Tampa Bay Lightning
Jake Guentzel
To Carolina Hurricanes
3rd-round pick in 2025
[5]
To Winnipeg Jets
Dylan Coghlan
To Carolina Hurricanes
Future considerations
[6]

Players acquired

Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
6-year Free agency [7]
3-year Free agency [8]
1-year Free agency [9]
Buffalo Sabres 1-year Free agency [10]
5-year Free agency [11]
Buffalo Sabres 1-year Free agency [12]
1-year Free agency [13]
Toronto Marlies (AHL) 1-year Free agency [14]

Players lost

Date Player New team Term Via Ref
3-year Free agency [15]
New Jersey Devils 6-year Free agency [16]
7-year Free agency [17]
3-year Free agency [18]

Signings

Date Player Term Ref
3-year [19]
8-year [20]
2-year [21]
2-year [22]

Draft picks

See also: List of Carolina Hurricanes draft picks.

Below are the Carolina Hurricanes selections at the 2024 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 2023, at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada.

RoundPlayerPosNationalityCollege/Junior/Club team (League)
234Dominik BadinkaDMalmö Redhawks (SHL)
50Nikita ArtamonovLWTorpedo Nizhny Novgorod (KHL)
369Noel FransenDFärjestad BK (J20 Nationell)
4124Alexander SiryatskyDStalnye Lisy (MHL)
5133Oskar VuolletCSkellefteå AIK (J20 Nationell)
156Justin PoirierRWBaie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
6168Timur KolDOmskie Yastreby (MHL)
184Roman ShokhrinDLoko Yaroslavl (MHL)
188Fyodor AvramovLWKapitan Stupino (MHL)
7220Andrey KrutovLWChaika Nizhny Novgorod (MHL)

References

Footnotes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: May 24, 2024 . Waddell resigns as Hurricanes general manager, replaced by Tulsky NHL.com . July 3, 2024 . www.nhl.com . en.
  2. Web site: June 18, 2024 . Canes Name Tulsky Permanent General Manager Carolina Hurricanes . July 3, 2024 . www.nhl.com . en.
  3. Web site: June 25, 2024 . Hurricanes Announce 2024 Exhibition Schedule Carolina Hurricanes . July 4, 2024 . www.nhl.com . en.
  4. Web site: July 2, 2024 . Canes Announce 2024-25 Regular Season Schedule Carolina Hurricanes . July 4, 2024 . www.nhl.com . en.
  5. Web site: June 30, 2024 . Canes Acquire Third-Round Pick From Lightning Carolina Hurricanes . July 7, 2024 . www.nhl.com . en.
  6. Web site: July 6, 2024 . Canes Trade Coghlan To Jets . July 7, 2024 . NHL.com.
  7. Web site: July 1, 2024 . Canes Sign Carrier To Six-Year Contract Carolina Hurricanes . July 3, 2024 . www.nhl.com . en.
  8. Web site: July 1, 2024 . Canes Sign Gostisbehere To Three-Year Contract Carolina Hurricanes . July 3, 2024 . www.nhl.com . en.
  9. Web site: July 1, 2024 . Canes Sign Jost To One-Year Contract Carolina Hurricanes . July 3, 2024 . www.nhl.com . en.
  10. Web site: July 1, 2024 . Canes Sign Robinson To One-Year Contract Carolina Hurricanes . July 3, 2024 . www.nhl.com . en.
  11. Web site: July 1, 2024 . Canes Sign Walker To Five-Year Contract Carolina Hurricanes . July 3, 2024 . www.nhl.com . en.
  12. Web site: July 3, 2024 . Canes Sign Stillman To One-Year Contract Carolina Hurricanes . July 7, 2024 . www.nhl.com . en.
  13. Web site: July 4, 2024 . Canes Sign Roslovic To One-Year Contract Carolina Hurricanes . July 7, 2024 . www.nhl.com . en.
  14. Web site: July 7, 2024 . Canes Sign Josiah Slavin To Two-Year Contract Carolina Hurricanes . July 7, 2024 . www.nhl.com . en.
  15. Web site: July 1, 2024 . Noesen Agrees to Terms to Re-Join Devils on 3-Year Deal RELEASE New Jersey Devils . July 3, 2024 . www.nhl.com . en.
  16. Web site: July 1, 2024 . Pesce Agrees to Terms with Devils on 6-Year Contract RELEASE New Jersey Devils . July 3, 2024 . www.nhl.com . en.
  17. Web site: July 1, 2024 . Predators Agree to Terms with Brady Skjei on Seven-Year, $49 Million Contract Nashville Predators . July 3, 2024 . www.nhl.com . en.
  18. Web site: July 1, 2024 . RELEASE: Blackhawks Sign Teuvo Teravainen to Three-Year Deal Chicago Blackhawks . July 3, 2024 . www.nhl.com . en.
  19. Web site: July 1, 2024 . Canes Re-Sign Martinook To Three-Year Contract Carolina Hurricanes . July 4, 2024 . www.nhl.com . en.
  20. Web site: July 1, 2024 . Canes Ink Slavin To Eight-Year Extension Carolina Hurricanes . July 4, 2024 . www.nhl.com . en.
  21. Web site: July 17, 2024 . Canes Re-Sign Drury To Two-Year Contract . July 31, 2024 . www.nhl.com . en.
  22. Web site: July 29, 2024 . Canes Agree to Terms with Necas . July 31, 2024 . www.nhl.com . en.