A collection of reactions to the Hurricanes blockbuster trade as posted by the team on official social media. To recap, the ’Canes are getting star right winger Mikko Rantanen from the Colorado Avalanche and left winger Taylor Hall from the Chicago Blackhawks as well as the rights to Chicago prospect Nils Juntorp. Chicago will also cover half of Rantanen’s remaining contract, which expires at the end of the season. Chicago will get their third-round draft pick back from Carolina, which Carolina had received in a previous trade. Colorado gets the Hurricanes’ leading scorer Martin Necas and center Jack Drury along with the Canes’ second-round draft pick this year and fourth-round pick next year.

Rantanen might not just be a rental; he’s reported to want a similar contract as Leon Draisaitl at around $14 million/year for 8 years while Colorado wanted to keep it closer to $10 million. Hurricanes GM Eric Tulsky today said the team has the financial flexibility to provide the desired contra

The headline on the press release highlights that the games will be broadcast on Fox 50 (WRAZ 50.1) on Monday, November 25 and WRAL-TV (5.1) on Friday, November 29, but the games will actually be carried on 8 markets across North and South Carolina on Monday and 9 markets on Friday. Those stations are:

Monday, November 25, 7 PM vs. Dallas Stars

Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville, NC - WRAZ 50.1
Charlotte, NC – WBTV 3.2
Greenville-New Bern, NC – WITN 7.2
Columbia, SC – WPAM 18.1 and WIS 10.4
Wilmington, NC – WILM 10.1
Charleston, SC – WZCH 35.3 and WCSC 5.7
Greenville and Spartanburg, SC – WHNS 21.2
Myrtle Beach, SC – WMBF 32.3

Friday, November 29, 3PM vs. Florida Panthers

Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville, NC - WRAL 5.1
Charlotte, NC – WBTV 3.2
Greenville-New Bern, NC – WITN 7.2
Columbia, SC – WPAM 18.1 and WIS 10.4
Greensboro, NC – WCWG 20.1
Wilmington, NC – WILM 10.1
Charleston, SC – WZCH 35.3 and WCSC 5.7
Greenville and Spartanburg, SC – WHNS 21.2
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5 unanswered goals to take a 2-0 lead in the series over the Islanders!

In town for work was able to pick up tickets.

With Koochie in concussion protocal Raanta gets the start. I believe in Raanta.

After a rough start to yesterdays game @ the Caps lets see if the team can start out strong rather than play catchup.

It's going to be a tough one tonight. Let's see if this teams has turned a corner.

LETS GO CANES

Hopefully the team can continue to improve and be the team we all know they should be. In Koochie we trust.

11/7 again. Koochie in net. Yaniv Perets called up to be the backup goaltender.

Got to do something to get the team moving in the right direction. Wasn't expecting this though.

I'm going to be at this one. Going to cheer at a respectable level because I'm going by myself and have had bad experiences in other team's barns.

Ohhhhh fudge.....only I didn't say fudge

Possibly no Svech again. Need a complete game from everyone to beat a solid Nucks team.

I don't know what to say at this point goaltending is an issue but defense is not doing any favors either. That first goal that started everything was on Slavin and Staal and it was just downhill from there.

At least he found some form of humor from last night.