The Carolina Hurricanes don’t have a goalie.
With the team’s trade of Alex Nedeljkovic to the Detroit Red Wings last week, it looks like the Canes will enter the beginning of free agency Wednesday morning without a reliable starter or a backup for the NHL roster.
While the Canes did have three in-house UFA goalies in Petr Mrazek, James Reimer and Jonathan Bernier, whose rights were acquired in the Nedeljkovic trade, it’s looking like it’ll be the open market where the Canes find the pieces in net.
That of course doesn’t mean Carolina won’t be bringing back Mrazek and potentially bringing in Bernier, which Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic did report the Canes were looking at doing.