Cory Lavalette: Carolina Hurricanes GM Don Waddell said that they have the salary cap space to acquire a player with a salary cap hit in the $5 to $6 million range. That is if they don’t have any injuries and need to call up player(s).
They may also be thinking that they’d like to have the cap space at the end of the season to fit in any of the bonuses that Justin Williams could earn so that they don’t have it carried over as a bonus overage for next season.