Fans are getting antsy if their teams isn’t in the final four of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The slightest bit of available player news sets off a ream of speculation - and the news yesterday that the Carolina Hurricanes are allowing Dougie Hamilton to talk to other teams is exactly that kind of news.
Hamilton is a threat of an offensive defenseman. Last season, he scored 10 goals and 32 assists in 55 games, ten points more than the Blues’ top scoring defenseman, Torey Krug. Hamilton’s an UFA this off-season, so the discussions allowed by the Hurricanes are potentially more of a shopping trip for him that necessarily a trade pending for the club.