Storm Advisory 11/4/20: NHL News, Daily Links, and Roundup

Haydn Fleury sits down on CanesCast, great offseason lists and some news out of Sweden from a recent draft pick.

By Zeke Lukow Nov 4, 2020, 9:00am EST

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NHL: Carolina Hurricanes at Montreal Canadiens

Reading Assignments:

A look at Hurricanes forward lines after free agency
Grading the Hurricanes’ Drafts: Final Wrap-Up
This one is more of a listening assignment. Haydn Fleury sat down with the CanesCast crew to discuss his busy off season. [Carolina Hurricanes]
The Carolina Hurricanes have had a bit of an exodus from the front office. The Florida Panthers announced that Paul Krepelka has joined their front office as an Assistant General Manager. [Florida Panthers]

James Reimer was so excited to hit ice today for first time in this new dark set of @BauerHockey Ultrasonic gear he sent us a text with the pics last night: “New colors I’m trying out for the “summer”. never liked the black look but let’s see how it goes.” pic.twitter.com/vQGEICeCY9
— InGoal Magazine (@InGoalMedia) November 2, 2020

The Athletic released their list of the 10 best contracts heading into the 2020-2021 Season. [$The Athletic]
The Canes’ ECHL affiliate has announced they have signed Max Zimmer. He was a fourth-round draft pick by Carolina in the 2016 draft.

PLAYER SIGNING
Goooood afternoon Swamp Rabbit Fam! We have signed Max Zimmer and we are very excited about it! Help us welcome him to the Ville pic.twitter.com/Z4Q8cfkLnv
— Greenville Swamp Rabbits (@SwampRabbits) November 2, 2020

The Carolina Hurricanes had a couple appearances on the NHL’s top defenseman list. You’ll never guess who made it. [NHL.com]
Nothing has been set in stone when it comes to next season. ESPN has the latest on the format and possible changes. [ESPN]

Best first lines for 2020-21:

1. COL 92-29-96
2. TBL 18-21-86
3. BOS 63-37-88
4. TOR 11-34-16
5. WSH 8-92-43
6. CAR 37-20-86
7. VAN 9-40-6
8. WPG 81-55-26
9. PIT 59-87-42
10. NYR 20/13-93-89
11. VGK 67-71-61
12. BUF 4-9-68/23

Full rankings via @NHLJensen:https://t.co/eRu9rDM4PT
— NHL Fantasy on Ice (@NHLFantasy) November 3, 2020

The Canes’ second-round pick in this year’s draft, Noel Gunler, is looking to move to another team in the Swedish league. This one you’re going to need google to translate for you. [Aftonblade]