[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]HURRICANES ACQUIRE U.S. OLYMPIAN DOUG WEIGHT IN TRADE WITH BLUES[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][COLOR=#00000]Zigomanis, Boulerice Headed to St. Louis in Deal for Four-Time All-Star[/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
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</TD></TR><TR><TD>[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Center Doug Weight (right), a four-time NHL All-Star, has totaled 872 points in 960 career NHL games.[/FONT]</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]RALEIGH, NC (January 30, 2006) - Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League's Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has acquired center Doug Weight from the St. Louis Blues. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Weight will join the Hurricanes for the team's practice at the Bell Centre in Montreal on Thursday. Rutherford will be available to the media today at 3 p.m. in the RBC Center's fourth floor conference room. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"Doug is one of the premier forwards in the National Hockey League and will add a strong element to our top lines," said Rutherford. "His skill, leadership and experience will be a great benefit for our team." [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In exchange for Weight and left wing Erkki Rajamaki, the Hurricanes have traded their first round draft pick in 2006, Toronto's fourth-round pick in 2006, Chicago's fourth-round pick in 2007, right wing Jesse Boulerice, center Mike Zigomanis and rights to unsigned draft pick Magnus Kahnberg to the Blues. Carolina acquired the fourth-round pick from Toronto in the draft-day deal that sent Jeff O'Neill to the Maple Leafs, and acquired Chicago's 2007 fourth-round pick in the Dec. 29 trade that sent Radim Vrbata to the Blackhawks. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Weight, 35, leads St. Louis with 33 assists and 44 points, and ranks third on the team with 50 penalty minutes in 47 games this season. The Warren, MI, native has notched seven of his 11 goals on the power play. He will represent the United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy along with Hurricanes coach Peter Laviolette and left wing Erik Cole. [/FONT]
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</TD></TR><TR><TD>[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Carolina Hurricanes will be Doug Weight's fourth NHL team, with the U.S. Olympian having previously played for the New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers and St. Louis Blues.[/FONT]</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Weight was originally drafted by the New York Rangers in the second round, 34th overall, in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. He began his professional career with the Rangers during the 1991 Stanley Cup playoffs, following his second season at Lake Superior State University of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. In 959 career NHL regular-season games, Weight (5' 11", 200 lbs.) has tallied 235 goals and 648 assists (883 points) with the Rangers, Edmonton and St. Louis. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Rajamaki, 27, is a native of Vantaa, Finland, and is currently playing in the Finnish league. He played all of the 2004-05 season with the Worcester Ice Cats of the American Hockey League and recorded five goals and four assists (9 points) in 60 regular-season games. The Tampa Bay Lightning drafted Rajamaki (6' 2", 205 lbs.) in the eighth round, 216th overall, in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Carolina Hurricanes begin a four-game road swing on Tuesday against the Montreal Canadiens (7:30 p.m., Hurricanes Radio Network). The road swing will take the Hurricanes to New Jersey, Boston and Tampa Bay before the team returns to the RBC Center to host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Feb. 10. Individual game tickets for all remaining Hurricanes games at the RBC Center can be purchased at the RBC Center box office, all TicketMaster outlets, by calling 919-834-4000 or via CarolinaHurricanes.com. For information on Hurricanes season-ticket packages and mini-season ticket plans, please call 1-866-NHL-CANES. [/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][COLOR=#00000]Zigomanis, Boulerice Headed to St. Louis in Deal for Four-Time All-Star[/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Weight will join the Hurricanes for the team's practice at the Bell Centre in Montreal on Thursday. Rutherford will be available to the media today at 3 p.m. in the RBC Center's fourth floor conference room. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"Doug is one of the premier forwards in the National Hockey League and will add a strong element to our top lines," said Rutherford. "His skill, leadership and experience will be a great benefit for our team." [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In exchange for Weight and left wing Erkki Rajamaki, the Hurricanes have traded their first round draft pick in 2006, Toronto's fourth-round pick in 2006, Chicago's fourth-round pick in 2007, right wing Jesse Boulerice, center Mike Zigomanis and rights to unsigned draft pick Magnus Kahnberg to the Blues. Carolina acquired the fourth-round pick from Toronto in the draft-day deal that sent Jeff O'Neill to the Maple Leafs, and acquired Chicago's 2007 fourth-round pick in the Dec. 29 trade that sent Radim Vrbata to the Blackhawks. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Weight, 35, leads St. Louis with 33 assists and 44 points, and ranks third on the team with 50 penalty minutes in 47 games this season. The Warren, MI, native has notched seven of his 11 goals on the power play. He will represent the United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy along with Hurricanes coach Peter Laviolette and left wing Erik Cole. [/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Rajamaki, 27, is a native of Vantaa, Finland, and is currently playing in the Finnish league. He played all of the 2004-05 season with the Worcester Ice Cats of the American Hockey League and recorded five goals and four assists (9 points) in 60 regular-season games. The Tampa Bay Lightning drafted Rajamaki (6' 2", 205 lbs.) in the eighth round, 216th overall, in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Carolina Hurricanes begin a four-game road swing on Tuesday against the Montreal Canadiens (7:30 p.m., Hurricanes Radio Network). The road swing will take the Hurricanes to New Jersey, Boston and Tampa Bay before the team returns to the RBC Center to host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Feb. 10. Individual game tickets for all remaining Hurricanes games at the RBC Center can be purchased at the RBC Center box office, all TicketMaster outlets, by calling 919-834-4000 or via CarolinaHurricanes.com. For information on Hurricanes season-ticket packages and mini-season ticket plans, please call 1-866-NHL-CANES. [/FONT]
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Dubpoet said:
If the Flames are so good, how come they have only outscored opponents by a total of 8 goals this year? Or that they are 12-12-4 on the road? Flames look like a flame-out coming in spring.
Weight is a character type guy that the Canes would seem to lack so could be quite a good pickup. Still a lot of big wood to cut down in the East, but Canes could make some noise.
GoFlamesGo! said::homer:
Ummm, was saying much the samething EXACTLY two years ago at this time and the majority thought the same.
As you know, the Lightning and their fans had the last
-FISH-
ps- The thing to keep in mind here is that the playoffs are a long way away yet and to assume that OTTAWA, CAROLINA, etc., etc will be so much head and shoulders above the Lightning and a few other teams at playoff time is ridiculous.
Having said that, no question OTTAWA and CAROLINA would be the favs in the EAST right now........but so what?????
Facts are, come playoff time, ALL top EIGHT teams in the Eastern Conference are going to be a handful to deal with!!!
The playoffs are going to be spectacular, as they always are in the NHL..............with or without the Lightning in them.
The flames lack scoring punch are are struggling in the faceoff circle. Defence and goaltending is above average, although the flames have blown a few two goal leads this year.
I think one Hamrlik gets healthy and the flames get a solid center, they will be one scary team to face in the playoffs
I think one Hamrlik gets healthy and the flames get a solid center, they will be one scary team to face in the playoffs
