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Canes Sign Manny Legace to Fill Net

When Cam Ward went down with a grisly injury on Saturday night a bad season got much, much worse for the Carolina Hurricanes. Their star netminder got cut by a skate early in the first period and had to be taken to the hospital. As of Sunday night Ward was still in a Columbus hospital and the team expects that he will miss...

Erik Cole Likely to Play, Tuomo Ruutu Looking Doubtful

After suffering a "lower body injury" in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final, Erik Cole's status for Game 2 has been up in the air during this painfully long two-day break. Cole was injured during Monday's game when he was on the receiving end of a Matt Cooke hit that included knee-on-knee contact. According to Adam...

Location Not to Blame for Warm-Weather Team Woes

Two years ago, the Washington Capitals were just another NHL franchise. In fact, they were a pretty poor one. They didn't draw well, they didn't win, and they weren't making money.The situation was so bad that you could have conceivably thought their future in Washington was in peril. One coaching change and the...

Rutherford: Everyone on Hot Seat in Carolina

With Atlanta's 5-1 win over Detroit on Tuesday night, the Thrashers quietly slipped into first place in the Southeast Division past a struggling Carolina Hurricanes team that was busy dropping a 5-4 decision to the Maple Leafs in Toronto. After a 11-4-3 start, the Hurricanes have sleepwalked through the last two months of...

JimRutherford News From the Web

05/22/12 McBain returning to Hurricanes Source: Edmonton Sun - Edmonton - AB - Canada Young defenceman Jamie McBain signed a two-year, $3.6 million contract Monday that will keep him with the Carolina Hurricanes.
05/02/12 Rutherford talks (potential) trades, coaching changes Source: Lord Stanley's Blog Speculation is increasing the Pittsburgh Penguins may be willing to trade center Jordan Staal and that the Carolina Hurricanes could be the team most likely to land him.
04/24/12 Canes Re-Sign Tlusty Source: Kukla's Korner Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League's Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has signed forward Jiri Tlusty to a two-year contract.
04/17/12 3-mile segment of Kalamazoo River set to reopen Source: CBS - 9&10 News - Cadillac MI TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. Officials say about three miles of the Kalamazoo River will reopen for recreational use Wednesday for the first time since a massive oil spill fouled the southern Michigan waterway in July 2010.
04/16/12 River may reopen this summer Source: Battle Creek Enquirer - Battle Creek MI Its been 21 months since a pipeline ruptured here, spilling nearly 900,000 gallons of thick tar sands oil into Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo River.