Confirmed Signing with Link: [CAR] G Yaniv Perets signs ELC with the Hurricanes (2 years, $835k AAV; begins 2023-24)

[Svechhammer]

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[LemonSauceD]

why the canes? So he can be a future 3rd string back up?

 

[Svechhammer]

why the canes? So he can be a future 3rd string back up?

If you assume that Kochetkov is full time NHL next year as expected, Perets likely comes in expecting heavy AHL minutes next year.

On which AHL team that will be, who knows

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

why the canes? So he can be a future 3rd string back up?

Number 1 in the A. Potential to be backup in the NHL depending on what Carolina does.

 

[Chrispy]

why the canes? So he can be a future 3rd string back up?

Carolina guaranteed him he wouldn’t play in Chicago next year.

 

[Rafafouille]

Ah yes, the infamous Pretzel33. Freaking Weekes and his love for tagging everything and everyone.

 

[montreal]

nice pickup since it just costs money, very interested to see how he does as Quinnipiac played such a great defensively structured game. I thought the Habs might try and sign him and put him in 3R (ECHL) but good luck to him with the Canes.

 

[Treb]

why the canes? So he can be a future 3rd string back up?

Andersen is UFA.
Raanta is UFA.
Kotchekov has a 1-way deal.
Sawchenko is UFA.

None of their unsigned prospect seems like some big hope to be starter.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

If Carolina goes with Andersen or Raanta to pair with Kochetkov, the 3rd goalie on the organization depth chart is bound to get NHL playing time.

 

[loadie]

Dang, I thought he might choose the Habs. Congrats to the Canes, it’s always good to get assets for free

 

[Brodeur]

why the canes? So he can be a future 3rd string back up?

Sometimes I feel like the expectations for the UDFA goalies get skewed. Realistically if he carves out a career as an NHL backup, he'd be doing better than most guys coming out of college. Not sure why people act like he's going to waltz into the NHL within a year or something. Andrew Shortidge posted a .940 sv% in his final season at Quinnipiac. He signed with San Jose and split the following three seasons between the AHL/ECHL. I recall one overzealous Sharks fan who assured us that Shortridge would bypass the minors and be an NHL backup immediately.

Penguins sign Quinnipiac goalie, Hobey Baker finalist Eric Hartzell

Eric Hartzell, the star goalie for Quinnipiac University and Hobey Baker finalist, is the newest member of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

www.cbssports.com

Quinnipiac also had a highly touted UDFA goalie named Eric Hartzell a decade ago and he mostly ended up in the ECHL. That article jumped the gun and started wondering how quickly he could become Marc-Andre Fleury's backup.

Carolina has an AHL spot open so they probably made him some assurances that it could be his spot. Arguably there's fewer guys in his way in Carolina's org compared to most other teams.

Most teams already have four goalies lined up and/or have a similarly aged guy with decent upside. And then there'll be the usual shuffle of retreads as teams tend to like their #3 goalies to be seasoned vets as insurance.

Ball park goalie depth chart for next season. I'm probably missing a few guys who are on AHL deals so that they don't count against the 50 NHL contract limit:

ANA: Gibson | Stolarz (UFA) | Dostal (RFA) | Eriksson-Ek (RFA) | Clang
CGY: Markstrom | Vladar | Wolf | Dansk (UFA)
EDM: Campbell | Skinner | Pickard | Rodrigue (RFA) | Fanti
LAK: Korpisalo (UFA) | Petersen | Copley | Villalta (RFA) | Ingham (RFA) | Hrenek (RFA) | Portillo
SEA: Grubauer | Driedger | Jones (UFA) | Daccord (UFA) | Gibson (UFA)
SJS: Reimer (UFA) | Kahkonen | Dell (UFA) | Makineimi (RFA) | Mann (RFA) | Chrona
VAN: Demko | Martin | Delia (UFA) | Silovs | Tolopilo
VGK: Lehner* | Thompson | Quick (UFA) | Broissoit (UFA) | Hill (UFA) | Patera | Saville

ARZ: Vejmelka | Ingram (RFA) | Prosvetov (RFA) | Tendeck (RFA) | Thornton
CHI: Mrazek | Stalock (UFA) | Khudobin (UFA) | Soderblom (RFA) | Commesso | Stauber
COL: Georgiev | Francouz | Johansson (UFA) | Annunen (RFA) | Kinkaid (UFA) | Miner
DAL: Oettinger | Wedgewood | Murray (RFA) | Scheel (RFA) | Wells (UFA) | Poirier
MIN: Fleury | Gustavsson (RFA) | McIntyre (UFA) | Wallstedt | Jones (RFA)
NSH: Saros | Lankinen | Askarov | Cooley (UFA) | Vomacka (RFA)
STL: Binnington | Greiss (UFA) | Hofer | Zherenko | Ellis | Cranley
WPG: Hellebuyck | Rittich (UFA) | Holm (RFA) | Salminen | Cormier (RFA) | Berdin (KHL)

BOS: Ullmark | Swayman (RFA) | Bussi (RFA) | Keyser (RFA) | DiPietro (RFA)
BUF: Levi | Comrie | Anderson (UFA) | Luukkonen | Subban (UFA) | Houser (UFA)
DET: Husso | Nedeljkovic (UFA) | Hellberg (UFA) | Cossa | Brattstrom (UFA) | Lethemon (RFA)
FLO: Bobrovsky | Knight | Lyon (UFA) | Guzda | Berube (UFA) | Fitzpatrick (RFA)
MON: Price* | Allen | Montembeault | Primeau | Dobes
OTT: Talbot (UFA) | Forsberg | Sogaard | Bibeau (UFA) | Mandolese | Merilainen | Ferguson (RFA)
TBL: Vasilevskiy | Elliott (UFA) | Lagace (UFA) | Alnefelt
TOR: Murray | Samsonov (RFA) | Kallgren (RFA) | Woll | Petruzzelli | Hildeby | McKay (AHL)

CAR: Andersen (UFA) | Raanta (UFA) | Kochetkov | Sawchenko (UFA)
CLB: Merzlikins | Tarasov | Hutchinson (UFA) | Gillies (UFA) | Greaves | Lalonde
NJD: Vanecek | Blackwood (RFA) | Bernier (UFA) | Schmid | Daws | Brennan?
NYI: Sorokin | Varlamov | Schneider (UFA) | Skarek (RFA) | Appleby | Lennox
NYR: Shesterkin | Halak (UFA) | Domingue | Garand | Lindbom | Boyko
PHI: Hart | Sandstrom | Grosenick (UFA) | Ersson | Fedotov (KHL?)
PIT: Jarry (UFA) | DeSmith | Tokarski (UFA) | Lindberg | Gauthier | Blomqvist
WSH: Kuemper | Lindgren | Fucale (UFA) | Stevenson | Shepard (UFA) | Bjorklund | Gibson

 

[Chrispy]

Carolina has an AHL spot open so they probably made him some assurances that it could be his spot. Arguably there's fewer guys in his way in Carolina's org compared to most other teams.

I think this is all of it. Perets sees a chance to play in the AHL next year instead of the ECHL with Carolina. Even if Carolina ends up splitting an AHL affiliate with someone else he doesn't have any competition currently in Carolina for an AHL spot.

Carolina needs to focus on a goalie to start or put in a tandem with Kochetkov at the NHL level, so I think this gives them an easy solution for an AHL goalie to try.

And it can't go worse than their last NCAA UFA goalie.

 

[tarheelhockey]

why the canes? So he can be a future 3rd string back up?

Carolina drafted Freddie Andersen in the 7th round back in 2010. Andersen refused to sign and re-entered the draft because his brilliant agent Rich Winter convinced him there would be no opportunity for a job in Carolina.

By 2013, the Canes were rolling a trio of Cam Ward, Dan Ellis, Justin Peters with a combined .902. Andersen ended up in Anaheim, who had him slotted 4th behind Jonas Hiller, John Gibson and Viktor Fasth. Gibson is still Anaheim's starter a decade later, and Hiller likely remains there long-term if not for his career altering vertigo issue. Andersen was that close to being shut out of an NHL job for the long haul.

Life comes at you fast when it comes to goalies. Trying to pick an organization based on opportunities 3-4 years down the road is a dangerous game.

 

[Siludin]

Most people look at Carolina, and say their achilles heel is shaky goaltending. If Perets had an honest agent he would tell them that Carolina is a good spot to progress his career.
It's not rocket science - Carolina is a contender than needs better goaltending. Very few of the other "contenders" have this problem right now.

 

[Recipe Unlimited]

Ah yes, the infamous Pretzel33. Freaking Weekes and his love for tagging everything and everyone.

What's weird about tagging the person that signed?

 

[Sigurd]

A good prospect to have for us, and as other fans noted, particularly for our goalie depth.

He'll have an opportunity to play in the AHL next season. It's a win-win for both parties involved.