From the News & Observer:

The Canes continued to retool their defense Wednesday, signing defenseman Josef Melichar to a one-year, $1 million contract.

Read more from Lord Stanley’s Blog here.

Give Jim Rutherford credit for completely revamping his defense. He added Joe Corvo at the deadline, Joni Pitkanen on Tuesday and now Josef Melichar today. While they may have gone largely unnoticed, these are strong moves by the Carolina GM.

Richard Pollock

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