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Michael Leighton signs two-year deal with Hurricanes

From Luke Decock of the News Observer:

Last week, the Canes decided that Michael Leighton had indeed done enough in the AHL to replace John Grahame as Cam Ward’s backup this season.

On Wednesday, Leighton, 27, signed a two-year contract worth $1.2 million to make it official.

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Nice to see Leighton get a chance to become a NHL back-up. Last season he was tremendous in the AHL, so it is always nice to see a still relatively young netminder earn his way back into the NHL.

As for the Hurricanes, they get a cheap back-up netminder, who is an upgrade over John Grahame from last season. Grahame struggled terribly all season long and that meant a much greater work load for starting netminder Cam Ward.