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.
Read the entire article here.
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.
He's closing in on his first game since January 13th.
The 2024 2nd rounder is in Winnipeg where he'll spend the rest of the season…
At the GM meetings GMKC spoke 1-on-1 with Gino Reda.