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.
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Quite the honour for him.
The pair of defenceman are heading down to the AHL club of Manitoba.