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Canes sign Kostopoulos

by David Lee on 07/14/09 at 07:52 PM ET
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On Tuesday, the Hurricanes made a surprise announcement that I don’t think anyone in the world saw coming. They have agreed to terms with 30-year old right wing Tom Kostopoulos. The three-year deal will pay the veteran a total of 2.75M. He’ll start with $700k in 2009-10, then $950k in 10-11, and he’ll make $1.1M in the final year of the contract. I’ll go on record as saying that while I don’t know much about Kostopoulos, what I do know is good. Sight unseen, I like this acquisition.

While few will say that this is a bad signing, I think it might have ramifications for Tuomo Ruutu, or more likely, for Patrick Eaves. The Hurricanes haven’t been making much progress in the efforts to get Ruutu re-signed, and he’s scheduled for a July 30 arbitration hearing. Does this mean the Canes have given up on that and they’re planning on “walking away” from the arbitration hearing? Probably not. I think the more likely scenario is that they’re going to give up on Patty Eaves. Perhaps neither of the above.

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