- Hurricanes re-sign defenseman Ronan Seeley to a one-year, two-way contract
- The agreement wipes out Carolina’s only scheduled arbitration hearing
- Read below for Seeley’s numbers and what the deal means for the champs’ blue line
The Stanley Cup champions took care of a little housekeeping Thursday.
Carolina re-signed defenseman Ronan Seeley to a one-year, two-way contract. The deal pays $850,000 at the NHL level and $100,000 in the minors, with a guaranteed salary of $160,000.
It also erased the only arbitration case the Hurricanes had left on their summer schedule. Seeley and the club settled before a hearing was ever needed.
Here’s the team’s announcement:
Seeley spent most of last season with AHL Chicago, where he posted a career-high 11 goals and 23 points in 69 games. That’s a solid jump for a fourth-year pro who plays a left-shot, puck-moving style.
His NHL resume is still thin. He got into one game with Carolina and didn’t record a point, so this reads as a depth deal more than a promise of a roster spot.
Still, the two-way structure keeps him around as cheap insurance on a blue line that just won it all. Carolina can move him between Raleigh and the minors without any cap headache.
That’s part of a busy Carolina summer on the back end. The Hurricanes re-signed young defenseman Aleksi Heimosalmi to a one-year deal earlier this month.
He heads to camp trying to turn that one-game cameo into something more with the defending champs.
