Hurricanes fire Laviolette; Maurice returns Raleigh, NC (Sports Network) - The Carolina Hurricanes have made a coaching
change, replacing Peter Laviolette with his predecessor, Paul Maurice.
Maurice will return to the job he held for seven full seasons and parts of two
others before Laviolette took over 30 games into the 2003-04 campaign.
In addition, Ron Francis has been named an associate coach.
"This is a real strong addition with Paul and Ronnie leading our coaching
staff," said Hurricanes president and general manager Jim Rutherford. "As we
go into a very tough group of games in December, my hope is... More...
Dan Cloutier lost his grievance against the Kings and will remain a free agent, according to the Los Angeles Daily News. Cloutier was seeking to have the buyout of his contract reversed.
Our View:Cloutier hasn't been fantasy relevant since before the strike as he has posted only 18 victories the past four years.
Despite rumors that the Los Angeles Kings are discussing dealing Anze Kopitar, is is highly unlikely to happen, according to Allan Muir of SI.com.
Our View:We should hope not, especially because the package the Kings had been rumored to be getting (Khabibulin), is a bad deal. Kopitar should be taken fairly early in fantasy hockey drafts.
The Stars have acquired forward Lauri Tukonen from the Kings in exchange for forward Richard Clune, the AP reports. Tukonen was the No. 11 selection in the 2004 draft.
Our View:Tukonen will fight for a fourth-line spot with the Stars, and hopefully the change of scenery will do him good.
