# 2000–01 Carolina Hurricanes season

The 2000–01 Carolina Hurricanes season was the franchise's 22nd season in the National Hockey League and fourth as the Hurricanes.

## Regular season

The Hurricanes allowed the most short-handed goals during the regular season, with 16.

### Final standings

Southeast Division :
| No. | CR | | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | 3 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 41 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 233 | 211 | 96 |
| 2 | 8 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 38 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 212 | 225 | 88 |
| 3 | 12 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 22 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 200 | 246 | 66 |
| 4 | 13 | Atlanta Thrashers | 82 | 23 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 211 | 289 | 60 |
| 5 | 14 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 24 | 47 | 6 | 5 | 201 | 280 | 59 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
Eastern Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Z- New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 48 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 295 | 195 | 111 |
| 2 | Y- Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 48 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 274 | 205 | 109 |
| 3 | Y- Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 41 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 233 | 211 | 96 |
| 4 | X- Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 82 | 43 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 240 | 207 | 100 |
| 5 | X- Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 46 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 218 | 184 | 98 |
| 6 | X- Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 42 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 281 | 256 | 96 |
| 7 | X- Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 37 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 232 | 207 | 90 |
| 8 | X- Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 38 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 212 | 225 | 88 |
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| 9 | Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 36 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 227 | 249 | 88 |
| 10 | New York Rangers | AT | 82 | 33 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 250 | 290 | 72 |
| 11 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 28 | 40 | 8 | 6 | 206 | 232 | 70 |
| 12 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 22 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 200 | 246 | 66 |
| 13 | Atlanta Thrashers | SE | 82 | 23 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 211 | 289 | 60 |
| 14 | Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 24 | 47 | 6 | 5 | 201 | 280 | 59 |
| 15 | New York Islanders | AT | 82 | 21 | 51 | 7 | 3 | 185 | 268 | 52 |
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast
Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

2000–01 regular season :
October: 3–5–3–0 (home: 2–2–2–0; road: 1–3–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
1TOctober 7, 20003–3 OTWashington Capitals (2000–01)0–0–1–018,337Recap
2WOctober 10, 20005–2Dallas Stars (2000–01)1–0–1–011,673Recap
3TOctober 13, 20002–2 OT@ Florida Panthers (2000–01)1–0–2–013,764Recap
4LOctober 14, 20001–2@ Nashville Predators (2000–01)1–1–2–016,507Recap
5WOctober 18, 20003–2@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01)2–1–2–014,035Recap
6LOctober 21, 20002–5@ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01)2–2–2–019,654Recap
7LOctober 24, 20002–3San Jose Sharks (2000–01)2–3–2–010,140Recap
8LOctober 25, 20001–4@ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01)2–4–2–014,912Recap
9TOctober 27, 20003–3 OTNew Jersey Devils (2000–01)2–4–3–018,730Recap
10LOctober 29, 20001–4St. Louis Blues (2000–01)2–5–3–010,155Recap
11WOctober 31, 20006–5 OTTampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)3–5–3–07,016Recap :
November: 7–5–0–1 (home: 3–2–0–0; road: 4–3–0–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
12LNovember 3, 20003–5@ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)3–6–3–018,007Recap
13LNovember 4, 20001–4@ San Jose Sharks (2000–01)3–7–3–017,496Recap
14LNovember 8, 20000–5@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01)3–8–3–019,098Recap
15WNovember 10, 20003–1Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01)4–8–3–018,730Recap
16WNovember 12, 20004–0Ottawa Senators (2000–01)5–8–3–012,003Recap
17LNovember 15, 20001–4Florida Panthers (2000–01)5–9–3–011,088Recap
18WNovember 16, 20001–0@ Ottawa Senators (2000–01)6–9–3–015,211Recap
19OTLNovember 18, 20002–3 OT@ New Jersey Devils (2000–01)6–9–3–116,051Recap
20WNovember 22, 20003–1@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01)7–9–3–113,356Recap
21WNovember 24, 20003–1@ Boston Bruins (2000–01)8–9–3–115,921Recap
22LNovember 26, 20004–7Nashville Predators (2000–01)8–10–3–110,827Recap
23WNovember 29, 20002–1 OT@ Florida Panthers (2000–01)9–10–3–113,008Recap
24WNovember 30, 20002–0Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01)10–10–3–113,729Recap :
December: 4–6–1–1 (home: 3–1–0–0; road: 1–5–1–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
25LDecember 3, 20000–2Ottawa Senators (2000–01)10–11–3–111,360Recap
26WDecember 6, 20005–3@ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01)11–11–3–113,095Recap
27LDecember 9, 20002–7@ Calgary Flames (2000–01)11–12–3–116,055Recap
28TDecember 13, 20001–1 OT@ Minnesota Wild (2000–01)11–12–4–118,064Recap
29WDecember 15, 20005–3Buffalo Sabres (2000–01)12–12–4–118,730Recap
30LDecember 16, 20001–4@ Boston Bruins (2000–01)12–13–4–113,306Recap
31LDecember 19, 20001–2@ New York Islanders (2000–01)12–14–4–18,707Recap
32OTLDecember 23, 20001–2 OT@ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01)12–14–4–219,645Recap
33LDecember 26, 20002–3@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)12–15–4–212,128Recap
34WDecember 27, 20004–3New York Rangers (2000–01)13–15–4–216,280Recap
35LDecember 29, 20001–3@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)13–16–4–218,136Recap
36WDecember 31, 20002–1Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)14–16–4–213,097Recap :
January: 8–4–2–0 (home: 6–4–1–0; road: 2–0–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
37WJanuary 3, 20013–2Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)15–16–4–27,517Recap
38TJanuary 6, 20012–2 OTColorado Avalanche (2000–01)15–16–5–218,730Recap
39WJanuary 7, 20015–2New York Islanders (2000–01)16–16–5–28,627Recap
40WJanuary 9, 20017–3Florida Panthers (2000–01)17–16–5–28,732Recap
41TJanuary 12, 20012–2 OT@ Florida Panthers (2000–01)17–16–6–212,727Recap
42WJanuary 14, 20014–0Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)18–16–6–213,013Recap
43WJanuary 16, 20013–2 OT@ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01)19–16–6–219,371Recap
44WJanuary 18, 20014–2Boston Bruins (2000–01)20–16–6–210,732Recap
45LJanuary 20, 20013–6Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)20–17–6–213,009Recap
46LJanuary 22, 20012–5New York Rangers (2000–01)20–18–6–211,193Recap
47WJanuary 24, 20013–2@ New York Rangers (2000–01)21–18–6–218,200Recap
48LJanuary 27, 20013–4Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01)21–19–6–218,730Recap
49WJanuary 29, 20015–2Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)22–19–6–28,030Recap
50LJanuary 31, 20013–4Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01)22–20–6–211,581Recap :
February: 5–4–2–1 (home: 3–2–0–0; road: 2–2–2–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
51WFebruary 1, 20013–1@ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01)23–20–6–212,399Recap
52WFebruary 7, 20012–1 OT@ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)24–20–6–212,138Recap
53LFebruary 8, 20012–4@ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)24–21–6–213,884Recap
54TFebruary 11, 20012–2 OT@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)24–21–7–212,630Recap
55OTLFebruary 14, 20013–4 OT@ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)24–21–7–319,995Recap
56LFebruary 16, 20010–2Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)24–22–7–313,812Recap
57WFebruary 18, 20015–4Boston Bruins (2000–01)25–22–7–316,206Recap
58LFebruary 19, 20010–4@ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01)25–23–7–319,566Recap
59WFebruary 21, 20016–3Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01)26–23–7–39,458Recap
60WFebruary 23, 20013–2New Jersey Devils (2000–01)27–23–7–314,685Recap
61LFebruary 24, 20011–2Washington Capitals (2000–01)27–24–7–318,730Recap
62TFebruary 27, 20011–1 OT@ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01)27–24–8–314,081Recap :
March: 8–7–0–0 (home: 5–3–0–0; road: 3–4–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
63WMarch 1, 20013–1@ New York Islanders (2000–01)28–24–8–39,069Recap
64LMarch 2, 20013–7@ New Jersey Devils (2000–01)28–25–8–315,159Recap
65WMarch 4, 20016–3@ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)29–25–8–314,773Recap
66WMarch 7, 20012–1Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)30–25–8–39,067Recap
67LMarch 8, 20010–1@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)30–26–8–310,656Recap
68LMarch 11, 20012–3Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)30–27–8–313,124Recap
69LMarch 14, 20013–6Montreal Canadiens (2000–01)30–28–8–39,467Recap
70WMarch 15, 20013–0@ Washington Capitals (2000–01)31–28–8–318,672Recap
71WMarch 18, 20012–1New York Islanders (2000–01)32–28–8–314,112Recap
72WMarch 21, 20011–0Buffalo Sabres (2000–01)33–28–8–312,899Recap
73WMarch 23, 20015–3Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01)34–28–8–318,730Recap
74LMarch 24, 20011–3@ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01)34–29–8–318,690Recap
75LMarch 26, 20012–4Montreal Canadiens (2000–01)34–30–8–312,376Recap
76LMarch 28, 20010–7@ Washington Capitals (2000–01)34–31–8–315,518Recap
77WMarch 30, 20014–3 OTWashington Capitals (2000–01)35–31–8–317,355Recap :
April: 3–1–1–0 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 2–0–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
78WApril 1, 20013–2 OT@ Ottawa Senators (2000–01)36–31–8–318,500Recap
79TApril 3, 20012–2 OT@ St. Louis Blues (2000–01)36–31–9–318,216Recap
80WApril 4, 20013–1@ New York Rangers (2000–01)37–31–9–318,200Recap
81WApril 6, 20013–2Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01)38–31–9–317,044Recap
82LApril 8, 20014–6Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01)38–32–9–318,730Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point)
  Overtime loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

2001 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (1) New Jersey Devils – Devils win 4–2
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1LApril 12, 20011–5@ New Jersey DevilsDevils lead 1–0Recap
2LApril 15, 20010–2@ New Jersey DevilsDevils lead 2–0Recap
3LApril 17, 20010–4New Jersey DevilsDevils lead 3–0Recap
4WApril 18, 20013–2 OTNew Jersey DevilsDevils lead 3–1Recap
5WApril 20, 20013–2@ New Jersey DevilsDevils lead 3–2Recap
6LApril 22, 20011–5New Jersey DevilsDevils win 4–2Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics
### Scoring

* Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 92 | Jeff O'Neill | RW | 82 | 41 | 26 | 67 | −18 | 106 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 10 |
| 10 | Ron Francis | C | 82 | 15 | 50 | 65 | −15 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| 24 | Sami Kapanen | LW | 82 | 20 | 37 | 57 | −12 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −7 | 0 |
| 17 | Rod Brind'Amour | C | 79 | 20 | 36 | 56 | −7 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −7 | 6 |
| 23 | Martin Gelinas | LW | 79 | 23 | 29 | 52 | −4 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 6 |
| 25 | Shane Willis | RW | 73 | 20 | 24 | 44 | −6 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 8 | Sandis Ozolinsh | D | 72 | 12 | 32 | 44 | −25 | 71 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 5 |
| 45 | David Tanabe | D | 74 | 7 | 22 | 29 | −9 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −4 | 12 |
| 13 | Bates Battaglia | LW | 80 | 12 | 15 | 27 | −14 | 76 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 2 |
| 19 | Rob DiMaio | RW | 74 | 6 | 18 | 24 | −14 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 4 |
| 63 | Josef Vasicek | C | 76 | 8 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 53 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 0 |
| 2 | Glen Wesley | D | 71 | 5 | 16 | 21 | −2 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 0 |
| 5 | Marek Malik | D | 61 | 6 | 14 | 20 | −4 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 |
| 4 | Kevin Hatcher | D | 57 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 6 |
| 33 | Dave Karpa | D | 80 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −19 | 159 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 17 |
| 16 | Tommy Westlund | C | 79 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −9 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 17 |
| 7 | Niclas Wallin | D | 37 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −11 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
| 38 | Scott Pellerin† | RW | 19 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 |
| 11 | Jeff Daniels | RW | 67 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| 1 | Arturs Irbe | G | 77 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 4 |
| 20 | Darren Langdon | LW | 54 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 94 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 27 | Craig Adams | RW | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −7 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Steven Halko | D | 48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −10 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 36 | Greg Koehler | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 53 | Greg Kuznik | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Tyler Moss | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Mike Rucinski | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### Goaltending

| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 1 | Arturs Irbe | 77 | 37 | 29 | 9 | 1947 | 180 | 2.45 | .908 | 6 | 4406 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 201 | 20 | 3.34 | .900 | 0 | 360 |
| 31 | Tyler Moss | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 251 | 37 | 3.99 | .853 | 0 | 557 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (annual) | NHL All-Rookie Team | Shane Willis (Forward) |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Sandis Ozolinsh |
| League (in-season) | NHL Rookie of the Month | Shane Willis (February) |
| Team | Good Guy Award | Glen Wesley |
| Team | Most Valuable Player | Arturs Irbe |
| Team | Steve Chiasson Award | Rod Brind'Amour |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Josef Vasicek | October 7, 2000 |
| First game | Niclas Wallin | October 7, 2000 |
| First game | Greg Kuznik | October 21, 2000 |
| First game | Craig Adams | October 24, 2000 |
| First game | Greg Koehler | December 29, 2000 |
| 25th shutout | Arturs Irbe | November 12, 2000 |
| 1,000th game played | Glen Wesley | January 20, 2001 |

## Transactions

The Hurricanes were involved in the following transactions from June 11, 2000, the day after the deciding game of the 2000 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 2001, the day of the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 24, 2000 (2000-06-24) | To Carolina Hurricanes Sandis OzolinshColumbus’ 2nd-round pick in 2000 | To Colorado Avalanche Nolan Pratt1st-round pick in 20002nd-round pick in 2000Philadelphia’s 2nd-round pick in 2000 |
| June 25, 2000 (2000-06-25) | To Carolina Hurricanes 4th-round pick in 2000 | To Atlanta Thrashers Anaheim’s 4th-round pick in 20005th-round pick in 20008th-round pick in 2000 |
| August 4, 2000 (2000-08-04) | To Carolina Hurricanes Rob DiMaioDarren Langdon | To New York Rangers Sandy McCarthy4th-round pick in 2001 |
| March 1, 2001 (2001-03-01) | To Carolina Hurricanes Scott Pellerin | To Minnesota Wild Askhat Rakhmatullin3rd-round pick in 2001Future considerations |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via |
| July 31, 2000 (2000-07-31) | Kevin Hatcher | New York Rangers | 1-year | Free agency |
| August 1, 2000 (2000-08-01) | Brian Felsner | Cincinnati Cyclones (IHL) | | Free agency |
| August 1, 2000 (2000-08-01) | Jon Rohloff | Kansas City Blades (IHL) | | Free agency |
| August 9, 2000 (2000-08-09) | Tyler Moss | Pittsburgh Penguins | | Free agency |
| August 21, 2000 (2000-08-21) | Bujar Amidovski | Philadelphia Flyers | | Free agency |
| August 21, 2000 (2000-08-21) | Reggie Berg | Florida Everblades (ECHL) | | Free agency |
| August 21, 2000 (2000-08-21) | Jeremiah McCarthy | Springfield Falcons (AHL) | | Free agency |
| August 21, 2000 (2000-08-21) | Harlan Pratt | Florida Everblades (ECHL) | | Free agency |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via |
| N/A | Eric Dandenault | Berlin Capitals (DEL) | Free agency (VI) |
| N/A | Todd Simon | Essen Mosquitoes (DEL) | Free agency (VI) |
| June 23, 2000 (2000-06-23) | Robert Kron | Columbus Blue Jackets | Expansion draft |
| June 23, 2000 (2000-06-23) | Curtis Leschyshyn | Minnesota Wild | Expansion draft |
| July 1, 2000 (2000-07-01) | Sergei Fedotov | | Contract expiration (UFA) |
| July 1, 2000 (2000-07-01) | Sean Hill | St. Louis Blues | Free agency (V) |
| July 1, 2000 (2000-07-01) | Mike Morrone | | Contract expiration (UFA) |
| July 4, 2000 (2000-07-04) | Gary Roberts | Toronto Maple Leafs | Free agency (III) |
| July 13, 2000 (2000-07-13) | Paul Coffey | Boston Bruins | Free agency (III) |
| July 25, 2000 (2000-07-25) | Andrei Kovalenko | Boston Bruins | Free agency (UFA) |
| August 10, 2000 (2000-08-10) | Steve Bancroft | San Jose Sharks | Free agency (VI) |
| August 18, 2000 (2000-08-18) | Hugh Hamilton | Florida Everblades (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| August 23, 2000 (2000-08-23) | Gilbert Dionne | Cincinnati Cyclones (IHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| August 28, 2000 (2000-08-28) | Len Esau | Cincinnati Cyclones (IHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| February 11, 2001 (2001-02-11) | Mark Fitzpatrick | Detroit Vipers (IHL) | Free agency (III) |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term | Contract type |
| July 6, 2000 (2000-07-06) | Dave Karpa | | Re-signing |
| July 6, 2000 (2000-07-06) | Niclas Wallin | | Entry-level |
| July 10, 2000 (2000-07-10) | Ian MacNeil | multi-year | Re-signing |
| July 24, 2000 (2000-07-24) | Sandis Ozolinsh | 5-year | Re-signing |
| August 1, 2000 (2000-08-01) | Bates Battaglia | | Re-signing |
| August 1, 2000 (2000-08-01) | Steven Halko | | Re-signing |
| August 1, 2000 (2000-08-01) | Greg Koehler | | Re-signing |
| August 1, 2000 (2000-08-01) | Sandy McCarthy | | Re-signing |
| August 1, 2000 (2000-08-01) | Byron Ritchie | | Re-signing |
| August 1, 2000 (2000-08-01) | Shane Willis | | Re-signing |
| August 4, 2000 (2000-08-04) | Martin Gelinas | 2-year | Extension |
| August 6, 2000 (2000-08-06) | Jeff O'Neill | | Re-signing |
| August 21, 2000 (2000-08-21) | Jeff Daniels | 1-year | Re-signing |
| August 21, 2000 (2000-08-21) | Mike Rucinski | 2-year | Re-signing |
| November 24, 2000 (2000-11-24) | Damian Surma | multi-year | Entry-level |

## Draft picks

Carolina's picks at the 2000 NHL entry draft in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team |
| 2 | 32 | Tomas Kurka | Left Wing | Czech Republic | Plymouth Whalers (OHL) |
| 3 | 80 | Ryan Bayda | Left Wing | Canada | University of North Dakota (WCHA) |
| 4 | 98 | Niclas Wallin | Defense | Sweden | Brynas IF (Sweden) |
| 4 | 110 | Jared Newman | Defense | United States | Plymouth Whalers (OHL) |
| 6 | 181 | Justin Forrest | Defense | United States | US National U-18, Exhibition |
| 7 | 212 | Magnus Kahnberg | Right Wing | Sweden | Frolunda HC (Sweden) |
| 8 | 235 | Craig Kowalski | Goaltender | United States | Northern Michigan University (CCHA) |
| 9 | 276 | Troy Ferguson | Center | Canada | Michigan State Spartans (CCHA) |

## Farm teams
### International Hockey League

The Cincinnati Cyclones are the Hurricanes International Hockey League affiliate for the 2000–01 IHL season.

### East Coast Hockey League

The Florida Everblades are the Hurricanes East Coast Hockey League affiliate.