2016–17 Carolina Hurricanes season

The 2016–17 Carolina Hurricanes season was the 38th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979 (following seven seasons of play in the World Hockey Association), and 20th season since the franchise relocated from Hartford to start the 1997–98 NHL season. The Canes failed to make the playoffs for the eighth consecutive season.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 2–2–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap 	
1 	September 26 	Carolina 	2–1 	Washington 	OT 	Nedeljkovic 	13,850 	1–0–0 	Recap 	
2 	September 27 	Carolina 	3–2 	Tampa Bay 	 	Ward 	12,475 	2–0–0 	Recap 	
3 	September 30 	Tampa Bay 	2–1 	Carolina 	OT 	Leighton 	6,610 	2–0–1 	Recap 	
4 	October 2 	Carolina 	1–3 	Minnesota 	 	Nedeljkovic 	18,665 	2–1–1 	Recap 	
5 	October 4 	Carolina 	0–2 	Buffalo 	 	— 	— 	2–2–1 	Recap 	
6 	October 5 	Buffalo 	2–3 	Carolina 	SO 	— 	— 	3–2–1 	Recap 	
7 	October 7 	Washington 	2–3 	Carolina 	SO 	Ward 	7,995 	4–2–1 	Recap 	
===Regular season===
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October: 2–4–2 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–2)	October: 2–4–2 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–2)	October: 2–4–2 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–2)	October: 2–4–2 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–2)	October: 2–4–2 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–2)	October: 2–4–2 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–2)	October: 2–4–2 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–2)	October: 2–4–2 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–2)	October: 2–4–2 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–2)	October: 2–4–2 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–2)	October: 2–4–2 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–2)	October: 2–4–2 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–2)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap 	
1 	October 13 	Carolina 	4–5 	Winnipeg 	OT 	Ward 	15,296 	0–0–1 	1 	Recap 	
2 	October 16 	Carolina 	3–4 	Vancouver 	OT 	Lack 	17,832 	0–0–2 	2 	Recap 	
3 	October 18 	Carolina 	2–3 	Edmonton 	 	Ward 	18,347 	0–1–2 	2 	Recap 	
4 	October 20 	Carolina 	4–2 	Calgary 	 	Lack 	17,652 	1–1–2 	4 	Recap 	
5 	October 22 	Carolina 	3–6 	Philadelphia 	 	Lack 	19,668 	1–2–2 	4 	Recap 	
6 	October 25 	Carolina 	2–4 	Detroit 	 	Ward 	20,027 	1–3–2 	4 	Recap 	
7 	October 28 	NY Rangers 	3–2 	Carolina 	 	Ward 	18,680 	2–3–2 	6 	Recap 	
8 	October 30 	Philadelphia 	3–4 	Carolina 	 	Ward 	10,353 	2–4–2 	6 	Recap 	
== Player stats ==
As of April 9, 2017
===Skaters===
 Regular Season 
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	79	37	26	63	−3 	28
 	82	24	25	49	–1 	26
 	82	16	29	45	–10	16
 	75	16	29	45	–1 	38
 	72	11	34	45	−2 	16
 	81	15	27	42	–6 	16
 	82	16	24	40	2 	32
 	75	17	20	37	−18	32
 	82	5 	29	34	23 	12
 	67	11	18	29	−8 	22
 	81	4 	25	29	−19	26
 	82	2 	18	20	23 	20
 	57	7 	9 	16	−11	6
‡ 	56	4 	10	14	−16	17
‡ 	57	9 	3 	12	−6 	33
 	82	7 	5 	12	−12	17
 	65	5 	3 	8 	−8 	18
 	36	1 	6 	7 	−12	15
 	43	2 	4 	6 	–12	30
 	45	0 	6 	6 	−13	6
 	19	1 	4 	5 	−3 	2
 	27	0 	2 	2 	−11	8
†‡ 	5 	0 	2 	2 	−2 	0
 	8 	0 	2 	2 	1 	2
 	11	1 	0 	1 	−4 	4
 	2 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	14	0 	0 	0 	–6 	0
‡ 	2 	0 	0 	0 	−3 	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	−4 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	–3 	0
===Goaltenders===
 Regular Season 
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	61	61	3617:55	26	22	12	162	2.69	1711	.905 	2	0	1	6
 	20	18	1089:51	8 	7 	3 	48 	2.64	492 	.902 	1	0	0	0
 	4 	3 	210:17 	2 	2 	0 	12 	3.43	92 	.870 	0	0	1	0
 	1 	0 	29:57 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0.00	17 	1.000	0	0	0	2
 	1 	0 	0:08 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0.00	0 	n/a 	0	0	0	0
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Hurricanes. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.
==Roster==
== Transactions ==
The Hurricanes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season.
===Trades===
Date 	Details 	Details 	Ref
October 11, 2016 	To Florida Panthers Brody Sutter 	To Carolina Hurricanes Connor Brickley 	
February 21, 2017	To Montreal Canadiens Keegan Lowe 	To Carolina Hurricanes Philip Samuelsson 	
February 23, 2017	To Pittsburgh Penguins Ron Hainsey 	To Carolina Hurricanes Danny Kristo2nd-round pick in 2017	
February 28, 2017	To Ottawa Senators Viktor Stalberg 	To Carolina Hurricanes 3rd-round pick in 2017 	
April 28, 2017 	To Chicago Blackhawks OTT's 3rd-round pick in 2017	To Carolina Hurricanes Scott Darling (rights) 	
;Notes
=== Free agents acquired ===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Viktor Stalberg 	New York Rangers 	1 year, $1.5 million 	
 	Andrew Miller 	Charlotte Checkers	1 year, $650,000 	
 	Lee Stempniak 	Boston Bruins 	2 years, $5 million 	
 	Matt Tennyson 	San Jose Sharks 	1 year, $675,000 	
 	Michael Leighton	Chicago Blackhawks	1 year, $700,000 	
 	Jakub Nakladal 	Calgary Flames 	1 year, $600,000 	
=== Free agents lost ===
Date	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Riley Nash 	Boston Bruins 	2 years, $1.8 million 	
 	Nathan Gerbe 	New York Rangers 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Chris Terry 	Montreal Canadiens 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Brad Malone 	Washington Capitals	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Erik Karlsson	Timrå IK 	1-year 	
=== Claimed via waivers ===
Player 	Previous team 	Date
Martin Frk 	Detroit Red Wings	October 9, 2016
Klas Dahlbeck	Arizona Coyotes 	October 11, 2016
Ty Rattie 	St. Louis Blues 	January 4, 2017
=== Lost via waivers ===
Player 	New team 	Date
Martin Frk	Detroit Red Wings	November 1, 2016
Ty Rattie 	St. Louis Blues 	February 19, 2017
===Lost via retirement===
Date	Player
===Players released===
Date	Player 	Via 	Ref
 	Jakub Nakladal	Termination of contract	
===Player signings===
Date 	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
June 28, 2016 	Patrick Brown 	1 year, $650,000 	
July 9, 2016 	Jake Bean 	3 years, $2.4975 million entry-level contract	
July 9, 2016 	Julien Gauthier 	3 years, $2.4975 million entry-level contract	
July 12, 2016 	Victor Rask 	6 years, $24 million 	
July 14, 2016 	Brendan Woods 	1 year, $650,000 	
July 14, 2016 	Keegan Lowe 	1 year, $750,000 	
July 14, 2016 	Brody Sutter 	1 year, $600,000 	
July 14, 2016 	Dennis Robertson	1 year, $650,000 	
July 14, 2016 	Ryan Murphy 	2 years, $1.575 million 	
March 16, 2017	Callum Booth 	3 years, $2 million entry-level contract 	
March 23, 2017	Janne Kuokkanen 	3 years, $2.25 million entry-level contract 	
March 31, 2017	Warren Foegele 	3 years, $2.4 million entry-level contract 	
March 31, 2017	Spencer Smallman	3 years, $2.275 million entry-level contract 	
April 21, 2017	Klas Dahlbeck 	1 year, $850,000 contract extension 	
April 21, 2017	Steven Lorentz 	3 years, $2.185 entry-level contract 	
May 5, 2017 	Scott Darling 	4 years, $16.6 million contract extension 	
June 13, 2017 	Andrew Miller 	1 year, $650,000 contract extension 	
June 15, 2017 	Teuvo Teravainen	2 years, $5.72 million contract extension 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Carolina Hurricanes' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, was held June 24–25, 2016, at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality 	College/junior/club team (league)
1 	13 	Jake Bean 	D 	Canada 	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
1 	21 	Julien Gauthier	RW 	Canada 	Val d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
2 	43 	Janne Kuokkanen	LW 	Finland 	Karpat (Liiga)
3 	67 	Matt Filipe 	LW 	United States	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)
3 	74 	Hudson Elynuik 	C 	Canada 	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
3 	75 	Jack LaFontaine	G 	Canada 	Janesville Jets (NAHL)
4 	104	Max Zimmer 	LW 	United States	Chicago Steel (USHL)
5 	134	Jeremy Helvig 	G 	United States	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
6 	164	Noah Carroll 	D 	Canada 	Guelph Storm (OHL)
;Draft notes
* The Los Angeles Kings' first-round pick went to the Carolina Hurricanes as the result of a trade on February 25, 2015, that sent Andrej Sekera to Los Angeles in exchange for Roland McKeown and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Carolina will receive a first-round pick in 2016 if Los Angeles fails to qualify for the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs – was converted on April 9, 2015.
* The Winnipeg Jets' third round pick went to the Carolina Hurricanes as the result of a trade on February 25, 2015, that sent Jiri Tlusty to Winnipeg in exchange for a conditional sixth-round pick in 2015 and this pick.
* The Boston Bruins' third-round pick went to the Carolina Hurricanes as the result of a trade on February 29, 2016, that sent John-Michael Liles to Boston in exchange for Anthony Camara, a fifth-round pick in 2017 and this pick.
* The Carolina Hurricanes' seventh-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015, that sent Eddie Lack to Carolina in exchange for a third-round pick in 2015 and this pick.
==References==
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