The Carolina Hurricanes’ 2024-25 season came to a close a few weeks prior, falling in five games to the Florida Panthers in the Eastern Conference Final.
While the team’s main roster is still primarily set, there’s a few pieces that will be without contracts.
Whether they get offered extensions or wind up moving on somewhere else is to be seen, but here’s the players whose deals are set to expire on July 1.
Check out the Canes’ 2025 RFAs here.
Brent Burns
40, RHD
6g, 29pts, 82gp, 20:57 ATOI
Last Contract: 8 years, $8 million AAV
Burns’ offensive game has certainly taken a hit as he ages, but the veteran defenseman has managed to find himself in a useful niche for the Hurricanes as he’s adapted his game to more of a shutdown role.
The 40-year-old ironman is still a good player (especially on the penalty kill) due to his high hockey IQ and active stick and I could see him returning on a short and cheap, veteran deal.
Lots of interest on both sides to make something happen.
‘We Love It Here And Would Love For It To Work Out’: Brent Burns 2024-25 Exit InterviewThe Carolina Hurricanes’ 2024-25 season came to a close earlier this week as the team lost in five games to the Florida Panthers in the Eastern Conference Final.
Dmitry Orlov
33, LHD
6g, 28pts, 76gp, 20:00 ATOI
Last Contract: 2 years, $7.75 million AAV
Despite how his season may have ended, Orlov was an effective defenseman for the Hurricanes the last two years paired alongside Jalen Chatfield.
The Russian was part of one of the top puck possession pairs in the league and he played a lot of big minutes for Carolina.
But there’s no denying how tough of a look the Eastern Conference Final was for him, especially in Game 3.
Orlov should still have interest around the league, but the Canes have younger options coming up (Alexander Nikishin), so they can’t afford to create a logjam there.
Eric Robinson
29, LW/RW
14g, 32pts, 82gp, 12:16 ATOI
Last Contract: 1 year, $950,000
Robinson looked to be potentially on the outside coming into training camp, but a strong preseason got him a shot on the roster and he never looked back.
The veteran forward was a perfect fit for the Canes with his fast skating and physical forechecking and he was also able to slot up and down the lineup.
A career year has set him up for a significant pay raise, but there’s still interest on both sides to make something work.
Jack Roslovic
28, C/RW
22g, 39pts, 81gp, 13:49 ATOI
Last Contract: 1 year, $2.8 million
It’s not often that you see a 20+ goal scorer as a healthy scratch in the postseason, but that was sort of the story for Jack Roslovic this season.
There’s no denying that there’s talent there, especially with how effective of a scorer he was to start the season and his strong faceoff numbers, but the stylistic fit just didn’t seem to be there and in the playoffs, the Canes opted to go with different options.
Tyson Jost
27, C
4g, 9pts, 14gp (AHL) / 4g, 9pts, 39gp, 10:22 ATOI (NHL)
Last Contract: 1 year, $775,000
Jost entered the Hurricanes’ training camp as the odd-man out and started the year in the AHL.
However, he worked his way back up to the NHL before an injury sidelined him too.
A useful utility forward, Jost was well liked in the room and was the type of player that would do anything asked of him.
Juha Jaaska
27, LW/C/RW
12g, 33pts, 53gp (AHL) / 0g, 4pts, 18gp (NHL)
Last Contract: 1 year, $850,000
After nine seasons in Liiga, Finland’s top league, the Hurricanes took notice of Jaaska and offered him his first North American deal.
The versatile forward clicked immediately in Chicago, and eventually, his hard work was rewarded with an extensive look in the NHL.
I feel like an extension makes sense for both sides here.
Riley Stillman
27, LHD
3g, 9pts, 35gp (AHL) / 0pts, 5gp (NHL)
Last Contract: 1 year, $775,000
Stillman spent the majority of the regular season as the seventh defenseman for Carolina, but was eventually leapfrogged by a couple of rookie standouts (Scott Morrow and Alexander Nikishin) later in the season and in the playoffs.
Spencer Martin
30, G
0.909 Sv%, 31gp (AHL) / 0.846 Sv%, 9gp (NHL)
Last Contract: 1 year, $775,000
The journeyman goaltender didn’t have as strong of an NHL stint as he did for Carolina last year, with only one NHL game with a save percentage over 0.900 this season.
However, he had strong AHL numbers on a team that had a lot of growing pains.
Dustin Tokarski
35, G
0.897 Sv%, 21gp (AHL) / 0.902 Sv%, 6gp (NHL)
Last Contract: 1 year, $775,000
When Frederik Andersen wound up on the shelf following knee surgery in November, the Hurricanes realized that they had to shore up their goaltending position for a bit and so they signed the veteran to a deal off of his AHL PTO.
From sitting at home without a gig to eventually getting back into some NHL action is not a bad swing at all.
Joakim Ryan
31, LHD
2g, 8pts, 59gp
Last Contract: 1 year, $775,000
The Swedish defenseman returned to North America after three years in the SHL and was a veteran presence on a very young Chicago Wolves squad.
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