2011–12 Carolina Hurricanes season

The 2011–12 Carolina Hurricanes season was the 40th season for the franchise, 33rd in the National Hockey League (NHL) dating back to June 22, 1979,[1] and 15th season since the franchise relocated to North Carolina to start the 1997–98 NHL season.

2011–12 Carolina Hurricanes
Division	5th Southeast
Conference	12th Eastern
2011–12 record	33–33–16
Home record	20–14–7
Road record	13–19–9
Goals for	213
Goals against	243
Team information
General Manager	Jim Rutherford
Coach	Paul Maurice (Oct.–Nov.) Kirk Muller (Nov.–Apr.)
Captain	Eric Staal
Alternate captains	Tim Gleason Brandon Sutter
Arena	PNC Arena
Average attendance	16,042 (85.9%)
Team leaders
Goals	Eric Staal (24)
Assists	Eric Staal (46)
Points	Eric Staal (70)
Penalty minutes	Bryan Allen (76)
Plus/minus	Tim Gleason (12)
Wins	Cam Ward (30)
Goals against average	Cam Ward (2.74)

The Hurricanes failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the third straight year. The last time the team made the trip to the playoffs was in the 2008–09 season.

Off-Season

Regular season

On November 28, 2011, the Hurricanes replaced head coach Paul Maurice with Kirk Muller.[2]

Playoffs

The Hurricanes failed to qualify for the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Standings

Southeast Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Florida Panthers	82	38	26	18	32	203	227	−24	94
2	x – Washington Capitals	82	42	32	8	38	222	230	−8	92
3	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	38	36	8	35	235	281	−46	84
4	Winnipeg Jets	82	37	35	10	33	225	246	−21	84
5	Carolina Hurricanes	82	33	33	16	32	213	243	−30	82

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Eastern Conference

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	z – New York Rangers	82	51	24	7	47	226	187	+39	109
2	NE	y – Boston Bruins	82	49	29	4	40	269	202	+67	102
3	SE	y – Florida Panthers	82	38	26	18	32	203	227	−24	94
4	AT	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	51	25	6	42	282	221	+61	108
5	AT	x – Philadelphia Flyers	82	47	26	9	43	264	232	+32	103
6	AT	x – New Jersey Devils	82	48	28	6	36	228	209	+19	102
7	SE	x – Washington Capitals	82	42	32	8	38	222	230	−8	92
8	NE	x – Ottawa Senators	82	41	31	10	35	249	240	+9	92
9	NE	Buffalo Sabres	82	39	32	11	32	218	230	−12	89
10	SE	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	38	36	8	35	235	281	−46	84
11	SE	Winnipeg Jets	82	37	35	10	33	225	246	−21	84
12	SE	Carolina Hurricanes	82	33	33	16	32	213	243	−30	82
13	NE	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	35	37	10	31	231	264	−33	80
14	AT	New York Islanders	82	34	37	11	27	203	255	−52	79
15	NE	Montreal Canadiens	82	31	35	16	26	212	226	−14	78

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division; z – Clinched conference.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2011 Pre-season game log: 1–4–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 0–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Record	Recap
1	September 19	Carolina Hurricanes	1–3	Buffalo Sabres		Peters	0–1–0
2	September 23	Nashville Predators	3–2	Carolina Hurricanes		Peters	0–2–0
3	September 25 (in Charlotte, NC)	Winnipeg Jets	0–4	Carolina Hurricanes		Ward	1–2–0
4	September 28	Carolina Hurricanes	1–3	Winnipeg Jets		Boucher	1–3–0
5	September 30	Columbus Blue Jackets	3–2	Carolina Hurricanes		Ward	1–4–0
6	October 1	Carolina Hurricanes	1–2	Nashville Predators	OT	Boucher	1–4–1

Regular season

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

2011–12 Game Log
October: 4–4–3 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 2–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 7 Tampa Bay Lightning 5–1 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 18,680 0–1–0 0 2 October 8 Carolina Hurricanes 3–4 Washington Capitals OT Boucher 18,506 0–1–1 1 3 October 10 Carolina Hurricanes 2–4 New Jersey Devils Ward 12,096 0–2–1 1 4 October 12 Boston Bruins 2–3 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 16,483 1–2–1 3 5 October 14 Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 Buffalo Sabres Ward 18,690 2–2–1 5 6 October 18 Carolina Hurricanes 4–1 Boston Bruins Ward 17,565 3–2–1 7 7 October 21 Carolina Hurricanes 2–3 St. Louis Blues OT Ward 19,150 3–2–2 8 8 October 22 Carolina Hurricanes 3–5 Winnipeg Jets Boucher 15,004 3–3–2 8 9 October 25 Ottawa Senators 3–2 Carolina Hurricanes SO Ward 12,083 3–3–3 9 10 October 28 Chicago Blackhawks 0–3 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 16,056 4–3–3 11 11 October 29 Carolina Hurricanes 1–5 Philadelphia Flyers Boucher 19,683 4–4–3 11
November: 4–10–1 (Home: 3–6–1 ; Road: 1–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 1 Tampa Bay Lightning 2–4 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 13,374 5–4–3 13 13 November 4 Washington Capitals 5–1 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 14,589 5–5–3 13 14 November 6 Dallas Stars 5–2 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 14,815 5–6–3 13 15 November 8 Carolina Hurricanes 2–3 New Jersey Devils Ward 13,056 5–7–3 13 16 November 11 Carolina Hurricanes 1–5 New York Rangers Ward 18,200 5–8–3 13 17 November 12 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–5 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 16,260 6–8–3 15 18 November 14 Philadelphia Flyers 5–3 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 14,491 6–9–3 15 19 November 16 Carolina Hurricanes 0–4 Montreal Canadiens Ward 21,273 6–10–3 15 20 November 18 Buffalo Sabres 1–0 Carolina Hurricanes Boucher 15,072 6–11–3 15 21 November 20 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–3 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 13,187 7–11–3 17 22 November 21 Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 Philadelphia Flyers Ward 19,632 8–11–3 19 23 November 23 Montreal Canadiens 4–3 Carolina Hurricanes SO Ward 14,862 8–11–4 20 24 November 25 Winnipeg Jets 3–1 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 15,718 8–12–4 20 25 November 27 Carolina Hurricanes 3–4 Ottawa Senators Ward 19,656 8–13–4 20 26 November 29 Florida Panthers 3–1 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 13,065 8–14–4 20
December: 5–7–2 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 1–4–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 December 1 New York Rangers 5–3 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 12,566 8–15–4 20 28 December 3 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 Carolina Hurricanes Boucher 17,696 8–16–4 20 29 December 6 Carolina Hurricanes 6–7 Calgary Flames Murphy 19,289 8–17–4 20 30 December 7 Carolina Hurricanes 5–3 Edmonton Oilers Ward 16,839 9–17–4 22 31 December 9 Carolina Hurricanes 2–4 Winnipeg Jets Ward 15,004 9–18–4 22 32 December 13 Carolina Hurricanes 1–2 Toronto Maple Leafs OT Ward 19,509 9–18–5 23 33 December 15 Vancouver Canucks 3–4 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 15,292 10–18–5 25 34 December 18 Carolina Hurricanes 2–3 Florida Panthers OT Ward 15,289 10–18–6 26 35 December 21 Phoenix Coyotes 4–3 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 15,848 10–19–6 26 36 December 23 Ottawa Senators 1–2 Carolina Hurricanes OT Ward 14,556 11–19–6 28 37 December 26 New Jersey Devils 2–4 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 16,121 12–19–6 30 38 December 27 Carolina Hurricanes 2–4 Pittsburgh Penguins Peters 18,600 12–20–6 30 39 December 29 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–4 Carolina Hurricanes OT Ward 17,461 13–20–6 32 40 December 31 Carolina Hurricanes 2–5 Tampa Bay Lightning Ward 19,204 13–21–6 32
January: 5–4–3 (Home: 4–2–1 ; Road: 1–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 3 New York Islanders 4–3 Carolina Hurricanes SO Ward 13,828 13–21–7 33 42 January 6 Buffalo Sabres 2–4 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 16,095 14–21–7 35 43 January 7 Carolina Hurricanes 2–5 Nashville Predators Peters 17,113 14–22–7 35 44 January 10 Philadelphia Flyers 2–1 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 14,511 14–23–7 35 45 January 12 Carolina Hurricanes 5–2 Tampa Bay Lightning Ward 16,553 15–23–7 37 46 January 14 Boston Bruins 2–4 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 18,680 16–23–7 39 47 January 15 Carolina Hurricanes 1–2 Washington Capitals Ward 18,506 16–24–7 39 48 January 17 Carolina Hurricanes 1–2 Pittsburgh Penguins SO Ward 18,535 16–24–8 40 49 January 20 Washington Capitals 0–3 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 17,507 17–24–8 42 50 January 21 Carolina Hurricanes 1–2 New York Islanders OT Ward 13,622 17–24–9 43 51 January 23 Winnipeg Jets 1–2 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 16,045 18–24–9 45 52 January 31 New York Islanders 5–2 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 15,575 18–25–9 45
February: 6–1–4 (Home: 4–0–2 ; Road: 2–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 2 Carolina Hurricanes 3–0 Boston Bruins Ward 17,565 19–25–9 47 54 February 4 Los Angeles Kings 1–2 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 18,680 20–25–9 49 55 February 8 Carolina Hurricanes 2–3 Anaheim Ducks OT Ward 12,675 20–25–10 50 56 February 10 Carolina Hurricanes 3–4 Colorado Avalanche OT Ward 16,854 20–25–11 51 57 February 13 Carolina Hurricanes 5–3 Montreal Canadiens Ward 21,273 21–25–11 53 58 February 17 San Jose Sharks 2–3 Carolina Hurricanes Peters 18,680 22–25–11 55 59 February 18 Carolina Hurricanes 3–4 New York Islanders Peters 11,818 22–26–11 55 60 February 20 Washington Capitals 0–5 Carolina Hurricanes Peters 16,837 23–26–11 57 61 February 23 Anaheim Ducks 3–2 Carolina Hurricanes SO Peters 16,564 23–26–12 58 62 February 25 Florida Panthers 3–2 Carolina Hurricanes SO Peters 18,680 23–26–13 59 63 February 28 Nashville Predators 3–4 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 13,595 24–26–13 61
March: 7–6–3 (Home: 2–2–2 ; Road: 5–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 1 New York Rangers 3–2 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 14,523 24–27–13 61 65 March 3 Tampa Bay Lightning 4–3 Carolina Hurricanes OT Ward 17,116 24–27–14 62 66 March 6 Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 Washington Capitals OT Ward 18,506 25–27–14 64 67 March 7 Carolina Hurricanes 2–3 Buffalo Sabres OT Ward 18,690 25–27–15 65 68 March 10 Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 Tampa Bay Lightning Ward 18,554 26–27–15 67 69 March 11 Carolina Hurricanes 0–2 Florida Panthers Ward 15,081 26–28–15 67 70 March 13 Carolina Hurricanes 2–4 New York Rangers Ward 18,200 26–29–15 67 71 March 15 St. Louis Blues 0–2 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 18,680 27–29–15 69 72 March 17 Carolina Hurricanes 5–3 Minnesota Wild Boucher 18,394 28–29–15 71 73 March 18 Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 Winnipeg Jets Ward 15,004 29–29–15 73 74 March 21 Florida Panthers 1–3 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 18,680 30–29–15 75 75 March 23 Carolina Hurricanes 1–5 Columbus Blue Jackets Ward 15,085 30–30–15 75 76 March 24 Carolina Hurricanes 4–5 Detroit Red Wings Ward 20,066 30–31–15 75 77 March 27 Carolina Hurricanes 3–0 Toronto Maple Leafs Ward 19,348 31–31–15 77 78 March 30 Winnipeg Jets 4–3 Carolina Hurricanes OT Ward 18,680 31–31–16 78 79 March 31 New Jersey Devils 5–0 Carolina Hurricanes Boucher 18,680 31–32–16 78
April: 2–1–0 (Home: 1–0–0 ; Road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 80 April 3 Carolina Hurricanes 2–1 Ottawa Senators Ward 19,484 32–32–16 80 81 April 5 Montreal Canadiens 1–2 Carolina Hurricanes SO Ward 17,846 33–32–16 82 82 April 7 Carolina Hurricanes 1–4 Florida Panthers Boucher 19,057 33–33–16 82

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals 

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Eric Staal 82 24 46 70 −20 48 Jussi Jokinen 79 12 34 46 -2 54 Jeff Skinner 64 20 24 44 −8 56 Jiri Tlusty 79 17 19 36 1 26 Tuomo Ruutu 72 18 16 34 -3 50 Chad LaRose 67 19 13 32 −15 48 Brandon Sutter 82 17 15 32 −3 21 Jamie McBain 76 8 19 27 −7 4 Tim Brent 79 12 12 24 −8 27 Jay Harrison 72 9 14 23 −10 60 Justin Faulk 66 8 14 22 −16 29 Anthony Stewart 77 9 11 20 -2 30 Tim Gleason 82 1 17 18 12 71 Joni Pitkanen 30 5 12 17 −15 16 Alexei Ponikarovsky^‡ 49 7 8 15 −12 26 Bryan Allen 82 1 13 14 -1 76 Drayson Bowman 37 6 7 13 2 4 Jaroslav Spacek^† 34 5 7 12 4 6 Patrick Dwyer 73 5 7 12 0 23 Tomas Kaberle^‡ 29 0 9 9 −12 2 Andreas Nodl^† 48 3 4 7 −4 6 Jerome Samson 16 2 3 5 −3 8 Derek Joslin 44 2 2 4 −15 35 Brett Sutter 15 0 3 3 −1 11 Zac Dalpe 16 1 2 3 −3 4 Zach Boychuk 16 0 2 2 −3 0 Riley Nash 5 0 1 1 1 2 Bobby Sanguinetti 3 0 0 0 0 0 Jeremy Welsh 1 0 0 0 0 4

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA= Goals Against Average; SA= Shots Against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO= Shutouts

Regular season
Player GP TOI W L OT GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM Cam Ward 68 3988 30 23 13 182 2.74 2143 .915 5 1 0 4 Brian Boucher 10 546 1 6 1 31 3.41 260 .881 0 0 0 0 Justin Peters 7 387 2 3 2 16 2.48 233 .931 1 0 0 0 Mike Murphy 2 36 0 1 0 0 0.00 9 1.000 0 0 0 0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Hurricanes. Stats reflect time with Hurricanes only.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Awards and records

Awards

Regular Season
Player	Award	Awarded

Records

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Justin Faulk	1st Career NHL Game	October 7, 2011
Tim Brent	100th Career NHL Game	October 8, 2011
Jamie McBain	100th Career NHL Game	November 4, 2011
Anthony Stewart	200th Career NHL Game	November 11, 2011
Jussi Jokinen	300th Career NHL Point	November 12, 2011
Jeff Skinner	100th Career NHL Game	November 14, 2011
Justin Faulk	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	November 20, 2011
Tim Gleason	500th Career NHL Game	November 27, 2011
Joni Pitkanen	500th Career NHL Game	November 27, 2011
Mike Murphy	1st Career NHL Game	December 6, 2011
Justin Faulk	1st Career NHL Goal	December 9, 2011
Jussi Jokinen	200th Career NHL Assist	December 13, 2011
Riley Nash	1st Career NHL Game	December 21, 2011
Riley Nash	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	December 23, 2011
Cam Ward[3]	1st Career NHL Goal	December 26, 2011
Eric Staal	600th Career NHL Game	December 31, 2011
Tuomo Ruutu	500th Career NHL Game	December 31, 2011
Jerome Samson	1st Career NHL Goal	January 10, 2012
Eric Staal	300th Career NHL Assist	January 12, 2012
Alexei Ponikarovsky	600th Career NHL Game	January 14, 2012
Jussi Jokinen	500th Career NHL Game	January 14, 2012
Jiri Tlusty	200th Career NHL Game	January 23, 2012
Tim Gleason	100th Career NHL Assist	January 31, 2012
Patrick Dwyer	200th Career NHL Game	February 4, 2012
Justin Peters	1st Career NHL Shutout	February 20, 2012
Cam Ward	400th Career NHL Game	March 3, 2012
Derek Joslin	100th Career NHL Game	March 6, 2012
Brandon Sutter	100th Career NHL Point	March 6, 2012
Jeff Skinner	100th Career NHL Point	March 7, 2012
Cam Ward	200th Career NHL Win	March 15, 2012
Jay Harrison	200th Career NHL Game	April 3, 2012
Bryan Allen	600th Career NHL Game	April 5, 2012
Jeremy Welsh	1st Career NHL Game	April 7, 2012

Final roster

Updated March 29, 2012.[4]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
5		Bryan Allen	D	L	39	2011	Kingston, Ontario
33		Brian Boucher	G	L	43	2011	Woonsocket, Rhode Island
21		Drayson Bowman	C	L	31	2007	Grand Rapids, Michigan
37		Tim Brent	C	R	36	2011	Cambridge, Ontario
39		Patrick Dwyer	RW	R	37	2006	Great Falls, Montana
28		Justin Faulk	D	R	28	2010	South St. Paul, Minnesota
6		Tim Gleason (A)	D	L	37	2006	Clawson, Michigan
44		Jay Harrison	D	L	37	2009	Oshawa, Ontario
36		Jussi Jokinen	LW	L	37	2009	Kalajoki, Finland
27		Derek Joslin	D	L	33	2011	Richmond Hill, Ontario
59		Chad LaRose	RW	R	38	2003	Fraser, Michigan
4		Jamie McBain	D	R	32	2006	Edina, Minnesota
14		Andreas Nodl	RW	L	33	2011	Vienna, Austria
25		Joni Pitkanen	D	L	36	2008	Oulu, Finland
15		Tuomo Ruutu	RW	L	37	2008	Vantaa, Finland
53		Jeff Skinner	C	L	28	2010	Markham, Ontario
8		Jaroslav Spacek	D	L	46	2011	Rokycany, Czechoslovakia
12		Eric Staal (C)	C	L	35	2003	Thunder Bay, Ontario
13		Anthony Stewart	RW	R	35	2011	LaSalle, Quebec
16		Brandon Sutter (A)	C	R	31	2007	Huntington, New York
19		Jiri Tlusty	LW	L	32	2009	Slaný, Czechoslovakia
30		Cam Ward	G	L	36	2002	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Transactions

The Hurricanes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2011–12 season.

Trades Date Details July 5, 2011[5] To Boston Bruins Joe Corvo To Carolina Hurricanes 4th-round pick in 2012 December 9, 2011[6] To Montreal Canadiens Tomas Kaberle To Carolina Hurricanes Jaroslav Spacek January 18, 2012[7] To Florida Panthers Mattias Lindstrom Jon Matsumoto To Carolina Hurricanes Evgenii Dadonov A. J. Jenks January 20, 2012[8] To New Jersey Devils Alexei Ponikarovsky To Carolina Hurricanes Joe Sova 4th-round pick in 2012

Free agents acquired Player Former team Contract terms Brian Boucher[9] Philadelphia Flyers 2 years, $1.9 million Tim Brent[10] Toronto Maple Leafs 2 years, $1.5 million Alexei Ponikarovsky[11] Los Angeles Kings 1 year, $1.5 million Justin Soryal[12] Connecticut Whale 1 year, $525,000 Anthony Stewart[13] Atlanta Thrashers 2 years, $1.8 million Tomas Kaberle[14] Boston Bruins 3 years, $12.75 million Chris Durno[15] Norfolk Admirals 1 year, $525,000 Mathieu Roy[16] Tampa Bay Lightning 1 year, $600,000 Jeremy Welsh[17] Union College 1 year, $832,500 entry-level contract Beau Schmitz[18] Plymouth Whalers 3 years, $1.575 million entry-level contract John Muse[19] Charlotte Checkers 1 year, $525,000

Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Erik Cole[20] Montreal Canadiens 4 years, $18 million Bryan Rodney[21] Anaheim Ducks 1 year, $525,000 Justin Pogge[22] Phoenix Coyotes 1 year, $575,000 Troy Bodie[23] Anaheim Ducks 1 year, $550,000

Claimed via waivers Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Andreas Nodl[24] Philadelphia Flyers November 29, 2011

Lost via waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers

Lost via retirement Player Player signings Player Date Contract terms Tommi Kivisto[25] June 1, 2011 3 years, $1.695 million entry-level contract Mattias Lindstrom[25] June 1, 2011 3 years, $1.72 million entry-level contract Jay Harrison[26] June 16, 2011 2 years, $1.4 million Patrick Dwyer[27] June 28, 2011 2 years, $1.25 million Joni Pitkanen[28] June 28, 2011 3 years, $13.5 million Chad LaRose[29] June 29, 2011 2 years, $3.4 million Jussi Jokinen[30] June 30, 2011 3 years, $9 million Jiri Tlusty[31] July 1, 2011 1 year, $525,000 Brett Bellemore[32] July 8, 2011 2 years, $1.05 million Derek Joslin[33] July 8, 2011 2 years, $1.4 million Brandon Sutter[34] July 13, 2011 3 years, $6.2 million Brett Sutter[35] July 15, 2011 1 year, $525,000 Bobby Sanguinetti[36] July 15, 2011 1 year, $600,000 Ryan Murphy[37] September 16, 2011 3 years, $2.4975 million entry-level contract Victor Rask[38] October 20, 2011 3 years, $1.95 million entry-level contract Tim Gleason[39] January 30, 2012 4 years, $16 million contract extension Tuomo Ruutu[40] February 22, 2012 4 years, $19 million contract extension Austin Levi[41] March 16, 2012 3 years, $1.65 million entry-level contract

Draft picks

The 2011 NHL Entry Draft was held in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	12	Ryan Murphy	D	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
2	42	Victor Rask	C	Sweden	Leksands IF (Swe-2)
3	73	Keegan Lowe	D	United States	Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)
4	103	Gregory Hofmann	C	Switzerland	HC Ambri-Piotta (NLA)
6	163	Matt Mahalak	G	United States	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
7	193	Brody Sutter	C	Canada	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)

References

1. National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4.
2. Hurricanes Name Kirk Muller as Head Coach
3. "Hurricanes 4, Devils 2". Archived from the original on 2012-01-08. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
4. "Carolina Hurricanes - Team - Roster". Carolina Hurricanes. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
5. Canes Acquire 2012 Fourth-Round Pick from Boston
6. Canes Acquire Jaroslav Spacek from Montreal
7. Canes Acquire Dadonov, Jenks from Florida Panthers
8. Canes Acquire Sova and Draft Pick from Devils
9. Hurricanes Agree to Terms with Brian Boucher
10. Hurricanes Agree to Terms with Tim Brent
11. Canes Agree to Terms with Alexei Ponikarovsky
12. Hurricanes Agree to Terms with Justin Soryal
13. Canes Agree to Terms with Anthony Stewart
14. Hurricanes Agree to Terms with Tomas Kaberle
15. Hurricanes Sign Chris Durno to One-Year Contract
16. Hurricanes Sign Defenseman Mathieu Roy
17. Canes Sign Jeremy Welsh to Entry-Level Contract
18. Canes Sign Beau Schmitz to Entry-Level Contract
19. Hurricanes Sign Goaltender John Muse
20. Erik Cole signs 4 years with Montreal
21. Ducks Ink Rodney to One-Year Deal
22. Coyotes Sign Pogge to One-Year Contract
23. Ducks Ink Bodie to One-Year Deal
24. Hurricanes Claim Andreas Nodl on Waivers
25. Canes Sign Kivisto, Lindstrom to Entry-Level Deals
26. Hurricanes, Harrison Agree to Two-Year Deal
27. Canes Agree to Terms with Patrick Dwyer
28. Hurricanes Re-Sign Defenseman Joni Pitkanen
29. Canes Agree to Terms with Forward Chad LaRose
30. Hurricanes Agree to Terms with Jussi Jokinen
31. Hurricanes Agree to Terms with Jiri Tlusty
32. Hurricanes Agree to Terms with Brett Bellemore
33. Hurricanes Agree to Terms with Derek Joslin
34. Canes Agree to Terms with Brandon Sutter
35. Canes Re-Sign Forward Brett Sutter
36. Canes Agree to Terms with Bobby Sanguinetti
37. Hurricanes Agree to Terms with Ryan Murphy
38. Hurricanes Agree to Terms with Victor Rask
39. Hurricanes Sign Tim Gleason to Four-Year Extension
40. Canes Agree to Terms with Ruutu on Extension
41. Hurricanes Sign Austin Levi to Entry-Level Contract