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Carolina Hurricanes signed Antti Raanta (1 Year / $1,500,000 AAV)

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Jul. 1, 2023 at 11:55 a.m.
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Antti Raanta has signed a new contract with the Carolina Hurricanes.
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SIGNED BY: Don Waddell
Length: 1 year
Value: $1,500,000
Expiry Status: UFA
Cap % Tooltip: 1.80
Signing Team: Logo of the Carolina HurricanesCarolina Hurricanes
Signing Date: Jul. 1, 2023
Source: CapFriendly

Antti Raanta signed a 1 year, $1,500,000 contract with the Carolina Hurricanes on Jul. 1, 2023. The contract has a cap hit of $1,500,000.

SEASONClauseCap HitTooltipAAV TooltipP. BonusesTooltipS. BonusesTooltipBase SalaryTooltipTotal SalaryTooltipMinors SalTooltip
2023-24$1,500,000$1,500,000$0$0$1,500,000$1,500,000$1,500,000
TOTAL$1,500,000$1,500,000$0$0$1,500,000$1,500,000$1,500,000
Jul. 1, 2023 at 11:57 a.m.
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Big Dawg JT
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Another Canes W, some other team shoulda tried to outbid them
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Jul. 1, 2023 at 11:58 a.m.
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Canes getting pretty good value on their FAs
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Jul. 1, 2023 at 11:58 a.m.
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Goodbye my Friends
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Nice cap hit, I think he'll split time with Kochetkov in a mentorship role next year, and they'll let Freddie walk.
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Jul. 1, 2023 at 11:59 a.m.
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So Freddie gone?
Jul. 1, 2023 at 11:59 a.m.
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Canes hockey.
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While I'm sad Freddie might be gone, this is a very harmless contract. 1.5 mil for what Raanta brings at this point in his career is great value, I will be interested to see if Raanta and Kochetkov will be the goalies for next season.
Jul. 1, 2023 at 11:59 a.m.
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Raanta is a very good backup (Among the leagues best). Very good contract
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Jul. 1, 2023 at 12:01 p.m.
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Good backup not bad price!
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Jul. 1, 2023 at 12:35 p.m.
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Another great value signing, hoping for more of this
Jul. 2, 2023 at 12:44 a.m.
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Why Green
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Fine resigning imo.
Jul. 4, 2023 at 9:21 a.m.
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One of the best backups in the league, great deal but a little strange because it blocks out Kochetkov.
Jul. 6, 2023 at 2:23 p.m.
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Raanta has done well in Carolina – he was the most consistent of their three goalies last season – but after thinking through their possible goaltending scenarios, I was surprised they brought him back.

Kochetkov’s extension is a 1-way contract, so I figured if Freddie was coming back, they’d go with him and Kochetkov and let Raanta go. If Freddie didn’t come back, I don’t think they would have been happy with a Raanta-Kochetkov tandem, so they’d try to bring in somebody else, which means Raanta would be out in that scenario too.

However, the more I think about this signing, the more it makes sense. For that amount, Raanta seems like a smart, low-risk insurance policy. Now that we know Freddie is coming back, having three NHL goalies with a total cap hit of about $7M seems like a good plan given their injury history. Kochetkov is still waivers exempt so he can get playing time in the AHL when the other two are both healthy. It worked last season, so why not try it again?
 
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