The Carolina Hurricanes signed ahead Eric Robinson to a one-year, $950,000 deal again on July 1st final offseason. The 29-year-old is now eligible to signal a contract extension.
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman and Kyle Bukauskas on 32 Ideas: The Podcast – The Rise of David Carle on the Carolina Hurricanes and pending UFA ahead Eric Robinson.
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Bukauskas: “Properly, retaining with the dialog of contracts right here rapidly. Elliot, you talked about not too way back, you may see a path the place Ty Emberson, a type of gamers on a one-year deal, the home windows now open for him to re-sign. There might be a path to a brand new cope with him within the Oilers.
One other identify you wished to say, Eric Robinson of the Carolina Hurricanes. He’s on a one-year deal. 9 targets already this 12 months. He’s one other identify to look out for?
Friedman: “I’ve at all times appreciated Eric Robinson’s sport. Clearly, he’s not somebody who has gotten loads of consideration in years previous. However I, at any time when I’ve watched him, I’ve at all times appreciated him.
And you recognize, you at all times check out a participant. You realize this, he he had a ten aim season just a few years in the past, then he had a 12 aim season, after which issues simply hadn’t labored out for him. He was in Buffalo for a piece of final 12 months.
However you at all times take a look at a man like that the Carolina indicators, and as you talked about, these guys half some extent a sport participant, he’s acquired 20 factors and 40 video games.
And somebody that, somebody heard me speaking about it on the podcast on, on Friday, and so they mentioned you need to, or whichever day we talked about it final week, all the times mix collectively. They usually mentioned you need to point out Eric Robinson of Carolina, as a result of clearly they like him. He’s a Brind’Amour type of man, and no person can be stunned if the Hurricanes lengthen him.”
