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Hurricanes buy out Wisniewski, who played 47 seconds for Carolina last season

Phil Kessel, James Wisniewski

Phil Kessel, James Wisniewski

AP

James Wisniewski played all of 47 seconds for the Carolina Hurricanes last season, before tearing his ACL in the first period of his debut -- an injury that required surgery and ended his 2015-16 season.

On Thursday, the Hurricanes bought out the final year of his six-year contract, which had a cap hit of $5.5 million. He’ll now enter free agency on Friday.

The Hurricanes initially acquired the now 32-year-old Wisniewski, a veteran defenseman with 552 regular season games of experience and 274 career points, from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for goalie Anton Khudobin a year ago.

The Ducks previously acquired Wisniewski from Columbus at the 2015 trade deadline. He played 13 regular season games with Anaheim, with five assists, but didn’t play in the post-season.