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Carolina gets Lack from Vancouver for third, seventh-round picks

Eddie Lack

Eddie Lack

Gerry Thomas

The Carolina Hurricanes have acquired goaltender Eddie Lack from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for 66th overall pick in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft and a 2016 seventh-round pick, according to Sportsnet.

Update: Hurricanes GM Ron Francis has confirmed the trade, per Raleigh News & Observer’s Chip Alexander.

The 27-year-old netminder has a 2.43 GAA and .917 save percentage in 82 career games. He comes with an affordable $1.15 million cap hit for the 2015-16 campaign, although he is eligible to test the unrestricted free agent market after that.

This move signals that Vancouver plans to open the season with 25-year-old Jacob Markstrom as its backup goaltender. Markstrom has a poor track record over his 50 NHL games, but he had a dominant 1.88 GAA and .934 save percentage in 32 contests with AHL Utica last season. He further raised his stock by posting a 2.11 GAA and .925 save percentage in 23 playoff games to lead Utica all the way to the Calder Cup Final.

Ryan Miller, who has two seasons remaining on his contract with a $6 million annual cap hit, will once again go into the season as Vancouver’s number one netminder.

Carolina now has three goaltenders inked to one-way contracts, including Cam Ward and Anton Khudobin, so it is likely that the Hurricanes will make another move. It’s also worth noting that none of the three goaltenders are under their control beyond the upcoming season.

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