April 13, 2007
Hurricanes re-sign Whitney TheFourthPeriod.com
The Carolina Hurricanes have re-signed left wing Ray Whitney to a three-year, $10.65 million contract.
Whitney, the team's leading scorer in 2006-07, will earn $3,550,000 per season.
"Ray's leadership on and off the ice is important to our success in the future," said Hurricanes GM Jim Rutherford. "He has the dedication and desire to win that a team needs, and he makes the players around him better."
Whitney led the Hurricanes and ranked tied for 21st in the NHL with a career-high 83 points this season, and tied his career high with 32 goals.
In his two seasons with the Hurricanes, Whitney has scored 49 goals and earned 89 assists (138 points) in 144 regular-season games, and scored nine goals and earned six assists (15 points) in Carolina's 2006 Stanley Cup championship run.
The 15-year NHL veteran has scored 254 goals and earned 419 assists (673 points) in 844 regular-season games with San Jose, Edmonton, Florida, Columbus, Detroit and Carolina.
With Whitney locked up, the Hurricanes will now focus on getting Scott Walker locked up to a long-term contract.
