Hurricanes Notes: Extensions, Nadeau, Hakansson

By Brian La Rose | at September 19, 2026 10:52 am Earlier this week, the Hurricanes took care of an important piece of business with a pending unrestricted free agent, signing captain Jordan Staal to a one-year extension. If GM Eric Tulsky has his way, there will be others signing as well. He noted to Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic (subscription link) that there have been discussions with his other pending UFAs about extensions and added that they’d like to get contracts done early when they can. The Hurricanes have several remaining pending UFAs, including defensemen Shayne Gostisbehere and Jalen…