{"id":48054,"date":"2019-06-30T12:17:06","date_gmt":"2019-06-30T16:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=48054"},"modified":"2019-06-30T13:41:41","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T17:41:41","slug":"james-reimer-acquired-by-hurricanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/06\/30\/james-reimer-acquired-by-hurricanes\/","title":{"rendered":"James Reimer Acquired by Carolina Hurricanes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/panthers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Florida Panthers<\/a> have agreed to trade goaltender <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/reimeja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Reimer<\/a><\/strong> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/hurricanes\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carolina Hurricanes<\/a> in exchange for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/darlisc01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scott Darling<\/a><\/strong>. It was also announced that the Panthers will immediately buy-out Darling&#8217;s contract, making him an unrestricted free agent.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Canes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Canes<\/a> have acquired James Reimer from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FlaPanthers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@FlaPanthers<\/a> in exchange for Scott Darling. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bxbgn5w0tO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/Bxbgn5w0tO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Canes\/status\/1145362521710313472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Panthers Trade <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/reimeja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Reimer<\/a> to Hurricanes<\/h1>\n<h2>Key Players<\/h2>\n<p>The Hurricanes get a quality goaltender in Reimer. Reimer has spent 9 years in the NHL with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/maple-leafs\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/sharks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Jose Sharks<\/a> and Florida Panthers. During these years Reimer has spent as both a starter and a back-up. Reimer has put up a 144-120-39 career record in 338 career appearances with 306 career starts. He also has a 2.81 goals-against average, .914 save percentage, and 21 shutouts. Reimer has a career 3-4 record in eight career Stanley Cup Playoff games, with a 2.82 goals-against average and .921 save percentage.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, Reimer played in 36 games with 29 starts for the Panthers. He put up a 13-12-5 record with a 3.09 goals-against average and .900 save percentage. This was Reimer&#8217;s worst year of his career.\u00a0He also has added three career assists.<\/p>\n<h2>What This Means for James Reimer Moving Foward<\/h2>\n<p>Reimer has spent the last few years as the back-up to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/luongro01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roberto Luongo<\/a><\/strong> down in Florida. Luongo missed 14 games this past year for the Panthers due to injuries and personal reasons which saw Reimer take over as the starter during this time. Reimer had a solid year in 2017-18 where he went 22-14-6 with a 2.99 goals against average, .913 save percentage and four shutouts but couldn&#8217;t replicate those numbers again this season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/06\/26\/roberto-luongo-retires\/\" target=\"_self\">Luongo announced his retirement<\/a> recently, leaving a big hole in the Panthers starting position. With Reimer also leaving, the Panthers are fully expected to find new goaltending in free agency. In particular, it has been constantly rumored that stars like <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bobrose01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sergei Bobrovsky<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lehnero01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robin Lehner<\/a><\/strong> could very much be on the team&#8217;s radar. The former of the two had an official meeting with the team in mid-June, alongside <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/panarar01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Artemi Panarin<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"og9Wd4mbRi5_f4jb4rPGdw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1126624296\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'og9Wd4mbRi5_f4jb4rPGdw',sig:'XbF15wYEJVlUs6KcHMIfqashfcmLFU1PcYXqPRl92Y4=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1126624296',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Florida Panthers have agreed to trade goaltender James Reimer to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for Scott Darling. It was also announced that the Panthers will immediately buy-out Darling&#8217;s contract, making him an unrestricted free agent. The #Canes have acquired James Reimer from the @FlaPanthers in exchange for Scott Darling. https:\/\/t.co\/Bxbgn5w0tO &mdash; Carolina Hurricanes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2360,"featured_media":50401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,34],"tags":[136,106,37,322,38,955,976],"class_list":["post-48054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-panthers","category-hurricanes","category-news","tag-carolina-hurricanes","tag-florida-panthers","tag-hockey","tag-james-reimer","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-news","tag-scott-darling"],"modified_by":"Gabriel Foley","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2360"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}