{"id":89782,"date":"2020-10-27T20:43:42","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T00:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=89782"},"modified":"2020-10-27T20:43:42","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T00:43:42","slug":"haydn-fleury-re-signs-with-carolina-hurricanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/10\/27\/haydn-fleury-re-signs-with-carolina-hurricanes\/","title":{"rendered":"Haydn Fleury Re-Signs With Carolina Hurricanes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/fleurha01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Haydn Fleury<\/a><\/strong> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/hurricanes\/\" target=\"_self\">Carolina Hurricanes<\/a> have reached a contract agreement. The two parties were scheduled for arbitration in early November, but that has resolved itself. Fleury&#8217;s new contract is a two-year deal with an average annual value of $1.3 million. The contract carries him through the 2021-22 season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">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 signed Haydn Fleury to a two-year deal!<\/p>\n<p>Details \u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dnBZgYp5n1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/dnBZgYp5n1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kBsRlPRRK2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/kBsRlPRRK2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Canes\/status\/1321240769953517571?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Hurricanes Sign Haydn Fleury<\/h2>\n<p>Fleury was a fine depth contributor in 2019-20. He scored a career-high four goals and 14 points in 45 games. That translates to a scoring rate of .31 per game, which is the best in Fleury&#8217;s three seasons. He only averaged 13:40 per game, but many of his numbers were encouraging. The traditional stats improved and Fluery&#8217;s 53.3 percent Corsi For reflect a player capable of maintaining possession.<\/p>\n<p>The Hurricanes originally selected Fleury in the first round of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft but he didn&#8217;t debut until 2017-18. The 6&#8217;3&#8243;, 221-pound defenders first season saw him post eight assists in 67 games along with 85 hits and 94 blocks. His playing time diminished to just 20 games in 2018-19 but last year saw the surge in production. Fleury&#8217;s numbers don&#8217;t leap off of the page, but 2019-20 seems like a potential stepping stone to bigger things. At the very least, his size allows him to be an aggressive checking option and key penalty-killer. The Hurricanes have brought him along slowly. 2020-21 might be a key year for the 24-year-old.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means for the Future<\/h3>\n<p>Fleury has a very real chance to be one of Carolina&#8217;s regular defenders in 2020-21. There is an opening on the team&#8217;s second or third-pairing now that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/e\/edmunjo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joel Edmundson<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/v\/vanritr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trevor van Riemsdyk<\/a><\/strong> are gone. The biggest obstacle to more playing time is the team&#8217;s blue line <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/09\/11\/carolina-hurricanes-prospects-2\/\" target=\"_self\">prospect depth<\/a>. The organization already has <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/beanja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake Bean<\/a><\/strong> nearly ready for a full-time role after a great year with the Charlotte Checkers in the AHL. Then there&#8217;s <strong>Joey Keane<\/strong> who came over from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/rangers\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Rangers<\/a> in a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/02\/18\/carolina-hurricanes-trade-julien-gauthier\/\" target=\"_self\">trade<\/a> last season. Fleury will need a strong training camp to stay ahead of the younger defenders and secure a spot for opening night.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"xQeVYP2ESGJlf-MxN36-QQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1196257796\" 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:'xQeVYP2ESGJlf-MxN36-QQ',sig:'m6FLZ8sx7m8Mp82ZQ3tWkm2WdPcQpplU0E26m1tuqss=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1196257796',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haydn Fleury and the Carolina Hurricanes have reached a contract agreement. The two parties were scheduled for arbitration in early November, but that has resolved itself. Fleury&#8217;s new contract is a two-year deal with an average annual value of $1.3 million. The contract carries him through the 2021-22 season. 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