The Hurricanes completed their restricted free agent business by agreeing to terms on a one-year, two-way contract with defenseman Rasmus Rissanen on Wednesday.
With free agent activity around the hockey world trickling to a halt, most teams, including the Checkers, have a pretty good understanding of how they project for next season.
The AHL recently announced a handful of rule changes, including a major overhaul of its overtime format. Derek Wilkinson, the Checkers’ senior vice president of hockey business operations and a member of the competition committee that worked on the changes, answers your questions here: