The Carolina Hurricanes acquired James Reimer from the Florida Panthers for Scott Darling in a swap of goaltenders on Sunday. Reimer helps address the Hurricanes’ immediate need at goalie with co-starters Petr Mrzaek and Curtis McElhinney eligible to become unrestricted free agents on Monday. The 31-year-old Reimer had a 13-12-5 record and a .900 save percentage in 36 games with the Panthers last season. Overall, Reimer has a 144-120-19 record in 338 games, including stops in Toronto and San Jose. For Florida, the trade amounted to the team freeing up space under the salary cap in dealing Reimer and buying out Darling’s contract.

Source: thestar June 30, 2019 18:22 UTC