Global Series Game Two: Hurricanes vs Kraken—Preview, How to Watch, Game Thread
HELSINKI, FINLAND - NOVEMBER 13: Fans watching as the Seattle Kraken and Carolina Hurricanes practice for the 2026 NHL Global Series Finland at Veikkaus Arena on November 13, 2026 in Helsinki, Finland.
Key points
- Once Staal comes back, though, the Canes will have to send someone down and despite Reilly having a two-way deal, because of his age he would have to clear waivers before going to Chicago.
- Nikishin playing is not a surprise as the Canes want to get him more game action, but it was good that Valimaki got to play one game in front of the home fans.
- A Stanley Cup title game isn’t the time to do so but a neutral ice event where the league chooses teams they feel are marketable to another country is.
On top of all that, they have become the ambassadors for the NHL in this year’s Global Series games in Finland, and they are being treated like fans are lucky to see them—because how many times do the reigning Stanley Cup Champions go abroad?
Additional details
- On top of all that, the fans have travelled in high numbers with the team, and on Friday, CNBC revealed their NHL team evaluations and Carolina placed right in the middle ahead of such teams like Colorado, Florida, Minnesota, and Pittsburgh.
- As Valimaki is on a one-way deal and has played more than Reilly, it does seem likely Reilly is the one that’ll be sent down—and then the team holds its breath to see if a defenseman-needy team snaps him up.
- He’s got the same number of goals—five—as Nikolaj Ehlers and Jackson Blake, and he’s more than held his own while having to accept being a healthy extra basically since the mid point of last year.
- The biggest controversies have been about a player who ultimately came back to them and a jersey that some fans inside and outside the team didn’t like was based on a faux college mascot.
- Afterwards, coach Rod Brind’Amour said that they’ll see how Staal feels today as to whether he’ll play.
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