Hurricanes Land K'Andre Miller, Then Lock Him Up

Carolina is swinging a real hockey trade here, bringing in K'Andre Miller and turning around to sign him, which tells you the front office had a plan before the ink was even dry. That is the kind of move that usually says one of two things: the team saw a fit it liked, or it knew exactly how it wanted to change the back end before the rest of the league caught up. In a league where good defensemen disappear fast, the Canes are clearly betting Miller solves more than one problem.