- Carolina Hurricanes via twitter: The Hurricanes have signed Alexander Semin to a 1 year, $7 million deal.
- Jim Rutherford via twitter: “Alex’s elite skill level & ability to score fill important needs, & we hope a fresh start will serve both him & our team well. “
- Mike Sundheim via twitter: Semin is 1 of 16 NHL players to average 30 or more goals over the past 6 seasons, 31.2 goals per year.
- EJ Hradek via twitter: This signing makes sense. The Hurricanes are very familiar with him, high skill guy, and 1 year deal is very low risk.