The Canes have signed defenseman Michal Jordan to a three-year, entry-level contract and have assigned him to the Albany River Rats for the AHL Calder Cup playoffs.
Jordan, 19, has played in the Ontario Hockey League the past three years and had 11 power-play goals this season for the Plymouth Whalers to rank second in the OHL.
Jordan will earn $550,000 a season at the NHL level and $60,000 at the minor-league level. He received a $170,000 signing bonus.
The Canes drafted the Zlin, Czech Republic, native in the fourth round of the 2008 NHL draft.
A Raleigh native, Chip has worked at the N&O since 1979 and is the Canes beat writer. He can be reached at
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Wed, 04/21/2010 - 07:30 — neron3535Rodney is about the same size as Nicklas Lidstrom, Scott Niedermayer,
Brian Leetch, Al McInnis Chris Chelios, and Paul Coffey... in other
words, most of the Norris winners for the last 15 years. They were all
6'0" to 6'1" and 190-200 lbs.
One can argue that Norris voting is biased towards D-men who score a
lot, but none of these guys was slack on pure defense. And our own Glen
Wesley wasn't much taller than Rodney (nor much heavier at the same
age).