From Talking Points:
You could set your calendar by it: Every summer, usually about the middle of June, I'd start leaving messages on Glen Wesley's cell phone every week or so. He was almost always at the beach, and he'd get back to me at night, and let me know whether there was any contract news.
At first, the questions were about contract negotiations. Later, they were about retirement. But they were part of the offseason furniture, part of both of our lives. In my eight summers on the Hurricanes beat, Wesley's contract was up in the final six of them.
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Luke has worked for The N&O since 2000. He covered the Carolina Hurricanes and the NHL before becoming a sports columnist in August 2008. A native of Evanston, Ill., he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. He can be reached at 829-8947 or 
