RALEIGH, NC—Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the
Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has acquired right wing
Anson Carter from the
Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for a 2008 fifth-round draft pick.
“Anson is a veteran NHL player who has had some good goal-scoring years in his career,” said Rutherford. “He will help strengthen our forward corps at a much needed time.”
Carter, 32, has played in 54 games with Columbus this season, scoring 10 goals and earning 17 assists (27 points), including three goals on the power play. In his 10 professional seasons, the Toronto, Ont., native has registered 201 goals, 219 assists (420 points) and accumulated 225 penalty minutes in 664 regular-season NHL games with Washington, Boston, Edmonton, the
New York Rangers, Los Angeles, Vancouver and Columbus. Carter (6’1”, 202 lbs.) posted career highs in 2001-02 with Edmonton with 32 assists and 60 points in 82 games with the Oilers, and posted a career high 33 goals with Vancouver in 2005-06. He signed a one-year contract with Columbus on Sept. 13, 2006, and is scheduled to be an unrestricted free agent after this season.
To make room for Carter on the team’s 23-man roster, the Hurricanes reassigned left wing Ryan Bayda to Albany of the American Hockey League. Bayda was recalled to Carolina on an emergency basis on Thursday, but did not play in the team’s game against Philadelphia last night.