The Canes' goalie picture became much clearer Saturday.
Throughout training camp, Cam Ward and Eddie Lack were competing on more than one front. Ward won the battle, earning the opening night start at Nashville on Thursday night, but Saturday afternoon the Carolina Hurricanes hinted that Lack may have won the war.
The Canes and Lack have agreed to terms on a two-year contract extension beginning in 2016 worth $5.5 million, $2.5 million of which will be due in the 2016-17 season. The raise nearly doubles the $1.3 million Lack will earn this season, and seems to indicate that the Canes are willing to stake their short-term goaltending position on the three-year NHL veteran who was acquired from the Vancouver Canucks for a third-round pick at June's NHL Draft.