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Cooper Godin
November 20, 2023 (11:01)

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After spending the last two weeks with the Carolina Hurricanes on a professional tryout contract, Jaroslav Halak is now a free agent once again.

According to Walt Ruff, the Hurricanes have released Halak from his professional tryout contract and he'll become an unrestricted free agent.

"The #Canes have released goaltender Jaroslav Halak from his free agent tryout.

As for Pyotr Kochetkov, today was a maintenance day."

Halak, 38, never appeared in any games with the Hurricanes while on his PTO, but practiced with the team with Frederik Andersen out with a medical issue.

Last season, Halak appeared in 25 games with the New York Rangers where he had a record of 10-9-5 with a goals against average of 2.72, a .903 save percentage and one shutout.

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