Hurricanes make a deal

This just in off the sports wire:

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) _ The Carolina Hurricanes traded away one of their top prospects Friday, sending promising defenseman Jack Johnson to the Los Angeles Kings in a multiplayer deal.
The defending Stanley Cup champions also sent defenseman Oleg Tverdovsky to the Kings for forward Eric Belanger and defenseman Tim Gleason.

Now, the 'Canes just won a Stanley Cup, and they've clearly got a quality team, so adding two current NHL'ers is a good deal. But it stinks to trade away a kid who everyone believes had Norris Cup capabilities because the 'Canes had trouble signing him. The salary cap should not make it that difficult to bring people aboard. Jack Johnson had all the makings, if you believe what people say (and even Jim Rutherford acknowledged it in making the deal), of being a defensive version of Eric Staal. Which is to say big, tough and capable. And it's a shame that the 'Canes would let that get away from them.