AND DO WONDERS. >> WRAL, SPORTS STARTS NOW. >> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU PERSON SITTING ON THE COUCH BY LOVE. A GOOD TO DO LIST HELPS ME STAY ON TOP OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY LIFE. PLUS, A FEW VERY ACCOMPLISHED WHEN I CROSS SOMETHING OFF, TOOK THE DOG FOR A WALK. OF COURSE, SHE'S A GOOD GIRL. MADE SOME LUNCH. IT WAS DELICIOUS. FINISHED A NEW BOOK. I STARTED WHAT CLIFFHANGER. THEN I GO TO THE GYM. NO, BUT I'LL GO TOMORROW. THE CAROLINA HURRICANES HAVE AN OFFSEASON TO DO LIST. BUT UNLIKE ME, THEY CAN'T REALLY PUT THINGS OFF FOR TOMORROW. SO HOW'S IT LOOKING? WELL, A BIG TO DO WAS RESIGNING. CAPTAIN JORDAN STAAL THE CANES ACCOMPLISH THAT OVER THE WEEKEND. A FOUR-YEAR 11.6 MILLION DOLLAR DEAL THAT KEEPS HIM WITH THE FRANCHISE THROUGH THE 1ST HALF OF 2027. IT'S ALL TURNS. 35 THIS YEAR. GREAT FEELING BETTER ALREADY. LET'S CROSS IT OFF NEXT UP, THE NHL DRAFT WHICH STARTS TOMORROW AND FINISHES ON THURSDAY. THE HURRICANES HAVE A HECK OF A HALL WITH 9 PICKS UNLESS THERE'S SOME KIND OF TRADING HERE. THE CANES WILL BE WAITING UNTIL PICK NUMBER 30 OUT OF 32 IN THE FIRST ROUND. IT WILL BE THE FIRST FIRST ROUND PICK FOR THE HURRICANES SINCE 2020 WHEN THEY PICKED ANYONE. REMEMBER SETH JARVIS, WHILE WE'RE HERE, LET'S TALK A BIT MORE ABOUT THE NHL DRAFT. IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT THAN SOMETHING LIKE THE NFL DRAFT TEAMS GET EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO THEIR CONTRACTS. BUT IT'S VERY RARE. THE ROOKIE OR EVEN YOUNG PLAYER MAKES AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT. NORMALLY THEY'RE BACK WITH THE JUNIOR LEAGUE AND STABLE 18 MINOR LEAGUE AFFILIATE OR INTERNATIONAL FOR EXAMPLE, SINCE 2019 OF THE 40 PLAYERS, THE CANES HAVE DRAFTED JUST TO HAVE PLAYED IN THE NHL, BE SURE TO CHECK OFF. AND SETH JARVIS KNOW WHAT KIND OF PLAYER HAS CAROLINA BEEN ABLE TO GET IN THAT FIRST ROUND? HISTORICALLY, HOW ABOUT CONN SMYTHE WINNER CAM WARD TO OR STANLEY CUP CHAMP ERIC STALL IN '03 MORE RECENTLY ABOUT MARTIN HS IN 2017. AND DON'T FORGET ANDREI SVECHNIKOV THE NEXT YEAR. I THINK NUMBER 2 OVERALL. YOU KNOW, WASN'T PICKED IN THE FIRST ROUND. SEBASTIAN AHO. HE WAS A SECOND-ROUND PICK IN 2020 IN 2015. EXCUSE ME. JUST A YEAR LATER HE SCORED 24 GOALS FOR THE CANES, SIGNING HIM TO AN EXTENSION. THAT IS A BIG TO DO LIST AND IT'S A NO-BRAINER. I WAS LED. THE GAINS IN GOALS SCORED EVERY REGULAR SEASON SINCE 2017, 2018 AND THE FANS OUT OF GOLDMAN SAYS HE BELIEVES IT WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST MAJOR DEAL DONE. THIS OFFSEASON POSSIBLY HAPPENING SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. >> I THINK SEBASTIAN AHO WILL BE THE THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS DONE WHAT MY HOPE IS IS THAT BETWEEN THE DRAFT AND THE START OF FREE AGENCY THAT IT GETS DONE. THEN I DO. IT SHOULDN'T. IT SHOULDN'T DRAG OUT. TEAM HAS TO DECIDE THE ONE I HOPE FOR ANOTHER 8 YEARS >> THAT'S ALL, BILL. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT RATE. >> AND DON'T FORGET THE HURRICANE SCHEDULE FOR NEXT SEASON WAS RELEASED EARLIER TODAY. CHECK IT OUT ON THE WRAL APP OR ON WRAL. SPORTS FAN DOT COM. THE SEASON STARTS AT HOME