<p>The <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/carolina-hurricanes/line-combinations">Carolina Hurricanes</a> announced on Tuesday that they have signed goaltender Nikita Quapp to a two-year, entry-level contract.</p>



<p>The contract will pay Quapp $55,000 at the AHL level and $775,000 at the NHL level. According to the team, the 2024-2025 season counts as the first year of the two-year pact.</p>



<p>The Hurricanes used the 171st overall pick in the sixth round of the 2021 NHL entry draft on Quapp, who has played professionally in Germany since.</p>



<p>“Nikita is a big netminder with several years of experience in the top German league”&nbsp;general manager Eric Tulsky said <a href="https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/news/canes-sign-quapp-to-entry-level-contract">via the team’s press release</a>.&nbsp;“We look forward to tracking his development as he transitions to professional hockey in North America.”</p>



<p>Quapp, who backstopped the German U-20 team at the 2022 and 2023 U20 World Junior Championships, appeared in nine games this season for Dusseldorfer EG of the DEL, posting a .870 save percentage with a record of 0-5-0. Quapp signed a contract to play in the second-tier German league</p><div class="injected-ad injected-video" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="0" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="164"></div>



<p>During the 2023-2024 campaign, Quapp spent most of his time on loan with Lausitzer Fuchse of the DEL2. There, he went 11-14-0 with a 2.63 goals against average and .920 save percentage.</p>



<p>Carolina currently has both Frederik Andersen and Pyotr Kochetkov under contract for next season, while 20-year-old Russian Ruslan Khazheyev is the only goalie under contract for the AHL Chicago Wolves. It’s unclear if Quapp will come over to North America next year.</p>



<p>Dustin Tokarski and Spencer Martin are both set to be unrestricted free agents, while Yaniv Perets is a pending restricted free agent.</p>



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Nikita Quapp (Steven Ellis/Daily Faceoff)