<p>On Sunday, Carolina Hurricanes general manager Eric Tulsky announced that the club has signed defenseman <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/joakim-ryan/3151">Joakim Ryan</a> to a one-year, two-way contract. </p>



<p>Ryan’s contract in his second stint with Carolina will be at the League minimum cap hit of $775,000 at the NHL level and $110,000 in the American Hockey League (AHL) during the 2024-25 season.</p>



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<p>Ryan has not played in the NHL since 2020-21. He has 24 points (four goals, 20 assists) in 145 career games with the San Jose Sharks, Los Angeles Kings and Hurricanes. Ryan played in a career-high 62 games with the Sharks in 2017-18, recording seven assists, and 79 games over the next two seasons. The 31-year-old dressed in four games with Carolina in 2020-21 before playing exclusively in Sweden for the next three seasons. </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="150"></div>



<p>During his three seasons with the Malmo Redhawks of the Swedish Hockey League, Ryan tallied 64 points (17 goals, 47 assists) in 156 games. </p>



<p>In the AHL, Ryan has recorded 83 points (13 goals, 70 assists) in 144 regular-season games. He began his AHL career with the Worcester Sharks in 2014-15 and played most of the next two seasons with the San Jose Barracuda. He added 14 points in 19 Calder Cup Playoff games from 2016 to 2017. </p>



<p>Prior to turning pro, Ryan played four seasons of college hockey with Cornell University in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). In 34 games as a freshman, he tallied 17 points (seven goals, 10 assists). He finished his career with 61 points (12 goals, 49 assists) in 89 games and was named All-Ivy League First Team twice (2014, 2015) and an All-ECAC Hockey First Team selection in 2015. He served as an alternate captain in his final season. </p><div class="injected-ad" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="1" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="159"></div>



<p>The Rumson, NJ native was originally drafted by San Jose in the seventh round (No. 198) of the 2012 NHL Draft. </p>


Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Joakim Ryan