Hello and welcome to Tweetmail, a weekly feature on CarolinaHurricanes.com in which I take your Twitter questions about the Carolina Hurricanes or other assorted topics and answer them in mailbag form. Hopefully the final product is insightful to some degree, and maybe we have some fun along the way.

Tweet from @imbackinpogform: How do you see the goalie situation panning out? McElhinney surely has won a job with the team.

The biggest question mark for the Hurricanes entering this season was the goaltending. Almost two months deep into the season, the question mark now shifts to how the Hurricanes will handle their goaltending.

Curtis McElhinney hitting the waiver wire in the first week of October could not have been more auspicious for the Hurricanes, who had just learned that Scott Darling, initially pegged to be the No. 1 netminder, would miss a few weeks with a lower-body injury. It was a no-brainer waiver claim, a perceived stopgap addition. Shortly after Darling returned, Petr Mrazek tweaked his lower-body.

Now, all three goaltenders are healthy again, and McElhinney has risen to the top with his play over the last 10 days. The 35-year-old veteran has won four consecutive starts and has made 145 saves on 150 shots (.967 save percentage) in that stretch. On Tuesday night in Montreal, he stole a 2-1 victory for the Hurricanes, matching a single-game career high with 48 saves.

Video: CAR@MTL: McElhinney makes 48 saves in win over Habs

"He was awesome," Trevor van Riemsdyk said. "He's great to play in front of. He's just so calm. Pucks seem to stick to him on those long shots, which makes it easier on us."

"He's a veteran. He's a pro. You can tell," head coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "He handles it. You could see that tonight. He was real calm in there. We were running around a little bit, and he settled it down. He was the difference in the hockey game."

He's been reliable. He's been steady. He's been calm. He's been consistent. All are qualities in the crease that have eluded the Canes for some time. McElhinney has indeed earned a spot on this team, and there's no reason the Canes won't continue to ride the hot hand in net.

So, what about Darling and Mrazek? The latter, who signed a one-year, prove-yourself deal in July, has served as the back-up in the last two games and is going to get an opportunity returning from injury. After two wins over Chicago earlier in the month, the former, who is in the second year of a four-year contract, has surrendered four goals in each of his last two starts.

We've discussed at length how unideal a three-goaltender rotation is, and, barring another injury, the Hurricanes are nearing decision time on this situation.

Tweet from @thmbiggame: I think that a list of the away barns he's spent time in the sin bin should be a #Tweetmail answer. Hasn't he been in Vegas' twice?

In Jaccob Slavin's 251 career games, he's got all of 34 penalty minutes to his name. Two of those occurred on Tuesday night in Montreal, when he lost an edge in the corner and then spilled a forechecking Jesperi Kotkaniemi. Slavin's only other penalty this season came at home on Oct. 30 against Boston.

In what other buildings has Slavin spent time in the penalty box? The list is short.

Last season, he was penalized in St. Louis and Vegas. In 2016-17, he went to the sin bin in Tampa Bay, Chicago and Edmonton. And in 2015-16, he was penalized in Columbus and Vancouver.

So, over 251 games, Slavin has made a brief trip to the penalty box in eight of the league's 30 other buildings. How long until he goes 30-for-30 (or, perhaps soon, 31-for-31)?

Tweet from @Tom_Hannigan237: How did Rask feel about scoring his first of the season in his 4th game back from what seemed to be a gruesome freak injury? As a fan I was thrilled he scored last night

He reacted as expected: with nary a celebration and the neutral-face expression that's come to define his emotions. Rest assured, though, he was pumped, especially after missing the first 20 games of the season with a frustrating injury.

"It definitely sucked," Rask said of the time he missed. "I had shoulder surgery at the end of last year and did rehab all summer. Then to do this sucked."

Video: CAR@MTL: Rask redirects shot past Price

Though it was a long couple of months on the sideline, so to speak, Rask's injury healed a bit quicker than expected, and the Swedish center has been a welcome addition to the Canes' lineup. Though he's been used in limited minutes in his first four games, his presence has been felt, no more so than on Tuesday night in Montreal when Rask's redirection goal gave the Hurricanes a 1-0 lead in the first period.

"That was our best line, and [Rask] was a big part of that," Brind'Amour said. "I think that's going to help him now get his feet wet. It's time now to give him a little more, and I think he's ready for it."

Look for Rask's ice time and role with the team to continue to grow in the coming weeks.

What does Don Waddell and the assistant GMs do while the team is on the road? Do they travel with the team or stay in Raleigh? -- @Carson_Brewer

It varies from trip-to-trip and game-to-game, even, but if someone from the Hurricanes' hockey operations front office staff is traveling with the Hurricanes, it's more often than not just President and General Manager Don Waddell. For the others - guys like Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations Rick Dudley, Vice President of Hockey Operations Paul Krepelka and Assistant General Manager Brian Tatum - there's often more they can accomplish from their offices at 1400 Edwards Mill Rd. or wherever scouting may take them. Since he retained the title of president after being named the team's new general manager in May, Waddell carries a full plate that includes interfacing with the business side of the team when he's not fielding calls from other general managers or discussing internal hockey strategy with his assembled brain trust.

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