— Hurricanes President Don Waddell, Executive Vice President/General Manager Ron Francis and head coach Bill Peters joined 620 The Buzz's Mike Maniscalco for a Hurricanes Fan Town Hall at WRAL-TV Wednesday. Fans were encouraged to submit questions for the Hurricanes brass using the hashtag #FanTownHall.

The first question addressed a report from The Dan Patrick Show that speculated the Canes could be the franchise relocating to the National Hockey League's new target town – Las Vegas.

"Pete Karmanos has put a lot of time and a lot of money into this marketplace. We have ten-plus years left on our lease with PNC Arena. This franchise isn't going anywhere," said Waddell.

Last season Hurricanes goalies Cam Ward and Anton Khudobin shared time in the net, at times due to injury, but the new head coach said that will not be the case this season.

"We need Wardo to be healthy, we need him to come in and establish himself as a starter," said Peters. "We need Anton to come in and push. Anton had the fifth best save percentage in the NHL last year, people don't talk about that. So, it's a competition, we have seven exhibition games, we have plenty of time to sort that out. But I need a starter, I need a stud. We need a number one guy."

With a five-year playoff drought and personnel moves at the top, Hurricanes fans wanted to know why there has not been more roster moves as well.

"It's hard to get market value if your team's not winning," said Waddell. "Because everyone's trying to pick your pocket and they think you're trading from desperation."

"Certain guys are happy to take contracts off your hands, but you've got to give up a young piece or a draft pick," said Francis. "I don't want to make the playoffs one year and be out again for another five or six. We want to build this foundation so it's solid from the base up."

The Hurricanes open preseason play against the Blue Jackets Sept. 21 at PNC Arena.