RALEIGH, N.C. – Don Waddell, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has agreed to terms with defenseman Grigorii Dronov on a one-year, two-way contract. The deal will pay Dronov $770,000 at the NHL level and $70,000 at the American Hockey League (AHL) level. Dronov has subsequently been assigned to the Chicago Wolves of the AHL.