Every year, as more and more seasons come to an end, the injury list for nearly every NHL team comes to light and the Carolina Hurricanes were no exception.

The Hurricanes wrapped up their 2024-25 season on Friday as the majority of players conducted their exit interviews with the local media.

As a part of that, a few players gave updates on injuries that they were either dealing with or playing through.

The biggest injury news that came out of Friday's exit interviews was the fact that Seth Jarvis had reaggravated the right labrum/rotator cuff injury he suffered last season.

One year ago, Jarvis revealed that he tore both right at the start of that season, but managed to play through it.

Instead of surgery and a lengthy recovery process, he opted to rest and rehab it over the summer and see how it would go, but things did not play out the way he had hoped.

"We loved where it was at at the start of the season in terms of the health of it and the strength and everything," Jarvis said. "Early on, it kind of started to slip a little bit and then retore all the work we had done on it and all the strengthening we did."

Despite that, Jarvis was still able to play through the injury, setting a career-high in goals with 32, which also led the team.

"Dealing with it again wasn't too bad," Jarvis said. "Kind of the same thing as last year."

"I mean, the only difference [if I got surgery] would be that I could probably throw a real nice spiral. That would probably change a lot. My softball league I play in in the summer would probably appreciate me being able to throw again, but hockey-wise, it doesn't really do a whole lot for me. I mean, I can't catch a puck up here [motions above himself] because of the brace, but other than that, everything as if I had a healthy shoulder. Just playing through a little more pain than normal."

While surgery is on option on the table, the star forward is leaning toward another year of just rehabbing it as missing an extensive period of time could interfere with his Stanley Cup and Olympic aspirations.

"[Olympics] is definitely a big goal of mine and I wouldn't want to miss time and ruin that chance for myself," Jarvis said. "I have to keep that in mind for sure, but the number one goal is to be healthy for the team and for hopefully a long season into a long postseason next year."

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Defensemen Jalen Chatfield and Sean Walker also revealed the ailments that kept them out of the lineup for some of the critical Eastern Conference Final games against the Florida Panthers.

Chatfield, 29, was a key defenseman for Carolina this season. After spend the last two years on the third pair, he was trusted with more responsibility this season, averaging over 3:30 more per game.

The veteran really crushed it on both sides of the ice, with seven goals and 18 points in 79 games.

Chatfield played just nine games this postseason before injury forced him out of the lineup midway through Carolina's second-round series against the Washington Capitals.

"It was just something in the hip," Chatfield said. "It’s hard when you get that to try and skate. Just couldn’t get to that speed where I would even be capable of helping the team on the ice, but I was able to get back on the ice before the last game and was hoping it was just gonna be another game or two before I could return. I was super close, for sure."

Chatfield said that he would not need any procedures over the summer for the injury and that he should be ready for the start of next season.

Walker, 30, missed the final three games of the Hurricanes' season after a hit by Panthers' forward A.J. Greer in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final reaggravated a shoulder injury he had been dealing with.

"I kind of hurt it in our last regular season game against Washington," Walker said. "But it was just minor at that time and actually feeling really good, but then the Greer hit kind of set me back pretty significantly."

The veteran blueliner had really found his stride this postseason, getting additional minutes and playing in key moments, so it was a tough blow for the Hurricanes to lose yet another right-handed defenseman who was filling in so well.

Walker was averaging over a minute and a half more per game in the playoffs and he had a goal and three points in 12 games as well.

"It was disappointing," Walker said. "I feel like I was playing pretty good and contributing. To sit out and have to watch was definitely tough."

Walker stated that he was making good progress and was hoping to potentially return for the Cup Final. He does not believe he will need surgery on his shoulder and should be good for next season.

Outside of the defensemen, forward Jordan Martinook stated that he was healthy throughout the postseason despite missing a bit of time after a big shot block against the Capitals in the conference semifinals.

"Everybody is playing with stuff," Martinook said. "You’ve got bruises and nicks, but I was good."

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