"The Carolina Hurricanes signed European prospects Tommi Kivisto and Mattias Lindstrom to three-year entry-level deals Wednesday. The deadline for signing 2009 draft picks not playing college hockey was 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Kivisto, a defenseman taken in the seventh round of the 2009 draft, has a clause in his contract allowing him to remain with Jokerit of the Finnish league this season before coming over to North America in 2012-13. He played one season in the WHL for Red Deer before turning pro in his native Finland.

Lindstrom, a forward taken in the third round of that draft, will attend Carolina's prospect conditioning camp and rookie camp. He has a similar clause in his contract allowing him to return to Skelleftea of the Swedish league this season if he does not make the NHL roster."