Quote :

"@TSNBobMcKenzie: More waivers: Durno, Matsumoto, Roy, Sanguinetti, Peters, Samson, Brett Sutter (all CAR);"

9/29/2011 12:17:41 PM

interesting

I'm surprised that they put Samson and Sutter on waivers.

[Edited on September 29, 2011 at 12:37 PM. Reason : ,]

9/29/2011 12:37:11 PM

it's for sending them to Charlotte.

9/29/2011 12:51:34 PM

We have to cut 13 and that's only 7.

9/29/2011 12:58:11 PM

21 DRAYSON BOWMAN
11 ZACH BOYCHUK
37 TIM BRENT
22 ZAC DALPE
29 CHRIS DURNO
39 PATRICK DWYER
36 JUSSI JOKINEN
59 CHAD LAROSE
18 JON MATSUMOTO
20 RILEY NASH
23 ALEXEI PONIKAROVSKY
15 TUOMO RUUTU
71 JEROME SAMSON
53 JEFF SKINNER
12 ERIC STAAL "C"
13 ANTHONY STEWART
16 BRANDON SUTTER "A"
42 BRETT SUTTER
58 CHRIS TERRY
19 JIRI TLUSTY I honestly don't know why we've invested so much time into this guy.

5 BRYAN ALLEN
28 JUSTIN FAULK
6 TIM GLEASON "A"
44 JAY HARRISON
27 DEREK JOSLIN
51 TOMAS KABERLE
31 JUSTIN KRUEGER
4 JAMIE MCBAIN
38 RYAN MURPHY
25 JONI PITKANEN
7 MATHIEU ROY
24 BOBBY SANGUINETTI

33 BRIAN BOUCHER
70 MIKE MURPHY
60 JUSTIN PETERS
30 CAM WARD

[Edited on September 29, 2011 at 1:14 PM. Reason : .]

9/29/2011 1:13:50 PM

Here's whats left:

37 TIM BRENT
22 ZAC DALPE
39 PATRICK DWYER
36 JUSSI JOKINEN
59 CHAD LAROSE
20 RILEY NASH
23 ALEXEI PONIKAROVSKY
15 TUOMO RUUTU
53 JEFF SKINNER
12 ERIC STAAL "C"
13 ANTHONY STEWART
16 BRANDON SUTTER "A"
19 JIRI TLUSTY

5 BRYAN ALLEN
28 JUSTIN FAULK
6 TIM GLEASON "A"
44 JAY HARRISON
27 DEREK JOSLIN
51 TOMAS KABERLE
4 JAMIE MCBAIN
38 RYAN MURPHY
25 JONI PITKANEN

33 BRIAN BOUCHER
30 CAM WARD

Looks like Nash may be the odd man out of the forward corps if we only roll 12.

9 defensemen left, have to assume that Murphy and Faulk will go down at some point unless a trade goes down

[Edited on September 29, 2011 at 2:26 PM. Reason : jnkjn]

9/29/2011 2:23:48 PM

agreed

[Edited on September 29, 2011 at 2:28 PM. Reason : sucks for Boychuk, I always thought that guy played well when he came up.]

9/29/2011 2:27:52 PM

Nash is still up only b/c Ruutu is injured (shock). Also, AStew is on the 4th line right now due to Mo's raging boner when it comes to Tlusty.

9/29/2011 3:25:16 PM

he certainly does like Tlusty for whatever reason

9/29/2011 3:41:20 PM

I hope that Cam Ward isn't our best player again. Wish we would have talent at another position. (Lookin at YOU Paul Maurice).

Heck almost anything new behind the bench would be nice.

"We here at the Carolina Hurricanes organization have fired Paul Maurice. We then turned around and hired a coach we all know dearly and expect great things from. Introducing... Paul Maurice.

...

Yes I gave him a raise."

9/30/2011 7:58:20 PM

Man, that is one piss-poor, tiny, sedate set of forwards.

9/30/2011 8:03:31 PM

TRADE STAAL

10/1/2011 1:43:39 PM

Paul Maurice v2.1 is the worst thing in recent memory to happen to this franchise.

I say 2.1 because when he took Laviolette's failing offense-only system and added a teensy bit of defensive responsibility, we made it to the ECF before getting swept by the Pens. Then the next season started and we were back to boring ol' Paul Maurice hockey.

10/1/2011 5:26:33 PM

Are we though? I mean I'm no Maurice fan but the only time this team locks it down is in the third periods when leading, and in fairness to Mo they were something like 27-1-0 last season when leading in the third.

10/1/2011 7:16:43 PM

any streams?

[Edited on October 1, 2011 at 8:30 PM. Reason : sssh vulcan people are determined to hate mo. ]

10/1/2011 8:29:41 PM

^^ How many of our four losses out of five games in the preseason did we blow a lead in the third?

10/2/2011 3:22:49 AM

It's pre-season, does it matter? No.

10/2/2011 8:23:20 AM

You're right.

But this preseason sure looks like the beginning of last season... and the year before that.

10/2/2011 9:31:51 AM

Hey puck bunnies! Wanna go to a few Canes games, but can't figure out the best way to get all the Skinner giveaways? Today is your lucky day, as the good people of the RBC Center have released the Skinner Plan!
http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=73912

10/4/2011 5:43:57 PM

Did we hire someone from Florida's marketing department? Holy shit.

10/4/2011 5:50:57 PM

not sure how long the page will stay up, but the Panthers are offering mother fucking HALF PRICE season tickets:
http://panthers.nhl.com/

10/4/2011 6:07:45 PM

it's hardly poor marketing - granted, it may only appeal to women and teenage girls, but strike while the iron is hot. People are obsessing over this kid. His bobblehead night is going to be a madhouse.

10/4/2011 10:00:19 PM

they'll probably sell a fuck ton of tickets

10/4/2011 10:09:36 PM

Quote :

"Just asked GM Jim Rutherford if Faulk was in his top six defensemen heading into the season. "No," he said, "in the top four." "

10/5/2011 11:07:13 AM

That's impressive.

10/5/2011 11:14:10 AM

The roster situation with the D is intriguing as hell to me, very excited to see what they do with it. So weird to have too many options a year after having Jay Harrison as a regular Top-6 guy.

10/5/2011 11:42:13 AM

My kingdom to see "Faulk Yeah" on the video boards after a goal by 28 this year.

10/5/2011 11:53:39 AM

9 D-Men on a 23-man roster? I sense some pimp-hand rogue-trading coming up.

10/5/2011 2:24:04 PM

and we still have dumoulin and mark alt coming in the next few years.

Between some of the forwards who didn't make the team out of camp (looking at you Boychuk) and these extra d men, we will have some options if we have to pull the trigger on some top 6 help. Hopefully it won't come to that.

But if somehow we do very well and look to be in a strong position to buy in February...we have the chips to do so.

[Edited on October 5, 2011 at 3:26 PM. Reason : yay for hitting on recent drafts]

10/5/2011 3:25:04 PM

Never thought id say this, but i like the looks of our d over the next few years.

I love the pairing of faulk and Allen. I think theyll do really well together, and allen isn't afraid to protect the kid. The fight with boll was because boll ran faulk. Good stuff to see.

Keep Gleason and ditzkanen ... for now.

Then kaberle and ? I'd like to see Murphy play, but i dont think we have room. I think he goes back to junior.

So what do we do with joslin harrison and mcbain? I think joslin is my least preferred, but I'm not ready to ship him off. I like different things about Harrison and mcbain. I guess rotate the two?

10/5/2011 4:28:07 PM

did you not see that Murphy made the roster?

10/5/2011 4:29:49 PM

If Faulk fits in early then someone is getting traded for sure.

10/5/2011 4:30:20 PM

^^10 game trial before his contract counts, did you never hear of that? I expected him to make this roster. Where he is in 9 games I'm not sure. I think he's potentially headed to junior. But its very possible that he performs like a stud out there when playing against nhl rosters, gotta see

[Edited on October 5, 2011 at 4:36 PM. Reason : .]

[Edited on October 5, 2011 at 4:37 PM. Reason : stupid autocorrect]

[Edited on October 5, 2011 at 4:38 PM. Reason : blah blah]

10/5/2011 4:34:51 PM

^^^chill bruh

Murphy is probably going to get, at max, his 9 games and be sent down. I couldn't see him making the team even before Faulk had his awesome camp. He's just going to be filthy back in juniors and while that may not be the best thing for his development, he is just too small right now and gets blown off the puck too easily.

He is ridiculously fast and looks awesome with the puck, but we have too much offensive D up here right now. Maybe after we trade Pitkanen at the deadline, Murphy can get a spot next year


also I don't know how I feel about having mcbain on the roster but not playing him every night. He had some rough times last year but he needs to be playing every game. Is he on the last year of his entry level deal? Theoretically, he could be a Checker without being subject to waivers? That'd be a big blow to the ego but at least he'd be getting top line minutes.

McBain just needs a kick in the rear, I'm sure he'll be much better this season. I think JR is sandbagging a trade...hard to think he'd send Pitkanen out of town right after giving him that contract, but we have too many offensive pieces. JR now has too much of his favorite thing. Maybe McBain is going to get traded early on? Something is going to happen after the first 10-15 games, I definitely have the feeling.

[Edited on October 5, 2011 at 4:40 PM. Reason : .]

10/5/2011 4:36:08 PM

^dead on.

10/5/2011 4:37:01 PM

of course, I am neglecting to account for a rash of D injuries.

10/5/2011 4:47:24 PM

I'll also agree with your edit

There's a lot I like about mcbain, and want him to play here... but i don't want him on the shelf. I think Harrison is pretty solid too, he can have a long career at depth positions. He's got a great attitude about playing, and is a guy I want on the team. All this talent we have now is going to get expensive, I'd hate to push Harrison out and be left with some garbage like oleg turnoverdovsky as a depth defenseman.

10/5/2011 4:55:15 PM

mcbain + boychuk + alt + 2nd
for

Jordan Staal

/hfboards

skinner/staal/ruutu
poni/staal/jokinen
dalpe/sutter/stewart
tlusty/brent/larose

pitkanen/gleason
kaberle/harrison
faulk/allen
joslin


[Edited on October 5, 2011 at 11:11 PM. Reason : alternatively, mcbain + dalpe (+pick?)]

10/5/2011 11:02:03 PM

Id do that trade minus alt, I think

[Edited on October 6, 2011 at 12:48 AM. Reason : wouldnt do dalpe ]

10/6/2011 12:45:18 AM

hockey parking lot beers are not far away

10/6/2011 3:49:35 PM

When/where?

10/6/2011 3:59:06 PM

Thanks for the tweet Dammit100

He made me feel like a real prick there.

10/6/2011 4:05:33 PM

yeah, he certainly could have handled that better. I think he misjudged your intent.

10/6/2011 6:37:52 PM

Wait what

10/7/2011 12:06:54 AM

Sundheim posted a link to the Chiasson and Vasicek jerseys in the players locker room, however, the Vasicek jersey is the new style (which he never wore). steviewonder asked: "Its an awesome gesture, but Big Joe never wore that jersey with the Canes. Can't they get the old style jersey for that?"

here was Sundheim's response: "We sent his last game-worn jersey to his parents. Figured that was more important."

10/7/2011 8:02:39 AM

I'm sure one could be acquired.

However, I suppose someone who knew the guy and is emotionally invested in the whole thing may not be tactful 100% of the time

10/7/2011 10:51:22 AM

I understand the concern with accuracy but its for the players lounge, I think the thought is more of what counts. If it was in the concourse or something for everyone to see, I'd say that it mattered more.

10/7/2011 12:17:24 PM

Yup

10/7/2011 1:03:30 PM

Quote :

"I think the thought is more of what counts."

This.

I think nitpicking it like that is kind of a Star Trek nerd/Sheldon Cooper thing to do. I'm glad he laid the hammer on you

In other news, PUMPED AS SHIT for tonight.

10/7/2011 1:12:01 PM

I'm just hoping someone in the interwebs is streaming this thing because I'm gonna be pissed otherwise.

Living overseas ftw... ftl... ftsomething.

10/7/2011 2:28:50 PM