some of my best memories this past year. i'll never forget the RBC Miracle.

6/20/2009 2:27:46 AM

awesome job, Vulcan

[Edited on June 20, 2009 at 10:00 AM. Reason : ahahaha, brodeurs reaction after staal scores the series winner is great every time]

6/20/2009 9:53:11 AM

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/canes/seidenberg-unlikely-to-return

Quote :

"At one point, in discussing his defensemen, Rutherford said, "With Seidenberg not coming back ..." Told his comment sounded definitive on Seidenberg, Rutherford said, "It appears that way." "

6/22/2009 12:51:34 PM

no more free bratwurst

6/22/2009 1:58:52 PM

The combination of Seidenberg being out and Kaberle potentially going to the KHL just means we can afford to reward Cole with a 4 or 5 year deal at 6 mil a season.

6/22/2009 2:03:32 PM

gah

i know that's a joke, but sweet jesus it frightens me so

6/22/2009 2:41:16 PM

I'm ready for schedule release day I need to start planning my excursions.

6/22/2009 2:55:47 PM

I'd rather them use the money that they would be using on Seidenberg to sign a new player rather than giving Cole any sort of raise. He was pretty much useless in the playoffs. I'll be sad to see Seidenberg go.

6/22/2009 3:33:36 PM

bring back commie

6/22/2009 8:23:28 PM

^i'm good without him picking up retarded penalties

6/22/2009 9:14:33 PM

i miss Sean Hill.

6/22/2009 9:29:41 PM

yay cheaters!

6/22/2009 9:33:40 PM

Quote :

"Rutherford said a healthy Frantisek Kaberle could be a replacement for Seidenberg. Kaberle, who has a $2.2 million salary, missed 25 games because of injuries and was a healthy scratch in 15 of the last 17 games of the regular season. "He's a useful player, a no-maintenance player," Rutherford said. "If he has a good training camp, he should fit himself into the lineup." There has been speculation Kaberle might play next season in Russia, but Rutherford said Kaberle, in his exit interview after the season, said he wants to stay with the Hurricanes. "

o god

6/23/2009 9:29:04 PM

K-H-L!
K-H-L!
K-H-L!

6/23/2009 9:52:14 PM

A part of me hopes JR isn't being truthful.

A part of me hopes Frank does come to camp and return to form because I still like him a lot. We need size, though, not a small offensive minded defenseman.

6/23/2009 9:56:08 PM

6/24/2009 8:16:49 AM

Chris Chelios will be available....

You know for the league minimum I might be able to stomach that.

6/24/2009 2:08:01 PM

^We do not need a 46 year old.

6/24/2009 2:11:21 PM

I want Landon Ferraro on friday. If we pick him I will get a "Chicken Parm Jr." jersey without thinking twice

6/24/2009 4:49:57 PM

^^we could use a 46 year old if it's Chris Chelios.

6/24/2009 5:18:56 PM

He's way to old and slow. Are you guys crazy?

6/24/2009 5:39:06 PM

id take him over frank any day

6/24/2009 6:32:14 PM

This is so fucking old, but I happened to stumble upon these pictures from a Canes/Devils series preview and lol'd.

6/24/2009 7:20:09 PM

A good chance that both LaRose and Cole are gone:

http://carhur.com/82

6/25/2009 2:09:36 PM

they need to give cole's money to larose. he can take his pubic-beard elsewhere

6/25/2009 2:13:05 PM

i can't tell you how pissed i would be if they let larose go

6/25/2009 2:13:47 PM

I still find it very hard to believe that Chad LaRose won't be back. I think JR is using the press as a negotiating tactic here as he has done in the past.

Cole, on the other hand... I have no problem if he walks.

6/25/2009 2:33:30 PM

I bet Larose is asking for to much money.....deserves no more then 2 mil.

6/25/2009 2:37:51 PM

LaRse

I'm going to be so pissed if they don't sign him

6/25/2009 2:48:42 PM

we got Brandon Sutter and Zach Boychuk coming up next year, no worry. Personally, I feel that both Cole and Larose shouldn't get anything more than 2 Mil/year. We still have to save money to sign Ward next year.

6/25/2009 3:55:26 PM

Quote :

"Rutherford states in this interview with 590 The Fan that he would like to be at 50 million this coming year. He repeats that he would like to bring the same team back for next year, "but agents are throwing goofy numbers around.""

6/25/2009 6:16:09 PM

I just learned that Stu Grimson completed his law degree at my old school (U of Memphis) not long ago and he's now a lawyer in Nashville.

Quote :

"How about this: the Hurricanes buying an AHL team, putting it in Charlotte and expanding its "footprint" in the state? Seems like that would make sense."

Put it in Greensboro or Winston-Salem and I'll get season tickets.

[Edited on June 26, 2009 at 5:15 PM. Reason : .]

6/26/2009 5:12:43 PM

6/26/2009 6:01:28 PM

Oh, hey.. the draft starts in 30 minutes..

6/26/2009 6:38:34 PM

Here we go...

Every single player I want is still on the board. It is in JR's hands now.

6/26/2009 10:34:41 PM

FUCK YOU CAROLINA

FUCK YOU

6/26/2009 10:40:58 PM

yeah, WTF

6/26/2009 10:42:19 PM

i fucking quit

6/26/2009 10:42:45 PM

well

the guy's favorite restaurant is la cage aux sport, cool place

sooooo there's that

6/26/2009 10:47:14 PM

yea, I would have HATED taking Ashton.

6/26/2009 10:47:37 PM

"detroit will pick 32 and then at 75, the next mvp"

lol

6/26/2009 10:54:58 PM

ugh

6/27/2009 12:13:47 AM

Hey look we took another guy off the board

6/27/2009 10:29:53 AM

what's the dirt on the Paradis guy??

6/27/2009 10:44:09 AM

he's a frenchy who can blast the puck (95.7 mph), has some skill and supposedly will finish hits and park in front of the net. I hope to all hell that he turns out better than Ashton.

6/27/2009 10:55:30 AM

For what it's worth I did not want us to draft Ashton, so I guess that's a positive. The 2nd round this morning was painful though watching so many players I wanted that we could have had go off the board, some to division rivals.

Brian Dumoulin seems like a pretty good pick in the 2nd.

6/27/2009 10:59:13 AM

what is/was your opposition to Ashton?

6/27/2009 11:04:41 AM

Well obviously I can only go by what I read on the interwebs, but a lot of scouts say he doesn't use his size and doesn't work hard sometimes.

Poor puck control, zero vision, and no playmaking ability. He seems like a guy with way too much bust potential.

6/27/2009 11:10:15 AM

Mattias Lindstrom in the third. Sweet pick. A huge Swedish winger. Yes, we actually overcame our fear of Europeans for that one.

6/27/2009 11:14:52 AM

Matt Kennedy taken in the 5th. I know nothing about him but he is another big dude. Right winger. Had a big year for the Guelph Storm and then played 4 games on a tryout in the AHL with Syracuse.

Good stuff with Dumoulin:

Quote :

"I’m just happy,” Dumoulin said, wearing his bright red Hurricanes jersey. “I watched the series between them and the Bruins and it was an awesome series to watch, and Carolina won it, so now I’m one of the biggest Carolina fans there is. I’m happy to be part of the Hurricanes organization."

6/27/2009 12:11:52 PM