about as low risk as you can get with a contract, I'm fine with it

5/28/2010 12:02:04 PM

Page 4 in honor of Aaron Ward

5/28/2010 12:05:18 PM

Harrison gets the same deal as Tlusty.

My question is why?

He better be a 7th D-man/healthy scratch.

5/28/2010 12:34:28 PM

I don't see the need for Harrison in any capacity. He's an average healthy scratch d-man. Why keep him around?

5/28/2010 2:59:13 PM

I was worried we'd resign him when JR mentioned him in the press conference after the season ended.

5/28/2010 3:14:37 PM

There is no offseason in hockey! You people!

5/28/2010 4:06:48 PM

Did we need a 1-way deal for him? Was he going to hold out and not sign with anyone if we only offered the 2-way?

5/28/2010 4:12:57 PM

perhaps he's wanted in Charlotte for indecent exposure.

5/28/2010 4:28:13 PM

Dont you guys see it? It's the Babchuk-Harrison shutdown pairing we've been waiting for

5/28/2010 5:48:45 PM

Canes discussing getting rid of THAMTHONOV
http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=530693

6/1/2010 3:13:30 PM

oh, canes fb

Quote :

"I would take him over freaking Pitaken any day of the week. Samsonov is a good team player and deserves a role."

[Edited on June 1, 2010 at 3:14 PM. Reason : ]

6/1/2010 3:13:51 PM

also, some assclown said that, if put w/the right linemates, samsonov would be the most dangerous player on the team. LOLZ

6/1/2010 3:19:31 PM

ahahaha

6/1/2010 3:21:37 PM

We should take anything we can get for him, if not buyout time.

6/1/2010 3:31:17 PM

I've always liked Samsonov, but his numbers have gone down and with the talent we have in Albany/Charlotte we can't resign someone like Whitney if we'll still have Brindamour, Cole and Samsonov all on the roster. If we dump Sammy and Brindamour retires I think we resign Whitney and bring up someone like Boychuck or Dalpe to start the season.

6/1/2010 3:37:23 PM

steviewonder and I have had this discussion before, but has anyone else here noticed the massive amount of upside down Canes logos on vanity plates and car decals around Raleigh? I saw 2 within about 45 seconds today near campus. Black on top folks.

6/1/2010 8:26:03 PM

this has irritated me for years.

6/1/2010 11:07:20 PM

^^ I point it out to whoever I'm with at the time. I couldn't even tell you which color goes on top, I just know it looks wrong and it pisses me off. If you spend that much money for a license plate then put the thing on correctly.

6/1/2010 11:32:37 PM

god that shit angers me

6/1/2010 11:39:34 PM

it's easier to remember "red on right" than "black on top"

6/1/2010 11:41:30 PM

^yeah that works too.

steviewonder went up to a guy in the parking lot while we were tailgating last year and told him his shit was upside down, and the guy told him "that's the way I like it".

smooth move dumbass.

6/2/2010 12:17:24 AM

the best explanation i ever got was "we bought it during the playoffs in '06 and we don't dare change it"

and even that's not great

6/2/2010 12:53:09 AM

http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/06/02/511320/brindamour-eyes-one-more-season.html

Well, there's a wasted roster spot for next season.

6/2/2010 8:28:20 AM

I hate upside down canes logos


and i fucking hate the idea of Brindy in a canes sweater again

6/2/2010 8:52:11 AM

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/canes/karmanos-wants-sale-in-2-3-months

6/2/2010 12:54:09 PM

Thanks for the memories Rod, now GTFO ->

6/2/2010 12:56:50 PM

Quote :

"Our biggest problem from a business point of view is we havent been consistent, OK?" Karmanos said. "One of the reasons Laviolette now is in Philadelphia is his lack of consistency. We missed the playoffs for two years after we won (the Cup) and we would have missed the playoffs again. Paul (Maurice) came in and took us to the final four and then this year we couldn’t even finish dead last, we had to finish somewhere around 23."

6/2/2010 2:42:05 PM

PK is such a dick.

But sometimes, dicks say what needs to be said.

6/2/2010 2:44:17 PM

why do i continue engaging with the morons on FB?

6/6/2010 12:54:11 AM

Ray Whitney may have played his last game for the Carolina Hurricanes.

General manager Jim Rutherford said today that he has met with Whitney and that it appears the winger will not re-sign with Carolina before July 1, when Whitney will be an unrestricted free agent.

"I think it will be difficult with where he will be at, contract-wise," Rutherford said. "I expect him to go into July (and the free-agent market). It appears that's the way it's going to go."
Before the March 3 trade deadline, the Canes fielded trade offers for Whitney. But Whitney had a no-trade clause in his contract and opted to stay with the team, finishing third in points with 58 (21 goals, 37 assists).

Whitney has played the last five years for the Canes after signing as a free agent in August 2005. He was an integral part of Carolina's Stanley Cup run in 2006, and in the Canes reaching the Eastern Conference finals in the 2008-2009 season.

via chip

[Edited on June 7, 2010 at 2:19 PM. Reason : ]

6/7/2010 2:19:30 PM

If we're really going with this youth movement thing next year, there's no reason to bring him back for a year or two. That being said he'll get on somewhere and probably light us up 2 or 3 times next year.

Really wish we could have shipped him out at the deadline. Learn from mistakes JR, can the NTC's.

6/7/2010 2:21:20 PM

If we for sure didn't have Brind'amour, Cole, and Samsonov returning I'm sure we'd resign Whitney. At this point though with potentially only one of them gone we don't have room for Whitney with the younger guys we're trying to put in the lineup.

6/7/2010 2:22:56 PM

Holy shit.

We should be getting a king-sized hometown discount for Whitney and instead we get this bullshit.

6/7/2010 2:39:35 PM

guess we were REALLY right calling him selfish after deadline day, eh?

6/7/2010 4:12:35 PM

The guy scored 58 points last year......Samsonov, Brindamour and Cole scored 64 combined. Those 3 will be averaging 2.93 million next year. There isn't a hometown discount big enough.

6/7/2010 7:51:23 PM

Legace out -- Peters in.

Canes general manager Jim Rutherford said today that a decision has been made and that the team will go with Justin Peters as the backup to Cam Ward in goal next season.

Rutherford had said either Peters, 23, or veteran Manny Legace would be No. 2 goaltender and that the team would not look to sign or trade for anyone else.

"We've told Manny's agent that we will go with Justin," Rutherford said. "It's the right time for Justin in the process of his development. He improved so much last season and dominated in the American Hockey League (with the Albany River Rats).

"He's a great team guy. He played some very good games here for us and this is the next step for him. He looks like he has a very good future for the Hurricanes."

Legace, 37, was signed out of the AHL in November after Ward suffered a slashed leg in a game in Columbus. He will become an unrestricted free agent on July 1.

"Manny did a great job for us," Rutherford said.

6/11/2010 4:00:54 PM

and just like that vinylbandit has lost his doppelganger

6/11/2010 4:37:20 PM

i still have his gloves

6/11/2010 4:37:44 PM

no... vinylbandit's true doppleganger still lives in Toronto.

6/11/2010 4:46:35 PM

I'm just going by John Forslund's words

6/11/2010 4:57:57 PM

Thank you for last year Manny. Hope it earned you another job this year.

6/11/2010 6:55:48 PM

yes. thank you for winning games and fucking us out of a better draft pick.

6/12/2010 10:52:32 AM

Anyone know (or know who I can contact to find out) when Fan Fest and Canes Carnival will be this summer? Trying to plan out the next few months for work. Thanks.

6/12/2010 6:32:23 PM

wait on the NHL schedule to come out in the next couple weeks (much earlier than most years, for some reason) and you might be able to make a decent prediction

[Edited on June 13, 2010 at 12:41 AM. Reason : though the whole Finland thing might screw things up]

6/13/2010 12:41:40 AM

CC thinks July 16th is the best guess:

http://www.canescountry.com/2010/6/13/1515810/what-happens-in-helsinki-episode-2

6/13/2010 1:14:36 PM

I need to stay away from that 'Canes Facebook page.

Apparently Ray Whitney not returning next year will be the down fall of the 'Canes.

6/13/2010 10:30:13 PM

PRESEASON SCHEDULE WOO

Tue. Sept. 21 Florida RBC Center 7:00 p.m.
Thu. Sept. 23 at Nashville Bridgestone Arena 8:00 p.m.
Fri. Sept. 24 Nashville RBC Center 7:00 p.m.
Sat. Sept. 25 at Atlanta Philips Arena 7:00 p.m.
Wed. Sept. 29 at Florida BankAtlantic Center 7:30 p.m.
Fri. Oct. 1 Atlanta RBC Center 1:30 p.m.
Mon. Oct. 4 at St. Petersburg Ledovy Arena TBA

http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=531910

6/17/2010 2:02:35 PM

great. same fucking teams.

6/17/2010 2:22:36 PM

yeah, I'm not sure what our hardon with playing those 3 are.

next Tuesday is road trip planning day.

6/17/2010 2:27:17 PM

LOLOLOLOL

via our friends at facebook:

Quote :

"People are lucky enough to have a minor league team in Charlotte. I don't know why they come plain if they Hurricanes don't come and play there when it's not that to far from Charlotte to see them play in Raleigh. Hell I have to come all the way from Boone NC to go and see them play live in person. That's only once a year if I get to see them play. "

6/17/2010 2:49:47 PM