Looks like the Devils local network picked up the game on short notice after VS dropped it. Wish we could have done the same...

Also, my thoughts on what we're going to do tomorrow: http://faceoffcircle.net/2008/02/25/carolina-trade-deadline-preview/

[Edited on February 25, 2008 at 6:39 PM. Reason : .]

2/25/2008 6:33:26 PM

Peca?? Wouldn't that be about as good as getting Anson Carter last year?

2/25/2008 9:05:29 PM

Ehh I think that's a little unfair. Dancin' Anson was always a guy who reaped the benefits of his linemates (most recently the Sedin twins). Peca is still putting up decent offensive numbers, but more importantly, he is a great defensive forward (has won the Selke twice), and is always a dominant force in the faceoff circle. Basically, he is the closest you are going to get at attempting to replace Brind'Amour. At 33 he isn't out of gas yet, and showed that he can make it through the playoffs with Edmonton in 06. He really shut some guys down in that series against us. He has never won a Cup either. I'm pretty much against making any major deals tomorrow, but if Columbus will ship us Peca for say a 6th round pick, I would accept that without a moments hesitation and then call it a day.

2/25/2008 10:58:08 PM

^Could not agree more, maybe a 4th round. I agree though, we don't want to give up to much.

2/26/2008 8:02:04 AM

oh GREAT, Mick McGeough is reffing tonight.

2/26/2008 10:47:57 AM

Pat Bush is the video goal judge though, I'm a fan of his work.

2/26/2008 10:57:45 AM

the video goal judge doesn't really do much though since it's a conversation with some dude in toronto that settles it.

also, fuck Eaves not being in the goddamned lineup! And where's Crunchy??

2/26/2008 11:01:58 AM

Somebody buy Cherokee's $10 ticket for tonight since he is sick and come with me to the game.

2/26/2008 11:04:14 AM

Quote :

"oh GREAT, Mick McGeough is reffing tonight."

I can't decide if his name makes me hate him more or less.

2/26/2008 11:09:06 AM

the only thing redeeming about him is that it's hilarious to watch him call penalties or signal a goal

2/26/2008 11:11:30 AM

At least before the mandatory helmet rule there was always the hope that his stupidity could lead to an "accident."

2/26/2008 11:15:37 AM

Tuomo Ruutu may go to Carolina according to TSN. That would be stupid IMO.

2/26/2008 11:41:45 AM

Who the hell is that?

2/26/2008 11:42:10 AM

An often injured forward who is somewhat talented but has a contract that is too big for us next year and would not fit into our lineup next year.

2/26/2008 11:43:53 AM

^ding ding ding. He's roughly the same size and style as Eaves with, in my mind, less potential.

2/26/2008 11:46:08 AM

I was mistaken. Ruutu's contract is up at the end of this season, so I'm all for bringing him in if he can be had for a small price. I don't want to see him on this team next year, though, unless he earns a spot with great play.

SOUTHEAST DIVISION RACE JUST HEATED UP. Huet to Washington

TRIPLE EDIT: Tuomo Ruutu is a Cane according to Sportsnet. Waiting to hear what is going the other way.


[Edited on February 26, 2008 at 12:01 PM. Reason : .]

2/26/2008 11:49:16 AM

TERRIBLE FUCKING TRADE I JUST KILLED MYSELF

ANDREW LADD FOR TUOMO RUUTU

2/26/2008 12:03:31 PM

man fuck that

2/26/2008 12:08:45 PM

thats goddamned ridiculous!!

2/26/2008 12:09:19 PM

confirmed

..............

[Edited on February 26, 2008 at 12:10 PM. Reason : .]

2/26/2008 12:09:58 PM

the only site that's showing that to be the case is Eklund, soo.....

2/26/2008 12:10:51 PM

Trade has just been announced on TSN.

2/26/2008 12:18:17 PM

nothing extra coming our way? no 3rd rounder in 09, no craig adams? no nothing

2/26/2008 12:18:53 PM

nope... nothing else.

Now, will he be in the lineup tonight?

2/26/2008 12:19:57 PM

WOW Why did we do this?????

[Edited on February 26, 2008 at 12:23 PM. Reason : ]

2/26/2008 12:23:04 PM

Apparently he is on the ice with Chicago right now. I bet he makes it here by game time. He has been on fire lately with no goals and 8 assists in his last 37 games.

2/26/2008 12:23:57 PM

Can we get a link?


Why would Rutherford do this? I seriously don't get it.

2/26/2008 12:27:43 PM

We can't even really afford Ruutu. I mean fuck I'd rather you just sign Stillman back in the offseason. I am confused and upset. Maybe Ruutu will come in here and go off; if healthy he could certainly fit WONDERFULLY into our system. But the guy can't stay healthy.

2/26/2008 12:32:47 PM

hahaha what a horrible trade

http://proxy.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=3265147

2/26/2008 12:33:04 PM

There he is

2/26/2008 12:33:39 PM

it's never a good sign when this guy is the "NHLPA Player of the Day":
http://nhlpa.com/

2/26/2008 12:34:54 PM

why trade Ladd as he is just now getting the ice time to succeed with us?

we waited for 3 goddamn years for him to be productive, and don't deal him earlier in the season when we were looking for another d-man, and we trade him for Ruutu?

at least it wasn't Jarko Ruutu. I saw the headline first and almost died.

But this is equally shitty.

God I hope Patrick Eaves steps up.

So next year, if this guy sticks around, he'll be on the wing? Great, just what we need.

Well...maybe JR knows what he's doing?

I'll miss you Laddie

2/26/2008 12:40:48 PM

^JR makes a lot of dumb mistakes

See: Sandis Ozolinsh $5 mill

2/26/2008 12:42:52 PM

it is a horrible trade in my opinion bc ruutu is garbage, and you are trading away a young player that the fans like that has been stepping his game up. ruutu's contract is the biggest mistake of the deal, forget about both players' talents

2/26/2008 12:44:40 PM

^Andrew Ladd is def gonna have a good season next year.

2/26/2008 12:45:46 PM

i dont understand how you trade away a player like stillman to give room for ladd to play just to trade him for ruutu.

wtf mate

2/26/2008 12:47:22 PM

Because... I don't know

2/26/2008 12:48:15 PM

i really don't fucking get it

2/26/2008 12:49:22 PM

I think JR thinks he has some godly talent to pick players who are about succeed. Stillman (he did have good years but no one would sign him after the lockout cause they thought he would suck), Cullen, Samsonov. But he also failed with Hamilton and he's taking a risk on another player for which he traded one who was doing well.

[Edited on February 26, 2008 at 12:51 PM. Reason : ]

2/26/2008 12:49:46 PM

RUUTU IS PISSED?

TITT, THESE IS THE TIMES

2/26/2008 12:57:27 PM

THESE IS THE TIMES

2/26/2008 12:59:58 PM

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST

I JUST WROTE A SONG FOR WHEN LADD SCORES

"THE GARBAGEMAN CAN"



I like Ruutu, but not as much as Ladd.

2/26/2008 1:08:16 PM

Dear Canes fans,

From all of us in Chicago to you, please enjoy the hard misses that Ruutu will bring to your team. The guy can slam into the boards harder than a squirt that hasn't figured out how to stop yet. He adds major depth to your IR and is always a presence in the trainers room.

Hopefully this Ladd character will fit in with our other two kids, he can score right?

Thanks again and enjoy!

Chicago Blackhawk fans

2/26/2008 1:11:35 PM

well, he's got 9 goals in 43 games this year...

2/26/2008 1:12:19 PM

Fedorov to Washington. Caps are PISSED.

2/26/2008 1:13:24 PM

Hopefully Ruutu will play harder under the notion that if Samsonov can get it turned around, he can to. I hope so

2/26/2008 1:49:26 PM

^^Why would the caps be pissed about getting him. Did they give up a lot?

2/26/2008 1:51:54 PM

No no I mean Caps are PISSED as in they are buying up as many players as they can in order to chase down Carolina

2/26/2008 1:57:22 PM

just to be clear, this is the definition of PISSED, as laid down by myself and Sweden:





This: is often the result of being PISSED.

usage in a sentence:
Scott Walker has been known to go on many a PISSED-fest during his days in Raleigh

[Edited on February 26, 2008 at 2:03 PM. Reason : PISSED]

2/26/2008 2:02:43 PM

Yeah but still. Huet can be a brick wall, and Federov blows. He's old.

2/26/2008 2:08:13 PM