Getting Khudobin locked up is the key, and apparently they're already in contract talks. If we see a 2-3 year deal for him prior to the trade deadline, there's going to be "Ward to X" rumors flying like crazy.

[Edited on February 7, 2014 at 9:15 AM. Reason : page 6]

2/7/2014 9:12:14 AM

Quote :

"^i really can say that I'd have a big problem with it. Would obviously depend on what the Canes could get in return"

Meant to say I CAN'T say id have an issue with it. That's of course assuming we lock up Khudobin

2/7/2014 9:40:10 AM

slaying the Panthers as we speak, 4-1 after 2. Goals by Nash, Semin, Bellemore and Tlusty

2/7/2014 8:53:22 PM

Canes add a PP goal from Sekera in the 3rd and win 5-1.

2/7/2014 9:33:35 PM

yup. I know it is only one season but he really seems like the real deal. Khudobin is 4th in the league in Sv% at the moment.

Cam Ward's stats:

Year	GP	SV%	Sv%Rk
13-14	19	.895	43rd
12-13	17	.908	26th
11-12	68	.915	21st
10-11	74	.924	 6th
09-10	47	.916	12th

2/7/2014 10:11:32 PM

so to continue on the "not to trash the man" vein of thought


but Rod coaches the powerplay still, yeah? if so....how much longer are we going to suffer our shitburger of a PP?

2/25/2014 8:12:53 PM

did tripp really just say "hurricanes fags"

2/25/2014 8:21:20 PM

sweet. fucking sweet.

2/25/2014 9:32:23 PM

lol. PP.

2/25/2014 9:41:57 PM

Ward and 1st round pick for Crosby. What ya think Mike?

2/25/2014 10:13:39 PM

Ward fucking sucks.

2/26/2014 8:42:11 AM

For fucks sake. This is the softest defensive team in the world.

2/27/2014 8:49:47 PM

2 shots, 2 goals.

2/27/2014 8:51:53 PM

yeah this is horseshit

glad im not blowing money on tickets this year

fuck all this shit

hopefully JR actually will sell at this deadline instead of passing out fat deals like he did with ruutu

2/27/2014 8:52:06 PM

The entire franchise pretty much needs to be blown up from the players to the front office. If this team can't get it done then it's hard to see any iteration of it getting it done with this front office, coach, and core players.

2/27/2014 8:57:31 PM

I think that's a bit extreme. I think we have the parts to make a top six that can compete. We need a third line that can be a more consistent threat, especially at center, where Nash is good only for a streak here and there. And then we get to defense- outside of Sekera and Faulk we are just blah:

Goaltending...not even gonna touch that:

[Edited on February 27, 2014 at 9:05 PM. Reason : s/Nash/Malhotra/ for where appropriate ]

2/27/2014 9:04:00 PM

Lol tripp referring to seguin as the Jewish kid

[Edited on February 27, 2014 at 9:32 PM. Reason : During intermission ]

2/27/2014 9:31:53 PM

^^and sekera and faulk just shit all over the ice.

2/27/2014 10:18:26 PM

Khudobin just got destroyed

2/27/2014 10:37:02 PM

Hainsey beat the shit out of that dude though. Had no idea he could fight.

2/27/2014 10:37:48 PM

That he did. First fight as a Cane for him.

2/27/2014 10:49:29 PM

I wouldn't call jumping a guy '80s style a "fight," but he can throw.

2/27/2014 11:24:32 PM

lolllllllllllllllllll

3/2/2014 9:09:27 PM

Quote :

"4 straight years of missing the playoffs behind us, can the Canes make it 5?"

Mission all but accomplished.

3/2/2014 9:15:33 PM

Karma for fucking with Debbie.

3/2/2014 9:35:46 PM

Eh.

3/2/2014 10:27:32 PM

At least there should be no waffling at the trade deadline Wednesday now. This team is clearly a seller.

3/2/2014 10:34:05 PM

The issue there is they won't sell shit or they'll get bent over in the process. Fuck these losers.

3/2/2014 10:45:47 PM

THESE IS NOT THE TIMES

3/3/2014 10:02:48 PM

Quote :

"Chip Alexander ?@ice_chip 6m Canes GM Jim Rutherford said Monday he hoped to get Khudobin re-signed before trade deadline. Done deal: 2 years, $4.5 million."

3/4/2014 5:40:37 PM

Excellent, now trade Ward.

3/4/2014 5:51:46 PM

His ass is gone. No way he doesn't get traded.

3/4/2014 7:04:02 PM

i agree that he will be traded -- however i dont know if its going to happen tomorrow

a lot of teams have gotten their goaltending over the past couple days, and Ward has a high cap hit -- I feel like if we sell now at Ward's lowest we aren't going to get shit for a return; in fact, it feels more like a cap dump at this point and we might have to add

i think it might be more likely that we sell what we can tomorrow, and try to build up cam's confidence as much as we can the rest of the way and hope he plays well over the last bit and trade him at the draft

otherwise i dont know what we can expect at the deadline for an expensive goaltender who is at his lowest point, career wise. unless we need to dump cap space in which case we are going to have to add some assets.

[Edited on March 4, 2014 at 7:34 PM. Reason : then again we may need to take what we can get now, i doubt cam is too happy w/ anton extension]

3/4/2014 7:32:27 PM

I don't think he has much space to complain.

Martin Brodeur is not happy because he's led his franchise to glory time and time again, and he's not getting the shot he thinks he's earned over his entire career. Right or wrong when viewed objectively, he has a legitimate grievance as a New Jersey Devil.

In Ward's case, a two-year deal for Khudobin appears to finally be the thing the Canes have been seeking for seven years; a true 1A goaltender who can push (or push out) Ward. They've never signed a guy who could really take a run at his #1 spot until now, even when his play hasn't justified his position or his pay. I don't think this is necessarily true, but you could argue that he's been somewhat coddled for his entire career. If he's upset about Khudobin, he can fix it by stopping pucks.

3/5/2014 1:34:40 AM

I really hope we trade the Staals, although I know that won't happen.

3/5/2014 9:27:33 AM

Ruutu to Devils per Dreger. No word on return yet (BRODEUR?!?!?!) but heard we'd have to eat some salary to move him.

edit: Andrei Loktionov + conditional 3rd in 2017


[Edited on March 5, 2014 at 2:02 PM. Reason : a]

3/5/2014 1:54:34 PM

Loktionov

wow, dump that salary and get Lok, eh? #pimphand

and a conditional third. dang i can dig it

[Edited on March 5, 2014 at 2:01 PM. Reason : .]

[Edited on March 5, 2014 at 2:08 PM. Reason : i seem to remember lok scoring a game winner against us when he was a king. odd he was traded to NJ]

3/5/2014 2:01:24 PM

bad move JR bad move

3/5/2014 2:42:25 PM

^why?

3/5/2014 2:46:50 PM

how is that a bad move? getting rid of Ruutu's massive salary without retaining a dime is amazing. i'll give JR a single clap for this one.

3/5/2014 2:48:08 PM

Quote :

"Nick Cotsonika ?@cotsonika 59m Ruutu: 31 years old, five goals, 16 points, two years left at $4.75M hit. Loktionov: 23, four goals, 12 points, last year at $725K, RFA."

I love Ruutu and there's no doubt he does more for the team than just score points when he's at his best, but the problem is he hasn't been at his best for at least a couple years now.

3/5/2014 3:09:11 PM

now being reported by Devils' beat writer that canes retained "some" salary. i may take back my single clap depending on how much.

[Edited on March 5, 2014 at 3:45 PM. Reason : foo]

3/5/2014 3:45:30 PM

As long as we retained 1/3 or less I see it as a win. Loktionov is at 750k, this year, RFA next... And doesn't have stellar numbers. He should be cheap. Ruutu has 5mm this and 5mm next, with a 4.75 hit.

If we retained 1/3, fine by me. Still gives us room, and add on room from jokinen and joslin contracts that we ate this year... We can have somewhere north of 3 million in cap space by getting rid of ruutu (1 million from Jussi and joslin, 3.5 from ruutu, and loktionov will probably set us back 1 to 1.25).

Obviously some of this is eaten by khudobins new deal, but breathing room is nice.

3/5/2014 7:08:44 PM

Quote :

"Chris Johnston ?@reporterchris 57m The #canes retained 20% of Tuomo Ruutu's remaining contract in the trade with #NJDevils."

So a million per year the next two seasons, slightly less in terms of cap hit

3/5/2014 8:52:47 PM

Quote :

"Obviously some of this is eaten by khudobins new deal, but breathing room is nice."

And a lot of room will be opened when Cam is moved in the offseason, b/c the Canes sure as shit aren't keeping over $8 million in net

3/6/2014 9:16:05 AM

Lol

3/8/2014 12:04:24 AM

they really picked a perfect time to send out season ticket holder renewal packages

3/8/2014 10:31:57 AM

Just wait till they send the playoff invoices. Because we aren't mathematically out, yet!

I'm lulzing at the pricing. For a premium game, I can spend $50 on a seat that I spent $70 on for the Stanley Cup Finals. And they've made the playoffs once since. How fucked up is that?

The sth pricing on a per game basis is still fairish. But they've priced out any single gamers.

3/8/2014 6:50:44 PM

I know the idea of the Fan Zone is to get people to buy ST in that area, but four times the STH price for a "premium" game? Holy shit.

Also, nothing says "nobody wants to see our team" like "premium game" pricing.

3/8/2014 7:45:06 PM

^yep

We'll gouge you, because we know you'll pay to see the penguins, sabers, and rangers.

3/8/2014 9:01:59 PM