Chekers score, 4-3 with minutes left

5/7/2011 9:33:06 PM

[Edited on May 7, 2011 at 9:36 PM. Reason : WOOOOOOOOOOO WINNARS]

5/7/2011 9:33:46 PM

5/8/2011 3:39:58 PM

5/8/2011 11:06:03 PM

why are you posting that picture in both hockey threads. for serial.

5/9/2011 12:59:32 AM

this is not hfboards

5/9/2011 6:46:50 AM

To be fair I'm pretty sure Cherokee was obsessed with Babchuk long before all that even started over there.

5/9/2011 9:30:02 AM

WHY

5/9/2011 12:55:01 PM

Skinner w/an assist so far vs. Sweden

5/9/2011 2:46:33 PM

To answer from last page... I thought I had heard they were to split the games up... meaning more than 1 would be in Charlotte.

Then I went to Germany and never followed up on the information I provided.

5/12/2011 12:12:54 PM

Donny from the ice crew passed away today

RIP man

5/12/2011 9:55:09 PM

^Just heard about that. From one Zamboni man to another, RIP. The man made some good ice.

[Edited on May 12, 2011 at 10:26 PM. Reason : ]

5/12/2011 10:25:41 PM

5/12/2011 11:31:10 PM

SHUT UP. Donny the guy that lived in the RV out back?

5/13/2011 12:26:59 AM

Yeah. According to the news, he had a heart attack while riding his bike at Umstead Park.

Over the last two seasons, I had passed by him on multiple occasions on the arena level, but never said anything. I didn't want to bug him with questions that I'm sure he got all the time. Wish I had now.

I'm sure they'll honor him at the first game.

5/13/2011 12:35:17 AM

lots of "i'm not saying i'm just saying..." here:

http://twitter.com/#!/ice_chip

its possible
its probable
its possible
its possible

5/16/2011 3:31:56 PM

Ugh keeping Larose and Stillman and possibly losing Jokinen would make me sick. Hope he's dead wrong. And why are we offering Stillman a front-office job to stay? Do we want him that bad for one year? He's OLD and SLOW.

5/16/2011 3:51:34 PM

Old and slow and still pulls 60 points a season...way more than Chadwick.

5/16/2011 4:01:21 PM

I am ok with one more year of Stillman. I won't cry if we don't sign him though. He looked capable enough and is obviously mentally sharp enough to create those 'wow' plays.

If we let Jussi go and keep larose/peters/dwyer guys I will be pissed.

I have already come to terms with Joni not coming back. Our D will look real stout next year...

Corvo
McBain
Joslin
Allen
Gleason
Allen

I am all for bringing Harrison back next year though. He should be cheap enough and was pretty solid.

Only thing that is guaranteed is that I will be pissed about something this offseason. Whether it turns out that I look like a jackass for being pissed will be seen later.

5/16/2011 4:09:43 PM

No more Chad. Please.

5/16/2011 4:12:29 PM

Bad thing about larose is not that we are going to bring him back. You just know they are going to pay him close to 2 mil per year. As Sweden just pointed out to me. LaRose was our 4th highest paid forward last year. Unreal

5/16/2011 4:16:49 PM

I would easily let Pitkanen and Larose go to keep Jussi. WTF is with this ridiculous speculation.

5/16/2011 4:34:17 PM

Hopefully that's all it is, speculation. Hopefully JR will tell us tomorrow he's re-signed Cole and Jussi back for 2 more years and signed Sutter to a long-term contract (or at least trying to accomplish all of this before July 1).

5/16/2011 4:44:48 PM

can believe anyone would turn down stillman. he still produces points.

5/16/2011 5:12:53 PM

I'm good with Maurice as long as he shakes up the staff. Bringing Daniels back or someone from outside the organization would be good moves. Hopefully what he said about Cole and Sutter is true and I like Stillman coming back if we're committed to spending money to improve the defense.

I don't really want us spending money on Pitkanen/LaRose or a 4th line center, but I really want to see Jussi back with Dalpe/Boychuk getting opportunities to start the year on the 2nd/3rd line. Unless we give Peters more of a shot then I don't mind getting a new back-up since he should be playing more anyway.

[Edited on May 16, 2011 at 6:40 PM. Reason : tbdv]

5/16/2011 6:39:52 PM

The Juice is going to get 3.5-4 a year from someone. Sucks, but that's pretty likely. Shit, Jeff Finger got 4 million a few years ago.

5/16/2011 6:56:10 PM

And everyone called that contract stupid. Where the hell is jeff finger now, anyway?

Jussi will probably fetch 3, and stay.

5/16/2011 7:33:39 PM

So the RecZone may be closing next month if they can't find new investors.

I don't know where else the Hurricanes would practice unless they built their own rink. I know they were at IcePlex before, but I don't see them going back there since its rink isn't NHL dimensions. Same with Cary. Garner doesn't seem like they have the space, and might be too far away. Wake Forest is way the fuck out of the way. It'll be interesting if the canes will consider buying the rink to keep it open. It could lead to some serious improvements.

Full Disclosure: It sucks pretty hard for me because I just got a job there as a zamboni driver last month. It took all of the employees by surprise.

[Edited on May 16, 2011 at 11:53 PM. Reason : ]

5/16/2011 11:50:37 PM

The money needed to fix that shit hole is unreal. And biederman is going to ask for too much.

The factory is 30mins away from the rbc center. That's nothing.

5/17/2011 12:25:42 AM

I hear there have been talks about practicing at some rink thats tucked somewhere in the Trinity/Edwards Mill area.

5/17/2011 1:16:30 AM

My money says the Canes wait for foreclosure and buy the RZ on the cheap or just put that money toward their own rink near the RBC.

5/17/2011 1:37:10 AM

The only rink in the Trinity/Edwards Mill area is Cary Ice House... which is not on either of those two roads.

So they may be building a rink.

5/17/2011 8:42:00 AM

i must be in the minority that wants Larose and Pitkanen back, and let Juice go. he struggled big time in the last half of the season it seemed.

5/17/2011 9:01:13 AM

^what season were you watching where you saw Jussi struggling more than Larose?

[Edited on May 17, 2011 at 10:20 AM. Reason : .]

5/17/2011 10:20:12 AM

I'm glad Ronnie is going up into the rafters again instead of staying behind the bench

[Edited on May 17, 2011 at 10:23 AM. Reason : .]

5/17/2011 10:21:06 AM

Quote :

"The money needed to fix that shit hole is unreal. And biederman is going to ask for too much."

Biederman actually has no say in it. The agreement with the bank is to keep the rink open until June 15, then it either continues to operate or is foreclosed on. All the negotiations with buying the rink right now are being done with the bank. I agree with the first part of your quote though.

5/17/2011 10:36:38 AM

^^^^^

I was joking. They already have a lot of practices at the RBC Center, so I don't see why it isn't an option for them to just hold more there instead. The only thing I can think of is cost, because you have to keep the entire building cold.

[Edited on May 17, 2011 at 10:54 AM. Reason : ^'s]

5/17/2011 10:53:52 AM

Not to mention the State games where the floor is down... so they have basketball practices in there and all of that jazz. Concerts, graduations, shows, circuses, etc.... so it's cheaper for them to maintain a facility elsewhere rather than have to keep picking shit up all the time.

Kev, Rosey needs to go. Pitkanen I could make a case for. Jussi I am impartial on.

I've been saying for 2 years now that we should have been in the Bieksa sweepstakes. I'd really like to see us make a move for him or someone like him. Although, Joslin might be that guy.

5/17/2011 11:22:48 AM

Quote :

"ice_chip Chip Alexander Stillman could come back, but not Jokinen and Stillman, Rutherford says."

Quote :

"ce_chip Chip Alexander Jokinen probably will go into free agency along with Pitkanen. Both are question marks, Rutherford says. "

[Edited on May 17, 2011 at 11:24 AM. Reason : Rutherford has lost his damn mind.]

5/17/2011 11:23:57 AM

^ So what's wrong with that? I mean it makes perfect sense to spend the limited budget on a 38 year old as opposed to a versatile 28 year old in his prime.

5/17/2011 11:32:49 AM

5/17/2011 11:36:25 AM

LaRose is hardly the player Stillman is.

5/17/2011 11:37:01 AM

All Jussi has done is be a ~60 point scorer every year he's been here, a plus player, shootout specialist.

It's not like we need someone like that

5/17/2011 11:54:15 AM

Quote :

" Biederman actually has no say in it. The agreement with the bank is to keep the rink open until June 15, then it either continues to operate or is foreclosed on. All the negotiations with buying the rink right now are being done with the bank. I agree with the first part of your quote though."

Any idea what they're asking for?

5/17/2011 11:58:08 AM

Also, as, much as I like stillman... I'd rather have jokinen

5/17/2011 11:59:35 AM

what does it matter? we all know that if we let Jussi go, we'll just end up trading for him in 2 years anyways

5/17/2011 12:07:25 PM

Cane will be raised with Joni and Jussi leave.

5/17/2011 12:09:09 PM

5/17/2011 12:23:19 PM

ahhahhaahahahahaha

5/17/2011 12:32:42 PM

Do not trust a word JR says this time of year regarding impending free agents. He's a wily sumbitch.

5/17/2011 2:12:08 PM