Ruuuuuuuuu!!!

3/8/2014 9:43:33 PM

That Semin goal was disgusting

3/9/2014 4:53:09 AM

I know I'm biased, and it was a cool move, but that puck going in was more of a Marty mistake than anything else.

3/9/2014 5:42:21 AM

^with you on that. He made a nice move to even get it in goal though.

3/9/2014 8:07:18 PM

Canes playing hard tonight. Ward looking good too.

3/11/2014 9:28:16 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ8a19NbrnM
somehow hadn't seen this video before now

3/13/2014 6:09:29 PM

loved scott walker

3/13/2014 6:18:40 PM

Named my son after him

[Edited on March 13, 2014 at 8:04 PM. Reason : other son is named Wilson]

3/13/2014 8:04:11 PM

3/13/2014 8:13:12 PM

3/13/2014 9:40:26 PM

Faulk resigned for 6 years. Can't believe this thread's last post was 3/13. Mediocre hockey will do that to ya.

3/24/2014 12:26:56 PM

Bye, JR

bai.jpg

3/24/2014 12:36:05 PM

^ beat me to it

[Edited on March 24, 2014 at 12:37 PM. Reason : .]

3/24/2014 12:36:38 PM

Easily the best news of the season so far.

3/24/2014 2:13:47 PM

3/25/2014 7:47:36 PM

Bye bye Muller...at the end of the season

4/6/2014 11:39:19 AM

If we fired Maurice like two weeks earlier, Hitchcock would have been on the market, still. He should have been fired at the end of October.

4/6/2014 2:05:05 PM

"Why weren't they on the same page?"

"I don't know. Did you ask the players?"

Yeah, in a way he's right. That's still not what you want to hear from a coach.

Adios, Captain Kirk.

4/6/2014 2:21:38 PM

Basically. Even if its not the coaches fault, it shows he doesn't have any answers.

4/6/2014 4:21:34 PM

Skinner just hit 32 goals in 71 games. he is a pimp.

And this will be the last time we see a bunch of these guys in a canes sweater. got to think a big name or 2 is gone in the offseason

4/13/2014 3:49:29 PM

John... AND Tripp doing the Minnesota series to start. This will be fantastic.

4/14/2014 1:15:29 PM

so who's gone, Staal? Ward? Semin? I've moved so I no longer get to hear Forslund on 99.9 in the afternoons

[Edited on April 14, 2014 at 8:10 PM. Reason : .]

4/14/2014 8:00:09 PM

Front page slickdeals deal for reebok's site... you can get Canes jerserys for 50% off with coupon: HOCKEY101

Comes out to 65$ with free shipping.

4/18/2014 11:27:47 AM

^^http://www.capgeek.com/hurricanes/

Got about $20M in cap space coming with the raise in the overall cap and Pitkanen's contract coming up. I don't think Joni's ever coming back(I was at that game, it was AWFUL) and definitely not for the money he was getting. Figure Tlusty, Loktinov, Gerbe, Hainsey, and Bellemore get re-signed. Peters will get re-signed if Ward gets traded. Every other FA is either old or terrible or both.

I think they will move Ward and he'll benefit greatly from a change of scenery. Don't see any of the other big-money guys moving though. The Staals could only be moved together. Semin showed this season that when you can motivate him he's an elite player. And if they even considered moving Jeff, the fanbase would revolt.

4/18/2014 1:09:16 PM

Oh shit! From Canes FB:

Quote :

"ALERT: The ?#?Canes? will hold a news conference Monday at noon to make a Hockey Operations announcement. Details: http://m.carhur.com/02BH4"

[Edited on April 27, 2014 at 6:04 PM. Reason : ]

4/27/2014 5:59:19 PM

Quote :

"Every other FA is either old or terrible or both."

I like Malhotra and he's awesome at faceoffs. No reason we can't bring him back.

4/28/2014 10:23:14 AM

Ronnie Franchise = Ronnie GM

4/28/2014 12:10:59 PM

Little shocked JR didn't announce he was elevating Chad LaRose to GM.

4/28/2014 12:19:32 PM

I was expecting a WWF-style swerve.

GOOD GOD, IT'S PAUL MAURICE! PAUL MAURICE IS HERE!

4/28/2014 12:39:04 PM

So moving on, who are our draft prospects? Are we ever going to draft a defenseman in the first round?

4/28/2014 12:49:57 PM

Quote :

"Are we ever going to draft a defenseman in the first round?"

2011- Ryan Murphy
2005- Jack Johnson
2001- Igor Knayzev
1999- David Tanabe
1997- Nikos Tselios

In 16 drafts, the Canes have picked 5 D, 8 F, and 1 G. 2 years they had no first round pick. Granted most of those above d-men are trash, but the ratio of defensemen:forwards picked in the first round is in line with amount of each on a roster.

4/28/2014 2:20:30 PM

I completely forgot about Murphy in the first round. Jack Johnson was the last one I could remember. Other than Tanabe, never heard of any of those guys you listed.

I just feel like our defense needs a bit of adjustment. I like Hainsey, Sekera, and Faulk but that's about it. We're 19th in the NHL in GA and I don't attribute that to our goalie situation this year. Our power play is clearly the thing that needs the most work but they haven't been able to fix that in 3 years.

4/30/2014 1:05:55 PM

Never hearing of Knayzev or Tselios is no fault of yours. They played a combined TWO nhl games.

4/30/2014 2:50:58 PM

Wasn't Tselios a cousin of Chris Chelios? Pretty sure I heard about that connection back during the '02 run.

The Canes have drafted defensemen before (although the large majority haven't panned out), but my biggest problem is them not spending money on defense. I was a huge fan up until about 2-3 years ago and haven't paid much attention to them over that time period (lots of reasons why), but I don't get the logic behind big money contacts being given to J. Staal & Semin when their blue line has been a weird collection of offensive minded defensemen and journey-men bottom pairing guys. I'm hoping Francis can turn it around, but the team seems pretty financially strapped to the big money guys they have now for a pretty decent time going forward.

4/30/2014 3:31:50 PM

so who are our first round draft targets?

This site has Jake Virtanen listed as our pick - http://www.mynhldraft.com/2014/NHL-Draft-Profiles/Jake-Virtanen

http://www.mynhldraft.com/NHL-Mock-Draft/


Jake Virtanen
Ht/Wt: 6' 1"/190 lbs
Position: C/LW
Team: Calgary (WHL)

Speed – Big man speed with acceleration, agility, balance. Won the 30 metre sprint, backward and forward, at the CHL Top Prospects game.

Shot – Big gun, quick finger, hits target, penetrates net.

Power forward – Jake Virtanen has the size, skating, drive and physicality teams look for in a power forward – Jake is probably the purest power forward in the draft.

Improvements to make – Judging by his performance in January (13 goals and 20 points in 14 games), Jake has already come a long way. However, he should continue to work on using his teammates better, push for excellence in his defensive work and exert his physicality on a constant basis to win puck battles.

Draft placement – Most have Jake at or around the top 10 now but if he continues to produce at or improve upon his January pace he could go significantly higher because his size and physical skills are as elite as just about anyone in the draft.

Profile from: Eldon MacDonald and Chris Ralph of The Hockey Writers - updated Feb. 26th



[Edited on May 1, 2014 at 9:38 AM. Reason : .]

5/1/2014 9:34:37 AM

Come on Ron, this is where you can be different from Rutherford; Resist the temptation to draft Sami Kapanen's son.....

5/1/2014 10:18:04 AM

I'm hoping for Nick Ritchie

5/1/2014 11:32:44 AM

^

5/1/2014 8:06:09 PM

Quote :

"The big winger has battled staying healthy early in his young career but few players are as dominating as Ritchie when he's playing a full health. "

The last thing we need is an injury prone player however this kid is huge and plays with a lot grit. Could be nice to see some physicality on the Canes again.

[Edited on May 2, 2014 at 1:02 PM. Reason : Haven't seen that since Mike Commodore.]

5/2/2014 1:01:28 PM

Muller out!

http://m.carhur.com/02ELf

5/5/2014 11:01:20 AM

Can't complain. Guy had plenty of chances and showed little outside of a short streak after he got the job and the hot streak the top line had last year.

Hopefully this is a sign that Francis doesn't buy that "patience" nonsense Karmanos was spewing.

5/5/2014 11:20:40 AM

pretty much everyone's gone except Brind'amour.

5/5/2014 12:31:13 PM

Just make Brind'Amour the head workout guru, or give him a useless title and pay him handsomely like Stillman and Wesley.

I fully expect we'll get a long drawn out coaching search that will result in them saying they found the best candidate, and it will be Jeff Daniels. Then I will unload most of my Canes gear on ebay/craigslist, burn what can't be sold, and be completely done with any emotional investment in this franchise.

5/5/2014 2:29:50 PM

Go Canes!

5/5/2014 2:36:46 PM

^^ My emotional involvement has been pretty much zero the last few seasons - been considering putting my Canes stuff up on Ebay or Craigslist for a while now. Every time I watch a replay of the '06 Cup presentation I decide against it though.

5/5/2014 2:44:39 PM

Quote :

"Guy had plenty of chances and showed little outside of a short streak after he got the job and the hot streak the top line had last year. "

That said, you just know Muller is going to get hired elsewhere and kill it. Nothing we could do about it though

5/5/2014 2:51:17 PM

Wyshynski's first suggestion is Torts...I'd give up on the team on the spot.

5/5/2014 3:26:07 PM

theres really only one fit here:

5/5/2014 9:08:32 PM

I am with a few of you on the board....emotionally checked out. I also can't bring myself to get rid of my gear.

I saw a list of names of coaches the Canes may consider and three of them stick out at me... Kevin Dineen, Davis Payne and Barry Trotz. Payne sticks out because he has ties to the Carolinas both playing and coaching in the ECHL for 3 or 4 of the teams in the Carolinas.

5/6/2014 10:34:32 AM

The idea of Barry Trotz is intriguing to me. He got teams completely devoid of any offensive talent whatsoever into the playoffs in the West. If he could come in here and tighten up our defense and have actual offensive skill to work with, I don't see any reason we couldn't be in the playoffs at least twice as often as we are now.

Payne seems like a hire that would be made after better candidates turned down the job. Dineen seems like a hire that would be made by JR because he has Whaler/Cane ties already, and I'm hoping Francis wants to distance himself from shit like that with his first move as a GM.

I wouldn't necessarily be upset at any of the 3. As long as Tortorella or Jeff Daniels isn't the coach next season, I'll have some temporary optimism for the future of the team.

[Edited on May 6, 2014 at 11:06 AM. Reason : don't spell so good]

5/6/2014 11:05:26 AM