Players under contract
All #'s are cap hit

Forwards:
Eric Staal $8.25m
Tuomo Ruutu $3.8m
Jeff Skinner $1.4m
Drayson Bowman $850k
Jerome Samson $512k

Defense:
Bryan Allen $2.9m
Tim Gleason $2.75m
Joe Corvo $2.25m
Jamie Mcbain $850k

Goaltenders:
Cam Ward $6.3m
Justin Peters $525k

Upcoming UFAs
Erik Cole- likely coming back
Jussi Jokinen- likely gone
Chad LaRose- likely coming back
Cory Stillman- likely coming back
Patrick Dwyer- meh
Joni Pitkanen- likely gone
Jay Harrison- meh

Upcoming RFAs
Brandon Sutter- likely getting a multiyear deal
Jiri Tlusty- likely taking pictures of his junk
Troy Bodie- should stay
Derek Joslin- should stay as light-skinned Shelden Williams


Draft Picks
Round 1 Pick 12
Round 2 Pick 42
Round 3 Pick 73
Round 4 Pick 103
Round 6 Pick 163
Round 7 Pick 193

Team Needs
Physical D-man
New coach

6/1/2011 4:14:22 PM

http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=564428&navid=DL|CAR|home

6/1/2011 4:22:58 PM

Good night, sweet prince
http://www.wralsportsfan.com/hockey/story/9672110/

6/1/2011 7:36:24 PM

That place always felt like a cave anyways.

6/1/2011 8:37:16 PM

I was just there. We are moving all the shit out. Sounds like the bank is showing around prospective buyers next week.

6/1/2011 8:42:39 PM

I hope that if someone buys it they fix it up at least.

I know we have a history of letting guys go if they're too pricey for JR and PK, and then trading for them again sometime later, but I really hope we don't let Jussi go. Take his salary this year and just lump whatever LaRose was making along with it and offer it to him. Here's what I hope JR does: Resign Jussi, Cole, Sutter, Joslin, Bodie, and Harrison (as a solid 7th d-man) - promote Boychuk and Dalpe, find a backup, get Daniels behind the bench as an assitant with the promise of being head coach after '11-'12, and take whatever money PK is willing to spend and let JR go get a top pairing defenseman.

6/1/2011 10:58:38 PM

Use bleach yo. Place smells like shit in perpetuity

6/2/2011 12:56:55 AM

Quote :

"Jiri Tlusty- likely taking pictures of his junk"

wat

6/2/2011 11:06:59 AM

http://everyjoe.com/sports/jiri-tlusty-naked-photo-scandal/

that's why I refer to him as "Hockey Favre"

6/2/2011 11:27:13 AM

Quote :

"WITH THE CANES?!?!?!"

6/2/2011 12:03:39 PM

@ Tlusty



[Edited on June 2, 2011 at 2:31 PM. Reason : .]

6/2/2011 2:29:42 PM

they will likely suck again, but win just enough to bring out some fair weather fans and their car flags

6/6/2011 1:49:52 AM

you act like Detroit doesn't have fair-weather fans. probably the best example of it

6/6/2011 11:13:09 AM

It's a race between the Dead Wings and the Penguins. Certainly not the Canes. Casual fans, sure, but fair weather? Not so much.

6/6/2011 11:18:35 AM

It's already pretty well known that Peters is going to Charlotte, so they're going to try and bring in a vet goalie to back up Cam.

I'd rather lose LaRose than Jokinen.


And I don't see Stillman coming back either...

6/6/2011 12:32:06 PM

Quote :

"It's a race between the Dead Wings and the Penguins. Certainly not the Canes. Casual fans, sure, but fair weather? Not so much."

lol

how many games have the redwings had where only like 3000 fans show up. how many have the canes???well both canes games I went to in the past 2 years had probably 3x as many empty seats as occupied.

I've never been to a wings game where it was even near that bad. the only problem with the wings games is that the big corporations have to own seats on the the floor as there are no boxes at the Joe. So half the time the corporate seats are empty. I really hate the Joe Louis arena.


Also, when was the last time the red wings were bad? Please show me an example of fair weather redwings fans. I agree with Pittsburgh, but not the wings. The city of Detroit would never give up on a team like Pittsburgh did in the late 90's. I mean hell, the city of detroit still sticks with the lions

6/6/2011 1:05:35 PM

to actually add a productive thought in this thread (unlike my first comment), carolina really needs to shore up their Defense and add a scoring forward who can play on the 2nd line. I think someone like a healthy Jason Spezza would be perfect (although i know they wouldnt be able to offer up enough for him)

Defense wise, its been like this for years. Depth is complete crap. The owners need to open up their checkbooks

[Edited on June 6, 2011 at 1:10 PM. Reason : and the community needs to better support their team by actually going to games.]

6/6/2011 1:09:23 PM

BREAKING NEWS: 85 year old franchise with 11 Stanley Cups in a metro area of 4.3 million people has larger fan base than franchise that has been in its current metro area of 1.1 million people for 12 years and has 1 Stanley Cup.


On another note, signing Brad Richards would be the most amazing thing ever, but obviously has no chance of happening.

6/6/2011 1:26:28 PM

Quote :

" both canes games I went to in the past 2 years had probably 3x as many empty seats as occupied. "

What?

6/6/2011 1:27:10 PM

The games i went to were dead. Looked like the florida marlins' stadium in regard to attendence

6/6/2011 1:31:04 PM

^^^ i bet if u take a look at middle and upper class families in both areas the numbers wouldnt be that far off

[Edited on June 6, 2011 at 1:38 PM. Reason : Ps, detroit is always in the top 5 in attendence, whereas the hurricanes are in the btm 10. Just responding to the fair weather comment.]

[Edited on June 6, 2011 at 1:39 PM. Reason : .]

6/6/2011 1:35:00 PM

The top 11 buildings are all bigger than RBC...

6/6/2011 2:08:08 PM

Quote :

" The games i went to were dead. Looked like the florida marlins' stadium in regard to attendence"

Ok I get what you were saying, I just wanted to make sure because it doesn't make any sense. An average crowd of 16,000+ out of 18,000+ for a fringe playoff team doesn't mean there were 3 times as many empty seats as full, or it looked like the Florida Marlins stadium during games.

And yeah Richards would be amazing, but I doubt we spend enough to make it happen. And if it did then we'd have no money left to fix the defense.

6/6/2011 2:16:23 PM

i'm glad this guy is basing this off of a sample size of two attended games in two seasons.

6/6/2011 2:36:04 PM

and then said that the Joe was full of corporate season ticket holders

6/6/2011 2:57:42 PM

My beef with the hurricanes and hurricanes fans stems from the stanley cup matchup between the canes and wings. Before the stanley cup, the papers around raleigh and the news stations and people were saying that Raleigh was the new hockeytown usa. These were the same media outlets and people that had in various degrees previously shunned their hometown team. These were people who wouldnt know a hockey formation from their sister's vag. And those people had the balls to say that they were the new hockeytown usa. Anyways, for the city's sake i hope people attend more games and they are around for a long time.

^i said it sucks that a lot of the good seats are owned by corporations, so a lot of times they're not used. The difference between that and most every other hockey arena is that the others have boxes and in game you never see the empty boxes as much as the empty seats near the glass which is the case at the Joe.

[Edited on June 6, 2011 at 3:06 PM. Reason : .]

[Edited on June 6, 2011 at 3:07 PM. Reason : .]

6/6/2011 3:04:05 PM

ah, you Michigan fans are all the same

6/6/2011 3:10:33 PM

it's an absolute joke that Detroit thinks its "Hockeytown"

6/6/2011 3:11:22 PM

6/6/2011 3:12:49 PM

^^^Ps that trade i proposed to u would be great for both of us, and ill throw in padilla who will get u saves with starter eligibility

^^ please explain good sir troll



[Edited on June 6, 2011 at 3:25 PM. Reason : H]

6/6/2011 3:17:31 PM

http://www.hockeytowncafe.com/

Quote :

"it's an absolute joke that Detroit thinks its "Hockeytown""

i am sorry but detroit doesnt just think it is the hockeytown, it is

[Edited on June 6, 2011 at 3:37 PM. Reason : Go Wings! i dint want to do this in Canes thread but yall be trollin']

6/6/2011 3:36:38 PM

Wait...we're trolling, and it was the Detroit fan who said that they've been to two Canes games where there were 3 times as many empty seats as full ones?

6/6/2011 3:53:19 PM

Who gives a fuck? Back on topic...

Quote :

"Brind'Amour to join coaching staff It's expected the Canes will soon announce that former captain Rod Brind'Amour has agreed to join Paul Maurice's coaching staff for next season. General manager Jim Rutherford has talked several times with Brind'Amour about a coaching position since the past season ended. Brind'Amour, who retired as a player after the 2010 season, served as director of forwards development for the organization last season. It's expected that Brind'Amour will not be behind the bench with the coaching staff for every game and will continue to work with younger players in the organization. The final details of the position apparently are being hashed out, and an announcement could come by the end of the week. Ron Francis, the Canes' associate head coach the past three seasons, asked after the season to return to the front office as assistant general manager and director of player personnel. Francis worked most, but not all of the Canes' games behind the bench. Rutherford has said he has been impressed with Brind'Amour's leadership qualities, knowledge of the game, and his ability to both judge and relate to players. Francis, Tom Rowe and Tom Barrasso were Maurice's assistant coaches last season. It is not certain if there will be any other coaching changes."

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/canes/brindamour-to-join-coaching-staff

6/6/2011 4:23:23 PM

The discussion is pointless as he is referring to something 10 years ago now.

But for sake of the Canes... here's what has happened in those 10 years.

2001 - Went to SC against Detroit
2004 - Held NHL Draft
2006 - Won Stanley Cup
2011 - All-Star game

The Canes have been to the post season a number of times in those 10 years as well. So while they probably aren't going to paint HockeyTown on the ice at the RBC, I would say the Canes are the premier hockey club in the Southeast. That includes the Capitals who can boast none of those credentials listed. I am even willing to say that the Canes are one of the premier Eastern Conference teams. Never do you hear the NHL or it's critics saying Raleigh is an awful place for hockey. It's always high praise.

6/6/2011 4:31:03 PM

Quote :

"Never do you hear the NHL or it's critics saying Raleigh is an awful place for hockey. It's always high praise."

The Allstar game helped a ton.

6/6/2011 5:31:51 PM

Always felt like Brind'Amour would want to be a coach sooner rather than later. Gonna be nice to see him behind the bench. Wonder if he's gonna take over special teams responsibilities or if they're gonna do anything different.

Quote :

"Before the stanley cup, the papers around raleigh and the news stations and people were saying that Raleigh was the new hockeytown usa"

Really? The only thing I remember from that run in terms of news media was the Detroit media calling Raleigh Mayberry and that everyone in NC was a redneck.

6/6/2011 7:44:04 PM

"Hockeytown South" was thrown around a good bit in the media

6/6/2011 8:03:51 PM

Quote :

"nhl_canes CAROLINA HURRICANES The Canes will hold a news conference at noon on Tuesday regarding restructuring in their hockey department "

6/6/2011 8:19:08 PM

Tudor is saying that Dave Lewis has been hired to handle defense. Great hire

6/7/2011 11:43:22 AM

That would be excellent.

6/7/2011 11:47:41 AM

damn right it is!

6/7/2011 11:48:42 AM

here's the real reason JR hired Lewis:

Quote :

"Lewis says that he and Rutherford were teammates in Los Angeles; "

6/7/2011 12:32:48 PM

finally brought myself to read this

facepalm X 194745

http://www.seventeen.com/cosmogirl/dress-jeff-skinner?click=SVN_NEW

6/7/2011 8:53:48 PM

^he's like...hot and plays like hockey and stuff

6/7/2011 9:14:30 PM

Dave Lewis, the guy who unsuccessfully coached a team that a monkey could have coached.

6/7/2011 11:09:05 PM

oh man.........poor Jeff

[Edited on June 8, 2011 at 2:36 PM. Reason : you know his teammates are having a field day with this]

6/8/2011 2:36:17 PM

Quote :

" ice_chip - Was told today may be some Canes signings this week"

6/12/2011 9:26:03 PM

Saw that too... and I was immediately not excited.

You guys think there is any chance the Canes go after Drury? I know it's a long shot, but he could be a good veteran player for a very young team.

6/13/2011 8:13:35 AM

Please to not be LaRose or Stillman and be someone unexpected like Jokinen or Pitkanen. I know I'm going to be let down, so this should be interesting.

6/13/2011 8:22:57 AM

Supposedly we have offered a contract to each of our UFAs, none have accepted

6/13/2011 9:00:21 AM