Jim Rutherford On the status of coach Peter Laviolette, Rutherford reiterated his "everyone is under review" stance from earlier in the season. While he praised the team's style of play under Laviolette, Rutherford was somewhat critical of the decision to hurry injured players back into the lineup at the end of the season.
“The injuries had something to do with the end, because of the last game and we put players back into our lineup that were not ready to play, and it wasn’t fair to the players and it wasn’t fair to the overall team," he said. "In that sense it affected it. Other than re-signing Samsonov, Rutherford also said he would like to make changes to the team's defense. While the status of unrestricted free agents Hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8456547">Bret Hedican and Glen Wesley is uncertain for next season, the Canes' GM said he would like to strengthen that unit, likely by trading one of the team's forwards. Rutherford said the team would have approximately 10 or 11 forwards who could play in the top nine, which would help facilitate such a trade.
"I would suspect, based on what our budget will be for our team, that it would be more apt that we would trade a player for a defenseman, or trade two players for two defensemen, because if we don’t we can’t offset the money," said Rutherford. "The fact that we have extra forwards, I would suspect that would be the way we do it.”
I would be surprised to Lavi go, I am wondering about Jeff Daniels or maybe the trainers for bringing guys back in to early at the end.
I would be happy to Wesley and Hedican go. They are good players but we need to get some younger bigger guys back there. More Gleason's and Corvo's, too bad we cant clone them.
I agree with you about Lavi, he needs to stay. Who else out there is better than him?
I caught a bit of the press conference with Rutherford and he said something that got me upset. He spoke about that 30-35 game stretch where we stunk up the NHL, ultimately costing us the Division. Well, during that time, what did he do to make the team better? He got rid of Craig Adams. It wasn't until he then grabbed Samsonov that we started to turn it around. The deals for Corvo and Ruutu didn't happen until a couple of weeks after that. So, Rutherford should also look in the mirror with his criticism. Had he done something sooner, that black time in the schedule may have been reduced to only a couple of weeks, instead of months.
I would bet that Grahame will be gone after reading this article. Michael Leighton has been named the AHL player of the year. Dump Grahame and bring that man up for next season. Give Cam a break on those back to backs, and maybe get some wins from the backup.
JR said he was going trade some forwards. He mentioned that Larose is showing signs that he can be a top 9 guy. He also said that he going to sign Samsonov. There is no way he trades Staal or Brindy. That leaves Whitney, Williams, Cole, Ruutu, Walker in a different uniform come next season. Who will that be?? Cole is obviously overpaid, so it's tough to move him. Maybe some draft picks to free up the salary to sign a UFA defenseman. Redden (too expensive) and Brad Stuart are UFAs but JR doesn't go after big names. I bet he'll bring in lesser known, emerging D-men from that UFA list. Whitney and Walker bring great value when healthy and would be surprised to see them traded. JR could dangle Williams but now he's had 2 major surgeries on his knee, damaged goods like Cole. Ruutu is an RFA which don't often get big returns. If JR really wants a quality D-man in return, his only option is getting lucky with moving Cole or Williams. Should be an interesting few months.
I forgot to mention Cullen and Eaves. Wow, we do have a lot of forwards! Cullen is too important to this team which is why they brought him back, so I doubt he gets traded. Eaves could provide offense at a pretty cheap price, so it's best to hang onto him. I would still love to see JR move Cole, if he can.
Eaves is a restricted free agent, so they would have to sign him to a user friendly contract first before trading him. Whitney is probably the odd man out. Plus, he can get back some decent players.
I agree that Cole and Williams are probably the odd men out. I do not see JR trading away the play making ability of Whitney. Cole has never turned into the 30 goal scorer they thought he would. Williams may be hard to move with the bum knees. Eaves is young but did not show any signs of life before he went on the DL.
Out - Williams, Cole, Brookbank, Hamilton, Aucoin and Eaves
Defense (5)- Corvo, Gleason, Wallin, Conboy, Seidenberg(maybe) and Kaberle(maybe)
Out - Hedican, Wesley (coach), Tanabe
Goal - Ward
Out - Grahame
There is speculation that JR wants to go after Joni Pitkanen again. Hedican't and Wesley are done - too old and too slow. Tanabe is looking for an injury settlement and he is done. Grahame just sucks - Bring up Leighton - he may give Ward a run for his money.
Well cane sh** #2 , I looked around for you , and this is the close that I can . You really don't know about hockey , do you . Pads are what goalies wear to protection themselves from injuries . You know , skates , leg PADS , chest PADS , shoulder PADS . All those PADS , weight about 70 pounds . When that , PADS , GET WET , THEY WEIGHT ABOUT 100 POUNDS . It betweens , WHAT brand of equipment . That said , A PROFESSION GOALIE , IN THE NHL , WILL LOSE FOR 10 TO 20 POUNDS OF WEIGHT , FROM LIQUID LOSS . That's a fact . I don't know about hockey ? For your information , I PLAYED THE GAME . I serious think that you didn't . I played in JR. MAJORS of ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE . I have forget more about hockey , than you will ever LEARN ABOUT IT IN THE REST OF YOUR LIFE .
What are you talking about and what does it have to do with this post? I have read a lot of your posts, or struggled to interpret them is probably more accurate. Whats with the BOLD really bad spacing, and complete lack of grammar?
Ignore old helmet head. I was having a great time bashing the crappy BuffaBlow SabreBabies and he is their star poster. He must have taken few extra shots to the head because his posts are the most incoherent pieces of drivel I have ever had the misfortune to try a decipher. He will go away and post on the worthless BuffaBlow board if no one tries to point out that he is an idiot. Once you do that he tries to prove you right - that he is an idiot.
how are yall even talking about trading willy??? IMO Justin Williams is our 3rd best forward. (yes ahead of EC) i do think we should try to trade cole, he seams to be the bertuzzi type and maybe we might be able to get a nice piece for him (look what VAN got for todd)
2 knee surgeries, complete reconstructions, and you may not know how much you will get. Better to move him now while his worth is still up. It would be wise to trade to a Western Conf team though. You dont' want a player of his caliber to play you 6-8 times next season with a chip on his shoulder.
I posted this on the wrong thread, it was supposed to go here.
Any one else hear JR comments on the radio last week? Is he seriously trying to throw Lavie under the bus for this season ending mess? I think the coach did an amazing job, considering all the injuries and the fact that we had 40-50% of our AHL team in Canes jerseys on the ice some nights.
JR needs to look in the mirror if he wants someone to blame.
Does Lavie keep signing mediocre players to long term deals with "no-trade" clauses? NO
Does Lavie keep resigning broken down D-men instead of finding some fresher legs? NO
This team would be much worse off without coach Lavie, who could get another job in about 15 minutes if JR ever let him go.
Not sure why the team is throwing Tannabe under the bus either? Is there more to the story than just his injuries?
