MillionDollarCam

LeBrun is saying it’s a 5 year deal for RBA.

Give him a nice little fair well painting today. Might want to include Skjei and Pesce in there just in case.

Damn… Jarvis was beat to poo this year… torn labrum, torn rotator cuff, broken finger… still kept playing. Fast is also in a neck brace 24/7. Hockey players are the toughest athletes out there.

I was hoping he was going to change his tune on Jeff Daniels… guess not.

Well there you have it…

Yep, RBA is back, as is his assistants.

Yep, he’ll go to a team that opens it up on the offensive end and be a star.

Agree on Necas, he’s gone. Guentzel seems 50-50 to me, Canes would have to pony up. Still not sure Skjei will be back. From exit interviews he seemed less optimistic than Pesce and I definitely don’t think Pesce is back. Jarvis and Noesen have to be back. I think if Kuzy shoots more he could be a great asset. Put him with a passer like Turbo and a net front like Noesen.

Skjei is priority number one but I have my doubts that we’ll give him $7M. As for Necas, Buffalo appears to be interested. I’d target Byram.

Solid first half against a good LA team. Joao Pedro is getting cooked a bit but the defense overall is playing well and Kahlina has been sharp. Also, love watching Big Pat cook.

What’s going to suck about Necas is that he’s going to go somewhere and put up 80+ points. Good player, wrong system.

Martin Necas’ father has confirmed Necas is unlikely to be back in Carolina, he wants to be traded.

Unfortunately NHL contracts can’t be reconstructed so if they are with us they’ll be making what they make.

They are already under contract.

Exit interviews: Burns and Staal definitely sound like they’ll be back. Pesce sounds like he wants to be back. Skjei sounds like he’s gone, looking for a healthy contract. Guentzel sounded like it could go either way. Teravainen, couldn’t tell one way or the other. DeAngelo sounds like he’s gone. Kuznetsov actually sounded like he might be done, maybe retirement.

I like Drury but I just don’t see where he fits. He was the only one I went back and forth on.

Personal opinion but I don’t think you’ll see Necas, Skjei, or Pesce with the Canes next year. All will get $7+M. Necas as an RFA has a good amount of trade value so we should be able to get a top four defensemen for him. And I want to see us go get Carrier in FA. He’s the perfect defenseman for the Canes. Guentzel will get $9M and Jarvis will get $7M (unless they do a bridge) eating a large portion of our cap space. We simply can’t fill out the rest of the roster by giving any of Skjei, Pesce, or Necas $7M as well.

Team is going to look mighty different and while I’d love to keep our guys. I’m going to go a different route and bring in a bunch of new guys. I’ll break it down by line: Guentzel - Aho - Jarvis (Bringing Guentzel back along with RFA Jarvis is a no brainer) Svechnikov - Unger-Sorum - Toffoli (Throw FUS into the fire and give him two goal scorers in Svech and FA Toffoli to feed) Teravainen - Kuznetsov - Noesen (Bring Turbo back on a discount and bring back our only net front in Noesen) Martinook - Staal - Fast (Bring back Martinook and reunite the MAF line) Extra: Lemieux (The perfect extra) Slavin - Carrier (Burns is declining, bring in Alex Carrier who I’m a big fan of) Byram - Burns (Ship Necas to Buffalo for Byram) Orlov - Chatfield (Bringing back Chatfield is a no brainer) Extra: Morrow (He’ll get his chance) Kochetkov (It’s his time) Andersen (Only a couple years left) Martin (Most of his time will be in the AHL) First Call-Up’s: Nadeau, Blake Trade: Necas (He’ll be too expensive, trade him for a top 4 LD) Trade: Kotkaniemi (Probably won’t get anything for him, just attach a pick to him and be done with it) Walk: Pesce (Getting older, will be expensive, play will decline soon) Walk: Skjei (This one hurts the most but we won’t be able to afford him) Walk: Drury (Staal is still better than him at this point and they are redundant) Walk: DeAngelo (Thank you for your service) Walk: Raanta (Hopefully he retires) Walk: Tieksola, Murray, Burke (Better AHL options out there) Re-Sign: Comtois (Throw him in the AHL so we have a guy to protect our prospects) Re-Sign: Suzuki (Good depth for our AHL team) Re-Sign: Coghlan (Good AHL player) Re-Sign: Mendel (Good AHL player) Re-Sign: Smith (Good AHL player)

If we move on from Rod it’s gotta be Andrew Brunette or Jay Leach for me. Maybe Cory Stillman.

Canes in 8.

Andersen lost it for us.

That’s game….

I’d have rather gotten swept than lose like this. So let’s not lose.

We’re going to need another one, Freddie has not been good.