MillionDollarCam

Damn… where are all you at on Canes game day? That board could use some love.

I really wouldn’t even call this a third chance. His second chance was due to his past racist and abusive history towards players and officials (which is completely unacceptable)… the most recent example of this would be when he was suspended for verbally abusing an official in 2016 when he was with Arizona (no other incidents since). His political views and tweets are a non-issue to me. Freedom of speech is still a thing and while his social media presence was controversial to say the least, I’d say a true sports fan would care more about the team succeeding than some players political views. Personally I don’t care who our players support, American politics are poo and they make everyone look like as ass anyway so why let it bother me… Also a non-issue is the ‘fight’ between TDA and Georgiev. This literally happens all the time in professional sports, a lot of the altercations don’t make it out to the public but some do. Hell, our (Panthers) star quarterback beat the poo out of star cornerback in practice… The only issue I have is with how he treats people. My number one rule is don’t be a dick and from what it sounds like he’s headed down the right path for now. I hope he keeps it up.

We have a log jam down the middle with Aho, Trocheck, Staal, and Stepan. Lorentz, Martinook, Jarvis, Necas, and Kotkaniemi can also play center if needed. What really hurt Ryan was that he had a serious eye injury in 2019 and it’s taken him a while to regain his form. Unfortunately, during that time, Jack Drury has really progressed and has more than likely jumped Suzuki in the pecking order. I think Ryan projects as a 3C in the NHL and unfortunately for him that position is occupied by Jordan Staal for at the very least this year and next year. I would not be surprised if he is used as a piece to facilitate a trade in the coming years as the Canes will still have a lot of young center depth. Centers Aged 21 or Under Jesperi Kotkaniemi (21) Seth Jarvis (19) Jack Drury (21) Jamieson Rees (20) Vasiliy Ponomarev (19) Blake Murray (20) Justin Robidas (18)

No doubt that Jarvis will be a good player but I think the Canes are thinking of it from a long-term contract perspective. Ultimately I think it depends on how significant Nino’s injury is. If he’s looking at a month and a half or so then I wouldn’t be surprised if Jarvis gets 9 games and then the Canes call up someone like C.J. Smith and roll with: KK - Aho - Turbo Svech - Trocheck - Necas Marty - Staal - Fast Smith - Stepan - Lorentz I don’t think the Canes really want to burn one of Jarvis’ years due to what this off-season might look like: RFA’s: Steven Lorentz - Try to re-sign for around 2x$1.35M Martin Necas - Try to re-sign for around 5x$6M Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Try to re-sign for around 3x$4M Ethan Bear - Try to re-sign for around 3x$3.5 UFA’s: Vincent Trocheck - Try to re-sign for around 5x$6M Tony DeAngelo - Try to re-sign for around 3x$5M Ian Cole - Try to re-sign for around 1x$1.5M Nino Niederreiter - Won’t be able to afford Derek Stepan - Do not re-sign Brendan Smith - Do not re-sign Buy-Out’s: Jake Gardiner All these calculations put us right at the projected $82.5M salary cap. This means the rest of the roster will have to be filled out by ELC guys and having them under control for three years as opposed to just two would be huge. Next years lineup could look something like this: KK - Aho - Turbo Svech - Trocheck - Necas Jarvis - Staal - Fast Marty - Drury - Lorentz Rees Slavin - Bear Skjei - Pesce Cole - DeAngelo Keane Andersen Raanta

Well Jarvis, you’re up kid… Keep in mind, at 10 games played he would burn his first year of his ELC. Jarvis’ 10th game would be Nov. 22nd. It looked like Nino did some damage to his ankle which would more than likely be a minimum of three weeks. As Jarvis gets close to the 10 game threshold, it will be interesting to see if they burn his first year or if they call up a veteran like C.J. Smith, Stefan Noesen, or Andrew Poturalski. Jamieson Rees would have been an option but he just had knee surgery.

TDA is still going to get hate from people and that is fine. If you are a public figure and you do something stupid, wether it was 15 years ago or 15 minutes ago, today’s society won’t let you forget it. He’s free to vote for who he wants and believe what he wants, my only hope is that he has turned over a new leaf in regards to his character and he respects all people. As fas as a hockey player, it’s well known that he’s well liked among his peers and he’s brought nothing but energy to our team. It was nice to see our fans recognize what he’s added to our team. Hopefully his great season continues and we get him locked up on a new deal.

Well… we might get to see Jarvis on Sunday.

Necas’s ass broke TJ’s arm.

Here’s your daily reminder that… TDA has 2 goals, 6 assists, 8 points, and is a +8 That puts him second among defensemen in scoring.

KK is getting comfortable… look out NHL.

Love TDA, glad to see he’s making the most of his second opportunity.

Oh wow, that’s great.

Once again, no Terry or P.J. tonight. Need everyone to step up against a very good Miami team.

The Finns are back together.

Oh man that’s bad… there’s a fine line between a lowball and a great deal, this was a flat out low ball. With his bird rights we can essentially keep him for any amount of money but they might have been able to get him locked early on a 4x$20M which would have great deal in hindsight.

He has to physically play in 10 games. My guess is he’ll be kept up, get a few games, be sent to Team Canada at the end of December for World Juniors, and then return to his junior team. We may see him return to Canes during the playoffs.

Raanta gets the start, no other lineup changes tonight.

This team just keeps finding a way to win. I thought KK looked solid tonight. His skating seems to be better and though he didn’t have a point, he was a net front presence on two goals. Once that line with him, Trocheck, and Necas starts clicking… lookout. Let’s do it again tomorrow!

Got home and power is on so that beats Monday. Let’s get this win!

Once again…. same lineup for Boston.

If he keeps this up then you pay him and figure the rest out later. While it’s only 5 games in, he’s on pace for a 50-40-90 season. Bridges and Martin are the only FA’s we have (RFA’s) and with a projected $26M in cap space next season we should be able to find a way to keep both if we really wanted. I suspect this years team will look pretty similar to next years.

At least it wasn’t the Barkley guarantee.

Sometimes you have to squeak out an ugly one. On a separate note, this team has some depth. 4-1 without our leading scorer from last year… When healthy our rotation turns into: G - LaMelo Ball, Ish Smith G - Terry Rozier, Cody Martin, James Bouknight F - Gordon Hayward, Kelly Oubre, JT Thor F - Miles Bridges, Jalen McDaniels, Kai Jones C - Mason Plumlee, P.J. Washington, Nick Richards, Vernon Carey Jr. Very solid group.

Our staff deserves a lot of credit with developing our own talent. A second round pick and undrafted free agent are leading our bench with a combined 28 points.

This is the worst I’ve ever seen Melo play, late night out at Disney World?