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1 minute ago, MillionDollarCam said:

Give him a nice little fair well painting today.

Might want to include Skjei and Pesce in there just in case.

fug that is sad. Damn we really are going to look different next year.  Maybe Donny Wadds call pull some magic in the offseason. Who knows. 

2 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

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.

Jarvis is going to be a cane for life. Love that kid.  Tough as nails. That could be another reason the scoring dropped off there.  

Guys necas is going to be tough to see let go. Two years ago, he was in the running to be an all-star next to an Aho. I remember him getting votes as one of the fan votes. I signed a puck for my dads birthday which always stands with me.   I really do think Necas is going to go to a team like the leafs that’s prioritizes scoring he’ll get to 80 to 100 points.  He will set the NHL on fire. Great player, wrong system. 

3 minutes ago, Anybodyhome said:

Just messin' with ya.

Anyway, here's hoping next season is better and you don't take the game too seriously.

I love some good ball busting!  Doesn’t bother me ha! 
 

no promises on that one. I hate losing more than anything. Even when I have no control. Panthers lose I just laugh and move on. Canes lose again in playoffs, it hurts.   But, I’m over it now. 24 hour rule. 

7 minutes ago, Anybodyhome said:

Here's a thought.... can we pick out some of your more memorable forum melt-down posts and have you paint them on the ice?

We could start here, from the "Let Rod Walk" thread: 

"It will save me money on my season tix.  fuging you and fug this team.: 

 

I should!  Maybe I’ll have my daughter write those for you. 
 

…or I can take a few of your as well. “Done” “I’m out”  

5 minutes ago, Anybodyhome said:

What does RBA do to change his "philosophy?" You want him to play man during the regular season, dominate just as they have for the last 6 years and then change to zone during the playoffs? If the Canes tried that, they'd get swept in the first round. Can't take a team built to play man and change it to zone with the wave of a hand.

Goal-tending? Yes, Freddie was bad this year. Contrary to popular belief, his playoff numbers are very good: career 2.48 GA with a .916 save %. Last year he was 1.83/.927 and the prior year 1.84/.936. What more could you ask?

Lack of scoring? Yes, it was what hurt the Canes last season. It was addressed this season and appeared not to be the issue.

So, what exactly do want RBA to change? Freddie was bad when he's normally been very good. Scoring was there this year, but not last. How does RBA fix that? How does RBA figure out which issue is going to rear its head and cost the Canes a Cup? Injuries, players performance, poor goal-tending. 

 

 

Million dollar questions. I have no clue.  The athletic did write a good article on it. They did mention changing to zone in the regular season to start the year. Your players are still going to play  well, and may save them some wear and tear as well.

Taking the family today to do the painting on the ice. Going to be pretty emotional walking in there this afternoon. I’ll try to take some pics. This event is always fun but bittersweet. 

@LinvilleGorgecan we have this thread pinned at the top and change the title to 2024 Off-season Thread

Also, can we un pin the other thread we have since the season is over?  Thanks!

It’s not that I don’t like Rod. He is actually my favorite coach of all time next to Jerry Moore from App State that run of 3 straight nattys with the Michigan win was 2nd to none.  My issue with rod is he beats up on regular season teams then once he gets to the playoffs, our scoring drops or our goalie play sucks. Every year. Last year, goalie play was good but we couldn’t score. This year, scoring was there but our goalie play was bad. We scored three or more goals in all but 1 game Vs rangers. That should be enough to get you wins in playoff games.   It’s one of the other ever single playoffs.  Also, his man vs zone is a real thing. Burns had a terrible playoffs. It wasn’t good. Him chasing his guy vs playing zone may have benefited him. You can still check, hit your man, and get back to your area. 
 

Like I said, I love rod but his playoff resume is like one poster said, it’s .514. Its average. Average for a cup contender isn’t good.  He needs to change his tune of some philosophy and loyalty to aging vets and goalies. 

I hope he changes his tune on some things.  

1 hour ago, MillionDollarCam said:

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

Necas is going to be stud with a team like leafs that lets their stars shine. I’m going to miss that guy. 

10 minutes ago, carpanfan96 said:

Nope, Rod’s system that works wonders in the regular season failed again in the playoffs. 38-36 in the playoffs and no more than 8 wins in any post season run. 
 

Win % is .514
pp is 14.9%
pk is 76% 

4 teams with more wins, tied with the Bruins for 5th. 
10 teams with a better win % in the playoffs over that time period. 

Facts. We looked gased in that third. His system just doesn’t work in the playoffs. 

10 minutes ago, carpanfan96 said:

I know but both make too much for what they bring at this point in their careers. 
 

I have more thoughts on the team as currently constructed.

 

but hey if everyone wants to run back the same coach and mostly the same players for a great regular season followed by more postseason failures, then by all means run it back. 

I don’t mind the players except maybe Freddie. My issue is the the philosophies from rod. Man Vs zone. The guys just wore down. Man just fails in the playoffs. Rod needs to change his tune on youth vs loyalty to vets. 

40 minutes ago, Chief_Chokeaho said:

You wrote a paragraph about your business and season tickets as if it’s some flex on a message board. Season tickets aren’t that expensive lol. 

Neither is being a good human.  Wasn’t a flex since we have a few of us here that are season ticket members. You choose to single me out because you are obsessed with me.  Sorry pal. I’m not interested back.  Piss off.    

10 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

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)

 

I agree with everything but Drury. Drury showed up big time. He is getting better each day. We will need him next year. Koochie is our guy. No doubt. For the canes to take the next steps, Koochie needs to be him.  

6 hours ago, Chief_Chokeaho said:

lol, go cry about making game threads or something

 When I give a damn what you think of me I’ll personally let you know.   Have a good life pal. 

Wow. Florida two years in a row heading to the ECF. Great goalie play in Bob and scoring.  We had a better team but were worse in goal.  We owned them in the regular season. Just shows what elite goalie play looks like.  
 

bob vs Igor.  At what point does rod just roll with Koochie.  This is our future being fuged over by stubborn rod.  

For the first time under Rod we looked slow and tired. Im know Freddie was used to going at least once a week to stay fresh. Going every other night proved to be too much. To a lot of folks point, it’s why we should have used Koochie more.  This last game reminds me of the double overtime win vs the cape. They looked worn out and we just kept coming. Do we need the youth movement to complement the core? 

41 minutes ago, rayzor said:

Ok, so my OOAL projection for Bryce this year....

~500 attempts

~320 completions (64%)

~3800 yards 

~25 TDs + 4 rushing TDs

~15 INTs

 

A bit on the homer side but I wouldn’t hate it. Those stats mean we will win more games. 

44 minutes ago, Day1PanthersFan said:

Too bad it was all for nothing because his dumbass goalie can't stay on his feet or control the puck when it's right infront of him 

Facts 

39 minutes ago, Chief_Chokeaho said:

Good thing you don’t own the team. You’re way too emotional to make any decisions about anything. 

Thanks pal. That means a lot coming from a fellow fan on here.  I actually do own a successful business that allows my family to have a nice life and the privilege to have season tix.  The canes allow me to be a fan with ups and downs and not laddered up robot.  Something I don’t do in the professional or family world. Prob didn’t think about that one. 

21 minutes ago, Chief_Chokeaho said:

He signed a 3 year ELC just last month. Look him up. He is a better prospect than Kooch was. 

If and when Koochie is given the keys he will be a top 5 goalie in this league.  I believe in my heart he is the guy. Home grown Vs free agent pickups like all of our last goalies 

3 minutes ago, Chief_Chokeaho said:

The future is Ruslan. 

I have no clue who that is. 

4 hours ago, Chief_Chokeaho said:

Peters is the future, not PK for the record. Hopefully we’ve seen Freddie’s last game as a Cane. He had a great performance in the playoffs last season and for what he went through this year, it is hard for me to blame him. You have to blame Rod for putting Freddie in this situation. 
 

Do I think Rod should be fired? lol, no. It’s hard as fug to win a Cup. Boston has been in the playoffs for virtually 30’yeara straight and has one Cup to show for it. 
 

The core is young, we have great prospects, and play a system that gets us to the playoffs annually. And you cannot discount Rod’s value as a developer of talent. 
 

Rod isn’t going anywhere, nor should he. 

Koochie is absolutely the future of this team. I believe he finally isn’t considered a rookie anymore becasue how much he okayed this year. Koochie after December was rated third best goalie in the league. This guy is the real deal and for the canes to finally win a cup, it must be from a younger goalie. Not Freddie or another aging guy. 

1 hour ago, Anybodyhome said:

Trust me, the ticket investment in the Canes has already paid for itself with the amount of fun we have and the experiences we've enjoyed with the organization. From my recognition as a BCBS Hero of the Game during the 2019 playoffs, riding the zambonis, taking our dogs on the ice during the Christmas holiday photo op in 2022, and the fact the team wins.

Compare that to having Panther PSLs for 17 years, which cost a helluva lot more than Canes tickets and there's little doubt as to which is the better bang for your buck.

I’ll prob re up again, I’m just so heartbroken again that I need some time.