Anybodyhome

As long as it's somewhere on the west coast....

You're right. You have a much better handle on the contract situations and machinations than I.

Frankly, I'm pretty surprised Necas is still a Cane. RBA did everything, including benching him, trying to increase his productivity. Changed up lines, played him less, played him more, didn't play him at all, played him with different combinations of other forwards and centers and nothing seemed to work. As much of a risk keeping Necas, it's just as big a risk to move on because of what he could become. But what else can be done that RBA hasn't already tried that can get this kid rolling?

I think Waddell is trying to figure something out to keep him. That line was a beast last season and there aren't too many teams who want to see them together again.

Curious we've not heard anything about Nino?

Are we talking about Max LaJoie or Max Pacioretty? I was speaking of "Mad Max" Patches. LaJoie I could see wanting arbitration because he needs to make some money and, unless the Canes let him go somewhere else, he likely won't see NHL ice for some time. If the Canes were to offer him up to another team, at least he may get a shot on the big ice.

Max already has a contract thru the 22-23 season. Unless the Canes are trying to extend him...

Washington got Dylan Strome from the Blackhawks @ $3.5M for 1 year. I had him on my wish list. Can play center or LW and had 48 points as the center of Chicago's #2 line last season. Washington's 1-year, $3.5M means Carolina could have had him for 2 years at $6M.

Happier than Robert Kraft in a massage parlor. Happier than Greg Hardy in a gun store. Happier than Gronk when he gets a high school diploma. Happier than Tiger Woods when he finally makes a cut.

Anderson hit people... hard. I do remember that about his game. There was decent talent there- enough to keep him in the league for a while. Maybe not a superstar, but he would have started on a lot of teams and made a nice career for himself.

Mad Max and Sasquatch.

What exactly is Gardiner's status with respect to the cap? Can we gain any cap space by letting him go?

I think that spot is Noesen's to lose. He's 6'1" @ 205 and will match the size of that line well. He plays with some grit and doesn't mind getting physical on the forecheck. And, not hearing any news on Nino might be a good thing for those of us who want him on the roster.

That #2 line could be deadly if TT would just shoot the damn puck more. I'll eat some crow too, but this has.to work be ause they suddenly became an older team.

The Canes have made (or not made) more moves to make the team worse than they have to make it better. 1. Let Vinny Tro walk for less than $1M per year than he was making here. 2. Traded TDA (26 years old) and replaced him with a 37 year old with a bigger contract than TDA got in Philly. 3. Your centers: Aho, Jordo, Jesperi and some guy named Lane Pederson? 4. There are but 5 blueliners on the roster. (Slavin, Burns, Pesce, Skjei and Chatfield)

Burns is now the highest paid D-man on the roster. Jaccob Slavin might not be very happy right about now.

Domi goes to the Blackhawks on a 1-year $3M deal.

Vincent Trocheck, the Canes paid him $4.75M the last few years, signed by the Rangers at $5.625M. Are you seriously telling me the Canes wouldn't ante up a new deal at less than $1M per year more?

"San Jose is reportedly retaining one-third of Burns' $8-million cap hit in the swap." "Additionally, the Sharks will retain 33 percent of Burns’ $8 million AAV contract, dropping his cap hit from $8 million to $5.33 million." Technicality- the Canes are still paying more for a 37-year old D-man then the 26-year old D-man they just traded. And I know they had to replace TDA, but is this the best the Canes could do on the first day of FA? Really?

I dunno... Burns is like 37 years old and Lane Pederson is a 24 year old right handed center who played in 44 total games in the past 2 seasons between trips back and forth to the AHL. The Sharks are paying 33% of Burns's $8M salary ($2.64M), which means the Canes are paying $5.46M for a 37-year old D-man after trading away a 26-year old, $5M a year D-man. WTF?

Free agency doesn't start until the 13th at noon. Not a whole lot the Canes can do right now except sign guys already on the roster to extensions. I have a feeling Necas is trade bait.

Qualifying offers tendered to 8 of the 11 RFAs on the roster: Necas, Lorentz, Mattheos, Bear, Keane, LaJoie, Sellgren, Reunanen. Among the 3 not extended offers was goalie Jack LaFontaine.

Sadly, there are probably a lot more people in the organization at various levels who probably knew what was going on. And, even more so, there's more to this than meets the eye. Obviously some self-esteem and acceptance issues as well. Who knows what her life was like for it to get to this point.

If you're talking about the newer, cheap 3/16" crap sold at Lowe's; but the better quality 3/8" or 5/16" will stand up a lot better. And I'd be willing to bet that blind nailing the thin stuff as you suggest will do more damage than anything else. Especially if it was a 3" nail as Toldozer said.