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Starters have been taking games off for a few years now. Of course, a lot of them wouldn't be starters on other NFL teams, so, yeah, mail it in.

Anyone associated with the organization giving a sh!t about the fan experience is lying to you. Armanti Edwards pounded the drum Saturday night? 'Nuff said.

Nope, nope and more nope. I was high on this guy a few years back when he was with the Winnipeg Jets, but he's since proven himself as a locker room cancer. He was a pain in the ass in Canada, got moved to Columbus and guess what? He's right back at it. He couldn't get along with Scheifele and Wheeler in Winnipeg, because neither really wanted to play on the same line as Laine. Coach in Winnipeg at the time was Paul Maurice. If he wasn't such a spoiled, entitled asshat, he could have stayed and made the Jets a much better team. But no, he gets shipped to Columbus and, last season, suffers a concussion (it was not a clean hit) and later, a broken collarbone. He ultimately ended up in the Player Assistance Program. Wouldn't surprise me if he does a Kuznetsov and heads back to his native Finland. I'd be very surprised is anyone wants to take a chance on him for the kind of money he'll probably want. And, Waddell is trying to move him even though he has a 10-team NMC. Not often you see a GM of Waddell's caliber want to move someone with that kind of a cap hit. He must know Laine won't come close to earning $8.7M this season. And, he's carrying an $8.7M cap hit.

What "bloodlines?" Contrary to a lot of assumptions, he is not related to Jake Plummer. He's a JAG QB who bounced thru 3 different schools during his collegiate career and never stayed in one place long enough to establish a game.

Panthers in preseason look no different than the regular season the last several years.

Yeah, why would he need any game-like practice?

Oh, no doubt this is still a possibility. His defense improved a lot last season (of course, anything would have been considered an improvement), and he's about the most trusted guy on PP1 to carry the puck into the zone. Not to mention his proclivity for OT goals and his flat out speed in the transition game.

First time I saw them live was 1975 at the San Diego Sports Arena on the "Toys in the Attic" tour. I was lucky enough to see them a total of 5 times over the decades, the last being in Greensboro in 2006 when Lenny Kravitz opened for them. Had tickets to the latest tour last September in Raleigh when Tyler's vocal cords went out. I felt like they wouldn't come back after that and got a refund, and never really considered buying tickets for the rescheduled show. Their first 4 albums are as good as one could ask for from any band. Their self-titled first album (also known as the Dream On album) in 1973 has some very underrated tracks in Mama Kin and One Way Street. Although the 1975 Toys in the Attic might be their early best with most people, I actually thought 1976's Rocks was better and 1973's Get your Wings to be the best of the 4. Tyler has even admitted the next 8 albums were all drug-induced, under the influence contracted albums that had little to rave about. Their live albums were nothing special, but their commercial/radio successes came much later in their career. I'll still take their first 4 records over anything else they've done since.

If the Canes wanted to keep him and he wanted to stay, the deal would have been for 6-7 years. Remember, he filed for arbitration, not the team. And the max he would have gotten at arbitration was 2 years. Again, the Canes hold all the cards and Necas is now in a position to perform if he wants to get paid big time forward money with his next contract.

Necas isn't going anywhere until the TDL. At $6.5M, teams needing a scoring forward will be taking a look, depending on what kind of season he's having. The Canes hold all the cards right now.

"Only players that are 27 or older or have 7 accrued seasons are eligible for No Trade or No Movement clauses. NTC means the player cannot be traded without approval." Necas is not 27 nor does he have 7 seasons under his belt.

He'll be trade bait at the deadline. If there's not a deal good enough, he's here until the 25-26 TDL.

Who went into court and actually argued this from a true, legal position? There isn't a farm out there (Perdue, Smithfield, Tyson, Sanderson) who has ever claimed boneless wings are actually wings. Matter of fact, most all of them have openly admitted boneless wings are, in fact, oversized nuggets made from white and dark meat from breasts, thighs and other leftover parts.

Rumor mill today has the Canes possibly offering $6M AAV to Necas before arbitration.

Martin Necas's arbitration hearing is scheduled for August 4, the last day of the arbitration window.

Only way I see that happening is the Canes buying out his KHL contract. And I think the league has to approve that and it comes out of the team's cap space. I could be totally wrong, but I think that's how it works.

From l to r: Kochetkov, Svech, Nike and Orlov.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/jack-drury-hurricanes-avoid-arbitration-with-two-year-deal/ If the Canes had any real belief he was going to be anything better than a third or 4th line guy, he would have gotten a minimum 4-5 years. This is basically a "Show us what you got, because right now, we're not feeling it," deal. He took this deal instead of arbitration, which also says a lot. I'd bet money he wanted twice what his AAV is now, like $3.5M AAV.

Wish you'd post links. This has TDL move all over it. Not a deal that says, "Hey, this kid is gonna be special."

He was placed on unconditional waivers by the team for the purpose of terminating his contract, which I detailed at length in the Necas thread earlier today. A mutual parting of ways. But, yeah, okay Nostradomus.

The Canes have to agree to terminate his contract. The player cannot unilaterally "cancel" his own contract. A mutual parting of ways. If the NHLPA does not file a grievance, which would be unlikely in this case, the Canes gain whatever cap space his salary creates. Contract terminations are fairly rare, although there have been some in recent years where teams have been the initiating party and there were mitigating circumstances with the player (Corey Perry, Evander Kane). Both of these resulted in NHLPA grievances and were player conduct related.

Show me a link he's gone. I'll just wait for the Canes to announce it.

It appears the demise of Evgeny Kuznetsov and his departure from the NHL may be a little premature: https://www.sportskeeda.com/us/nhl/news-evgeny-kuznetsov-s-agent-clears-air-forward-s-rumored-nhl-departure "Everything is possible in this life, but it is too early to talk about Evgeny Kuznetsov's return to Russia," Babayev said. "It is not even clear why this information arose, because he has a contract with Carolina for another year. But there was an appeal from SKA. They called and said that if Evgeny were to return, they were ready to talk. But the appeal was not only from SKA, but also from other teams. https://www.si.com/onsi/breakaway/news-feed-page/posts/agent-shuts-down-rumors-carolina-hurricanes-evgeni-kuznetsov It didn’t take long for reports that Carolina Hurricanes forward Evgeny Kuznetsov was leaving the NHL for the KHL to take a turn. Championat.com first reported that Kuznetsov was signing a four-year deal with SKA St. Petersburg despite still being under contract with the Hurricanes for another year. Kuznetsov’s agent agent made a statement regarding the situation. In tweets from Hockey News Hub, Shumi Babaev spoke with Championat correspondent Vladislav Kruglov. Babaev stated that it’s too early to talk about Kuznetsov possibly returning to Russia. “It’s not even clear why this news arose because he has a contract in Carolina for another year,” Babaev said. “But there was an appeal from SKA.” It seems like at the moment, Kuznetsov is staying with the Hurricanes, but SKA has approached the player with an offer. Babaev also says SKA wasn’t the only team to be in touch. “They called and said if Evgeny were to return to, they were ready to talk,” Babaev said. “The appeal was not only from SKA, but also from other teams.” Babaev noted that Kuznetsov is primarily focused on working and playing in the NHL. A KHL return may come eventually, but nothing can be made certain at the moment. With a contract in place through the 2024-25 season, it seems unlikely that Kuznetsov will leave for Russia. Before being drafted by the Washington Capitals in 2010, Kuznetsov played five seasons with Chelyabinsk Traktor of the KHL. Kuznetsov is a native of Chelyabinsk and scored 167 points in 251 games. Over his 743-game NHL career, Kuznetsov has scored 173 goals and 402 assists for 575 total points. He was a huge part of the Capitals team that won the franchise’s first Stanley Cup in 2018. He led the postseason with 32 points in 24 games that year.

Puckpedia says we're sitting at $11.68M right now. But that's not showing the Kuznetsov loss yet, because, apparently, the Canes have not yet terminated his contract or it hasn't been signed off on at the league level.