Jump to content
  • Welcome!

    Register and log in easily with Twitter or Google accounts!

    Or simply create a new Huddle account. 

    Members receive fewer ads , access our dark theme, and the ability to join the discussion!

     

Per Kevin Weeks, Kochetkov Is Headed Back To Chicago


MillionDollarCam
 Share

Recommended Posts

Right call. He hasn't been as bad as his numbers the last few games since coming back from injury but he needs to get back in a groove and needs consistent starts to do that and we can't give them to him with the Canes right now. Freddie is back and playing well, Raanta is fine as a backup and we've been losing with kooch so this is what has to be done

  • Pie 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

I mentioned this in the game thread, but hasn't Kochetkov lost his last 5 starts?

Nevermind, I looked it up. He's lost his last 4 starts- 3 in regulation, and last night's SOL.

He'll be needed much more next season than this, unless there's another injury along the way. But look, the Canes have to protect him as he'll be exposed to waiver claims if there's another significant injury and he needs to come back again this season. He only has 16 remaining games of the 38 that will lose his reassignment/waiver protection.

Best try to get things worked out in Chicago and get him in net as much as possible while he's there. Not sure what shook him up, but he's gotta re-engage, just like Maverick after Goose died.....

 

  • Pie 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 hours ago, MillionDollarCam said:

Another thing this does is open up a roster spot. The Canes snuck Kase on LTIR a couple weeks ago and I’d be surprised if he returned at all.  So theoretically the Canes could take on a $4.5M contract as long as the team we are trading with retained 50% of the contract.

I bet a trade for another goal scorer is in the works. 

  • Pie 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Koochie probably wasn't thrilled about our guys not being able to clear the puck out of our zone at the end of the game yesterday.

That being said, him going off a little shows he needs to mature a little bit more. 

I hope Andersen is 100% (110% would be even better) and can make a return to last season's form and not the form he was showing earlier this year.  If it's the latter we should all be concerned and realistic about the Canes' chances come playoff time.

  • Pie 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

8 hours ago, Rocky Davis said:

Koochie probably wasn't thrilled about our guys not being able to clear the puck out of our zone at the end of the game yesterday.

That being said, him going off a little shows he needs to mature a little bit more. 

I hope Andersen is 100% (110% would be even better) and can make a return to last season's form and not the form he was showing earlier this year.  If it's the latter we should all be concerned and realistic about the Canes' chances come playoff time.

I have 2 concerns at this point in the season- the first being Andersen's health and can we keep 2 healthy goalies playing at a higher level than what we've seen thus far. Although Andersen has looked good in his first 2 games back, why do I think it's only a matter of time before he goes down again.

My second concern is the PP. Absolutely atrocious. No need to say anything more there.

  • Pie 1
  • Beer 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

3 hours ago, Panthers Fan 69 said:

When we went on our 11 game win streak, two things were clicking. 
 

1.  PP looked good. Not great but we were scoring PP goals. 
 

2. Goalie play was great. 
 

in our little slump, both have been sub par.   Fix those 2 things…win the cup. That easy. 

That certainly sounds like a solid plan. Now, let's do it!

Edited by KatsAzz
  • Pie 1
  • Beer 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

 Share


  • PMH4OWPW7JD2TDGWZKTOYL2T3E.jpg

  • Topics

  • Posts

    • lol, that second part is quite literally one of the dumbest things ever. Having or not having guaranteed contracts has absolutely nothing to do with how much these billionaires have to pay.  Because there is a hard cap and a minimum cap spend requirement, and teams either use their cap or roll it over to use it all the next year, so the owners have to pay the same amount of money in the end no matter what. Having fully guaranteed contracts in the NFL would only hurt salary cap management, and thus would end up screwing over the team and its fan base when teams kiss on signings as they take up cap room that is needed to improve the roster. Look at the Browns with Watson, they gave him the fully guaranteed deal and all it’s doing is sucking up massive cap space now.  If they hadn’t done that, the owner would still be paying the same amount of money each year as that cap space would still be used elsewhere. If you want to argue for fully guaranteed contracts because the players deserve it, that’s an entirely different argument and a fair one to discuss.  But anyone against fully guaranteed deals isn’t doing it to argue for the billionaire owners.
    • Start posting in threads in the other forums instead of just creating threads. No one comes over here so you aren't starting conversations.  Get your ass up to 100 posts. It's not that hard. Don't create 100 posts. Contribute to conversations. 
    • Ryabkin could be the steal of the draft, he was a Top 10 pick heading into last season and had a rough year.  Lots of GMs passed on him because of that and his workouts. Pick has really high upside and Svech should be able to translate Rod tearing his arse a new one for making dumb plays since Svech has had several years of it.  🤣😂
×
×
  • Create New...