Honest Conversation about Tulsky

[Panthers Fan 69]

We had Necas and Guentzel on this team at the same time in 23-24 playoffs and goalie…aka Freddie poo the bed.

 

Now after dust has settled. They have Hall Miller and Stank. All struggling mightily.  The points between the twin groups is a colossal gap.  Stank has 6 points in 27 games. That sucks.  The failure of Tulsky is enough for me. ESP with the Mikko disaster.    I don’t care if Mikko didnt want to be hear. He fumbled the bag with Jake and could have just kept Necas, who mind you was on pace for 80 points and locked up for 2 years.  I want a legit answer. Minus Signing current players and maybe Ehlers…. Tuskly has been ass cheeks.

[organicrusty1201]

Maybe it's because Rod's system and philosophy doesn't mesh with Tulsky's - somethings out of whack here.

[Panthers Fan 69]

49 minutes ago, organicrusty1201 said:

Maybe it's because Rod's system and philosophy doesn't mesh with Tulsky's - somethings out of whack here.

I’ve heard in interviews with Rod and he says it doesn’t mesh but they can “learn” from eachother. 

[carpanfan96]

Necas wasn't signing long term here, the canes definitely weren't going to offer 11.5m to him. Guentzel was led to Tampa by his agent and I said as much before it actually happened. Mikko got talked to and agreed to the trade months before it happened. 

[PNW_PantherMan]

The only thing I don’t understand is locking up bottom 6 forwards for a decade 

[Stumpy]

40 minutes ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

The only thing I don’t understand is locking up bottom 6 forwards for a decade 

It only makes sense if you plan to use those contracts as trade assets. But, those players have to outperform those deals to make it work.

Blake already has. 

Stank's deal looked like a bargain before the move to center. Hopefully, the switch hasn't hindered his development too much.

[Stumpy]

Sometimes it's nice to get an outside perspective on things we are emotionally invested in. NYT/Athletic did a midway breakdown of every teams' biggest offseason acquisitions. Here's our part:

Notable additions: Nikolaj Ehlers ($8.5 million x six years), K’Andre Miller (acquired in exchange for a conditional 2026 first-round pick, a 2026 second-round pick and Scott Morrow)

Early return: It took the Hurricanes some time to find Ehlers’ ideal lineup fit. He began the season on a line with Sebastian Aho and Seth Jarvis, but that combination didn’t really click, with their marquee signing registering just four points in his first 11 games. Since then, though, Ehlers has settled in and found his groove.

The dynamic, speedy Danish winger has scored 27 points in his last 31 games. He initially built chemistry with Logan Stankoven and Jackson Blake, but with Jarvis’ injury, he’s been bumped back up to the top line with Aho and Andrei Svechnikov, with this new-look trio clicking impressively.

Ehlers’ game-breaking puck-carrying ability has added an exciting new dimension to Carolina’s rush attack. He’s been a consistently dangerous play-driver (Carolina’s controlled 60 percent of scoring chances during his five-on-five shifts) and I’d argue his point production has actually undersold his impact on Carolina’s offense. Ehlers has collected a point on just 52 percent of the five-on-five goals he’s been on the ice for — he’s been snakebitten and has deserved to pick up a few more assists.

I’m also still a fan of Carolina’s expensive bet on Miller. Yes, he’s made occasional mistakes and has been narrowly outscored during his five-on-five minutes despite his strong underlying metrics, but context is important. Miller was supposed to lead Carolina’s second pair, but Jaccob Slavin’s injuries (he’s only played five games this season) have forced him to take on a larger top-pair role. That’s meant eating a career-high 22:35 per game and handling some of the toughest matchups of all NHL defensemen.

Miller has held his own in this daunting role, and I’d expect his performance to level up once Slavin’s return allows him to settle into the second-pair slot he was actually acquired to fill.

[PleaseCutStewart]

I think we are being tough on miller when our D has been banged up a lot of the year. We saw some struggles from nikishin last year with all the line swapping we did.

I want to see how everyone looks with us fully healthy for like 10 games