Confirmed with Link: Canes sign D Dmitry Orlov 2 x 7.75M

[htdoc]

Orlov good singing. Like that he wanted to come here. Like the short term so we have options when this contract up and Nikishin ready to come to NHL post his KHL finished.

Have a chance to try out Orlov to make sure it all works here without being stuck in a long deal if it is a failure. If great player for us maybe we re sign him with the expected higher salary cato2 years from now to another short term deal. Lots of Finns, lots of Russian players on team and in the system to make players of that nationality comfortable and interested in playing here.

 

[spockBokk]

Orlov good singing. Like that he wanted to come here. Like the short term so we have options when this contract up and Nikishin ready to come to NHL post his KHL finished.

Have a chance to try out Orlov to make sure it all works here without being stuck in a long deal if it is a failure. If great player for us maybe we re sign him with the expected higher salary cato2 years from now to another short term deal. Lots of Finns, lots of Russian players on team and in the system to make players of that nationality comfortable and interested in playing here.

This is a good point.

Orlov, Svechnikov and Kochetkov could be quite the welcome party for Trikozov, Nikishin, Grudinin, etc.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

The fact that you have to edit to "tone down" instead of just having a normal conversation really demonstrates what your underlying problem is.

Holy shit, are *you* saying this? LOL wow.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Orlov, Svechnikov and Kochetkov could be quite the welcome party for Trikozov, Nikishin, Grudinin, etc.

Tarasenko...

 

[MinJaBen]

Orlov good singing. Like that he wanted to come here. Like the short term so we have options when this contract up and Nikishin ready to come to NHL post his KHL finished.

Have a chance to try out Orlov to make sure it all works here without being stuck in a long deal if it is a failure. If great player for us maybe we re sign him with the expected higher salary cato2 years from now to another short term deal. Lots of Finns, lots of Russian players on team and in the system to make players of that nationality comfortable and interested in playing here.

Yes, but lots of Finns and lots of Russians in the same place without any snipers is really strange. Don has got to get us a sniper or two to make this work.

 

[spockBokk]

Tarasenko...

might find out soon...would be cool if he did come to fruition. I was watching some highlights on YouTube this afternoon, he scores a lot from distance and one on one goals, The Canes could completely use that.

 

[SvechneJerk]

Yes, but lots of Finns and lots of Russians in the same place without any snipers is really strange. Don has got to get us a sniper or two to make this work.

And I know he's Swedish.

Man did I botch that post.

 

[Tryamw]

Yes, but lots of Finns and lots of Russians in the same place without any snipers is really strange. Don has got to get us a sniper or two to make this work.

But Patches went to Washington

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

You guys need to knock off the regular topic posts. @Negan4Coach and I need to continue our meaningless pissing contest.

 

[Lempo]

Yes, but lots of Finns and lots of Russians in the same place without any snipers is really strange. Don has got to get us a sniper or two to make this work.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

But will there be reindeer?

 

[MinJaBen]

But will there be reindeer?

I’m sure Burnsie has some in the freezer.

 

[Negan4Coach]

Holy shit, are *you* saying this? LOL wow.

I mean, admittedly, there are times when I overreact to things involving the Canes and just vent on here. But this isn't one of them. And I don't attack people for their opinions, I just express my own.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I mean, admittedly, there are times when I overreact to things involving the Canes and just vent on here. But this isn't one of them. And I don't attack people for their opinions, I just express my own.

To be fair, I never attacked you. I disagreed that everything “broke our way” because of losing Svech and Patches and you started accusing me of semantics, and then said what my “underlying problem” is and said I have a “pathological need”.

I’m not offended by that, but those statements are much more “attacking” than anything I wrote.

It’s all good. I like the give and take. Just don’t act like a victim.

 

[Negan4Coach]

To be fair, I never attacked you. I disagreed that everything “broke our way” because of losing Svech and Patches and you started accusing me of semantics, and then said what my “underlying problem” is and said I have a “pathological need”.

I’m not offended by that, but those statements are much more “attacking” than anything I wrote.

It’s all good. I like the give and take. Just don’t act like a victim.

But things actually did "break our way", after not breaking our way by losing Svech and Patches. Events are a continuum of things. And we had a chance when that happened. And then the Florida goalie thing happened. So, really, I get it, and I'm not arguing that a guy who played 3 games for us and never should have been viewed as the savior plus a #2 overall pick who hasn't lived up to scoring expectations wouldn't have made much of a difference- I'm just saying that with the league's best D, maybe not focus on getting all the D. That's all. Like maybe focus on getting Duchene. But really, not a huge deal. I'm not mad- Orlov is a great catch and all.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

But things actually did "break our way", after not breaking our way by losing Svech and Patches. Events are a continuum of things. And we had a chance when that happened. And then the Florida goalie thing happened. So, really, I get it, and I'm not arguing that a guy who played 3 games for us and never should have been viewed as the savior plus a #2 overall pick who hasn't lived up to scoring expectations wouldn't have made much of a difference- I'm just saying that with the league's best D, maybe not focus on getting all the D. That's all. Like maybe focus on getting Duchene. But really, not a huge deal. I'm not mad- Orlov is a great catch and all.

This will be my last post on this. Right now it’s the off season, So we’re dissecting moves made in the off season. Last off season, we had Svech and Pacioretty on the squad and expected to have them in the playoffs last season, but we didn’t. That hurt our chances. Neither were a savior, but we expected to have them in the post season in July of last year. Those were bad breaks regardless of what happened to BOS and NYR.

Right now, our roster isn’t set. We will likely trade a defenseman and bring in a F. Until we see the final roster, I’m not going to complain.

 

[Negan4Coach]

This will be my last post on this. Right now it’s the off season, So we’re dissecting moves made in the off season. Last off season, we had Svech and Pacioretty on the squad and expected to have them in the playoffs last season, but we didn’t. That hurt our chances. Neither were a savior, but we expected to have them in the post season in July of last year. Those were bad breaks regardless of what happened to BOS and NYR.

Right now, our roster isn’t set. We will likely trade a defenseman and bring in a F. Until we see the final roster, I’m not going to complain.

Fair enough. Agreed.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Fair enough. Agreed.

f*** both y'all salty old bitches.

 

[Francis10]

Now the important stuff:

Wonder why #7? Why not #81 like for Russian national team or in that Mass hole city? Wish they would allow Orlov to wear #9. I know I know, it’s for Gordie.

 

[AD Skinner]

An homage to the incomparable Niclas Wallin

 

[SvechneJerk]

If Tarasenko does indeed put pen to paper shortly, Orlov has already earned the title as our new "Secret Weapon".

 

[Chrispy]

See the signing of Mendel, Griffin

"He's 6'6 Tom.... TELL ME WHAT YOU MEAN WHEN YOU SAY BIG D!!1one!"

I traded for Hamilton, I traded for Hakanpaa, I signed Mendel, I signed Orlov. What do you want?

DeAngelo back!? Oh…

 

[Discipline Daddy]

Bump after game 1.

Way too early to make any kind of judgments here. I wonder if Orlov is so used to being "the guy" on defense that it will take time to adjust to our more "ensemble" approach as a Hurricane. A lot of his dipsy doodling will work great, but he turned the puck over too much in his first game.

I loved to see his passion for the game. With him and DeAngelo, we have 3 pairs that would be first units on like 15 NHL teams.

I'm curious also if this ensemble approach will work. On paper we look great, but we often hear of elite defenders like Burns, Karlsson, Niedermayer wanting to get 25 minutes to "feel" the game right. Can Orlov and co adjust to looking elite when playing 20 minutes as opposed to 25? It's a legit question. I think Skjei, Pesce, and Slavin can easily play 16 and can easily play 26 minutes and still look good. Last year Burns played 23:12 and Pesce/Slavin/Skjei each about 22. I don't think that can happen again this year.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

despite his early struggles, he is having a decent defensive year so far. Or we could be locked in for 4 extra years and nearly twice the total money as Pitts is with Graves.

 

[Svechhammer]

Orlov looks like he's really coming into his own right now. You almost have to completely separate his play from the beginning of the year when he was saddled with TDA, he's been a completely different player since he has been paired with Chatty