Confirmed with Link: Francis out as GM - Don Waddell named GM 5/8/18

[Navin R Slavin]

Ron Francis rolling his eyes on the golf course, to classy of a person to talk to the media and let them know what exactly is going on
with Carolina. Wish he could have one interview with Elliot Friedman and let everyone know about an owner that doesn't have a
clue about anything hockey related but he will take the advise of Mike Liut who gave him advise as a player. Take the high road.

Ron Francis was the second best GM in his own front office, and Dundon now has 70 combined years of NHL experience to help him make decisions. Get over it.

 

[The Faulker 27]

Ron Francis rolling his eyes on the golf course, to classy of a person to talk to the media and let them know what exactly is going on
with Carolina. Wish he could have one interview with Elliot Friedman and let everyone know about an owner that doesn't have a
clue about anything hockey related but he will take the advise of Mike Liut who gave him advise as a player. Take the high road.

Hot take of the day. Do we have any challengers?

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

RiverFront. Hmmm, makes you think.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

RiverFront. Hmmm, makes you think.

Well, the vast majority of his posts seem to be in the Soo Greyhounds thread...

Hey, Ronnie, we still love you as a player. No hard feelings.

 

[Unsustainable]

He helped get the Canes to the Stanley Cup Finals. Now he's 'embarrassed' to be an alum.

Why publish this garbage?

 

[GoldiFox]

Well, the vast majority of his posts seem to be in the Soo Greyhounds thread...

Hey, Ronnie, we still love you as a player. No hard feelings.

Francis is from SSM and played there in juniors - if it wasn't clear to others. Interesting context but could just be a local fanboy.

If "having a clue about hockey" is how the Canes ended up paying $16 million to Scott Darling and $6 million to Marcus Kruger then I'm more than willing to see what "not having a clue" looks like.

He helped get the Canes to the Stanley Cup Finals. Now he's 'embarrassed' to be an alum.

Why publish this garbage?

It's impressive Mr. Moody wrote that long of a "breaking news" article while providing zero additional information or viewpoint. Disappointing to see a N&O article now just Tweet-splaining what is obvious.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

He helped get the Canes to the Stanley Cup Finals. Now he's 'embarrassed' to be an alum.

Why publish this garbage?

CLICKS SON

 

[Unsustainable]

CLICKS SON

Just garbage slander by Jeff

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Francis is from SSM and played there in juniors - if it wasn't clear to others. Interesting context but could just be a local fanboy.

If "having a clue about hockey" is how the Canes ended up paying $16 million to Scott Darling and $6 million to Marcus Kruger then I'm more than willing to see what "not having a clue" looks like.

Let's be fair. Chicago paid $2M of the $3.475 this past season as they paid the signing bonus and next year it's only $2.3M. I thought it was a good move at the time, which unfortunately didn't work out.

 

[MinJaBen]

Let's be fair. Chicago paid $2M of the $3.475 this past season as they paid the signing bonus and next year it's only $2.3M. I thought it was a good move at the time, which unfortunately didn't work out.

Plus, it was also probably required for us to take him as part of the payment for losing very little at the Expansion draft and then getting TVR. Looking at Kruger in a vacuum is not a fair assessment.

 

[The Jerk Store]

Perhaps Jeff O'Neill, as a representative of the Hurricanes franchise, should instead be embarrassed of his several DUI arrests. Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

 

[Lempo]

RiverFront. Hmmm, makes you think.

What is a point you can get water to your moat, Alex.

 

[DaveG]

What is a point you can get water to your moat, Alex.

I'll take "The Rapists" for 200.

 

[bleedgreen]

I've got to ask you about the penis mightier......

 

[Lempo]

 

[Svechhammer]

CLICKS SON

You joke, but given the failing state of newsprint nationwide, you're probably right.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

You joke, but given the failing state of newsprint nationwide, you're probably right.

Despite the all caps, I'm not joking at all. I'm deadly serious. Shit like this is why I cancelled the N&O and moved over to the Durham Herald-Sun, and then cancelled that after the N&O bought them.

 

[Joe McGrath]

I've got to ask you about the penis mightier......

I’ll take Famous Titties for 800 Alex

 

[Cane mutiny]

Talking has never been RF's thing. I've barely seen him crack a smile.

I think this may have been one of the issues for TD, as a major emphasis of his business style is communication.
As for O'Niell, I have never heard him mention the Canes since he left, except for the few times he had something to criticize. He has never been proud of his affiliation with this franchise. Every pic he uses of himself as a player he's always in TML gear.

 

[Joe McGrath]

We all think Columbus has a good GM right? He traded his 1st last year a 2019 2nd, and David Clarkson and his abomination of a contract for Vegas to select a guy that scored 43 goals this year. That was, uh, ill advised.

And the guy swung that fleecing deal from Vegas is the same dipshit that traded Forseberg for Erat.

Long story short, you can’t judge a GM by one or two whiffs, because they ALL have some big ones.

 

[A Star is Burns]

I will mostly fondly remember O'Neill as a player. As a media member, almost anytime I hear anything from him, Canes related or not, he strikes me as a loud mouth moron that likes to hear himself speak.

 

[Vagrant]

is it any shock whatsoever that jeff, who for all effective purposes had his career cosigned by francis parking his chubby ass on the faceoff dot tapping his stick, would go to the mattresses with this opinion?

 

[bluedevil58]

is it any shock whatsoever that jeff, who for all effective purposes had his career cosigned by francis parking his chubby ass on the faceoff dot tapping his stick, would go to the mattresses with this opinion?

Francis was a good passer.

 

[AD Skinner]

O'Neill is a pot stirrer. Not worth any handwringing over I don't think. Anyway I'd be surprised if he has more than a fuzzy memory of his time in Raleigh- he couldn't have been sober for much of it.

 

[robbieberns]

When I was growing up, our family happened to be family friends with the Wallin family, due to my sister being friends with Nic’s daughter.

Easily a third of the overall stories I got to hear about life as a Hurricane revolved around what a shitty dude O’Neill was.