Great Dissapointments/Busts in Canes history (14-15 avatar theme discussion)

[DaveG]

Just moving the talk to its own thread:

Makes me like the idea of doing an avatar theme of the great fails/busts of Canes history heading into next season. Maybe a little bit of pre-emptive negativity is just what we need.

Pretty sure that Kev has a pre-emptive claim on Igor Knyazev even if I've never seen him with an avatar on here before.

I'm totally for that. Create a Canes version of an MLB "negative WAR" team. I'm pretty sure someone's had an Anson Carter avatar at some point...

Dibs on Jeff Hereema. I thought that schmo was going to be the real deal. Whoops.

I dibs this one.

Dibs on Dwight Helminen

What do you plan to do, take a picture of the jersey on your back and use that as an avatar?

Unless you got a better idea?

Do quad A guys that we signed as UFAs really count if they never had that much hype to begin with?

I mean guys like Welsh, Boychuk, Dalpe, Heerema, Knyazev, Tselios, and some other draft picks came with a good bit of hype which they never came even close to living up to.

And then there's guys that were either previously good NHL players like Kaberle, Carter, Belanger, and Pellerin that sucked here for whatever reason.

And plenty of others like Melichar, Letowski, Hamilton, etc. who management tried to convince us were decent players but quite obviously were nothing even close to what they sold.

Really not much difference between a guy like Helminen and a guy like say Michael Ryan, expectations weren't much for either guy, though I know I thought Helminen could compete for our #4C spot for a bit.



Edit: THE LIST:

Igor Knyazev reserved for totalkev if he wants it

Cardiac - Pierre McGuire (great ****ing pick by the way)
Joe McGrath - Jeff Heerema
Carolinas Identity - Philippe Paradis (or Dwight Helminen)
Wolfpuck - David Tanabe
Blueline Bomber - Anton Babchuk
Lucky Lindy - Mike Murphy
HalleJOKEL - Win and you're In, 5-1 loss (or Ian White)
Wild Caniac - Tomas Kaberle
GenoLucia - Nikos Tselios
Finlandia WOAT - 2009 offseason
These is the Times - Frederik Andersen
Sad King Jimmy - Drayson Bowman
Skinned Alive - Zac Dalpe
Anton Dubinchuk - Josef Melichar
Gotta Catch em Staal - Sandis Ozolinsh
Anton Budobin - Oleg Tverdovsky
Skydog - Harold Druken
DaveG - Jesse Lane

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[Cardiac Jerks]

I think if this is just a theme for the playoffs/draft/offseason then we stick to guys we drafted. If we're going to go into next season with it then any and all forms of disappointing players are welcome.

 

[DaveG]

Was thinking for the next regular season, but draft works as well as long as we stick to only guys that we've drafted.

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

Was thinking for the next regular season, but draft works as well as long as we stick to only guys that we've drafted.

That takes out Helminen then. He was an Edmonton draft pick IIRC

I'll do Philippe Paradis then.

 

[DaveG]

Well not what I was thinking in that, if we were doing this as a draft/offseason theme then yeah, scratch Helminen out.

I'm just trying to think of how Helminen could be considered a disappointment/bust in the first place for us.

 

[Wolfpuck]

Dibs on David Tanabe, or is he too #oldschool

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

Dibs on David Tanabe, or is he too #oldschool

If he is, you could always take Ryan Murphy

 

[Blueline Bomber]

I'll take Anton Babchuk

 

[Lucky Lindy]

Mike Murphy is mine.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

I'll take Anton Babchuk

Anton was GOAT.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Anton was GOAT.

Anton was A goat. You mixed it up.

 

[the halleJOKEL]

win and in, 5-1 loss

dibs

 

[DaveG]

I'll take Anton Babchuk

Am I gonna have to cut a *****?

just kidding, all he's yours

Dibs on David Tanabe, or is he too #oldschool

Tanabe's fine. I plan on going even farther back to be honest, though not much.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

Anton was A goat. You mixed it up.

No, I believe it is you who is mixed up.

 

[Wild Caniac]

when the playoffs are over for the Wild, I would put up a Tomas Kaberle avvy.

 

[GinoLucia2217]

I'm calling Nikos Tselios

 

[Novacane]

Dibs on Alex Semin



*Puts on flame Pejorative Slurant suit*

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

I'm calling Stephane Yelle, Aaron Ward and Tom Kostopulous.

#grittyleadership

 

[A Star is Burns]

I don't know if this would count, but I wouldn't mind something along the lines of Frederik Andersen, finally get a 7th round steal, refuses to sign. Sure was disappointing to me.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

I'm calling Stephane Yelle, Aaron Ward and Tom Kostopulous.

#grittyleadership

It's easy to hate on Aaron Ward but let's not forget how good he was for us in his first stint. He was a warrior during the cup run playing through a bad concussion and giving us solid defense.

He was so bad the second time around it was embarrassing to watch but I'm forever grateful to him for his contributions to the cup win.

 

[Skydog]

Whomever gets Igor Knyazev, you must have him in his tuxedo.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

I'm thinking Drayson Bowman or Ryan Bayda, personally.

 

[My Special Purpose]

Whomever gets Igor Knyazev, you must have him in his tuxedo.

As far as I know, it's the only known photo of Igor Knyazev in existence, so I'm not sure I have a choice. And with the current setup, he's my obvious choice (thanks DaveG for saving him for me). My all-time favorite bust is Pavel Brendl, but we didn't draft him No. 4 overall, so I guess I can't hold that against us. I also seriously hold a grudge against Danny Richmond, so he's out there if anyone wants him.

Also, not only was he a bust, but my least favorite Hurricanes' player ever is David Tanabe. Not only did he waste a stunning amount of talent, but he was an giant @$$hole as a person. Nice pick, Wolfpuck.

 

[Stormie]

Is Zac Dalpe up for grabs?

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

I'm calling Stephane Yelle, Aaron Ward and Tom Kostopulous.

#grittyleadership

Was it Kostopoulos who stole a women's purse in Montreal because she took a picture of Carey Price or something? Or am I confusing him with someone else?