Prospect Info: #40OA - Hurricanes select RHD Scott Morrow

[Stickpucker]

Shit after a summer in the desert he probably thinks he’s playing hockey

Rodgers to AZ confirmed.

 

[ONO94]

So, has later become sooner or are we still waiting?

 

[Brent Burns Beard]

Man the wait for this signing is silence!

 

[42]

If there are no plans for him to play this year (very likely), why sign him now?

 

[chaz4hockey]

If there are no plans for him to play this year (very likely), why sign him now?

Soothing the worries of the fan base that he’s another fox.

 

[42]

Soothing the worries of the fan base that he’s another fox.

What Fox did was very unusual, not many players choose his path.

 

[chaz4hockey]

What Fox did was very unusual, not many players choose his path.

Yup

 

[dogbazinho]

What Fox did was very unusual, not many players choose his path.

Happened to use twice w/ D.

 

[42]

Happened to use twice w/ D.

Fox and?

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Fox and?

Jack Mother f***ing Johnson

 

[42]

Jack Mother f***ing Johnson

Well, he sucks so that's a good thing

 

[bleedgreen]

Jack Mother f***ing Johnson

Jack didn’t do this. He just kept his promise to Red and stayed one more year. We traded him and he came out of college after the next year. He didn’t stay till ufa. After his junior year he left.

 

[CandyCanes]

 

[Brock Anton]

If that's true, then yeah, whether he wants to go UFA or not, we can't risk this one. He's gotta go in a trade this summer.

 

[spockBokk]

Not great, Bob. This is slightly worrisome.

However, logically, him coming out next season when the only RD under contract being 40+ Burns makes some sense. He’d have a much better shot at making the NHL roster then when compared to next year when the whole current right side is manned by Burns/Pesce/Chatfield. Maybe he is not at all interested in playing an AHL season and figures his junior year would be more productive.

Regardless, I thought he would be turning pro. It seems like it would make the most sense for his development. He’d get more games against better competition in the AHL. I still would rather they hold onto him and see if they can coax him out of school next year, but if the right trade presents itself, the fact that he’s one year closer to pulling an Adam Fox makes him much more available in my eyes. Who knows what the front office thinks.

 

[MadeUpName]

Carolina wanted Morrow to sign last offseason. Returning for a Junior year is bad for Carolina and bad for his trade value.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

The college life is better than AHL life. Doesn’t mean its a bad thing but not anything to get excited about either.

It doesn’t necessarily mean his trade value is lowered. The team acquiring him would want him to sign more than likely.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I guess if I was in his shoes, the Canes have Burns, Pesce and Chatfield all under contract for next season. It means if he signs, he's going to the AHL on an AHL team that has a history of prioritizing vets over young player development, particularly for a guy like him with (reportedly) a lot of rawness to his game). Big man on campus with top minutes vs. AHL? I don't know, I'd probably be tempted to make the same decision he did. A lot of non 1st round players have made the jump directly from NCAA to the NHL so it's not like he's playing against kids in Junior hockey. Slavin, Pesce, Fox, Faulk, Ghost, McAvoy (1st rounder), etc...all pretty much made the jump directly out of NCAA after developing there.

I have no idea what his long term intentions are, but trading him because we don't think we'd be able to sign him means a lot of teams would have the same concern and would lower his value to a lot of teams as well. See how it plays out.

 

[dogbazinho]

I know this is bad asset management but I'm becoming of the opinion you don't trade these players and burn another year of the career just for pure pettiness. You get another lower round pick as comp right? So like a 3rd?

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

I know this is bad asset management but I'm becoming of the opinion you don't trade these players and burn another year of the career just for pure pettiness. You get another lower round pick as comp right? So like a 3rd?

The compensation you speak of is only for first rounders who aren’t signed (which is quite a rare thing). Morrow was a second rounder so if he won’t sign we don’t get anything. The only way to recoup some value would be to trade his rights.

 

[Joe McGrath]

If it turns out he doesn’t ever intend on signing here, whatever, f*** him.

And f*** Adam Fox and Jack Johnson while we’re on the subject.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

It’s hard to say what would’ve happened with JMFJ. I mean, we know he didn’t want to sign in the spring of ‘06 but I honestly can’t remember all these years later if there was any indication that he just plain didn’t want to play for us.

 

[A Star is Burns]

I ain't worried. He'll either sign next year or the front office will make the best of a bad situation. Whatevs.

 

[DaveG]

It’s hard to say what would’ve happened with JMFJ. I mean, we know he didn’t want to sign in the spring of ‘06 but I honestly can’t remember all these years later if there was any indication that he just plain didn’t want to play for us.

from what I recall reading Jack's father was FAR more the issue in that situation, felt that going to Carolina would limit endorsement opportunities and the like. May have been right but also pretty telling with how everything played out in that situation that he needed to cut ties far sooner than he was able to.

 

[bleedgreen]

This is not a player who has nothing to learn at the NCAA level, especially defensively. This is the right move for him. If wants to go back for his senior year I’d understand trading him, but getting anxious and doing it now out of asset protection doesn’t make any sense to me.

This isn’t weird. He chose high school hockey instead of challenging himself during covid, there’s been mentions of improving maturity. This most likely the right choice by a notable margin.


JJ promised Michigan from day one he would play two years. He didn’t scorn us, he just said he wanted to do the second year he had promised Red. We panicked after winning the cup and traded him for immediate help after free agency kicked us in the ding ding. He would’ve left for us if we had been patient.