Cam Ward Appreciation Thread

[Big Daddy Cane]

Ward, the longest tenured Hurricane, leaves as the franchise leader in wins and shutouts.

It's a shame that it ends this way, but I'm sure we'll see him back soon when he gets his jersey retired and is named goalie coach.

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[FreshSeabass]

I've been one of his biggest haters recently, but damn its gonna suck to see him not in a canes jersey. Hope he remains with the organization in some capacity once he retires.

 

[A Star is Burns]

I've been ready for him to go, but I greatly appreciate his time on this team, and the fact that he would have gladly stayed. I wish him the absolute best. I'll never forget the good times. We'll see you again some day I'm sure.

 

[What the Faulk]

Several times on here people have accused me of being biased because so and so is my favorite player. Nah, it's always been Cam. He's the only jersey I've ever had. He's mostly sucked for awhile now, but he was pretty good for 5 years or so before they ran him into the ground. Unfortunate that it had to end this way.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Annoyed that it’s due to a contract situation. All things being equal, he’s the guy we’d keep. But all things unfortunately aren’t equal, we’re pot committed to Darling (I like that analogy Hank), and he’s a casualty of that.

The guy won my team a Stanley Cup when I was in 6th grade. If you count his time as a backup, he’s been a part of this team for more than half my life.

He’s a special Cane and seemingly a good man. What more can you say.

 

[FlyingSquirrels]

Blame Darling. He arrived to camp a total fatass and has basically ran Cam out of town because of it.

With that said, I do think the right thing to do is change up the mix and hope for better results.

 

[Svechhammer]

Honestly, it was time for both sides to part for the advancement of both. With that said, hands down the best goalie in Canes history and it'll be a while before someone else compares. When he does hang up the pads, I want to see his name hanging in the rafters. Conn Smythe his rookie season and was arguably one of the biggest reasons we were always kind of in the hunt even when the teams probably didn't deserve it the last 10 years.

 

[Canes]

Will always love him for the 2006 and 2009 playoff runs. Wish it could have ended on a better note but not much anyone can do now. Good luck to Cam in the future.

 

[Negan4Coach]

Its sad, especially in light of the fact that he could have single handedly saved the season last year had BP acknowledged the Darling train wreck sooner.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Guy's had a weird career with the Canes. Obviously, an ideal start to a career, followed by a not so ideal continuation. Shitty defense and no backup left him on an island far too often, and just when it looked like he was finally turning the corner, those 70-game seasons finally caught up to him.

Even still, he fought back from some nasty injuries, and willingly moved to the side when the Canes decided they needed a new starter.

“Cam’s been a rock for us this year,” Canes forward Justin Williams said after the Tampa Bay game. “Regardless of what people say or what’s written about him, he’s a rock for us.”

 

[Navin R Slavin]

I hate that it's come to this.

 

[Joe McGrath]

If they had 2 new goalies, it’d be one thing. The fact that the fat piece of shit Scott Darling forced Cam out despite being an objectively worse goalie is a f***ing disgrace.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

I'll miss the two-pad stack saves.



Harrison, Gleason and Skinner defending against the rush...

 

[tarheelhockey]

Hang that number.

 

[Ole Gil]

Guy made a lot of 'save of the year' candidate saves. Way more than his statistical peers. He's another player that makes you wonder "What if he played his entire career for a good team, instead of the Canes?"

 

[Joe McGrath]

Guy made a lot of 'save of the year' candidate saves. Way more than his statistical peers. He's another player that makes you wonder "What if he played his entire career for a good team, instead of the Canes?"

If he played for the Devil teams Brodeur played for he’d be a hall of famer.

Full disclosure, I think Brodeur is the most overrated player in the history of hockey. Possibly all of sports.

 

[OakCity]

Last time we had the #2 pick we drafted a superstar and found a "Ward" . Lets hope that lightning strikes twice.

 

[AD Skinner]

I will probably cry a little to watch him play for another team. And a lot when they do the inevitable tribute video when the hawks play in raleigh.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

And now the longest tenured Cane is Jeff Skinner, but that won’t last long. Then Justin Faulk, who also may not be here past July. Times are definitely a changin.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I do think the team in front of him, particularly this past season, made Ward look worse than he was. He played pretty well last year and I think he still has some left in the tank so wouldn’t be surprised to see him have a good season elsewhere. Too bad he can’t finish his career here.

 

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[Surrounded By Ahos]

Man it’s gonna be so weird seeing him in a jersey that isn’t one of ours

 

[geehaad]

And now the longest tenured Cane is Jeff Skinner, but that won’t last long. Then Justin Faulk, who also may not be here past July. Times are definitely a changin.

Nor the owner, GM, coach, etc, etc, etc...but strangely that doesn't prevent posts like one I saw yesterday talking about how this team persistently does the same thing it's always done. It's as if there's some other explanation at play, like....I dunno...confirmation bias?

 

[sheriff bart]

This blows. Damn you Scott Darling. Damn you to hell.

Cam hasn't been great (or even good) at all times, but we've waited and hoped for somebody to come along good enough to wrestle the starting job from him. What we finally got was somebody bad enough to force him out completely.

The last on-ice connection to the Stanley Cup is gone.

 

[SlavinAway]

This blows. Damn you Scott Darling. Damn you to hell.

Cam hasn't been great (or even good) at all times, but we've waited and hoped for somebody to come along good enough to wrestle the starting job from him. What we finally got was somebody bad enough to force him out completely.

The last on-ice connection to the Stanley Cup is gone.

Williams...