LeBrun: Canes looking for a Sniper

[Tkachuky]

Lindholm while I miss him very much would not have scored half the goals he’s scored for the Canes so far. Take him away from those other two and he goes right back to maybe a mild 5% increase over last year. He’s no sniper for the Canes, he’s a high end compliment to other scorers.

I’m sorry but all these things I’ve heard about Lindholm before the season are questionable. The guy is an absolute stud. Yes he is a perfect fit on our top line but boy does he have the hustle and an amazing shot.

Why don’t Canes go all in on Senko?

 

[Ahoy there]

In any of the pro sports, has an Owner made themselves GM or President of Team Ops?

You’d think one of them would have wanted to do at some point in history lol

I'm sure someone as already replied, but yes! Yes an owner has made himself GM in a pro sport. In fact, the owner of the team worth more than any other pro team did it. May I introduce you to one Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys?

 

[PullHard]

Would the Canes want both Jeff Carter and Tyler Toffoli? I could see the Kings taking back Darling if they trade Quick and it meant getting a first, Jake Bean, and a younger roster player. Would make Carolina one hell of a team.

NHL 19 trade mode activated:

Toffoli
Carter
Quick

for

1st 2019
Bean
Rask
Darling

I had a similar thought a couple weeks ago

something like

Carter
Quick

for

Darling
Bean
Faulk
1st

I like your idea too. It seems like there is a fit for a trade between these two teams.

 

[Scooooooooooooot]

Please trade Fleury to the Devils. Also this guy saying they need snipers is like Gruden saying the Raiders need pass rush.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

I had a similar thought a couple weeks ago

something like

Carter
Quick

for

Darling
Bean
Faulk
1st

I like your idea too. It seems like there is a fit for a trade between these two teams.

Yeah, but as a Canes fan I like the first deal where we get more for the same package.

 

[spockBokk]

I had a similar thought a couple weeks ago

something like

Carter
Quick

for

Darling
Bean
Faulk
1st

I like your idea too. It seems like there is a fit for a trade between these two teams.

Not a fan of this from a Canes perspective. The aforementioned deal with Toffoli involved as well as Carter makes more sense if they're giving up that much...

 

[Svechhammer]

I had a similar thought a couple weeks ago

something like

Carter
Quick

for

Darling
Bean
Faulk
1st

I like your idea too. It seems like there is a fit for a trade between these two teams.

Christ, no. Make that trade, and a couple years later, when Quick and Carter are done, you're right back to where you were, and worse off without Bean or the 1st.

 

[Sweetpotato]

Regardless of what franchise you root for, it just makes my skin crawl listening to these owners. Makes you wish you were wealthy to relieve is stunned of there team.

 

[lifeisruff]

How about Tage Thompson for Jake Bean?

 

[Pestilence]

This is like when Oakland traded Khalil Mack and then John Gruden said they needed a pass rusher.

Oakland went full rebuild and Mack was one they could get a huge return for. Carolina doesn’t seem to be in similar phase, nor did Skinner fetch a lot.

 

[HockeyDBspecialist]

Christ, no. Make that trade, and a couple years later, when Quick and Carter are done, you're right back to where you were, and worse off without Bean or the 1st.

are you a fan of the Hurricanes because your predict they will be relocating to Quebec ?
just curious hahaha

 

[Kshahdoo]

So they've lost Svechnikov and now looking for him? Has he left the team?

 

[smitty10]

Kings and Carolina make ideal trading partners. Hurricanes want to be good now, LA needs to rebuild or retool.

Kovy
Toffoli
Quick

for

2019 first round pick
Gauthier
Fleury
Darling

Would give the Canes heathy lines of:

Ferland-Aho-Toffoli
Kovalchuk-Rask-Teravainen
Svechnikov-Staal-Williams
Foegele-Wallmark-McGinn

Slavin-Pesce
DeHaan-Faulk
TVR-Hamilton

Quick
Mrazek

Looks like a very solid team if you ask me.

 

[Svechhammer]

are you a fan of the Hurricanes because your predict they will be relocating to Quebec ?
just curious hahaha

Just an interpretation of the constant "Carolina to QC" comments that still exist in here even after the sale, long after the owner and league said the team isn't moving now or anytime later.

 

[MinJaBen]

Kings and Carolina make ideal trading partners. Hurricanes want to be good now, LA needs to rebuild or retool.

Kovy
Toffoli
Quick

for

2019 first round pick
Gauthier
Fleury
Darling

Make that Carter instead of Kovy and then we can talk. I don't think the Canes want anything to do with Kovy's contract and age.

 

[Jerkob Slavin]

If you threw in a 3rd round pick on top of Hoffman, I’d do that deal

Seems awfully steep to me. You either undervalue Slavin or think Svechnikov is headed to Bust City.

I am of the belief that Svech alone has more upside than Hoffman (who I like).

 

[John Bruins]

Saying "we won't be drafting defense in the first round" is insanely stupid.

You never, ever show your hand. It just gives information to the teams ahead and behind you on draft day. If there's a forward they want, they're going to jump up ahead of you. If the team ahead of you wants defense, they'll be willing to drop back.

Unless you want to draft Defense in the first round, Trick the teams ahead of you in the draft into thinking you are going to draft forwards so they will to draft forwards. (in poker it's called a bluff)

 

[Brock Anton]

Is everyone who's ripping Dundon for saying "we won't draft defensemen in the 1st round" just conveniently forgetting that JR said and did the same f***ing thing when he was here?

 

[CandyCanes]

Seems awfully steep to me. You either undervalue Slavin or think Svechnikov is headed to Bust City.

I am of the belief that Svech alone has more upside than Hoffman (who I like).

It was sarcasm haha. Of course I’d never take that deal.

 

[SaskCanesFan]

Is everyone who's ripping Dundon for saying "we won't draft defensemen in the 1st round" just conveniently forgetting that JR said and did the same ****ing thing when he was here?

And how did that work out?

 

[BruinsBtn]

Unless you want to draft Defense in the first round, Trick the teams ahead of you in the draft into thinking you are going to draft forwards so they will to draft forwards. (in poker it's called a bluff)

I dont think hes bluffing. Even if he was it would only work once.

 

[HandshakeLineRespect]

We are very deep on the back end, and some promising prospects, we had luck with 2nd and later rounds with drafting defenseman.

I think it’s more of a shot at taking Fluery over Nylander...

Can you comment of the ridiculous hot take that defence can be easily bought?

 

[ATypicalCanadian]

Not sure if this is something already previously stated, but LeBrun is saying they almost had a deal with a team out west.

 

[GoldiFox]

Can you comment of the ridiculous hot take that defence can be easily bought?

Dundon’s sole experience as an owner spending meaningful money in Free Agency is signing Calvin De Haan (who has been great) despite the Canes already having a deep defense and a deep defensive prospect pool. Perhaps behind the scenes the Canes have had a lot of trouble acquiring a good forward and it has been very frustrating which makes the De Haan signing seem “easy”?

It is all a moot point (as well as the 1st round drafting comment) because the Canes have Slavin, Pesce, Hamilton, De Haan, Fleury, Bean, Fox (if he signs), McKeown, and Luke Martin all in the system for the mid-long term as well as Faulk and TVR signed for 1 additional year. The Canes don’t really need to add another D for the next 2-3 years. They actually need to shed at least 1.

 

[Chan790]

Is everyone who's ripping Dundon for saying "we won't draft defensemen in the 1st round" just conveniently forgetting that JR said and did the same ****ing thing when he was here?

No.

Do you remember when RF took over and the state of our D was so poor that drafting Hadyn Fleury was widely viewed as a necessity move; that it was an unexciting pick that met a critical need.

Or...that some of us had been calling for JR's head and suggesting that he had no idea how to team-build because of "thinking" like that.