Canes owner: "We won't draft defense in the 1st round as long as I'm here"

[Icebreakers]

He has PTSD from Fleury and Bean.

 

[Super Hans]

"We won't be watching game film after practices while I'm here...we'll be watching Fortnite streams. We might lose every hockey game, but we'll have higher K : D ratios."

 

[MessierII]

He's ahead of the curve.

Forwards are simply more impactful than defensemen. They also have the bonus of being much more predictable in the draft. I expect defensemen to fall in the draft in the next decade as more analytical types ascend to decision making positions.

The analytical types that proclaim these same hurricanes should be great every year but aren’t?

 

[RageQuit77]

Hurricanes could simply abolish such antique position such as defenseman, and play only with 5 forwards per line.

What the heck! They could avoid all typical issues related to goalie's position all the same and start play perpetual 6-on-5 with full forward pack!

ERW (Extreme Right Winger) - RW - RC (Right Center) - LC (Left Center) - LW - ELW (Extreme Left Wing)

they could go for all kinds of nice delta-formations too, and use "libero" and striker positions, they could go with "smilie" formation with 2 forwards and 4 semi-forwards, as well as "dagger" (upside down cross formation), "six dice" (either vertical or horizontal)...

Owner would love it! Not much anyone else.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

Genius. Guy should just trade away his defense and ice 18 forwards.

 

[RageQuit77]

Someone have so much money, it simply doesn't mean anything anymore...

How I would love to see a day when HFB users would somehow manage pool that what 600+ million dollars and start their own expansion team, all managerial decisions made by simple majority in polls.

Such team wouldn't do worse than an average NHL team does currently.

 

[A1LeafNation]

“We can, and we will.”

so..what didnt he do then?

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

so..what didnt he do then?

He said something that just shouldn’t be said. Even if it’s true, even if it’s not, he just shouldn’t have said it. It was an unnecessary comment that gave leverage to Nylander.

 

[flamesforcup]

Someone have so much money, it simply doesn't mean anything anymore...

How I would love to see a day when HFB users would somehow manage pool that what 600+ million dollars and start their own expansion team, all managerial decisions made by simple majority in polls.

Such team wouldn't do worse than an average NHL team does currently.

If Hfboards ran teams there wouldnt be any trades since everyone overvalues their assets so much.

 

[RageQuit77]

If Hfboards ran teams there wouldnt be any trades since everyone overvalues their assets so much.

Possibly. On the other hand entire HFB all fan pools combined having their collectively owned "own" team could cause that on average tendency to over and undervalue own assets wouldn't be anymore that high. Own HFB team would also force to look its management from more objective perspectives, particularly when all other teams would be there too. And I think even collective joke-decisions wouldn't prove to be that bad they might look on paper.

I wasn't too serious with this, and its off-topic. Though, I would be serious fan of our own team if there would be such one. Beautiful idea, that will never become the reality.

 

[flamesforcup]

Possibly. On the other hand entire HFB all fan pools combined having their collectively owned "own" team could cause that on average tendency to over and undervalue own assets wouldn't be anymore that high. Own HFB team would also force to look its management from more objective perspectives, particularly when all other teams would be there too. And I think even collective joke-decisions wouldn't prove to be that bad they might look on paper.

I wasn't too serious with this, and its off-topic. Though, I would be serious fan of our own team if there would be such one. Beautiful idea, that will never become the reality.

It would be awesome for sure. I know we would be better than a few GM's out there .

 

[Machinehead]

To be fair, that team has been good defensively and has been desperately lacking offense for quite some time.

 

[A1LeafNation]

He said something that just shouldn’t be said. Even if it’s true, even if it’s not, he just shouldn’t have said it. It was an unnecessary comment that gave leverage to Nylander.

He was asked a direct question, and had the balls to give a direct answer.

Let me know when he cant and he wont.

 

[RageQuit77]

To be fair, that team has been good defensively and has been desperately lacking offense for quite some time.

I think the issue is that if you're owner of the NHL team, you no way come out with this kind categorical statement.

You would automaticly miss next orrs, lidströms, and dahlins and heiskanens... and... whatnot.

It simply doesn't make sense. If its high level hockey trolling, then I can see some perverse point in it, but from hockey as a game perspective it doesn't make sense, no matter what is exact situation in and needs of the team's roster.

 

[Machinehead]

I think the issue is that if you're owner of the NHL team, you no way come out with this kind categorical statement.

You would automaticly miss next orrs, lidströms, and dahlins and heiskanens... and... whatnot.

It simply doesn't make sense. If its high level hockey trolling, then I can see some perverse point in it, but from hockey as a game perspective it doesn't make sense, no matter what is exact situation in and needs of the team's roster.

I agree with that sentiment. Shouldn't have said it.

 

[PAZ]

He does realize you need to have competent defense to transition the puck... right?

 

[ScottyK]

Carolina is in trouble when he gets bored with his toy. Melnyk south is coming.

 

[93LEAFS]

Not only is this insane for the basic reason. But, he just hurt their ability to trade down when they have a highly hyped D on the board.

 

[93LEAFS]

Carolina is in trouble when he gets bored with his toy. Melnyk south is coming.

I don't think it will be like Melnyk. Melnyk is having money trouble and says really dumb things. He reminds me more of the guy who bought the Sacramento Kings, who suggested to upper management they should have a cherry-picking strategy he implemented in his Daughters league and led them to a championship.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

So if they had the top pick last year they would have picked Svech first overall because defence is boring? If he loves offence so much why did they trade Skinner for literal Pu?

Well he's the owner, not the GM, so uh...

 

[RageQuit77]

Not only is this insane for the basic reason. But, he just hurt their ability to trade down when they have a highly hyped D on the board.

Yep. League-wide broadband message to all current and future defensemen, their agents and competing front offices:

"We are the last team you should ever consider as we give a shit can we ever win. We do not value your efforts and skills anyway, so you do best for everyone if you say to your agent they don't even reply to our calls, like ever. This means also implicitly that we can't give a shit to our own system's defense-man production and up-coming defenseman, and as such they gonna be very low value commodities for years coming, so all parents of next generation hockey players should strictly forbid their children ever playing in such low value position as defenseman is in the Canes' hockey. As the owner I don't care either how this message impact to a future market value of my own franchise. It's irrelevant as I have so much money that I can voluntarily waste it with these kind antics. I do underestimate your intellects. Thank you."

 

[jMoneyBrah]

“We can, and we will.”

They could, and they did

 

[Kimota]

Poor Canes, that guy reminds of the Panthers owner who made all these changed and fired Gallant. Dude was over his head like this guy is.

 

[BL92]

Oof

 

[ES]

So he would have picked Svechnikov if Canes had won #1 pick last summer?