Confirmed with Link: Khudobin, come on down! (1 year, 800k)

[Mr Whipple]

While I think Khubodin has starter potential, I don't think he's going to unseat Cam.

Simply because we won't get crap for him thanks to the current market for goaltenders.

Not to mention his contract. If he gets traded you can count on us eating some of that salary. The only other option would be if Ward really craps the bed this year (without injuries) and Khubodin does show he could be the starter, that we'd have the option of using a CBO on him.

Though with the cap expected to go up so much the following year and that we're talking about JR, I'd be surprised if they'd go that route. Would leave us again needing to find a good backup. It's not like we've got a stockpile of potential starting goalies lying around anywhere.

 

[CaniacSZN]

Hell yeah, was out all day and just saw this. Love both signings today!

 

[Atas2000]

Nicely done. Potential long term solution to the backup spot. Today is looking pretty solid so far.

except he's hoping to become a starter for 3 years now. and he has the tools too.

 

[tarheelhockey]

except he's hoping to become a starter for 3 years now. and he has the tools too.

That's a problem I'm happy to have.

 

[Atas2000]

That's a problem I'm happy to have.

Yep, and I'm happy for both Dobber and the Canes. Obviously Dobber had no chance behind Rask with Rask playing the way he's playing. I'm no Cam Ward hater, but I see a better chance for Khudobin there and the Canes got themselves a very solid goaltender. Just wanted to point out that Khudobin won't be happy with a long term backup role.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

As long as he doesn't develop too fast, I'm fine with that. Hopefully he plays well enough to get a two-year contract after next year, and THEN we can trade him for assets (obviously if something big happens and he becomes an All-Star caliber player we could have a Vancouver situation on our hands, but I'm thinking more of a Craig Anderson situation from Florida to Colorado).

Either way, for this season we're set. Hopefully when it comes time for him to become a starter somewhere else he's under contract with us, so we can get assets for him instead of losing him via free agency, but for now that's not our concern.

 

[tarheelhockey]

I'm not worried about him becoming a starter at all. Ward only has 3 seasons left on his contract including this one. If Khudobin plays well this season, we start ramping him up in 2015 for the eventual changeover to having him as a starter in 2016 and jettisoning Ward('s contract) the following season. It's not a bad place to be in at all.

 

[What the Faulk]

I'm trying to figure out why he can't stick anywhere. He's played well in both Minnesota and Boston, so why is he on his 3rd team at only 27? It's obviously not money.

 

[rocky7]

I'm not worried about him becoming a starter at all. Ward only has 3 seasons left on his contract including this one. If Khudobin plays well this season, we start ramping him up in 2015 for the eventual changeover to having him as a starter in 2016 and jettisoning Ward('s contract) the following season. It's not a bad place to be in at all.

yes not a bad problem to have at all. i hope ward returns to form this upcoming season. many on the main boards sure seem to think he's over-rated. if he doesn't play well how much of a leash should he have? him and his contract should be jettisoned while still having value but they may end up being stuck with him for the 3 years. best thing is they both play well, split starts and are both well rested if they happen to make the playoffs. peters will be a decent enough call up.

if these contracts like ward's, staal's, staal's, ruutu's were just a little more sensible there might be an extra $4 million available. water under the bridge now but options always exist.

 

[rocky7]

I'm trying to figure out why he can't stick anywhere. He's played well in both Minnesota and Boston, so why is he on his 3rd team at only 27? It's obviously not money.

not sure. maybe just a case of being on teams with established starters. unlucky and not given the chance.

 

[Sens1Canes2]

yes not a bad problem to have at all. i hope ward returns to form this upcoming season. many on the main boards sure seem to think he's over-rated. if he doesn't play well how much of a leash should he have? him and his contract should be jettisoned while still having value but they may end up being stuck with him for the 3 years. best thing is they both play well, split starts and are both well rested if they happen to make the playoffs. peters will be a decent enough call up.

if these contracts like ward's, staal's, staal's, ruutu's were just a little more sensible there might be an extra $4 million available. water under the bridge now but options always exist.

You seem to take what people say on the main board seriously.

 

[What the Faulk]

not sure. maybe just a case of being on teams with established starters. unlucky and not given the chance.

Not sure why he'd come to Carolina then.

Like I said, he's played well. Why haven't those teams kept him in a backup role or held onto him to trade him later? Just seems odd for a player who seems pretty talented to be let go twice.

 

[rocky7]

Not sure why he'd come to Carolina then.

Like I said, he's played well. Why haven't those teams kept him in a backup role or held onto him to trade him later? Just seems odd for a player who seems pretty talented to be let go twice.

yeah true enough. who knows really. but maybe he had a look at the situation here and thought that it was his best chance at his age given that ward hasn't been exactly stellar and has been injured or maybe he just likes the area. all speculation of course. that said, in the backup role with those teams he has played very, very few games. i believe that if a team has two good goalies they should both be played in order to minimize potential injury, stay sharp and rest eachother. maybe rutherford discussed that sort of thing.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Not sure why he'd come to Carolina then.

I agree that this is an odd move for a guy who wants to be a starter, but then again look what happened last year. While Ward is established as the #1, it's not like there isn't an opportunity to pick up substantial playing time here. I think Khudobin is pretty well assured of about 20 games before we get into injuries and whether he can outplay Ward. In a league with too many goalies to go around, maybe he sees this as a place where he can get a fair workload and possibly unseat the starter.

Like I said, he's played well. Why haven't those teams kept him in a backup role or held onto him to trade him later? Just seems odd for a player who seems pretty talented to be let go twice.

Both times he was in a numbers game. Minnesota had both Backstrom and Theodore putting up good numbers and a bunch of prospects vying for time in Houston, and Boston now has Rask entrenched as the starter for the foreseeable future. The general feeling in Boston was that they'd have taken him back at this price tag, but realistically he would have been a backup forever there. He knew he wasn't part of the plans there and is likely going to take this season to try and establish himself before re-evaluating his options.

 

[Joe McGrath]

^and the Bruins have Svedberg and Subban coming while the Hurricanes have jack and squat on the depth chart.

 

[Jussijuice]

I'd be surprised if JR didn't guarantee him the chance to start 20 games. They will probably ease Cam back in and try not to overwork him before a potential Playoff run.

 

[Unsustainable]

I'd be surprised if JR didn't guarantee him the chance to start 20 games. They will probably ease Cam back in and try not to overwork him before a potential Playoff run.

If he can handle it 30 games would be awesome.

Cam has been rode too much.

 

[Razputyn]

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

If he can play and play well for 25-30 games, Cam would be crazy fresh for the playoffs. Barring something crazy, this season is setting up to be quite nice. And we still haven't signed Jagr

 

[Citizen Cane]

That's a problem I'm happy to have.

Kind of reminds me a little of a guy named Gerber that we once picked up.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

if these contracts like ward's, staal's, staal's, ruutu's were just a little more sensible there might be an extra $4 million available. water under the bridge now but options always exist.

When speaking of contracts that aren't sensible, don't forget Semin's $7M deal which goes even 2 years longer than Ruutu, E. Staal and Ward. I noticed you conveniently left that one out.

 

[rocky7]

When speaking of contracts that aren't sensible, don't forget Semin's $7M deal which goes even 2 years longer than Ruutu, E. Staal and Ward. I noticed you conveniently left that one out.

i didn't leave it out at all. i believe he is worth $7 million in his prime. and, he didn't get any kind of nmc to boot. i understand that you may not agree. fine.

 

[Man Rocket]

above average NHL backup you have here. No idea why we didn't re-sign him though. best of luck

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

i didn't leave it out at all. i believe he is worth $7 million in his prime. and, he didn't get any kind of nmc to boot. i understand that you may not agree. fine.

I'm not sure what to think of Semin's contract. I'm very happy he's signed and liked what he brought to Carolina this past season, but am concerned with giving him such a huge contract after just 1/2 season, when the two previous seasons, he was a 50 point player with a suspect reputation.

I just find it funny that you think that the Semin contract is just fine, but complain about other ones leaving the canes with no flexibility this season.

 

[Buenos Necas]

I'm not sure what to think of Semin's contract. I'm very happy he's signed and liked what he brought to Carolina this past season, but am concerned with giving him such a huge contract after just 1/2 season, when the two previous seasons, he was a 50 point player with a suspect reputation.

If we get last year's Semin for the duration of the deal, then I don't think there'll be too many complaints. But like you said, if he slips in production and "locker-room issues" start to rise, it might start looking pretty bad. I think it was probably about 2 years too long, 3 years would have been an ideal length in my mind, but I doubt he would have signed anything less than 5 years.