Ole Gil
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Well Ronnie, how much longer are we going to watch this terrible team? Getting close to full rebuild time......
The team is icing 3 rookie dmen many nights. The rebuild has already started.
Well Ronnie, how much longer are we going to watch this terrible team? Getting close to full rebuild time......
I'm calling it right now...if Cam isn't resigned we're going to get a serious return for him....not 1st round serious, but probably 2nd or 3rd rounder plus a B- prospect or player....I hear the Peg and Mo calling right now....
Gerbe expected to be out rest of 2015.
Do you think we call up someone? Ryan? Di Giuseppe? Hope we don't plan on making Terry a regular now.
18. As you read this, no team does a better job of preventing shots than the Carolina Hurricanes. The team allows 25.4/game, the best in the NHL. The concern is where they shoot from. Going into last Friday’s game against Toronto, just 10.3 per cent of their shots were from the slot in front of the net (according to Sportslogiq). The league average is 12. What hurts even more is Carolina’s perimeter percentages were all above average — too many from the points or the wings. Hard to score from out there, got to get greasier.
19. It’s interesting to watch Carolina in goal with two markedly different styles. From the time he won the Conn Smythe Trophy in leading the Hurricanes to the 2006 Stanley Cup, Cam Ward’s always been about the flow of the play in front of him. He’s aggressive, then backs-in.
Newly-acquired Eddie Lack is a different animal. In Vancouver, coach Roland Melanson prefers deep. Here, counterpart David Marcoux wants Lack out further, saying in one team broadcast they like the idea of making saves with knees on the white ice. I was curious about that, because Lack has admitted his skating gets him into trouble sometimes and he prefers to set early. Watching a bit more of his work, you can see he’s asked to get deeper as the play gets closer to him. On the rush, or in the neutral zone, they want him out.
“Be six-foot-five, not five-foot-10,†as one coach (not in Carolina) explained. It also seems they are asking him not to set or go down as early as he used to. “I would assume that’s because they are worried shooters can pick that apart,†the above coach said.
20. It’s another very odd complaint to make, but I do wonder if the Hurricanes’ ability to prevent shots is a factor here. Kari Lehtonen’s gone through that in both Atlanta and Dallas, struggling on less-busy nights. When making changes, you want reps. Lack’s not getting that, partially because he’s been struggling, partially because he’s not seeing enough of them. But what’s the soluton?
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Interesting take on the different coaching styles. I think last night was the first we really got to see the Lack we were all hoping for. He was a stud and should get the next handful of starts.
Interesting take on the different coaching styles. I think last night was the first we really got to see the Lack we were all hoping for. He was a stud and should get the next handful of starts.
If this team wants to trade Cam, then he has to play the majority. They have to show case him. Having him sit on the bench won't help. Lack will get majority of the starts, like 95% of them after the deadline.
While that is true, in the long run we're also talking about acquiring a low draft pick (who's trading even a 3rd for an expensive goalie with a .902?) at the cost of impacting our future starting goalie's confidence and experience.
This is why the idea that they are playing Ward more than Lack for showcasing purposes is hogwash.
Ward, to this point in the year, has started more games because he is playing better.
If Lack starts playing better than Ward, he'll become the starter...the coaching staff isn't going to wring their hands over the implications on Ward's trade value (I think GM's have, by and large, formed their opinion on Ward by now anyway).
gleason informed the team hes done today.
seems like he just doesnt wanna play anymore.
The way he plays (basically just donates his body) I wouldn't want to play anymore either. Espescially if he's secure financially
Chip Alexander @ice_chip 2h2 hours ago
Francis on Gleason: "He looked and felt good physically, but didn’t feel up to the grind of the NHL mentally."
Anyone know where to get a jersey lettered/numbered for less than the $80 they're charging at The Eye?