Best of luck to Jeff. I don’t know that Carolina has room for him anywhere (other than Albany), but I hope he gets himself noticed and gets a one-way deal somewhere. If not, there’s certainly no harm having him playing in Albany, in case the big club needs him at some point.

Agreed. With the Canes history of injuries, they can never have enough depth. Although I doubt that O’Neill accepts a 2-way deal. Rutherford seemed to allude that O’Neill would just be in Albany “a few games to get his timing back.”

1) I think it’s great they are giving Jeff a chance.
He has had some issues, but he also carried the 2002
team (along with BBC and Irbe) to the finals. If he earns a spot, great. If not, give him credit for
trying.

2) Some of your regulars need to find something (someone?) else to flog besides Lavi. He is widely respected throughout the NHL. Most fans outside of the Triangle think he did a helluva job last year .
Coach can only play the hand he is dealt. If we had a decent backup for Wardo, the playoffs would not have been an issue. Ditto if either Brindy or Willaims was able to play a full season. Quit
complaining and enjoy the fact we have a NHL team that has been to the finals twice in the last 7 seasons.

I don’t know about this – this is a Maple Leaf’s move if I’ve ever seen one.

Not all the reclamation projects turn out well – Tverdovsky, anyone?

Ok…well mixed feelings here.

On the one hand, Jeff was in many ways partially responsible for successful hockey in Carolina. For that alone, the organization must give him a chance. He is a veteran now and with the tragedy of his brother, I would hope his perspective has changed for the better. Sometimes age changes the soul. Usually for the better….I hope that is Jeff’s situation.

On the other hand, what team needs a bad apple? Certainly the future leadership of this team lies with Mr. Stahl. I would not like to have any of the bad attitude stuff rub off on any of this young nucleus of players.

I am very confident that Lavi and JR will do their normal excellent decision making in this case too. Nice to see him back. All the luck to you Jeff.

Staal I mean…

Letowski was an interesting player for us. I wish him luck in the KHL.

Just to be clear everyone, O’s not even signed .. this is just a camp invite.

Hedican? Baaa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha….just kidding.

Now that would be interesting.

What does this article end w/ “Foo Fighters?” Did they get invited to camp as well?

I have no problem w/ O’Neill being around as long as his attitude is good and he isn’t lazy. There is no doubt he has talent….

Mateo-

I used to title some of my articles after song titles, and mention the group at the end. I haven’t done it so much lately. So this article about O’Neill’s comeback is in tribute to the Foo Fighter song “Come Back”.

my favourite track on that particular foo fighters album.

Favorite Foo Fighters song is Monkeywrench.

I really think this will make camp interesting as well – as long as he doesn’t get any preferential treatment. Which I don’t think will happen.

Awaiting camp with baited breath…

if he wants to make an impression he will be a camp brindamour………

Cool… I didn’t know if any of the guys were going to be fighting foo or what!

This Jeff O’Neill thing really makes sense if you think about it. At the very least it creates some competition for jobs in camp. Everyone works harder when their job is not a guarantee….

Jeff had some bumps in the road and I hope he is past that and ready to do what it takes to be a steady in the NHL. He got a shot in Toronto and it didn’t work out. Hopefully he learned from that experience and is ready to do what it takes to get back where he was in his best days at Carolina. Whether it is at Carolina or elsewhere I wish him the best.