No Easy Path for Rutherford - Mark Parrish on Speed Dial?

I think Shanahan’s history with the org (which led to the trade for Keith Primeau, which in turn led to the deal for Rod Brind’Amour) would keep him off the list. Glen Murray is intriguing, but you have to wonder how much he has in the tank. Gelinas would be a great pickup — but he’s not a top six guy, IMO.

On to Mark Parrish — this could work. And Michael Russo over at the Star-Tribune thinks so, too. He mentions the Laviolette-Parrish connection, his familiarity with the Southeast and also — something I hadn’t thought about — the fact he was teammates with Matt Cullen at St. Cloud State.

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This is a good perspective! Each year I look forward to Training camp because it’s a chance to see guys who you will not see for the rest of the season (or ever). But with the recent developments it makes training camp interesting because of you we MIGHT actually see a whole lot of….

It should be interesting to see how things unfold for sure…

I’m thinking along the same lines as Russo? I don’t know if that’s good or bad.

I think that Mark Parrish would be an interesting fit. However, his injury problems lead to another situation. I can’t wait to see what happens in training camp.

The only player that seems to fit the canes uptempo style would be gelinas. If oneil doesnt work out, I would look for murley to be motivated to step up his play, he has sniper capability, good hands, vision, etc. and may be one of those players who excels in the canes system.

I really did not see Gelinas in his stint with the Preds, but I do remember his time with the pussycats in Sunrise. He looked a step slower than he did in Ottawa, does he still have the wheels.

I think he played in Calgary after he played in Carolina and before he played for the cats. Gelinas was a very good player for Carolina while he was here. I know that the fans loved his style and we all appreciated the fact that he was a hard worker… I thought of him as a more-serious-and-much-older version of maybe Chad LaRose…

I think Parrish would be a stopgap for now, but I think we have players that can step in and fill the void: Ruutu, Eaves, Walker. Not going to replace JW, like you said, but they would do fine.

An interesting thought, and one I don’t think has a chance of happening, is making a play for Selane.

I doubt anyone gets signed. Between O’Neill, Sutter, Bowman, Boychuk, Dalpe, Bayda, and Murley there are too many options in house and too much money already spent. My guess is Sutter and Bowman for the first ten games followed by Bowman getting returned to his Junior team at which point it is either Sutter and Bayda or Sutter and O’Neill. My guess is Sutter and O’Neill. O’Neill can maybe bring the goals and Sutter can bring the PK aspect.

…. And that is the thing about J. Williams. We almost have to have TWO guys to replace him… there is not any one guy available who can bring everything that he brings to the game…

This is a tough loss for sure.

Mateo,

You’re right, my memory was off……..

There are still other options out there besides free agents. Several teams need a D – with Kaberle, anyway, it’s all about who will be willing to pay him after a trade. I believe that there is more than enough young (and worthy) talent, under contract already & who “tried out” last season, to fill the JW hole. O doesn’t have a contract yet, and is still TRYING OUT. He is NOT a member of the team YET. I wouldn’t rush into a trade or a signing, and I wouldn’t rush to anoint O with a spot on the squad just because he has played here before. I do wish all involved the best of luck, and would like to see O play here again.

They need to sit back, try the guys they have and if they don’t work, hope that a D goes down somewhere and JR can Kaberle to send their way — either for the cap relief or to get back a forward.

Too bad TB’s in our division … they need D and have a surplus of forwards.

Yeah but I think Tampa is not done yet, they are on a course to skate 6 forwards all the time, and using Hollywood special effects to tend the pipes. This won’t result in many wins, but the special effects team will also be adding a good foot and a half to St Louis’ appearance.

I think that Parrish is the only one mentioned that has the skating speed to fit our system…plus history with Coach and Cullen

I think signing any of the players mentioned in this article would be a terrible mistake.

To start? I agree Repent … but it’s an option the team needs to keep open in case the current options don’t pan out.