Drowning - Sabres 3 Canes 1

Doesn’t he say he isn’t gonna do something just before he does it?

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Sometimes. :-)

 He did say that it would be “premature” to fire Lavi about a week or 10 days before he pulled the trigger.

What a load of horse-shit from JR. You know he’s looking… and if we don’t see it happen, it’s probably because he can’t find anything for what we have to offer. As much as we like this bunch, I doubt anyone else would be particularly interested… But then who knows, we could make another ‘neutral’ trade like Ladd for Ruu.
Argh! I hate this! It’s so frustrating.

Bubba…

and Mo for Lavi, remember?

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BTW,here’s a good fault for those that hate JR. He boned it bad on Rosie and Ruutu. They both have value and have played up to it. They are both up for grabs, I think after this year. That sucks, those are two we should keep. I dunno, though. Sami had a bad night and Rod, but the rest of the team was working pretty good. Ward may have been a little soft and Miller was a wall. I liked most of the effort, I just wish the goals were diff. I thought Walker was gonna puke when he missed his hole. A little luck and refinement and we could of been a much better position. I like the coaching chnage for now and think the team is starting work together. Wallin, Kaberle, Brindy and I’m thinking Leighton are not helping. They have a net trade value of nothing, though. So JR sowed what he is about to reap from top to bottom.

As a side note is it me or is Ruutu getting shorted on his hit counts?

Oh, and Eaves, Sutter, Williams was interesting. Sutter has earned more time, the kid is good and is almost the only short handed threat we have unless someone finds out that Cullen was a special teams guy.

Anyway, Mo needs to lead the team through Toronto. I’m kinda putting that as my litmus test. We drop that one and I have lost faith. Seen it happen before, The Detroit Lions played the 49’ers back in the ’90’s. Lions were out of contention and the 49’rs were in. However, all of the top 5 stats were up for grabs for the two teams. One team had alot of talent and couldn’t win games (shit coach, too, btw) the other went on for rings. Sometimes teams just don’t click.

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Bubba, last post for awhile, promise ;-)

What about ‘Canes points on whether or not Brindy hits a -30. I don’t mean this as a death pool, either. Shit just isn’t rollig his way and for once in his hall of fame career he isn’t able to stomp it. I think he hits -30.

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he won’t if he’s in the press box…
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(in other words, I think so too)

Ruutu will be an RFA … so he’s still Carolina property after this year. LaRose will be UFA.

I freekin’ can’t stand Crosby!

I think that Ruutu becoming a RFA would be MORE of a reason for him to trade Ruuuu at the deadline…

Don’t get me wrong… I want Ruutu to stay on our team forever… he is a quality player w/ a great attitude and I would take a team full of guys like him any day….

I’m just saying…. it is clear and apparent that JR and PK do not want to spend any more money… and so by not trading Ruutu they would insure that not only would they have to spend money on him…. but they would have to give him a raise too…

IF THEY DON’T TRADE HIM it would not surprise me at all to see another team offer him a huge contract which would force JR to let him walk (Remember what JR and PK did to Detroit w/ Serge Federov… and you know what they say about Karma…)

Stupid Crosby!!!

Good post. Although The title should be “Grave Digging”. Anyone who thinks they are making the playoffs is nuts. Does anyone honestly see this team rolling off five straight the other way?

Yeah, didn’t think so.

I wasn’t trying to access whether or not Ruutu would be here, Mateo. I was just clarifying that he can’t walk for nothing at season’s end (unless he went overseas).

Got ya on the Ruutu thing. It still wouldn’t surprise me to see another team make him an offer which the Hurricane’s would not be willing to match….

I would then chalk it up to Karma… except that Detroit actually made a counter-offer and signed Federov (that was so many years ago we should just let it go…)

i say bring the rats back…lol… at least they can score goals..look how they brought us back last year..lol..we have great talent on our team but the chemistry is just not there.trading out good players in the past for one good one doesnt cut it.yeah i know its business.our offense sucks..jr has made poor decisions for our team..ladd,cole,etc..shall i go on.brindy has had a bad year..dont count him out yet..everybody has a bad year.the offense has got to score if they are going to make the playoffs…i just dont see it this year..

I’d disagree Jude. Ladd for Ruutu and Cole for Pitkanen both look like good moves by JR. Now, if you want to argue that he’s given long-term deals to too many players on the wrong side of their career arc, I could agree with that.

Ok… I’m officially sick of people crying over Cole. Pitkanen has done exactly what we brought him here to do… while Cole has been stinking up the joint in Edmonton. Cole will probably find himself in Boston or some place where he can be a good 4th line presence on a playoff team by the trade deadline… because the Oilers (like the Hurricanes) will not be able to sign him in the off season…

It’s really time to let it go…

and Ladd for Ruutu was a no-brainer! Ladd still doesn’t live up to his potential while Ruutu is becoming the heart and soul of our team…

So when you feel yourself starting to cry over Cole and Ladd… just say these magic words: “Crying is for Crosby!”

And then you’ll feel better….

I agree with Mateo re: Pitkanen.

I agree with Mateo re: Crosby :)