Cam Ward Out At Least Three Weeks With Leg Injury

I don’t see why they should sign another goalie if Cam is only out 3-4 weeks, this makes me think things are much worse than reported.

But right now, the bad news is overshadowing any silver lining.

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Sign another Goalie, that way when Cam gets back we’ll have a decent backup…

I will personally be fine if the answer turns out to be Leighton with Peters as backup.

Here are Leighton’s stats. Yes, not so great at the NHL level, but look how few games (other than with the Blackhawks when they…were not good) he had with which to work.

On the other hand, when he was playing at the AHL level, the numbers are very good, in a league where it’s tough to have very good goalie numbers at times. In particular, scroll down and check out the playoff numbers. He’s go to in crunch time.

Finally, here’s Justin Peters’ Albany River Rats stats for consideration.

Not bad. I could live with this. Let’s see what we got, not only with Justin, but to give Mike Murphy the reins in Albany so that the org can really see what we have in goalie assets.

After all, sooner or later, one of those two goalies stays to back-up and challenge Cam, and one goes in trade for another asset at some point down the line.

I guess it all depends on how JR feels about the season. If he thinks there is still a chance to save things, then I fully expect him to sign another goalie because let’s face it a month without Cam may be kill any last bit of hope we still have. On the other hand, if he, like most of us, sees the writing on the wall, then I think it’s going to be Leighton and Peters.

I would be fine with going with Leights and Peters since making a trade at this point will probably entail us giving up more than we’re getting back (same goes with signing a FA-we’ve got to clear cap space somehow) because everyone will see it for what it is-desperation.

I’m still shocked that people think there is a way to dig out this season. Our players are still skating into each other, the ‘star’ players are all hurt. The good guys get sent down. If you have to count on other teams to lose so you can catch up it most likely won’t happen. We can’t even get one point in 12 games, there’s MAJOR problems.

Reassigning Boychuk?

GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR BUTT, JIM!

Thanks for keeping up on this HM and Cory and everyone else who has been contributing information.

For those that don’t know, I am totally out of the loop in Savannah right now, but will be returning on Tuesday night.

My bet would be that they sign Legace. No one knows for certain how long this injury will keep Ward out and they have too much money invested in this season to throw in the towel yet. But this is just a guess.

Can someone explain how the Cap is calculated for injured players?

Here’s what I’m wondering: If Staal is out a month, 1/12th of $8.25mil is nearly $700,000 (or if it’s based on a guesstimate of only 8 games it would be 1/10 of his cap hit, like $825,000). If Ward misses 20 games, that’s 1/4 the season, 1/4 of the cap hit and over $600,000.

Does that give us some room to fit another goalie in for over $1.5mil?

This is more about cap space than cashflow, which might be another can of worms. How’s Compuware’s stock looking lately?

Here’s the salary chart.

Traditionally it takes 93-95 points to get the 8th spot. Let’s say we need 94 pts. ‘Canes have 7pts with 66 games left. So we need 87 pts in 66 games. Imagine a 40-20-6 record to finish the year and we’re still short a point. And we’re not gonna finish like that. We’re done. It’s just math at this point.

Cam Ward is the top story at TSN.
Entitled “Missing a Month”.

Look at Jussi’s face as he sees what’s on the ice.

For once, several good things in the comments about the Canes. Check out who wants to donate their goaltender in the comments as well. Lots of interesting displays of fan dis-loyalty.

(BTW – everyone behave themselves, this story is generating a lot of hits on Canes Country – so put on your best Sunday behavior. No hottie comments GF’s. And somebody lock up Paladin. Signed, hockeymom)

Not trying to be Mr. Negative, but anybody that doesn’t realize this season will not result in the playoffs is on something. This organization needs to find out what it has in the minors. I’m pretty sure Leighton will not be back next year. So is Peters the backup next year? He needs some NHL games to determine that. If not, we will know we need to sign someone. If JR signs another goalie for this season, I think he is trying to SAVE HIS JOB. Maybe PK is pissed at the money he spent this year on players and coaches and is blaming JR for the early season failures.
If the Org is reading: Please see what the kids have! I will still go to every game possible and buy enough overpriced beer to pay for your hairplugs.

Today may be interesting….

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And it begins…

TSN: Darren Dreger
  
“Legace will sign with Hurricanes today.”

So us, the Pens, the Wings are all injured along with several other players. Man what a year. I watched that NHL Live deal.; Interesting in that I agree with thw two talking heads. I think JR will make a large deal, that from the guy on the right and the dude in the middle says teams will look to pick his pocket.

And my favorite quote “And Sutters been the best player on the ice”

No shit.

As they were talking about who needs to lead the team out of the funk, Wardo was first, then Staal. Then they said the veterans like Whitney and Rod and Walker. As the spot went on Walker “is the only old guy playing well”.

 You could here the utter disbelief and despondant tone in DeCocks voice, too.

Well, JR, when you find yourself in a hole, you quit digging. You don’t have the luxury of then just sitting and thinking about it. Make something happen. Mathmaticly this season is a month from being over. No wins this month and it will beyond money to reach the PO’s. You get to make that journey without Cam Ward, good luck.

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If the boys can figure-out how to play hard from the defense-out, we can start stealing a game here, a game there, until we start chopping-up the season into 3-game stretches. If we get to the point where we are winning 2 out of 3 on a regular basis, they we have a glimmer of hope…

Here’s an ineresting stat or so.

We have allowed the most goals in the league. Is that a commentary on Ward, the D, both or what?

There are 9 teams with as many or fewer goals ahead of us in the league.

3 of our points, 1 shy of half have come from losing efforts. The Leafs are the only other in this illustrious category.

We are the only winless team on the road and in a 4 way tie for worst at home.

While it’s lies, dam lies and statistics. We really are the worst in the league across the board. I remember once we said “get back to the simple things” plural. At this point maybe just pick one.

This just gets worse and worse…

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For some reason I feel Legace will be our #1 goalie and Leighton staying the backup. Its obvious they do not trust him as a #1 goalie.

legace official
one year two way

Go here to send Cam some well deserved get well wishes. The whole thread will be printed out and hand delivered to Cam and Cody. They’ve done it in the past and the players have always really appreciated our kind words.