Ryan and Petruzalek Return to Albany
by Bob Wage on Feb 9, 2009 11:23 AM EST
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The Carolina Hurricanes reassigned forwards Michael Ryan and Jakub Petruzalek to Albany today. Both skaters made nice contributions for the Canes while they were with the club. More information from the presser:
Petruzalek, 23, made his NHL debut, and earned his first NHL point with an assist, in the Hurricanes’ 4-3 shootout win at San Jose on Feb. 5. The Litvinov, Czech Republic, native also skated in Carolina’s 7-2 win at Phoenix on Feb. 7, and returns to Albany with a team-leading 22 assists and team second-best 34 points in 47 AHL games this season.
Ryan, 28, returns to Albany after having played in four of the Hurricanes’ last five games, averaging 5:42 of ice time in those contests. The Boston, MA, native leads all River Rats skaters with 23 goals and 36 points in 36 AHL games played this season.
Ryan was healthy scratched for the Phoenix game after the acqusition of Jussi Jokinen, but Petruzalek played in the 7-2 shellacking.
What this means is that Scott Walker or Rod Brind'Amour, or both of them, are ready to take the ice again. The Canes looked faster without the older players during the past couple of games. Will the loss of the two youngsters hurt the Canes?
Another question needs to be asked. If both Walker and Brind'Amour are ready to return, then who sits? Ryan Bayda? Jussi Jokinen? Patrick Eaves? A valid argument could be made for each of these players to stay in the lineup. Paul Maurice has some difficult decisions to make. It's going to be tough to break up the present lineup after such a dominating performance like the one in the desert.
Last season the Canes did well when reinforcements from Albany came to the rescue. Then at the end of the season when the previously injured veterans returned, the team faltered. Will history repeat itself?
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I agree with Cathye. I think Rod should get back to 100 percent (or even just take another week off for the hell of it) before comming back to the ice. He is a fighter, and will want to come back ASAP, but I really belive someone should step in and put him to rest for a good amount of time.
I know we all want to make the playoffs. But making the playoffs means nothing if you bust out in the first round. We will need Rod to bust out of his slump and LEAD this team to atleast one serise win. Alot of things need to go right for us to advance if we get that 7 or 8 seed. Boston is no joke, and we all know what the Craps are about. So its time to get clicking and get healthy
Couldn't we dress them all?
and just gamble with 6 defensemen? We have multiple blueliners now that are capable of logging 25+ minutes.
Still not a crook!
sorry bayda
It seems to me that it’s going to be bayda. JR didn’t trade two players (albeit a river rat, and a perpetual healthy scratch) and a pick for jussi to ride the pine. Eaves might get scratched, but he just has more potential than bayda (I know…POTENTIAL).
Just for clarification, 6 defensemen played against Phoenix. Kaberle was scratched.
this was the lineup-
Staal, Samsonov, Ruutu
Cullen, Whitney, Williams,
Jokinen, LaRose, Eaves
Sutter, Bayda, Petruzalek
Pitkanen, Babchuk
Corvo, Gleason,
Rodney, Wallin
If Brind’Amour and Walker return, Petruzalek is already gone and someone else sits.
Agree that the odd man out seems to be Bayda.
While the game against Phoenix may have been an aberration, Petruzalek played a fine game against San Jose as well, and Ryan’s speed was noteworthy.
First… it’s good to be home from Sunny San Jose… I was starting to think the real world didn’t exist anymore….
I think it was mentioned above and I would like to agree that Brind’Amour should be on a “Day-to-day” status for the next few weeks…. give him time to heal and come back healthy around the deadline and maybe he can be effective. We missed him in terms of face-off wins over the past couple of days, but didn’t really miss him in terms of the score board….
Also… I know Eaves tries very very hard, but he has to be scratched. I take Walker over him every day… And that’s not a strike against Patrick Eaves, Walker just brings a little more to each game….
I also don’t think that JR traded for Jussi (or in JR terms: $1,875,000.00) just to have Tripp Tracy offering to bring him a dollar hot dog on press row….
by Mateos_Canes_Lamp on Feb 9, 2009 4:30 PM EST reply actions
I have to say I’m definitely gonna miss the the minor guys. It’s no secret that we do much better with them. I love seeing their passion for the game. They know they have something to prove, they want to play in the pros, and it shows. I worry the vets take it for granted.
I agree with Mateo about scratching Eaves. I haven’t been impressed with him at all this season. I’m all for some Scott Walker though. If we can’t have scoring, at least he can take some dudes down!!
Feels great to be back home in Raleigh :-)
Brind'Amour
I have said it before and I will say it again. Rod is -30 for a reason. His line mates are – too because of his play. He was holding the team back last year until he was hurt and look at the record without him. He is hurting the team this year. Without him this is a much faster better confident team. It means nothing if you win the faceoff then turn the puck over and it ends up in the back of your net. I am going to say it. If the Canes do not go to the playoffs this year, it will be because of the play of Rod. Lets face it…he has played very badly. Not just the slow play because of the injury, he has made bad decision after bad decision. This time comes in every athlete’s career. It is time.
Thanks for the memories, time to turn the page.
You and I probably do not see eye to eye about some things but we agree on Brind’Amour. He respect his time as Captain of the team and what he has done for the organization but he needs to hang up the skates. Cullen and Staal are the top 2 centers on the team and with time, maybe next year, Sutter could be the third line center, but for now Larose is solid.
The problem is that Larose is in a contract year, again and we may not be able to keep him. Hopefully, JR will spend the money to keep him and Ruutu and Brind’Amour will step aside.
I agree that Rod hasn’t been himself this season…. But what team were you watching last season when he was “holding the team back last year until he was hurt….” ????
Rod Brind’Amour should sit out for a few weeks to get himself some rest….. but I would bet money that if he were healthy and feeling good his game wouldn’t be as awful as it’s been….
by Mateos_Canes_Lamp on Feb 10, 2009 9:17 AM EST up reply actions
i agree but...
Ken, I agree with you. I think we’re much faster and – yes – better without Rod in the lineup. It showed when he went down last year, and it looks like that is happening again. HOWEVER, I don’t think there is anyway that you can healthy scratch the captian of your team. It just doesn’t happen. If he makes himself available to play, he’ll be in the lineup.
Maybe let Brind’amour play every other game. Have him sit on back to back nights. This way your captain is not a “healthy scratch” and can still contribute. I agree with almost everyone that Brindy should sit more often than he plays, but I think we all know that Mo will not do that. I don’t think Eaves should sit. I know he isn’t scoring but he does everthing else so well. I am fan of Eaves, I’m probably in the minority on that, but the guy gives effort on every shift. I would prefer to see Bayda sit, not due to his play but I just think that Eaves can contribute in other ways that Bayda won’t. Just my two cents.
For all of those who want Brind’Amour to sit, when you are not performing well in your job do you go to your manager and tell them you are leaving because you are not performing up to the team’s standards?
Depends on the job. Lets say I unloaded trucks all day. When healthy I was the best unloader in the company. I could unload 56 packages and hour. 10 more than anyone eles. I also was know through out the “unloading business” as a guy that never droped packages. Now lets say that I had a back injury and was out of work for two weeks. Whlile I was out, there was a young guy that came in an unloaded 40 packages/hour. Now obvioulsy I am the better “unloader”. But when I returned I could only unload 42 packages an hour, but also had the tendency to drop a few packages an hour. Now that is hurting the company, wouldnt you say?
So I would expect managment to lay me off for a couple more days/weeks, until i could be healthy enough continue at my normal pace AND STOP DROPING PACKAGES.
If you could follow all of that, that is how I see “Rod the Bod”
by CarolinaCanes on Feb 10, 2009 12:08 PM EST up reply actions
I love the physicality that Scottie Walker brings to the ice. That said, he can’t hit the broad side of a barn… as witness on several occasions when he had open net opportunities. This team has been playing well when he is not in the line up. Brind’Amour’s saving grace has been his consistency in the face-off circle. However, those stats have gone down recently. Both of these players bring age into the equation. We were noticeably faster without them. Young legs do that. More to the point, this franchise needs to win games to put butts into the seats so they can get that all elusive revenue sharing. That, and playoff $$$. If bringing these 2 players back causes losses, then back they go, IMO.
time seems right for a trade
with such strong call ups and a questioning issue on who gets scratched,
its time to make another 2 for 1
we got alot out of the last two for one, jussi for two basically no plays.
make it happen again,
think of the possibilities,
what could we get as buyers for an eaves and walker for example.
just saying, this leaves us with room to bring up a call up and scratch them,
saving their playing time for injuries, which we know will happen.
am i wrong?
I know this is not where this goes, but I didnt know where to stick it
I could not find this info online anywhere (maybe I didnt try hard enough??)
but I was wondering if anyone knew the rules for a player comming up from the juniors to the NHL. The reason im asking is if Bowman and Boychuck could get garbage time after the juniors season is over, or even help in a play off push this year.
thoughts?
answers?
Just reading that with rod back they’re shifting Sutter to the wing…
I hope this doesn’t end up being a huge clusterf*#k and cost us the season. I feel like this is NOT what we need right now. Let’s just hope it works out.
by Andrea's evil twin on Feb 10, 2009 2:12 PM EST reply actions
cory
now boychuck should have even less than that remaining, would that be correct to assume since he played a couple (2 i think) game at the start of the season?
right … plus it looks like Lethbridge wants to take a run at the Memorial Cup (they trade for Kyle Beach, Chicago’s No. 1 pick this past year, a little while back) … so I think chances are he’ll be occupied for a while. Honestly, McBain wouldn’t be a surprise (in the AHL most likely) if he decides to skip his senior season and turn pro)
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by Cory Lavalette on Feb 10, 2009 2:44 PM EST up reply actions
Roddy
More on the Captain. These are high paid professional atheletes. There is really no comparision in the regular work world. The fact is, there is such parody in the league, one guy that is not playing up to par because of injury, age, mind set, or whatever can be the difference between winning and losing. I mean it is wild that that is the case but it is. How often do we see it in a game. One loose play turns into a goal and the team loses by ….. you guessed it, one goal. Turning the puck over is obvious to all of us. Nearly as important is when a player is not able to catch up to another player, not getting to the play quite fast enough, getting stripped of the puck, being out hustled, I am sure I am forgetting others. These are the little things that can be the difference.
Rod is -30……-30. The other team has scored 30 more goals than his team has scored when Rod is on the ice. That number is not a fluke, it does not lie, it is representative of his play. While I like the player he has been, there is no doubt that his skill is deminished. It doesn’t have to be 30% off…just 5-10% is enough to get to -30. This team and this franchise cannot afford to miss the playoffs again. Last season was like a tale of two teams. They missed the playoffs by one point. One point. I do not know the Canes record after Rod was injured last year but I know it was much better than with him.(Help Bubba) It is all about speed. That bad knee may not get better. Players get old and the young guys move up. It is the law of sport. Watch with your eyes not with your heart and you will see what I see.
For years, Andre Dawson was the best player in baseball. His knees greatly deminshed his stats for many of those years. When he could not run anymore, he knew he was hurting the team. That man retired when he needed to. I hope Rod does the same.
well said.
well said kenrab. I would wait to find out how he comes back from four or five days rest. lets just wait before we get the wheelchair out for roddy. (i know i keep saying that but…)
If he is on the fourth line im good. give him 10 minutes a night and see how things work out. You can even start him every period taking the face off, just to save a little face. the fact remains that we need it on the ice, no matter who’s feelings get hurt.
Roddy will always be remembered as the captain that took us to the cup, we all have great memories of him. Lets just hope if he makes more memories for us they too are great ones.
I don’t have the exact numbers at hand for last year, but the team did go on a winning streak a few games after Rod went down. But then again, his wasn’t the only injury.
Brind’Amour actually had good numbers last year before his injury. He had 19 goals, 36 assists and 51 points in 59 games with a plus/minus of even. That is an average of .86 points per game, not too bad. This year he has 8 goals and 21 assists for 29 points in 52 games for an average of .52 to go with the -30. Big difference.
If today is any indication, looks like he will start on the 4rth line and work his way up. We will see.
Hey, I hope he comes back as the Rod of 2 years ago.....
I would love to see Rod come back and be the type of player that we are used to seeing.
I am realistic, that type of knee injury has been career ending for many athletes. They can do a lot with injuries today but…. He is almost 40. He may not have the ability to heal the way a 30 year old can. I can tell you from experience, after 40,…..different story.
thanks, CarolinaCanes.
Bye
I was pained watching Stevie Y and Ron Francis, I feel the same pain now. He should pony up and retire. He needs to hold clinics on face offs, but other than that, he just isn’t making any impact, the man with the C has to make impact in a positive, not a minus 30. If I was a goalie I’d be scared to death when he was on the ice, -30 is just an undeniable fact.
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In his last 15 games he’s a minus-4. That’s not terrible. I thought there was improvement before the injury, and one good faceoff night by Jokinen (who’s a respectable 52-53 percent over his career) isn’t enough for me to discount Rod’s value. I think him with Sutter on his wing could be a positive step.
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