Bryan Rodney Agrees to One-Year, Two-Way Deal
by Bob Wage on Jul 15, 2010 5:46 PM EDT
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PrintThe Carolina Hurricanes had a busy day today and also signed RFA defenseman Bryan Rodney to a one-year, two-way contract. The deal will pay him $525,000 at the NHL level and $105,000 at the AHL. Rodney is a smooth skating powerplay specialist who scored 11 points in 22 games while with the Hurricanes last season.
With the logjam of puck-moving defensemen coming to camp, he will probably have a tough time cracking the lineup in Raleigh again this time around. Interestingly enough, he played for two years with the Charlotte Checkers earlier in his ECHL career earning 46 points in 90 games for them.
More after the jump.
From CH.com:
Rodney, 26, split the 2009-10 season between the Hurricanes and the AHL’s Albany River Rats, totaling one goal and 10 assists (11 points) in 22 NHL games with Carolina. The London, Ont., native netted his first NHL goal on March 25 against the Washington Capitals, and his games played (22) and assists (10) totals were each NHL career highs. With Albany, Rodney ranked tied for first among Rivers Rats defensemen in goals (7) and second in points (35), in 54 games played. He also made his first career appearance in the AHL All-Star Game, skating for the Canadian team in Portland on Jan. 19, and had four assists and a plus-7 rating for Albany in eight Calder Cup playoff games.
Rodney (6’ 0", 195 lbs.) has registered 13 points (1g, 12a) in 30 career NHL games, all with the Hurricanes. He made his debut in the Hurricanes organization on Dec. 16, 2007, when he was signed with Albany along with six other members of the ECHL’s Elmira Jackals after a flu bug left the River Rats shorthanded. He went on to notch 15 points (4g, 11a) in 42 games for Albany that season, and led the River Rats in scoring during the Calder Cup playoffs. Rodney has totaled 89 points (15g, 74a) in 162 career AHL games with Hartford and Albany, and has also played 127 career ECHL games, totaling 78 points (15g, 63a). He spent parts of two ECHL seasons with the Charlotte Checkers, notching 46 points (6g, 40a) in 90 career games in a Checkers uniform.
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Rodney and the Hurricanes
Rodney seemed almost guaranteed to have a spot on the roster before the 2009-2010 season; but somehow he and the coaches seemed not to be entirely on the same page. Rodney has the potential to be a good NHL player; and perhaps he will become a player the Hurricanes nurture and then trade. He also could come to camp on a mission and prove to the coaches he deserves time in the NHL. I much, much prefer his play to Harrison; but I realize Harrison and Rodney serve very different roles.
well at least i think there is one thing we can (at least most) on this site can agree…no one was really impressed with Harrison and can’t understand why he stuck
Good for rodney, hard work and good player
anything new on Carson? i would feel much better if he came back too
RAKASTAN SUOMEN!!
Carson and Picard
According to the article at the www.carolinahurricanes.com, the one way deals to Carson and Picard are no longer on the table; but they are in discussions with Carson and Picard about two way contracts.
Mark that down as if I were their agents, I’d be crawling under the table right now. It is really a shame for Carson and Picard, I think, because it seemed obvious they would do better biting the bullet for year and taking a one way deal.
I’d still love to have Carson… JR was stupid to let this one go, even if it meant having Corvo back. I still wouldn’t mind signing him if it meant Harrison (worst mistake of offseason) being put through waivers and sent back to Charlotte. He filled in on the top-4 quite adequately last year (although not amazingly), he could have made an awesome 3rd pairing compliment to McBain this year. But that would then knock Sanguinetti to 7th D and I think it would be a mistake to have him there.
Sanguinetti
Why does it seem like people are ready to give this man a starting spot on this team? He has played a total of 5 NHL games and I know I read somewhere that he had fallen out of favor in NY after showing up for camp unprepared.
In short, what I am trying to say is that to think that the presence of Sangs might be keeping Carson out of the Hurricanes organization is just silly. The best thing for the organization would be for Carson to sign a two-way and for these two young D-men to compete for the sixth spot and split time with Harrison who can be dressed on days the team feels it needs a little toughness. That plus the signing of Rodney would give the D-corps a little depth.
And few even knew the name Jussi Jokinen before this “scrub” (as many Tampa fans called him) had been acquired from Tampa Bay.
If you don’t know anything about Sanguinetti than I agree, he might not sound too appealing. But as someone who has been following him for the past 2 years in hoping the Canes could acquire him, trust me… This kid is up in the McBain level of skill and potential. He is big at 6’3", 190+ lbs and has won the AHL fastest skater competition last year (breaking the AHL record) as a D-man. Two years ago he was an AHL all-star again and won the hardest shot competition. For reference, in his Draft year Sanguinetti put up 65 points in the OHL which is more than Cam Fowler put up this year (he had 55 points) and both are considered elite offensive D.
Sanguinetti isn’t a guy you would just want to waste as a 7th D, he has future top-4 potential and could be a Canes staple for long to come. Try looking up a little more on the kid, I think you will find most analysts applaud JR for pulling off this steal.
Because he's proven all he can at the AHL level.
He’s played well, he’s been an All-Star, he needs to get his chance to sink or swim in the bigs.
Advance apologies if the contents of this sports-based post offended you. I'm just aiming to educate the masses. My law professor says they're asses.
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by MichaelProcton on Jul 17, 2010 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Seems to me like we don’t even have a place for Rodney on the roster. Rodney seems to me to be primarily a smallish, offensive D. With Harrison being signed to a 1-way deal and Sanguinetti being an obvious better choice due to be much younger, faster, and having far more potential… I just don’t see how Rodney could be anything more than organizational depth in case of injury. As you said, a very interesting turn of events seeing as he was almost guaranteed a roster spot at the beginning of next year.
Have to admit, the injury call-up situation is getting a bit better with the surprising-to-me signing of Rodney.
Add Carson on a two-way and I would feel even better. Still need that missing element within the D-corps, but that can be smoothed out via trades or just doing without.
I’m guessing these two-way contract signers are thinking at least they’re active in hockey on what appears to be a good team, so stay in the limelight for good things to happen.
Plus, there are bound to be injuries, so they’re at least going to log a few games at the NHL-money level during the course of the season.
Unanswered questions are far less dangerous than unquestioned answers.
Two way contract
Showing my ignorance here————but when a player has a two way and we move them
back and forth (to fill in for someone) do they have to go through waivers each time?
GO CANES! Go Heels!
It depends on a case-by-case basis.
Has to do with how long each player has been a pro and how old he is, basically.
Advance apologies if the contents of this sports-based post offended you. I'm just aiming to educate the masses. My law professor says they're asses.
Panthers '010: Save the Richardson family coffers! We'll take the winning if we stumble into it.
by MichaelProcton on Jul 15, 2010 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions
i am glad
the canes got and kept Rodney…but the deals with Carson & Picard…i think they & their agents did themselves a dis-service.but live & learn…Not being Unsympathetic…just somewhat disappointed…
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I believe this contract takes B-Rod up to UFA status.
Anyone know if he’s also subject to waivers? I assume he has enough age/tenure to make him so.
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I’ll share what I’ve been able to discover, which may just confuse more than illuminate. :-D
I had read during last season that Rodney would be (or maybe even already was) a “Group VI UFA”, meaning he had reached a certain age and contract duration without a minimum number of NHL games being provided by his org, so was going to essentially be a UFA over the summer. A player protection provision within the CBA to keep extremely deep orgs from burying talent in the AHL more than a few years.
However, this NHL source lists him as a “Group II UFA”, meaning he’s been tendered a minimum offer, is still a UFA, but looks like the former org could get a compensatory draft pick from the league if they lost him.
Here’s a UFA primer for those that want to dig deeper.
All moot now, anyway, since he’s signed.
As for waivers eligibility, looks like he signed his first pro contract in 2005, at age 21. If so, 3 years or 80 games is his threshold for waiver exposure, so he would definitely be exposed.
There are some obscure rules about waivers, allowing emergency call-ups, if loss of the injured player would reduce the team’s roster below the league minimum count, without having the relief player exposed to waivers. They just have to go back down as soon as the injured player is available.
Cory and/or Bob may be able to shed more light on this.
Unanswered questions are far less dangerous than unquestioned answers.
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