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Playoffs??? C'mon man. Not with their current roster of geriatrics. I consider myself lucky to have moved to a NHL city...but watching these pigs try to skate is abysmal. This team gets no pub down here especially now that college hoops have started. PLEASE HARTFORD...TAKE THEM BACK

Carey Price and Scott Gomez for Eric Staal and ..whatever.....Offer wont last!!

Oh, And a few years ago, when we had you down in games 2-0 and your player cheap shot Saku Koivu in the eye, and we lost the series...A Pox on your Grits!!

Wysh. The Canes are stuck in quicksand and doomed.

*Rolls eyes at fellow Habs fans who still haven't gotten over Justin Williams accidentally clipped Koivu in the eye*
I've got to thank Yahoo for helping one of my fantasy teams. I inherited a team in a keeper league where my goalie was Khabibulin, so I obviously wanted to draft a goalie early. I was unable to make the draft and set the best available goalie, Cam Ward, as my top choice after my keepers. But because on of my keepers was a goalie, Yahoo decided to skip Ward and pick Anze Kopitar instead. Boy did that work out for me!

Manny Fernandez is spanish for Nail In Coffin.

Guess what? There is a dirty little secret that, if you listen close enough, you can occasionally get the message. There are 32 teams, not all make it to the playoffs, from there only 2 face each other for the prize and 1 walks away the victor. Now, not that the Canes couldnt turn it around and run the table into the playoffs, heck the Devs had a similar season a few years ago. But here's the thing, was this team a serious Cup contender this year? Haven't they already won a Cup since their inception? So why is it considered a catastrophy if this team craps out this year and lands a top pick in the draft next year? The Canes have a young core of Staal and Ward locked in for some time along with Ruutu and Boychuk earning some credability so what would be so wrong with retooling for a year, trade off some of the vets for picks or prospects and set up for a serious run in say 2-3 years that could make them strong contenders for 4-5 years after that running into the twighlights of Ward and Staals careers. Not many teams are lucky enough to have won a Cup and drafted 2 stud players in a 10 year span, and have that Cup won early in the careers of said players. If the Canes were smart they would sacrifice this year and next if need be and build this team for the future before Staal and Ward are in their late 30's and have had nothing but mediocre 1 and done seasons from here on out. You can only buy vets for just so long, and the Canes have never been ones to go out BIG NAME hunting anyway.
Just my $0.02, but the Ward injury could be a blessing in disguise if handled properly. Kind of a save themselves from themselves senario. And it gives them an "Out" so as not to alinate the fans with "rebuilding" jargen.

Giguere is going to be a Cane! Mark my words!

@3 Actual Canes fans are worried about Cam's long-term health down here in Raleigh. Your selfish motivation to try to look cool knocking a team you should be supporting is embarrassing.

um just, like, my 2¢...since when were there 32 teams?

Leafs will probably trade Toskala!

my bad, 30 teams, i was thinking nfl.

I see no reason why the Hurricanes make a trade, unless its to not disrupt the progression of Justin Peters by hanging him out to dry with this dismal team and shattering his confidence. I would just let Leighton and Peters split time and come in last place. They can load up on draft picks by trading Whitney, Corvo, and Cullen (all UFA's next year) and build for the future. They are going to need low priced entry level guys since Stall and Ward lock up about $14 million in cap hits for the next 7 years.

Tank it Carolina...Tank it often, alot and with conviction...Running is right, Just pretend Sherman is marching up your street....Lay down Rebel without a Cause....Put down those muskets, biscuits, find a dirt road, and surrender....It worked for the defending champs!!

@13: Trade Toskala? I'm pretty sure the Leafs would just GIVE the Canes Toskala at this point!!!

Toskala sucks.

Toskala sucks.

I hope the Ducks deal Giguere but I doubt Carolina will pick up that much salary.

Considering JS Giguere was drafted by the Hartford Whalers and played a few games for them before being traded, moving to the Hurricanes, formerly the Whalers, would really be going full circle for him.

Carolina has no interest in picking up Giguere's salary. If they do, they are dumber than I can imagine.

anyone else think that columbus's strategy to get to the playoffs is to take out the star player on every team they meet between now and then?
this brings up two questions for me.
1- how long until they get actually reprimanded and fined and punished for purposefully injuring players?
2- how long of a lifespan on ice will mr. nash have if the league looks the other way and does nothing at all?
sure sure, two stars in as many weeks. i'm clearly jumping to rash conclusions. but hey, i'm just curious what everyone else thinks.

It was an accident.

Aaron Ward's second job is that of a traffic barrel on Wade Ave.