Archive for July, 2006
White Wedding…
Congratulations to Conn Smythe winner Cam Ward and his lovely bride, Cody Campbell who tied the knot this weekend on July 22nd. Cam is living the dream this summer, no doubt about that! On top of all the public appearances, planning his wedding, and attending award ceremonies, he still made the time to coach a [...]
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
The Hurricanes acquired several depth players this past week. A few of them will be called upon to help out during the injury bug which all teams fall prey to and could be somewhat significant signings. Shane Willis and Derrick Walser will be borderline type players who will probably make the shuffle from Albany to [...]
Hey Joe…
Yesterday Joe Vasicek, the Czech Condor was traded for long time Predator Scott Walker. Joe was originally drafted by the Canes in 1998 and had been with the team for 5 years. Scott is one of the original Predators acquired from Vancouver in the expansion draft and has played in the league 10 years. Both [...]
Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours!
Jim Rutherford did it again! Not only did he sign the bulk of the team in record time, by early July, he signed everyone at reasonable salaries and most at multi-year contracts. He’s well under his self imposed budget of 40 million which leaves him room for sensible acquisitions later in the offseason or after [...]
