Archive for July, 2007
Tobacco Road
Jaime Pressly has been nominated for an Emmy, has her own clothing line, is on a popular prime time television show, and has starred in numerous movies. Why is she gracing the cover of this Carolina Hurricanes blog? Because this “Carolina Girl” is also a Caniac! In a recent [...]
Don’t Cry
Anaheim Ducks general manager, Brian Burke is doing a bit of “public venting” about Kevin Lowe’s recent offer sheet of $21.25 million over 5 years to Dustin Penner. There’s an interesting article about it in TSN. Here are some of the best quotes: “My issue here is this is the second time this year [...]
The Hunter
“The Hunter” Kevin Lowe, general manager of the Edmonton Oilers is at it again. According to recent news postings, he submitted an offer sheet to restricted free agent Dustin Penner of the Anaheim Ducks. It’s a 5 year, 21.25 million dollar deal which is quite a raise from the league minimum Penner [...]
Busted
It looks like the inevitable finally happened. The Minnesota fashion police caught up with Eric Staal and arrested him for having bad taste! Remember that GQ photo shoot with the weird hat and cake? Seriously, Eric and his brother Jordan got into a bit of trouble at his bachelor’s party the other [...]
Take a Look Around
Things are still quiet concerning the Hurricanes, so let’s take a quick look around the blogroll and some other sites we have linked with. Starting with my fellow Hurricane bloggers, Beth talks about John Grahame and other musings in Beth and Hockey. Next on the list, we look at the most recent post in [...]
Zero
There’s a whole lot of nothing going on with the Hurricanes right now. There’s been zero Hurricanes’ news in the local paper for days, nothing new in the popular Lord Stanley’s Blog, and no updates on the team site. So what’s a fan to do other than read unsubstantiated trade rumors? Well, [...]
Coming Home
Matt Cullen used the term when told about his trade. Future Hall of Famer, Ron Francis uses the term as well when he talks about Raleigh. More and more past and current professional hockey players are calling North Carolina home. They are finding the same thing out that ordinary folk who have [...]
Back in Black
The Hurricanes went over budget yesterday when they brought Matt Cullen back into the family, but they’re hoping the move will end up helping them get back into the playoffs and “back in black” eventually with their bottom line. According to the CanesCountry Salary Chart, the out of pocket annual salary cost for the [...]
With Arms Wide Open
Matt Cullen is BACK! Read all about it on this Canes write up. Carolina sends Hutchinson, Barnes, and a 3rd round pick to New York. It doesn’t look like a bad deal at all for the Canes, and looks to be a pure salary dump by the Rangers. Much more about this [...]
I Can’t Tell You Why
Why is Erik Cole mentioned so often in trade rumors? A couple of years ago his name was brought up as possibly going to Ottawa in exchange for Martin Havlat. Earlier this summer he was supposedly going to Edmonton as part of a three way trade with Philadelphia. Even though both general [...]
On The Road Again
Last week the new schedule was released for the coming season and once again the NHL scheduling gurus were unkind to both the Hurricanes and their Caniacs. As section 328 would proclaim, “nuts and bolts, nuts and bolts, we.. got.. screwed!” Remember last year fans complained about the high number of back to back [...]
The Better Life
Quite a few players signed up for “The Better Life” during the past couple of weeks. With all the recent talk about Matt Cullen’s contract being too high, I thought we would compare his contract with some of the others that hit the books starting July 1st. We’ll start with my previous listing of [...]
Come Back
Ever since I put up the latest poll inquiring about which ex-Cane should come back into the fold, things have been a buzz about Matt Cullen possibly returning. Most of the buzz is coming from News and Observer reporter, Luke DeCock. Does he have an inside track on something, or is he just [...]
Kiss Your Past Goodbye
While Carolina hasn’t been in the news much recently, many of the franchise’s past players sure have been. Let’s take a quick look around the league and see what’s up with some of them. You’ll find that in most cases, their fortunes have changed for the worse since leaving Raleigh. Maybe current [...]
Wild ‘n Free
There’s nothing better than a wild hockey game, right? Well wait a second, how about a wild hockey game that’s for free? The Carolina Hurricanes made a great announcement for their fans earlier today. The first exhibition game this year scheduled on Sunday, September 16th against the Washington Capitals, will be free! [...]
Head Games
I apologize if this blog has seemed more Sabres orientated lately than Canes, but Buffalo is imploding and it’s fascinating to watch! Today, Oiler’s general manager Kevin Lowe began a game of chess with the other general managers of the league when he offered Thomas Vanek a 50 million dollar, 7 year contract which [...]
Too Much, Too Little, Too Late
This is the time of year that Jim Rutherford can “do no right”. Some fans want to shake up the whole Carolina line up. Some just want a few key additions. Some want a few key changes. One thing for certain, no one is totally happy with the way the [...]
Beginnings
Today was day one of the free agent feeding frenzy, and what a day it was! All the big money guys are officially gone already. The Buffalo co-captains have both moved on. Ryan Smyth went back west and Scott Gomez is now a Ranger. There was also a major trade between [...]
