GDT: 1st July 2019 - free agent frenzy

[DaveG]

I'm going to laugh my ass off when Montreal spends 14 million in cap space on f***ing Lee and Simmonds instead

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

Of course it is. Montreal media has been going full bore on us today. Payback for not moving to Quebec City when the team was for sale.

I'm literally not joking at all over this. This whole thing reeks of bull****. Even LeBrun is emphatically saying the Canes are going to match any offer he gets. So now they have to dangle out that, ooh but now he'll get traded. Now why the **** would we trade him if we're not getting a massive return for it? But the POV from the Canes doesn't matter, its all about driving page clicks in Montreal regarding a team they're still very much angry over being in Raleigh and not QC, so who cares that Montreal literally cannot put together a package that makes sense for Carolina.

Its so blatantly obvious what is going on that its insulting.

Just the fact that everyone is focusing on Aho when there are equally or more talented rfa’s out there whose teams have much worse cap situations tells you everything.

 

[Brock Anton]

If Montreal wants Aho, give him something stupid like $13m a year on an OS. Because there’s no package they can put together that’d be worth it.

Want him? Kill your cap to do so.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Yawn. All the hype for 7/1 is gone, so let’s drum up some drama.

 

[Svechhammer]

All we have to do is not handle the situation the worst way possible, and Aho will be a staple of the team for 5+ more years. Not worried at all

Here's the f***ing thing about this. It doesn't matter what we do. The goddamn narrative has already been set by the Canadian media and the echo chamber is already pushing it to the front pages.

The desperation out of Montreal over this is... infuriating. They just can't let it go that we aren't in Canada. They were so convinced of the move, and now, now that we are actually good and anchored in Raleigh, they're doing whatever they can to shake up the cart and inject skepticism into the trust of the management because... we're actually kind of relevant again and it pisses them off.

The fact this is all about Aho and this is all coming from Montreal and being reported by the same insiders who told us the Canes were all but packing their bags to QC is telling. Its all bullshit, but because its a nice juicy story, nobody gives a shit about the reality, nobody gives a shit that this is a standard negotiation, nobody gives a shit that both sides here want Aho to play in Raleigh next year. No, its so much easier to fabricate a bullshit story to drive page clicks cause f*** Carolina.

 

[Finnish Jerk Train]

Is everyone remembering to stay calm?

What the **** are you babbling on about? This is no time for calm!

 

[Bunch of Jurcos]

Today is going to be a great day. I can't wait to see how well the Canes do today!

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

I'm not worried. Not to say these rumors aren't real, but it's also a super easy storyline with all the real UFA signings of impact mostly done.

The media is so desparate for an offersheet. It's kind of wild. Sportsnet has spend the first 10 minutes+ of their July 1st show on it.

 

[FreshSeabass]

Whaaa

 

[Lempo]

What the **** are you babbling on about? This is no time for calm!

We are not the calm! We Are The Hurricane!

 

[Joe McGrath]

Whaaa

Lol. That’s what being an entitled prick from Harvard gets you. Traded for a 3rd round pick to goddamn Buffalo.

 

[The Faulker 27]

What the **** are you babbling on about? This is no time for calm!

 

[DaveG]

I'm not worried. Not to say these rumors aren't real, but it's also a super easy storyline with all the real UFA signings of impact mostly done.

I'd say anything originating from the damn Quebecois media in regards to this team is the very definition of not real after the past 4 years.

 

[Lempo]

I'd say anything originating from the damn Quebecois media in regards to this team is the very definition of not real after the past 4 years.

Hostile, I tell ya!

 

[FreshSeabass]

Does FA really even happen if no one freaks out at not signing all the players we wanted to sign.

 

[Bub]

Yawn. All the hype for 7/1 is gone, so let’s drum up some drama.

EXACTLY.

"Entertaining trade offers" does not equal "let's make a deal."

Amazing how quickly we all go from "GMDW is playing chess, others playing checkers" to "OMFGGGGG we're doomed."

Chill. T. F. Out. Everyone.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

It looks like Anaheim has signed your recent AHL Playoff MVP - Andrew Poturalski. Can anyone shed some light on his chances of being any sort NHL contributor at this point? Should be a huge add for San Diego in the very least...


Hoping for the best for you Canes fans in regards to Aho.

 

[Finnish Jerk Train]

Whaaa

 

[The Faulker 27]

45 minutes until the world ends. Everyone do all the things you've ever wanted to do.

 

[Lempo]

45 minutes until the world ends. Everyone do all the things you've ever wanted to do.

I ordered the pants I've been looking at yesterday night. I'm good.

 

[raynman]

I don’t know how much longer I can hold on to my butt for. At least I have a 12:00 appointment with my therapist today, totally unintended to coincide with Free Agency Day. Not sure she’ll understand my anxiety over offre hostile possibilities.

 

[Lempo]

I don’t know how much longer I can hold on to my butt for. At least I have a 12:00 appointment with my therapist today, totally unintended to coincide with Free Agency Day. Not sure she’ll understand my anxiety over offre hostile possibilities.

Talk about the man with the back-up plan.

 

[The Faulker 27]

I ordered the pants I've been looking at yesterday night. I'm good.

Good so sounds like you won't have them in time to shit them at noon today.

 

[Canes]

It looks like Anaheim has signed your recent AHL Playoff MVP - Andrew Poturalski. Can anyone shed some light on his chances of being any sort NHL contributor at this point? Should be a huge add for San Diego in the very least...


Hoping for the best for you Canes fans in regards to Aho.

Poturalski is probably the typical AAAA type player who will get a few call ups over the course of his career while bouncing around the AHL/Europe. Just doesn't have the skating to play the type of game he wants to play in the NHL.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

It looks like Anaheim has signed your recent AHL Playoff MVP - Andrew Poturalski. Can anyone shed some light on his chances of being any sort NHL contributor at this point? Should be a huge add for San Diego in the very least...


Hoping for the best for you Canes fans in regards to Aho.

Great AHL player, probably a marginal NHL player, but we'll never know if no one gives him a shot. Good luck to you.