GDT: Detroit @ Carolina: It's time for the Hurricane to rise up and reveal himself
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DaveG
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... this guy may be the single dumbest, most clueless writer I've ever seen. It's like he has absolutely no idea what the **** the actual game of hockey entails and just goes off of the stat sheet. Frankly it sounds like he's probably never watched a single game played by the Canes and vaguely has an idea of what Justin Faulk is.
What the Faulk
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He has another fun one where he suggests that Joni Pitkanen's injury proves Hybrid Icing will backfire. Because that completely makes sense.
the halleJOKEL
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...Except for the multiple times Murphy did just that, right?
Not that the breakouts weren't an issue, but Murphy definitely had a few times where he was gliding up the ice, puck in tow, with confidence.
HisIceness
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Zezima
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It's probably been clarified on other threads but just how exactly can Lindholm be eligible to play for the Checkers?
DaveG
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As he was drafted out of a non-CHL league, he's eligible to play in the AHL as an 18 year old rather then having to wait until he turns 20/plays 4 CHL seasons before being allowed to play.
Only CHL players (Canadian Juniors) are ineligible to play in the AHL until they are 21 (edit: 20). Players drafted from the US or Europe are free to be placed in the AHL as 18 year olds.
It's a contractual agreement between the NHL and CHL so that the CHL can hold on to talent and keep their league relevant.
Anton Dubinchuk
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That article's hysterically bad.
Here's to hoping that site doesn't have much reach! (I for one, have never heard of it.)
Here's to hoping that site doesn't have much reach! (I for one, have never heard of it.)
Mr America
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spockBokk
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Will give you the fact that the first line played like poo, but the 2nd line of j staal, gerbe and dwyer was played excellent d and was a threat to score in the offensive zone, really don't see your reasoning there...
We are not a physical team. We do not have the personnel to be an overly physical team. The canes must try to be a puck possession team (like Detroit). Are the red wings overly physical? Nope, they plan a very effective puck possession game. Physicality is not everything.
2 points would have been nice, but at least we lost the right way getting the losers point...
That looks like it was written by a member of the Facebook crowd that thinks it's a real boy.
I agree Faulk needs to do more, like cure cancer, stop hunger and poverty, part the Red Sea and walk on water. Until he does that, questions will remain over his ability.
What the Faulk
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It's like all he did is watch that one play when Zetterberg (?) split Faulk and Sekara and make a night of judgments based on it.
You keep saying that special teams is on the coach 100%, like its some sort of fact. Nobody else says this. Literally no one.
You can have the best PP system in the league, but if your players all of the sudden develop some hesitancy and the puck stops moving around the ice with speed...this system bogs down, regardless of how good it is. Movement of the puck creates shooting lanes. That's all it is.
Surrounded By Ahos
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Blown Away
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Saw the posts regarding junior status, but I'm still confused. When Lindholm was drafted I seem to recall he was under contract to a SEL team for this season. The only way out of that contract was for Lindholm to sign and play for a NHL team. The AHL was not an option. Or am I misremembering?
If ths is the case I wonder if his SEL contract could be bought out?
Oenatzu
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He doesn't have a SEL contract anymore. His contract with Brynas was negated when he signed his NHL contract with the Hurricanes.
Elsker
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Here's Chip's blog post that contained JR's fairly confident statement on the matter:
I remember some speculation that it was Brynas or NHL only, but there appears to be no contractual barriers.
Presumably no personal barriers, either, as Lindholm would hopefully clearly see the big-fish-little-pond major AHL minutes/role as a fast track back to that third line center slot.
I remember some speculation that it was Brynas or NHL only, but there appears to be no contractual barriers.
Presumably no personal barriers, either, as Lindholm would hopefully clearly see the big-fish-little-pond major AHL minutes/role as a fast track back to that third line center slot.
Joe McGrath
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Does this guy get paid? If so, I'm honestly offended. I would kill to get paid for writing about hockey, but they give a job to some ******* that has clearly never even watched a hockey game before, let alone the one that he just wrote about.
He wrote that "they aren't paying Faulk $890,000 to be terrible" or something like that. Seriously referenced his nothing ELC salary and that the Hurricanes somehow aren't getting their moneys worth. There isn't even anyone on this site who has that stupid of an opinion and we have some god damn stupid opinions on here.
What the Faulk
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tarheelhockey
Offside Review Specialist
Rant Sports is yet another platform for random hacks to get their names RT'ed across the underbelly of the sports landscape. They claim to pay their writers but I doubt it's a significant wage. It's not really different than Bleacher Report, Yardbarker, etc.
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Based off my limited experience, it's usually a small pittance per word (anywhere from 6-10 cents), but it adds up.
Of course, it might also be based off hits to the article, which might explain why he created so blatantly stupid.
Of course, it might also be based off hits to the article, which might explain why he created so blatantly stupid.
