News & Notes XLV: Simply Having A Wonderful Canesmastime

[hblueridgegal]

Time to chime in

 

[Stickpucker]

Welcome back Freddie

Impressive the team has been 3rd in the metro with their starting goalie down and the backups + koochie not elevating their games.

 

[Svechhammer]

Given our lack of size on the blueline I wouldn’t mind saving a bit of money and moving out Chatfield and pairing Morrow with Ghost.

Slavin - X
Nikishin - Walker
Ghost - Morrow

For the sake of his mental and physical health, I would just like to be able to pair Slavin with someone he doesn't have to babysit and cover for 82 games. I feel like at this current pace, we're going to grind him down too early in his career.

 

[Borsig]

For the sake of his mental and physical health, I would just like to be able to pair Slavin with someone he doesn't have to babysit and cover for 82 games. I feel like at this current pace, we're going to grind him down too early in his career.

We let that guy go in the offseason.

 

[WreckingCrew]

Given our lack of size on the blueline I wouldn’t mind saving a bit of money and moving out Chatfield and pairing Morrow with Ghost.

Slavin - X
Nikishin - Walker
Ghost - Morrow

Ghost-Morrow would be a horror-show defensively

 

[Svechhammer]

Not sure I disagree with any of that

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Not sure I disagree with any of that

Hedican is the weird one for me. Feels like the wrong Bret/Brett there. But generally aligned.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Hedican is the weird one for me. Feels like the wrong Bret/Brett there. But generally aligned.

See, I probably would have gone with Pesce/Gleason than Faulk/Hedican. But the rest seems correct.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

See, I probably would have gone with Pesce/Gleason than Faulk/Hedican. But the rest seems correct.

The peak for Faulk was too high. He was a passable 1D for us through some dark periods that Gleason never was.

But I’d probably even take Gleason over Hedican. If you look at body of work as a Cane the only thing Hedican really has going for him over a number of guys is the Cup.

 

[Svechhammer]

The peak for Faulk was too high. He was a passable 1D for us through some dark periods that Gleason never was.

But I’d probably even take Gleason over Hedican. If you look at body of work as a Cane the only thing Hedican really has going for him over a number of guys is the Cup.

Also did pretty well for himself on the marriage front as well

 

[bleedgreen]

Given our lack of size on the blueline I wouldn’t mind saving a bit of money and moving out Chatfield and pairing Morrow with Ghost.

Slavin - X
Nikishin - Walker
Ghost - Morrow

That would be one of the worst defensive pairings imaginable. Probably be great offensively. Basically five forwards.

 

[AD Skinner]

I started writing about how I’d have picked Pesce over Hedican because he only had the one deep run but had totally forgotten that Hedican was on the 02 team also.

 

[bleedgreen]

The peak for Faulk was too high. He was a passable 1D for us through some dark periods that Gleason never was.

But I’d probably even take Gleason over Hedican. If you look at body of work as a Cane the only thing Hedican really has going for him over a number of guys is the Cup.

I don’t know about that….Hedican was basically the first version of Jay Bouwmeester. He was on his late career Hainsey legs with us, earlier on he was a defensive stud who could skate like the wind. Once he took to zone he didn’t have great offensive awareness but he was great in his own end. I was hoping early on Hanifin could grow into a Hedican.

Hedican on Vancouver in 94 was a blast to watch. That team also had Jeff Brown who was an early version of Ghost - bomb of a shot.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

I don’t know about that….Hedican was basically the first version of Jay Bouwmeester. He was on his late career Hainsey legs with us, earlier on he was a defensive stud who could skate like the wind. Once he took to zone he didn’t have great offensive awareness but he was great in his own end. I was hoping early on Hanifin could grow into a Hedican.

Hedican on Vancouver in 94 was a blast to watch. That team also had Jeff Brown who was an early version of Ghost - bomb of a shot.

It’s a balance of peak and longevity.

Pesce: 627 GP, 198 points

Hedican: 369 GP, 101 points

Pesce’s got him on points per game which is surprising (though era has more than a little to do with that).

Gleason: 546 GP, 107 points

To me it’s not really close that it should be Pesce, I could see the argument for Hedican over Gleason but Gleason is certainly more of a “Cane.” That said, if the team itself had anything to do with the inputs here I could see why they wouldn’t want to be claiming Pesce as an all-timer this close to his departure.

 

[Discipline Daddy]

It’s a balance of peak and longevity.

Pesce: 627 GP, 198 points

Hedican: 369 GP, 101 points

Pesce’s got him on points per game which is surprising (though era has more than a little to do with that).

Gleason: 546 GP, 107 points

To me it’s not really close that it should be Pesce, I could see the argument for Hedican over Gleason but Gleason is certainly more of a “Cane.” That said, if the team itself had anything to do with the inputs here I could see why they wouldn’t want to be claiming Pesce as an all-timer this close to his departure.

Agreed. Pesce cumulatively has been more important to the team than Hedican. I love Hedican, but Pesce for me is almost tied with Faulk.

I think the forwards are perfect. I am glad Jordan Staal made it on there. Not the sexiest pick, but he has been huge for this franchise and we got a decade plus of hockey out of him. It may be the case for many of us that Jordan Staal is the best defensive forward we will every see suit up for the Hurricanes in our lifetimes.

 

[robbieberns]

That would be one of the worst defensive pairings imaginable. Probably be great offensively. Basically five forwards.

Ghost-Morrow would be a horror-show defensively

Just trying to figure out how we get some size on all three pairings and prevent between the dots domination from other team’s forwards, while trying to pair Nikishin with someone a little more solid than Chatfield. If there’s any chance Morrow gets integrated in the near future it would be with Ghost, they’re not going to roll with a rookie pairing of him and Nikishin, and he’s obviously not ready to handle top pairing duties with Slavin.