GDT: The Annual "I've Made a Huge Mistake" Thread: Free Agent Frenzy 2015

[Blueline Bomber]

Anything imminent on Beleskey? What about Williams? Green? Does nobody want them?

Don't be dense.

I only posted that because yesterday his agent was contacted after Semin was put on waivers and he said something like "We've already got teams calling about him."

 

[Finnish Jerk Train]

Can errbody just chill the **** out for a bit?


Thanks.

 

[nobuddy]

I only posted that because yesterday his agent was contacted after Semin was put on waivers and he said something like "We've already got teams calling about him."

The fact that he hasn't been signed in two hours doesn't mean nobody's interested in him.

 

[Novacane]

can errbody just chill the **** out for a bit?


Thanks.

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[Blueline Bomber]

The fact that he hasn't been signed in two hours doesn't mean nobody's interested in him.

Never said nobody was interested in him. Simply said that teams aren't lining up to sign him, as his agent attempted to portray yesterday. Take a chill pill.

 

[nobuddy]

Never said nobody was interested in him. Simply said that teams aren't lining up to sign him, as his agent attempted to portray yesterday. Take a chill pill.

No..

And again, doesn't mean teams aren't lining up to sign him. Unless they aren't lining up to sign Beleskey either.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

This board in the past 2 hours:

 

[tomdundo]

^That happens every July 1, though.

 

[GoldiFox]

Kassian for Prust +5th Round Pick

Wow. Big, physical RW for peanuts

 

[Wolfpuck]

Kassian for Prust +5th Round Pick

Wow. Big, physical RW for peanuts

We're fresh out of peanuts, apparently.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

This. One million times this. I've been saying this for five years. I'm not sure how much longer I can take it, and I'm not sure why everyone can't see it.

This is boring. You're boring.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Carrot will not grow child comrade must leave steak and potato grow like tree

This is funny. You are funny.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

^That happens every July 1, though.

Yeah, but this year, we have the added fun of the Semin buyout. So people are REALLY salty.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

Kassian for Prust +5th Round Pick

Wow. Big, physical RW for peanuts

Cant wait To read the reaction of nucks fans who've been bragging about winning that initial Kassian trade ever since Hodgson got bought out.

 

[tomdundo]

It's actually Kassian + 5th for Prust. Even better.

 

[Brock Anton]

Jim Benning is probably the worst GM in the NHL.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Jim Benning is probably the worst GM in the NHL.

I thought we agreed that was Sweeney?

 

[What the Faulk]

he literally just referenced luke's article.

I missed this in the flurry, but the country club atmosphere surrounding the team is very real, and it includes the media.

 

[DaleCooper]

The front page of the official site made me lol:

 

[Brock Anton]

I thought we agreed that was Sweeney?

He sucks, but I don't know, he actually did pretty well on the Lucic deal.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

EDIT: To the Canes front page, not Brock's post.

 

[GoldiFox]

The front page of the official site made me lol:

Dominoes...

First goes Nash and then BOOM: Slavin and Rissanen

Teams were all like "I bet you can't even sign your own RFAs". Nothing can stop Francis, nothing.

 

[Finnish Jerk Train]

Confirmed: Canes webmaster posts on HF.

 

[Wolfpuck]

The front page of the official site made me lol:

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

This board in the past 2 hours:

This is small potatoes compared to the sh!tstorm when the Hurricanes failed to sign Zach Parise.

The only real loss that hasn't really been replaced is Semin.

- We lost a top-4 defenseman in Sekera and grabbed Wisnewski to replace him.
- We lost Gleason and it's expected that Hanifin will play in a similar role (on the roster chart, at least).
- Tlusty didn't contribute jack-all last year, so literally any warm body could replace him.

Wisniewski isn't going to replace Sekera.

He shoots right. As does Faulk. Unless you're going to put one of them on the off side, they won't play at ES- and given those look to be the Hurricanes' two best defensemen, handicapping one seems a poor idea.

Wisniewski is replacing Bellemore/Murphy. Which is a pretty good upgrade on the 2nd pairing. Unfortunately, this means Sekera's top pairing minutes get replaced by one of Hainsey, Liles or Hanifin. Which is pretty bad. And I liked Liles with Faulk last year.

Still, Steve Smith knew what he was doing. His defensive system was the best by a Hurricanes' defense in a long time.

Now Semin's only difficult to replace if you believe he was going to put up 40-50 points this upcoming year. If you don't, then any 2nd/3rd line tweener could effectively fill his spot in the lineup.

Then you have a 2nd/3rd line tweener on the 1st line.

Fortunately, Francis beat us to the punch, because they have 2nd/3rd line tweener (and I'm being generous) Nestrasil on the top line, by sheer freaking default.

That offense looks bad. Not Buffalo bad, but bottom-5 bad. I hope he does a trade to get someone.