Andrew Ladd leaves practice early in Chicago....

2/2/2010 1:46:24 PM

hahahahaha

2/2/2010 1:47:14 PM

hahahaha

and

Quote :

"i expect to see a trade announcement every time this thread has been bumped lately (sans gametime)"

2/2/2010 1:53:20 PM

I like Ladd but I hope we aren't going down this road again.

Oh what the hell maybe Chicago can get in on the recycling program. Ladd for Thamthonov, make it happen JR.

2/2/2010 1:56:13 PM

someoen post the recycling pic

2/2/2010 1:59:07 PM

PAVEL BRENDL IS INTRIGUED

2/2/2010 2:21:01 PM

bahahahahahahha

2/2/2010 2:22:16 PM

Word is Ladd has a lower body injury and is questionable for tomorrow's game, and that's why he left the ice early. Not being traded.

2/2/2010 2:22:43 PM

radim vrbata seen eating pulled pork at airport

2/2/2010 3:15:10 PM

no love for Alberts on this pg?

[Edited on February 2, 2010 at 3:27 PM. Reason : .]

2/2/2010 3:26:59 PM

I got this one:



I like how you can just feel the Kill Bill siren going off in Walker's head:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjHKZgfy9sY

[Edited on February 2, 2010 at 3:32 PM. Reason : sss]

2/2/2010 3:31:03 PM

we need a list of who walker has fought. we've been picking them up lately

2/2/2010 3:43:46 PM

^^i tried posting that one but got the ol' red X. ahhhh well. I'm ready to hear the trade

2/2/2010 3:56:44 PM

babchuk spotted at atrium

2/2/2010 4:03:03 PM

scott gomez spotted on the canesvision mexikisscam with JR

2/2/2010 4:09:40 PM

HOW MANY PUCKS

COULD A BABCHUK CHUCK

IF A BABCHUK COULD CHUCK PUCKS

2/2/2010 4:10:11 PM

Stu Grimson spotted at the Goat

2/2/2010 4:10:31 PM

Quote :

"Canes have called up forward Steven Goertzen from Albany."

2/2/2010 5:31:15 PM

riiiiiiight

2/2/2010 5:44:03 PM

Goertzen? Really??????

2/2/2010 6:03:31 PM

http://www.tsn.ca/columnists/bob_mckenzie/?id=308689

Quote :

"It's going to get very interesting, and maybe even a little tense, on the Ray Whitney front in Carolina. Next to Atlanta's Ilya Kovalchuk, the Hurricanes' goal-scoring winger may be one of the more attractive offensive commodities moved at the deadline. He's an unrestricted free agent at the end of this season, so he's technically a ''rental'' player but because he has a no-trade clause, the dynamics at work are quite interesting. For both him and the Hurricanes. The Hurricanes and Los Angeles Kings progressed so far along on Whitney trade talks recently that sources tell TSN that Kings' general manager Dean Lombardi was given permission by Carolina GM Jim Rutherford to talk to Whitney's agent J.P. Barry about a contract extension. And that apparently is where things went off the rails. Sources say Whitney was looking for a three-year deal from the Kings in exchange to waive his NTC to go to Los Angeles. The Kings apparently balked. A one year deal might be workable for L.A. but three? No chance. Suffice to say the Hurricanes were less than amused. It's believed the Kings were prepared to part with a draft pick (not a first-rounder but perhaps a second) and a prospect (the best guess is that it's one of Regina Pat defenceman Colten Teubert or Manchester Monarch Viacheslav Voinov), which is apparently the only solid offer the Canes have received so far for Whitney. Some believe Whitney is simply calling his shot here, raising the price and stakes for teams that he's not really interested in playing for until the team he desires puts in a call to the Hurricanes, in which case he could conceivably be moved without a contract extension and choose his new home in the summer, perhaps even signing back in Carolina. Although many think that team he is waiting on at the deadline is none other than the Pittsburgh Penguins. Whitney might look pretty good patrolling Sidney Crosby's wing in the playoffs. He certainly fits the bill of what the Penguins need - a goal-scoring winger with clutch qualities and Stanley Cup experience. But sources say Pittsburgh has yet to inquire about Whitney and even if the Penguins did, they are not likely to be able to offer up as much as Los Angeles was prepared to give Carolina. So suddenly what looked like a no-brainer - the Hurricanes trading Whitney as a rental at the deadline for some future considerations - has taken on a much more convoluted look. Whitney might well argue that he's only exercising his contractual right and that he's only interested in making one move - either a trade now to a team he'll play for in the next two or three seasons or just stay put and make his move in the summer. Or maybe go as a rental at the deadline to Pittsburgh, if that is indeed his preferred place to land. The Canes may well argue that they're giving Whitney an opportunity to play in the playoffs and help Carolina's rebuilding process, especially if he as any interest in coming back and re-signing in Carolina in the summer. And if the Canes' return on a trade Whitney is prepared to accept - say Pittsburgh, for argument's sake - is far less than it would be for, say, a deal with Los Angeles, there's bound to be some hard feelings there. So it's going to get interesting. It may even get tense, especially if other teams step up to the plate on Whitney only to find out they're going to have to provide an extension to get him to waive his NTC. Whitney would, in a perfect world, like to use his NTC leverage to get a multi-year deal he thinks he's earned. Or at the very least, end up in precisely the spot he wants to be. The Canes, in a perfect world, would like to maximize their return on a rental player who could conceivably come back to the fold in the summer. But with how this process has started off, it's possible neither will end up with exactly what they want. It should be interesting."

2/2/2010 6:12:04 PM

I was really hoping to see one of, if not both of Whitney and Cullen traded so that we could get some picks and resign them, but it looks like Ray is dead set on getting a deal from who ever he's traded to. Anyone heard anything about why? He loves it in the area, loves the team and now values the next few months he'll spend somewhere so much that he wants a long term deal there to finish out his career?

2/2/2010 10:55:59 PM

he may be posturing.

I think he is holding out for a better situation, possibly on the east coast. I can see him staying in Raleigh and back on the team next year.

2/2/2010 11:43:34 PM

sounds like he just doesn't want to go to the kings, i can't blame him

i still hope he goes to the pens but they need defense more than they need offense

2/3/2010 10:00:31 AM

JOSEPH CORVO returns to the ice tonight on Calgary

2/3/2010 3:17:54 PM

Hopefully this means something happens soon with Wallin or Ward. I'd love to get some picks rolling in to restock the minors when we call up all the Rats next season.

2/3/2010 3:21:06 PM

Quote :

"JOSEPH CORVO returns to the ice tonight on Calgary"

and cue the fun after someone mentions this is probably going to set up a near-future trade....

Quote :

"1. It will be a right wing. Probably Cole or Jokkinen 2. i say we try to get rid of alberts, he makes a lot of bad mistakes"

more hilarity to ensue.

more fun...

Quote :

"is Eric Stall or anybody from the canes going to the olimpics this year?"

2/3/2010 3:38:11 PM

[Edited on February 3, 2010 at 3:57 PM. Reason : ]

2/3/2010 3:57:06 PM

^^where did those GEMS of quotes come from?

2/3/2010 4:50:09 PM

Canes' facebook page.

2/3/2010 4:51:01 PM

the good old Canes 'Fan Page' on Facebook.

You'd think 'fans' would know how to fucking spell Staal by now, in addition to who has made an Olympic team

2/3/2010 4:51:29 PM

Wallin is a healthy scratch tonight.

2/3/2010 6:01:04 PM

dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnnn

2/3/2010 6:30:05 PM

Niclas Wallin has waived his no trade clause to go to the Sharks. Details coming!

2/3/2010 6:41:19 PM

YES!

2/3/2010 6:58:40 PM

WALLIN WANT RETURN A SHARKS, HE MISS SAN JOSE.

2/3/2010 7:07:59 PM

2/3/2010 7:49:18 PM

any link?

2/3/2010 8:23:46 PM

Bye, Hamburgers.

2/3/2010 8:27:21 PM

^^http://tsn.ca/tradecentre/story/?id=308812

nothing new, just a link

[Edited on February 3, 2010 at 8:31 PM. Reason : nothing to see here]

2/3/2010 8:30:48 PM

Is anybody else's FSN fucked up?

2/3/2010 9:13:51 PM

How so? I have picture but it' not great if that's what you mean by fucked up.

2/3/2010 9:17:48 PM

Sound is robotic and picture is freezing every 1 to 2 seconds. Basically completely useless. Other channels are not like that.

2/3/2010 9:23:07 PM

mine is fine

2/3/2010 9:28:45 PM

holy shit

turnovers below the circles in a 30 second span:

pitkanen 1
staal 1
jokinen 2

2/3/2010 9:32:04 PM

hey, whatever it takes to tank

2/3/2010 9:33:22 PM

i still think that the interoffice memo about tanking hasn't yet reached cam's locker

2/3/2010 9:34:47 PM

MOM, YOU'RE EATING TONIGHT?

2/3/2010 9:37:48 PM

Yes I am and I'm gonna enjoy it!

2/3/2010 9:38:20 PM

ron tugnutt sighting!

2/3/2010 9:53:03 PM