CHIPS Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 And here goes our final chance to get a Sniper... a type of player that is unknown to Canucks since Naslund & Bure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drybone Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I agree. With that contract it makes Semin tough to swallow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLumme Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 excellent signing. And for those saying 7 mil is too much, I disagree. 7 mil for a few years is too much, but not for a one year contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustJokinen! Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I agree. With that contract it makes Semin tough to swallow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHL rocks Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 This is a great signing for CAR. Regardless of what ppl here say Semin is an awesome talent. If any one did the research and compared Semin's career stats to Parise's they would know they are almost identical players with Semin ranking above Parise. I'm not just talking about goals, assists and points. I'm talking about what the 2 players contribute to their teams with or without the puck when they are on the ice. Reputations make or break people and such is the case in this situation. I'd rather have Semin at $7 mill than signing Parise to that ridiculous $98 million contract. Here's a link to a great article posted by Edler's mind Tricks. Read the article before flaming. /topic/332986-semin-and-the-10/page__hl__%2Bten+%2Bpercent+%2B10%25+%2Bsemin">http://forum.canucks.com/topic/332986-semin-and-the-10/page__hl__%2Bten+%2Bpercent+%2B10%25+%2Bsemin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCammer Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Not a big Semin fan and at that price, I would have found Semin hard to swallow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lock Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 This is a great signing for CAR. Regardless of what ppl here say Semin is an awesome talent. If any one did the research and compared Semin's career stats to Parise's they would know they are almost identical players with Semin ranking above Parise. I'm not just talking about goals, assists and points. I'm talking about what the 2 players contribute to their teams with or without the puck when they are on the ice. Reputations make or break people and such is the case in this situation. I'd rather have Semin at $7 mill than signing Parise to that ridiculous $98 million contract. Here's a link to a great article posted by Edler's mind Tricks. Read the article before flaming. /topic/332986-semin-and-the-10/page__hl__%2Bten+%2Bpercent+%2B10%25+%2Bsemin">http://forum.canucks...ent +10% +semin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdubuya Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I'd have done this deal in a heartbeat. Ballards worth 4.2 mill as a 6th dman but Semin isn't worth 7 mill short term to give our 2nd line a desperately needed 3rd scoring threat who can put up 40 with good linemates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazmanian Devil Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Do you guys honestly feel the need to debate if HockeyyInsiderr is a valid source? Why in the hell do you need to know about a signing before a major source reports it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Carolina could be a dark horse in the East this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice orca Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Couple of SE division teams might want serious goaltending now that Carolina is making a statement and push for the division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuckin_futz Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Do you guys honestly feel the need to debate if HockeyyInsiderr is a valid source? Why in the hell do you need to know about a signing before a major source reports it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanGnome Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Seriously, give it up. He's been so far off base on some things, he's not breaking news, he's posting rumours to make himself look good. As Aaron Ward said after HI's first tweet: People were trying to say he broke the Fistric deal too, /topic/333507-signing-stars-re-sign-mark-fistric/page__view__findpost__p__10799760">but a beat writer in Dallas had it up before him and he just put the info in his own tweet. EDIT: Just to add the others talking up @HockeyyInsiderr and show how simple it is: They were making fun of him because he was just repackaging info from another actual source: Both from the 20th, one day before HI's first tweet. Alexander covers the Carolina Hurricanes for the Raleigh News & Observer as a reporter, so all HI did was take the news from him after Rutherford's comments and guessed Semin would make less than his last contract. It'd be one thing if he was giving credit or retweeting other people's info exactly, but he's re-writing it to make it sound like it's coming from his sources and no one else knows yet. Anyone can be a "Hockeyy Insiderr" in that case, just head to CapGeek.com's Twitter ranking page and follow all the beat reporters for each city, and you can make it sound like you have an inside scoop as well. --------------------------------- Back on topic, It's more money than I'd pay, even on a team with room that needed scoring. It gets Carolina $3M above the floor, but not sure if they needed to clear it by that much when they're only at 21 roster players - three of which are goalies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Templeton Peck Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I'm going to issue a general warning to everyone here. Please stop discussing and using HockeyyInsiderr as a source in threads derailing them. If you wish to discuss a source please use the pinned thread at the top of this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Kane Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Eric Staal Jordan Staal Jeff Skinner Alex Semin Tuomo Ruutu Jussi Jokinen Joni Pitkanen Tim Gleason Justin Faulk Jamie McBain Cam Ward This is a strong core that can make the playoffs.. They need to add depth pieces to their bottom 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronning4center Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Waste of money if it's more than what he made last year. Until this guy learns to play with heart, he's still useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksFanMike Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 The fact that Semin is making more than the twins next year is gross, just gross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edler Is a Beast Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I can honestly say this took me by surprise. Why would Carolina waste so much money on a lazy player? His numbers aren't even good lol. I wouldn't pay the guy 4m a year. Not after the last two seasons anyways. If this signing happened 2 years ago it mighta made sense.... I guess Carolina might be decent now though if Jordan and Alex work out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Semin scored more goals vs. the Canes than any other team. The significance to Washington is a bit underrated. (Along with Semin) It's like us letting D. Sedin go to Edmonton or Calgary. Carolina would be close, if not the top team that represented the best opportunity for him to succeed. But will he? (Esp. since he's now on the team that he scored the most goals against? I don't picture him lighting up the Caps at near the same frequency. In fact i picture OV running him over. lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyfan90 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 yes he's obviously overpaid at 7 mill but you have to take into account that its only for one year and it could be a brilliant move or a bust and we'll see next year. And also you guys have to keep in mind that Carolina has a lot of cap space to spent. And they needed to reach the cap floor. So it doesn't matter if they overpaid, especially for one year. Its a steal for the Hurricanes. If he can get back to the way he plays, he can easily get 30+ goals and be a PPG player, especially if he has a center like Eric Staal to feed him. crap now that a think about it Carolina has a lot of good forwards....Staal brothers, Skinner, Jokinen, Ruutu, and now Semin. Awesome top 6. They got Ward as goalie and they have decent D. Maybe they need to get another D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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