Mackcanuck Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=450459 This means more competition for the GM position, I hope they promote from within the organization! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tas Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 its been widely speculated that ron francis will be stepping into the role, likely with rutherford staying on as president. that said, i could also see francis coming in as president and hiring a gm, as is the growing trend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boudrias Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Not every org has the finances that Van has. Carolina has money issues. Francis will be the GM. They have been able to draft well but Rutherford has lost touch IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboose Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Rutherford has done impressive things on a tight budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbox Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Only terrible move I recall was signing Kaberle and he even found a way to trade him. Wonder why he's stepping down? Wonder if it's a forced resign. Maybe he wants to GM a team who spends to the cap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missioncanucksfan Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Rutherford doesnt want to be the guy to trade Staal. He finally got the Hartford Whalers to the cup final twice while winning once. Francis will be a fine GM. Carolina, not being a hockey hotbed has an amazingly hard time attracting free agents and when they do get a bite on one, they seem to have to overpay....much like Florida, much like others. Jim has drafted decently and developed his players and ran that organization very responsibility. Much like Nashville, things have gotten stale and a shake up is finally warranted. Hopefully more Whaler alumni start coming back just as Francis has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJDDawg Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 its been widely speculated that ron francis will be stepping into the role, likely with rutherford staying on as president. that said, i could also see francis coming in as president and hiring a gm, as is the growing trend. This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaSwede Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 I do feel bad for teams like Carolina who don't have the same amount of money to spend as traditional hockey markets. Wait, I have an idea, why not put teams in markets that watch ice hockey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totes McGoats Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Rutherford has done impressive things on a tight budget. Yes, like for example, Missing the playoffs for like a billion years in a row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Yes, like for example, Missing the playoffs for like a billion years in a row. Carolina has at least won a cup under his tenure. The Hurricane's have only had two top ten picks since winning their cup. Lindholm and Skinner. Clearly if there's a problem in Carolina it's the same as ours. Drafting. I don't think the Jack Johnson situation was handled well. When you have a stud d-man and he wants to play in college another year you have to respect his decision. But Rutherford panicked and traded him away. Sort of like Gillis not signing Mitchell, panicked and traded for Ballard. To be fair Johnson has been traded from a few teams, LA, then Columbus. (Maybe because LA was already deep on Defence) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totes McGoats Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Carolina has at least won a cup under his tenure. The Hurricane's have only had two top ten picks since winning their cup. Lindholm and Skinner. Clearly if there's a problem in Carolina it's the same as ours. Drafting. I don't think the Jack Johnson situation was handled well. When you have a stud d-man and he wants to play in college another year you have to respect his decision. But Rutherford panicked and traded him away. Sort of like Gillis not signing Mitchell, panicked and traded for Ballard. To be fair Johnson has been traded from a few teams, LA, then Columbus. (Maybe because LA was already deep on Defence) Though they did win a cup, do you really think that was his doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmployeeoftheMonth Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Though they did win a cup, do you really think that was his doing? If you're ready to blame him for missing the playoffs you have to be willing to give him credit for the team winning the cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herberts Vasiljevs Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Carolina has at least won a cup under his tenure. The Hurricane's have only had two top ten picks since winning their cup. Lindholm and Skinner. Clearly if there's a problem in Carolina it's the same as ours. Drafting. I don't think the Jack Johnson situation was handled well. When you have a stud d-man and he wants to play in college another year you have to respect his decision. But Rutherford panicked and traded him away. Sort of like Gillis not signing Mitchell, panicked and traded for Ballard. To be fair Johnson has been traded from a few teams, LA, then Columbus. (Maybe because LA was already deep on Defence) I think you are over analyzing things completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerbera Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Wasn't Carolina's AHL team famous for NOT producing any NHL talent? Like they have nearly produced no NHLer for Carolina or something. I remember reading about that when we got Dalpe and Welsh from the Carolina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookie Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 ^^ yeah I read the same thing about their development/drafting after the Dalpe trade, not a clue where though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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