Countdown to Helsinki (Camp Brind'Amour, Training Camp, etc.)

[livinthedream]

Okay it's mid-July and I'm bored. Here's what I've got so far in terms of upcoming events to mark your calendars...

According to the RecZone calendar, Camp Brind’Amour (TM andyt) starts on August 23rd.

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l83/kellja00/RecZone_Aug-Sept_2010.jpg

The day before, on August 22nd, watch for Hurricanes and other celebrities (http://www.golfclassic.org/celebrities.php) to tee off in the Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic, being held again this year at the Lonnie Poole Golf Center on the NC State campus.

Training Camp (http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=531910) begins September 17th.

I've heard that the Canes (defending champions) are participating in the Traverse City rookie tournament again this year but haven't seen anything official from the team. Tournament dates are September 11th through 15th.

Friesen 5K is on September 12th. Haven't seen an official announcement on this yet either.

Prospect Jeff Skinner has been invited to Canada's development camp for the IIHF World Juniors, and Brian Dumoulin, Justin Faulk, and Mark Alt have been invited to Team USA's camp. Camps will be held sometime in August (dates not confirmed yet).

[caneshockeychick]

78 days by my calendar (and when I'm leaving, the 4th of Oct).

[KaniacFever]

Now that i'm back from vacay, i'm ready for Finland. 78 days can't get here soon enough.

[livinthedream]

I alluded to this in my previous post. Here's the schedule for the prospect tournament in Traverse City, MI.

2010 Prospects Tournament and Training Camp (http://redwingscentral.com/camps/2010-11/schedule-tournament.php)

[rosey12]

Woo! I'm so ready for it all to get here.

Sad that I'll likely miss out on Brindy Camp and Training Camp for the first time ... stupid new job and lack of vacation days! :lol:

[puck_it]

sooo, pertaining to "camp brind'amour" can he even show up, now? wouldnt it violate the CBA?

[SoCalcaniac]

How would it violate the CBA? Since it's an informal gathering of players; I'd guess unless he was acting as a FT Regular "employee" of the Canes, leading some type of structured work out regimine or team sanctioned thing, then yeah, could be a violation- but I'd imagine it wouldn't be a big deal..... ?

[nccanes]

Something like that violates NCAA rules, but I don't know about the CBA.

[andyt]

Something like that violates NCAA rules, but I don't know about the CBA.

I don't think it violates NCAA rules either. The players pay individually for the ice. They're not being coached by their college coaches, so it's not an unpermitted contact. IIRC, Kai Kantola skated with them last summer and then went on to his senior year at Bowling Green.

The prospect camp wasn't a violation as long as the players paid their own way. Otherwise, there would have been a problem with the U16 AAA goalie participating. And if that was OK, I can't imagine this not being OK.

We also don't know if Brindy is even on the Canes payroll as a coach. They said he was going to transition into that role, but they've never said exactly what he'll be doing.

[nccanes]

but they've never said exactly what he'll be doing.

Other than going to the bank with large deposits, yes, you are correct! :evil:

[puck_it]

How would it violate the CBA? Since it's an informal gathering of players; I'd guess unless he was acting as a FT Regular "employee" of the Canes, leading some type of structured work out regimine or team sanctioned thing, then yeah, could be a violation- but I'd imagine it wouldn't be a big deal..... ?

yes, i was looking at it from a canes staff member leading it means it's an unofficial camp, but a camp none the less. it'd violate provisions of the off season, which are there to protect players from being compelled to be back to work before theyre being paid.... page 82 says that teams cant hold a mandatory nor voluntary camp, with the exception rookie camp.

if rod's there...

[livinthedream]

I really don't care if he's there or not, I'm still going to call it Camp Brind'Amour 'cause that's its name.

Actually I do care, but I digress.

Joe Corvo days until Opening Night.

[livinthedream]

Prospect Jeff Skinner has been invited to Canada's development camp for the IIHF World Juniors, and Brian Dumoulin, Justin Faulk, and Mark Alt have been invited to Team USA's camp. Camps will be held sometime in August (dates not confirmed yet).

I mentioned this earlier but didn't know the dates... The WJC development camp starts next week, July 30th through August 7th. We also have Tommi Kivisto and Rasmus Rissanen representing the Suomi.

NHL.com - World Junior Championship camp begins next week (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=534815)

[Jay]

I just dropped $1k on my plane tickets. I'm starting to freak out a little bit. Most $$$ I've ever spent in a day, aside from my cars.

I'm going to be in Finland from 10/1 to 10/14! Hooray!

[livinthedream]

Hey folks, I just read elsewhere that the early word is this year's Caniac Carnival will be Saturday, September 18th. Nothing has been confirmed but this was information received directly from someone in the Canes organization. So just giving the heads up since I know folks like to try to plan accordingly.

September 18th also happens to be the first day of training camp, which ought to make practice a little interesting to say the least!

[Jay]

Hey folks, I just read elsewhere that the early word is this year's Caniac Carnival will be Saturday, September 18th. Nothing has been confirmed but this was information received directly from someone in the Canes organization. So just giving the heads up since I know folks like to try to plan accordingly.

September 18th also happens to be the first day of training camp, which ought to make practice a little interesting to say the least!

That's awesome! I'll be in town that weekend! hoorah!

[SoCalcaniac]

September 18th also happens to be the first day of training camp, which ought to make practice a little interesting to say the least!

Very cool.

I'm trying to remember--- did we not have a couple of seasons where the CC and training camp started on the same day? (Pre-lockout IIRC) I'm getting fuzzy w/ pre/post lockout, lol. Maybe it was the last two seasons before the lockout. 02-03 seems to really be strong in my mind.

[nccanes]

Very cool.

I'm trying to remember--- did we not have a couple of seasons where the CC and training camp started on the same day? (Pre-lockout IIRC) I'm getting fuzzy w/ pre/post lockout, lol. Maybe it was the last two seasons before the lockout. 02-03 seems to really be strong in my mind.

Um. Would that have been the Kevin Weekes siezure practice?? :( I seem to recall that was the first day of training camp.

[livinthedream]

Details on the Traverse City prospects tournament have been officially released on ch.com.

Canes to Return to Traverse City Rookie Tournament (http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=535428)

Here's the roster (http://hurricanes.nhl.com/v2/ext/training%20camp/traversecity10.pdf)

[Convert]

Details on the Traverse City prospects tournament have been officially released on ch.com.

Canes to Return to Traverse City Rookie Tournament (http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=535428)

Here's the roster (http://hurricanes.nhl.com/v2/ext/training%20camp/traversecity10.pdf)

Good to see them bring back Bob McKenzie's son.....

[livinthedream]

^ Checkers signed Mike McKenzie on a two-way AHL/ECHL contract, announced just a few minutes ago.

[nccanes]

The McKenzies love NC! :lol:

First Bob at the OBX and now the kid in CLT.

I believe Mike has a twitter account, I've found Bob's RT's of his to be funny. (and not in the "you are so dumb PaulBizNasty" kind of way) :lol:

edit: Congrats Dreamie - I see they used a shot of yours (of Mike McKenzie) at gocheckers.com!

[livinthedream]

Thanks! Yeah, I think I'm probably one of the few on the internet that actually had a picture of him for the Checkers to use. Not much to choose from out there. He was only here for prospect camp last year and played limited time in Albany for Sandpiper to snag a shot.

And he's @MikeMcKenzie11 on twitter. Very good follow! And fellow!

[SoCalcaniac]

Um. Would that have been the Kevin Weekes siezure practice?? :( I seem to recall that was the first day of training camp.

OMG, YES, you're right. I just saw this post and you just gave me the flashback of all flashbacks. I think I honestly blocked that out of my head because that was pretty awful. I just remember how crazy noisy it was in the building, and then the silence and how freaked out the players looked for that little bit.

Here's to that not happening again.

I was really happy to see Mike McKenzie get a shot with the Checkers. He really seemed to be a determined guy when we saw him down here last year; a real hard worker, and one of the more focused/attentive attendees at the camp. Funny to see his hockey dad come out from vacation to tweet with pride.

[e2ipiand1]

According to the Canes' FB page, if the NHL gets enough e-mails requesting coverage of the Rookie Tournament, they'll put the games on the NHL Network.

Feedback form here: http://www.nhl.com/ice/feedback.htm

[livinthedream]

According to the Canes' FB page, if the NHL gets enough e-mails requesting coverage of the Rookie Tournament, they'll put the games on the NHL Network.

Feedback form here: http://www.nhl.com/ice/feedback.htm

Thanks for the link! You can also tweet them at @NHLNetUSA.

The World Juniors evaluation camps are in progress at Lake Placid. The US team defeated the Swedes yesterday 6-3 and did the same to the Suomi today.

Justin Faulk had 2 power play goals yesterday and an assist today.
Brian Dumoulin had 1 assist in yesterday's game but was scratched from today's game.
Rasmus Rissanen had a goal in today's game.
Tommi Kivisto has not made the scoresheet yet.

Updates on USAHockey.com (http://www.usahockey.com/).

[livinthedream]

Team Canada started their WJ development camp yesterday.

I can't figure out how to embed the video here, but if you go to the Hockey Canada (http://tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/) main page over at tsn.ca, in the Video section on the right there's a video of a slick Jeff Skinner move in team shootout competition yesterday.

ETA: Try this link (http://watch.tsn.ca/international-hockey/clip332712#clip332712)

[livinthedream]

Bump.

Hockey players on the ice at the RecZone in 4 days people (3 if I'd waited 20 more minutes before posting).

:D

[SoCalcaniac]

So I'll bump this up to spice up our wait for the season to START. ;)

If you saw that tweet last week from the Canes, you know that they went back to the well and opened a second Eye store back in Crabtree Valley Mall; We were there for a separate reason, but decided to check it out and if you've not been there, you gotta go. Wayyyy better and much more prominent spot in the mall just at the entrance to the food court (not in that back little store front they had before the lockout killed the thing) it's probably about the same size at the current Eye, maybe a little bigger- huge windows and a they're getting the whole thing up and running; lots of selection, and things to buy.

So we were chatting it up with the store manager and he casually informed us that they will be having their "real grand opening" on 9/16; Best Buy is now a Canes sponsor and will be installing huge flat screens so passers by can watch whatever they put up on the screens. When the Canes are in Helsinki, they'll be broadcasting the games on those screens. Pretty cool. Big news on that grand opening on 9/16, Our #15 will be in the store for an autograph session that afternoon and 96 Rock will be broadcasting live all afternoon. More details to come he said, but was wanting to let us know we need to come back on the 16th to see the whole store finished, and to "meet Too-oo-mo" and they'll be having giveaways and such. He also mentioned, the plan is to have "a player every month" visit the store, and that the lease is "at least" for whole season- and they'll see how it goes.

Hopefully, they'll restore the presence they had when they had that old store and the store in Cary Town Center. *hopefully* But that was so long ago, the good news is that this spot is far better the the others were.

Sooooo keep an eye out for tweets and Canes Connnect, and mark your calendars :) this should be a great grand opening!

[caniac369]

Socal, I saw that and am so happy and can't wait to see it the next time I'm in town. :D

[andyt]

Camp Brind’Amour (TM andyt) starts on August 23rd.

There is an article on ch.com that shows why this will always be Camp Brind'Amour. I can't link to it, but it's called "Behind the Scenes, Canes Working Hard" on Branecky's blog. There is a picture of Brindy going through a kick boxing exercize at the Atletic Performance Center in north Raleigh. And according to Pete "he's still the hardest working guy".

[G-Vegas Caniac]

So this is info for you 12 game ticket planners that want to know what seats you are in this year.

I went into my account manager and it lists my seats now! Just to let you guys know! :D

[caneshockeychick]

And Babchuk has shown up at these involuntary practices. Good for him.

And an article on LordVoldemort.com indicates he's a daddy now!!

I for one, hope this is a good year for him. Here. ;)

[nccanes]

And an article on LordVoldemort.com .....


:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

[livinthedream]

I'm not sure this has been reported by anyone besides me, since the majority of the Canes organization and media covering them were at the media/golf event today. And those on twitter already know because I posted about it incessantly. But I am happy to report that our sisu levels are being restored. Ruuty was on the ice today at the RecZone.

:D :D :D

And speaking of the golf/media event, if you're not on twitter, you missed this gem (http://twitpic.com/2mgezz) from Sundheim.

[caniac369]

^ The one that got me was the tongue stud comment. :lol:

[kermelbar]

It kind of loses it Rock Outness when you're wearing golf clothes and standing in front of a golf cart. :lol:

[SoCalcaniac]

LTD's #15 is at the RecZone today. :D

Of course it happens on a day I can't get out there and live stream it -- stuck on a video conference call. I've not heard from LTD today, so I'm hoping to gosh she's actually there, and not traveling for work today- but I think we can all say the season is oh-so close. :lol:

[livinthedream]

Yeah, I only scooped Chip on that one by a DAY.

LOL Are you underestimating the power of the Ruudar? He was there yesterday too. I tweeted about it incessantly (did you start unfollowing me on twitter?) and posted about a dozen pictures on flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbk-ltd/sets/72157624777661925/). Oh yeah, and I posted about it above. ^^^^^^^

He was in borrowed gear yesterday but back in his own equipment today. Still looks a little rusty, but only a little. Haven't seen him fall yet, once I see him falling I know he's back to full throttle, but he's in full practice mode now times 2 days and doesn't seem to hesitate taking a shot. I can't tell he's favoring his shoulder. Stayed late yesterday to work on wristers and one-timers, today Pete moved the goals in and made them skate laps so no one stayed afterwards.

In other news, my life is good.

:D

[livinthedream]

Oh, and Riley Nash and Zac Dalpe have left, presumably for Traverse City.

And Babchuk's looking good y'all, IMO.

[Convert]

And Babchuk's looking good y'all, IMO.

Good to hear. I'm in the "like Babchuk" camp and hope his has become more mature for stint #3......

[nccanes]

Yeah, I only scooped Chip on that one by a DAY.

:D

That confused me yesterday. Does that mean that Ruutu didn't do the media golf event or that some practiced afterward?

[SoCalcaniac]

Yeah, I only scooped Chip on that one by a DAY.

LOL Are you underestimating the power of the Ruudar? He was there yesterday too. I tweeted about it incessantly (did you start unfollowing me on twitter?) and posted about a dozen pictures on flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbk-ltd/sets/72157624777661925/). Oh yeah, and I posted about it above. ^^^^^^^



:D

Never saw your tweets yesterday- I figured you'd at least text me! and I only go to Flikr when I'm directed to, i.e. it's not saved to my favorites. LOL. and no- I've not unfollowed you on Twitter, I did after all tweet you to tell you we all paid $600 per person for LL seats in Helsinki, not $300 - making me think we had overpaid or got ripped off! :lol:

I have been buried with work stuff so I can be free as a bird the week of 10/4 and not deal with work, so I've only scrolled twitter in the late evening and hadn't been on here since Tuesday or something.

I'm thinking the same thing E is- He wasn't in any of the media "stuff" they didn't even mention him - kinda odd, so no wonder clueless, I mean Chip didn't see him, or know he was in.

My plan is to head over tomorrow to gear up for training camp.

[livinthedream]

Sorry about that, I can't tweet and text and take pictures all at the same time. I figured you'd get the tweet. I usually can't be bothered to even tweet while I'm there but I made an exception when I saw the Finn. With all the media over at Wakefield I think I was actually the twitter exclusive from practice.

Tuomo was at the RecZone yesterday. He was not part of the media day at Wakefield. There were only 8 players at media day - Cole, Corvo, Gleason, Kostopoulos, LaRose, Samsonov, Staal, Ward - along with the coaching staff and management. They played golf from 9:30 am until 1:30 or so then did the interviews.

The other 22 players were at the RecZone at their normal time including the aforementioned Finn.

Chip obviously didn't know Tuomo skated yesterday because when he first filed his "Canes Now" report he said today was his first informal practice. I see where he has now gone back to edit it to say he spoke after "an informal practice."

And I can't express in words how disappointed I am that you don't even have my flickr site favorited. :(

[nccanes]

Okay y'all. It's 5:21 on Thursday. I'm off tomorrow. And it JUST NOW occured to me that I could come see y'all (screw the players lol) tomorrow.

I have to take my car in and do some other general have to do stuff, but I can't believe it didn't dawn on me until now that I might be able to squeeze in a RZ visit!

What time again??? I haven't been paying attention! :lol:

[livinthedream]

10 - 12. Be there. Aloha.

[livinthedream]

:D

nhl_canes: http://twitpic.com/2mtms3 - The ice making is underway at the RBC Center.

[KaniacFever]

Hockey is in the air. Mornings/Evenings are nice and cool. Season tickets on the way. Ice is getting put down. Puck drop in 2 weeks for the first pre-season game. This was a very long summer. I'm ready for some Canes hockey.

[SouthernHockeyChick]

I'm right at my 40 so I'll only be getting paid for about a half-hour of my 9+ hour day tomorrow. That makes it mighty tempting to take a really long lunch around 10am. Hmmm. :D

[livinthedream]

Come on down. Plan to stay a little past 12, just in case there are any shenanigans or hi-jinks.

And re-reading E's post reminded me once again just how important punctuation is.

[SoCalcaniac]

I would love for a great big ol' reunion- SHC & KF come on down, I dare ya! ;) I'm thinking I'm looking forward to this more than seeing the players (GASP!)

LTD- don't be too mad at me, I jumped off the book marking thing after I got the new laptop. I am horrible about actually using my bookmarks, using the internet like an old person, by preferring to actually type in sites instead of using the links. :crazy: I know. Don't say anything. :lol:;) I love your Flikr page, and am a faithful lurker, lol

[nccanes]

And re-reading E's post reminded me once again just how important punctuation is.

hahahahahaha

One missed parenthesis and that could have been bad! :lol:

I'm right at my 40 so I'll only be getting paid for about a half-hour of my 9+ hour day tomorrow. That makes it mighty tempting to take a really long lunch around 10am. Hmmm. :D

Do it.

[SouthernHockeyChick]

No Friday hooky-playing, boys, cause my boss just approved the hiatus.

So, around 10ish at the RZ. Barring a drug information emergency, see ya'll there! :spin:

[SouthernHockeyChick]

Come on down. Plan to stay a little past 12, just in case there are any shenanigans or hi-jinks.


Are we better off being there a bit before 10 or planning to stay after 12? :D

[livinthedream]

Stay. There's no need to get there super early. Shenanigans will follow afterwards.

Yesterday they started rolling onto the ice a few minutes after 10:00 am and left the ice right around 11:30 am. I don't suspect with it being a Friday that they'll linger too long today, but you never know. Last Friday they wrapped up around 11:15 am.

[SouthernHockeyChick]

Excellent.

Thanks!!

And is it still super popsicle-y in the RZ this year? Even for someone who doesn't own a coat? T(again)IA!

[livinthedream]

I wore flip-flops yesterday and a jean jacket over a t-shirt and jeans, and I was fine, but I'm not cold-natured plus I move around a lot. As the weeks go by it's getting a little colder in there each day but I don't think it rivals the meat-locker atmosphere from the past.

[KaniacFever]

I would love for a great big ol' reunion- SHC & KF come on down, I dare ya! ;) I'm thinking I'm looking forward to this more than seeing the players (GASP!)



I wish, but Reczone is a bit far from RTP. If it was my half day, I would have taken the morning off and gone, but not today.

You'll have to wait and see me Sunday :)

[toastmasterbone]

Is anyone trying to find a way to keep tabs on the Lil' Canes in the Traverse City tournament? It looks like we had a practice at 8:30 AM today, then played our first game at 3 PM.

We lost. (2-1 v Minnesota)

Skinner had 7 shots but none fell; Mike McKenzie took 5 shots and got the lone goal in the third (assist to Austin Levi). His dad will be proud. Mike Murphy in goal with 21 stops.

From: Pointstreak (http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/boxscore.html?gameid=1354032)

Next game tomorrow at 5:30 v Rangers.

[livinthedream]

Yeah, I was trying all afternoon to get info on twitter. There's no video or even audio coverage, @KyleHanlin is tweeting from the tournament but they had signal problems in the arena so his coverage was spotty and even pointstreak wasn't updating until sometime after the game. Hopefully they'll get it resolved before tomorrow's games. I hear we were much improved in the third period so hopefully that will bode well for the rest of the tournament.

ETA: Some comments from Kyle via twitter (have no idea if he's planning to publish an article later so I'll copy them here):

KyleHanlin: Exciting finish. Canes had chances w/ extra skater. Final: MIN 2 Canes 1. Shots: MIN 22 Canes 30.

KyleHanlin: Today's game box score: http://carhur.com/bd1

KyleHanlin: Tournament scoreboard: http://carhur.com/bd2

KyleHanlin: Players all said that they settled in after uneasy 1st, and were the better team in 2nd and 3rd.

KyleHanlin: Look for Dalpe's, Nash's and Skinner's names on score sheet in next game(s). Murphy was good, despite the 2 in 1st per.

[toastmasterbone]

Bitty Canes win 1-0 against the Rangers with Dalpe scoring at 19:05 of the 3rd (Mike Murphy with the shutout [33 shots]). Through two games we are 1-1, with the lowest number of goals scored (n=2) of the tournament teams, and tied for the lowest goals against (n=2). We play Columbus (0-2) on Tuesday at 6:30.

[SoCalcaniac]

So earlier , @icechip tweeted that the Canes "working out" at the RBCC tommorow- maybe LTD knows, does this mean they're skating there and not at the RZ?

I'll finally get to head over and watch practice Thurs & Fri after a very crazy first part of the week, so I'm wondering......

[Fghtr4jc]

Baby Canes take on the Baby Bolts tonight. All I know is I'm hoping that Skinner can translate that 5 point beatdown of CLB to the NHL.

[livinthedream]

So earlier , @icechip tweeted that the Canes "working out" at the RBCC tommorow- maybe LTD knows, does this mean they're skating there and not at the RZ?

I'll finally get to head over and watch practice Thurs & Fri after a very crazy first part of the week, so I'm wondering......

You may be out of luck, I thought today was the last day for Camp Brind'Amour.

I was under the impression that tomorrow is just a workout and not a skate, but I guess it's possible they could be on the ice. I don't know if it's open though; it's not on the RBCC calendar and it was never on the RecZone calendar either.

And there's no practice Friday either because that's their official first day of camp with all the off-ice stuff - physicals, etc.

ETA: Called RBCC Security and that is correct, off-ice workouts tomorrow, next skate is Saturday morning for training camp/Carnival.

[SoCalcaniac]

And there's no practice Friday either because that's their official first day of camp with all the off-ice stuff - physicals, etc.

ETA: Called RBCC Security and that is correct, off-ice workouts tomorrow, next skate is Saturday morning for training camp/Carnival.


Completely escaped me on Friday with the physicals- Duh, I know two people who work next door to the docs offices where they go for physicals- or they used to, can't remember if they changed it up. Anyway, I know better, lol.

Camp Brind 'Amour seems like it went long this year- or I just lost track of the days. Now Training Camp just rolled up on me. I'm glad we'll be in the RBCC at least for the first day, I'm so not looking forward to the RZ on a Sunday. Thanks GaGa. :sick:

[caneshockeychick]

I'm so not looking forward to the RZ on a Sunday. Thanks GaGa. :sick:

X 2

would be nice if it were over here my way...oh well.


**wishes gaga would gogo away***

[toastmasterbone]

Baby Canes take on the Baby Bolts tonight. All I know is I'm hoping that Skinner can translate that 5 point beatdown of CLB to the NHL.

Skinner added 2 more points tonight with an assist on Kennedy's PP goal in the first, and came up clutch to get himself the game-winning goal in the second OT (after an apparent Skinner goal was waived off in the first OT). Toddler Canes win 4-3. Besides Skinner and Kennedy, Shugg got one in the second, and Shakori Hills Staal got an unassisted goal in the third.

Although the Canes place third, their winning percentage (3-1; 0.667%) is second overall.

[livinthedream]

I swear this amuses me for hours... New roster photos are going up on the Canes website (in various stages). According to Sundheim almost all of the players smiled for their roster photos this year.

:D

And this is my vote so far for best roster hair (http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8473444).

[shill22]

haha! wonder how much hair products he used!!

[Canesluver]

Chad, oh Chad.... you couldn't have smiled?????

[caneshockeychick]

Chad, oh Chad.... you couldn't have smiled?????

I know. WTF?

Looks like E Staal is leading in the "like" category. Little brother is in the top 5...along w/C Ward and of course, Ruutu. Rounding out is Jussi.

[Solracer]

I swear this amuses me for hours... New roster photos are going up on the Canes website (in various stages). According to Sundheim almost all of the players smiled for their roster photos this year.

:D

And this is my vote so far for best roster hair (http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8473444).

I'm surprised you did nominate a fin...
http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8473496

But I nominate this for best smile... :)

http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8470681

[ontheboards]

And this is my vote so far for best roster hair (http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8473444).

After looking at that picture, I think you should have called it best rooster hair :)

[kermelbar]

Re: roster -- Maybe it happened last year and I managed to ignore it, but I see 1990 has shown up as a birth year on our roster. Oy.

[Canesluver]

After looking at that picture, I think you should have called it best rooster hair :)

:laugh:

I also never have notice how BLUE Babchuk's eyes are!! :faint:

[superdave]

After looking at that picture, I think you should have called it best rooster hair :)

Was that the look he was going for? When he got through fixing his hair in the mirror, did he step back and say "Oh yeah".

That looks like my hair before I shower in the morning.