JIM RUTHERFORD RUMORS
Carolina Hurricanes: Dealing With The Adjusted Salary Cap
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By Dylan Howlett (@DylanHowlett)
In September 2008, Jim Rutherford could see the vultures swirling overhead: salivating, expectant.
The Carolina Hurricanes general manager had assembled a talented nucleus of young, incipient stars. The post-championship blueprint — devised to ween Carolina off the veteran-laden 2006 Cup-winning club and acclimate...
Carolina Hurricanes Offseason Agenda: Aquire Top-Four Defenseman
By Dylan Howlett (@DylanHowlett)
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Jim Rutherford has made his list. He doesn’t need to check it twice.
The venerable Carolina Hurricanes General Manager has placed a top-four defenseman atop his offseason agenda and is willing to dangle the team’s fifth-overall draft selection to get his hands on one.
“It would be difficult for us to move our pick at five, but I’ll...
GARTH: Want Canes' 5th Overall Pick?
Carolina Hurricanes GM, Jim Rutherford, has done an about-face. He used to think that the 2013 Entry Draft was a five horse race. He has now changed his mind.
âFor a long time, Iâve suggested that itâs really the top six (overall) players that have that chance for next year,â Rutherford told Hurricanes.com earlier this week.
âBased on information...
Hurricanes unveil new home, road uniforms for next season
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Carolina Hurricanes introduced new home and road uniforms on Tuesday, marking the first time in the 15-year history of the franchise being in North Carolina that it has made wholesale change, as it were, to both sets of uniforms.
Tweaks have been made over the years, but nothing like this.
A few years ago, (vice president of marketing Doug Warf) had approached...
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Hurricanes Make A Slight Adjustment To Their Uniforms
from the Carolina Hurricanes,
Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today introduced the team’s new home and road uniforms for the 2013-14 season. While the team’s primary logo and colors remain the same, it marks the first time in the Hurricanes’ 15-year North Carolina history that they have made a head-to...
Matt Karash: Canes 2013 Eval Part 4: Slotting and roles for Canes forwards
To stay in the loop so you don't miss anything over the summer, follow me on Twitter at CarolinaMatt63 to get a quick heads up when I post a blog and join the occasional Canes banter in Twitter.
So with a quick financial intro and candid assessments for 2013 for GM Jim Rutherford and Coach Kirk Muller posted, I move to the players. A key component to evaluating playersâ...
Matt Karash: Canes 2013 Eval Part 2: GM Jim Rutherford
Overall, I am a fan of Canes GM Jim Rutherford. I am not in the camp calling for his job after yet another playoff miss. I grumble about the lack of volume of playoff appearances as much as every other Canes fan. But sprinkled amongst the misses are 3 truly magical deep playoff runs including a Stanley Cup win. And if you understand the details of how those 3 teams were built...
Breaking down Carolina's cap situation
Yesterday morning, Jim Rutherford addressed the media on the Hurricanes season and one of the key things discussed was the team's off-season plans and from the sound of things, the Hurricanes depth and defense could be in for a bit of an overhaul. In the presser, Rutherford mentioned that he would like to add two to three defensemen this off-season and become "tougher to...
Clarifying Rutherford – Hurricanes in the Rumors
Recently Jim Rutherford spoke with The News and Observers Chip Alexander. Some of Rutherfords comments seem to have been taken the wrong way by some who feel he isn’t doing enough.
It has been said that the Hurricanes are actually within reach of the playoffs but due to the number of games in hand that our opponents have the Hurricanes playoff chances are slim. Rutherfords mentioning...
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January 27, 2012
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Kirk Muller a good fit for Hurricanes
Raleigh, NC --- Carolina Hurricanes general manager Jim Rutherford had something specific in mind when he began thinking about a coaching change a month ago.
First of all, he wanted a "good fit" for the franchise. Second, he wanted to go outside of the organization and bring in someone that would offer a different perspective and bring a different flavor to the Hurricanes...
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November 28, 2011
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