Hurricanes Activate Kaberle; Assign Conboy to Albany

[Thrillhouse]

RALEIGH, NC—Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has activated defenseman Frantisek Kaberle from injured reserve. To clear room for Kaberle on the active roster, the Hurricanes reassigned defenseman Tim Conboy to the Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League (AHL).

Kaberle, 35, has earned three assists and averaged 17:31 of ice time in seven games played this season. The Kladno, Czech Republic, native has missed the Hurricanes’ last four games, and a combined 24 games this season, with a leg injury. Kaberle (6’0”, 190 lbs.) has scored 28 goals and earned 160 assists (188 points) in 500 NHL regular-season games with Los Angeles, Atlanta and Carolina since the Kings drafted him in the third round, 76th overall, in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. He is in his fourth season with the Hurricanes after signing with Carolina as a free agent in July 2004.

[Arankys]

Where are all the Canes fans who kept saying how much of an upgrade Maurice was. Well now they have 0 fighters and back to Detroit style hockey

[I_am_Belak_2]

Originally Posted by Arankys

Where are all the Canes fans who kept saying how much of an upgrade Maurice was. Well now they have 0 fighters and back to Detroit style hockey

Brookbank?

[Snipes19]

Originally Posted by Arankys

Where are all the Canes fans who kept saying how much of an upgrade Maurice was. Well now they have 0 fighters and back to Detroit style hockey

Ever heard of Wade Brookbank, Tim Gleason, and Scott Walker? They fight.

At least Carolina still has a serviceable heavyweight. Don't be so over-dramatic... they're nowhere near being as weak as Detroit.

[blackngold]

Originally Posted by I_am_Belak_2

Brookbank?

Originally Posted by Wes McSnipes

Ever heard of Wade Brookbank, Tim Gleason, and Scott Walker? They fight.

At least Carolina still has a serviceable heavyweight. Don't be so over-dramatic... they're nowhere near being as weak as Detroit.

I don't think he's played 1 game since Maurice took over after playing just about every single game under Laviolette this season.

Original poster is right, Paul Marice should be hung by his labia.

[caps05]

Originally Posted by blackngold

I don't think he's played 1 game since Maurice took over after playing just about every single game under Laviolette this season.

Original poster is right, Paul Marice should be hung by his labia.

Brookbank played about the 2nd game that Maurice came to Carolina, and fought Riley Cote.

He hasn't played any other games since, I don't believe.

[Arankys]

Originally Posted by Wes McSnipes

Ever heard of Wade Brookbank, Tim Gleason, and Scott Walker? They fight.

At least Carolina still has a serviceable heavyweight. Don't be so over-dramatic... they're nowhere near being as weak as Detroit.

Like already mentioned Brookbank will not play and Walker/Gleason will fight 3 times each per year. Nice try to justify this pus sy back in the league.

[staal4pm]

Originally Posted by Arankys

Where are all the Canes fans who kept saying how much of an upgrade Maurice was. Well now they have 0 fighters and back to Detroit style hockey

Hell, I wish we could play Detroit-style hockey. At least we'd be winning then. The game's not all about fighting, my man. The team, as a whole, is playing better since Paul Maurice replaced Peter Laviolette. To me, that justifies the coaching switch. We're back in the top 8 in the conference as I write this. Do I want the team to skate hard and stand up for themselves? Sure. Would I like them to be a pugilistic bunch? Absolutely. Under Laviolette, they lost games, played with no heart or desire, and overall wussed out on numerous occasions. Under Maurice, they're playing like they want to win and are starting to win. The common thread is the continued wussing out. But, yes, a team that is beginning to start winning but doesn't fight is a CLEAR upgrade from a team that is losing, shows no heart, and doesn't fight. I think that's pretty obvious.

Since taking over on December 3, the Hurricanes have played the Penguins (without Eric Godard), the Flyers twice, the Capitals, the Rangers (with Dan Fritsche skating over Colton Orr), and the Canadiens (without Georges Laraque). Wade Brookbank has played in both games against Philadelphia and against Washington, fighting Riley Cote once. The games he didn't play were against teams without enforcers, so there is really no purpose for Wade in the lineup.

Scott Walker is just now becoming fully healthy after a nagging hand injury suffered in a preseason fight with Nate Guenin. Tim Gleason has played 2 games since coming off the IR. And Tim Conboy played about 5 games with the team, all at defense. To say Maurice has pussified the team by sending Conboy back to Albany is unfair, as he was not a part of this team until 4 of our top 6 defensemen went down with injury. In fact, Maurice put Josef Melichar on waivers to bring up Conboy, so an argument can be made that he actually attempted to add toughness to the team.

Is this an ideal situation? No, of course not. But your point, if you had one, was more than a little off-base. I'm not going to sit here and tell you that we are one of the toughest teams in the league. We are probably one of the bottom 10 in terms of toughness. But to paint us in the same category as Detroit is downright absurd.

You just worry about your Islanders, you have a good thing going with the Thompson line.