Posts About "Don Waddell"
Hurricanes Future Coming Into Focus
August 10th, 2018 Jeff Skinner is no longer a Carolina Hurricane. Skinner being shipped out was not the surprising part, however. What was surprising was what seems like a very weak return that they got for him. Sure, Cliff Pu shows some genuine promise, but in fact the entirety of the package they received for a 26-year-old bona fide goal scorer consists...
Hurricanes Trade Skinner, Get Pu & Picks in Return
August 3rd, 2018 In what has to be one of the most amazing developments of the NHL offseason, the Carolina Hurricanes traded forward Jeff Skinner to the Buffalo Sabres. According to WKBW in Buffalo, in return, the Hurricanes acquired prospect Cliff Pu, a 2019 second-round draft pick, 2020 third round pick, and 2020 sixth round pick. August 2 may go...
Ilya Kovalchuk Trade Revisited
June 11th, 2018 The number-one song in the U.S. the day Ilya Kovalchuk's time with the Atlanta Thrashers ran out was, ironically, Ke$ha's "Tik Tok." It's been more than eight years since the Thrashers sent Kovalchuk and Ansi Salmela to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for Niclas Bergfors, Johnny Oduya, Patrice Cormier, and a 2010 first-round draft...
Brind'Amour's Hurricanes Honeymoon Begins
May 11th, 2018 It's official. The honeymoon has begun. Rod Brind'Amour is the new head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes. After seven years of serving as an assistant coach, "Roddy" is getting his chance to steer the ship. He will have veteran Don Waddell, the newly minted Hurricanes general manager to help him as the team hopes to make the playoffs...
Will Dudley Do Right With the Hurricanes?
May 3rd, 2018 "One thing I've realized quickly is that if Don is speaking, he is speaking for Tom. They communicate. When I talk to Don, I know he's already talked to Tom about whatever it is. If I talk to Tom he's already talked to Don, so I know they communicated before they ever talked to me." Meet Rick Dudley Those were the words of Rick Dudley,...
Masters of Disaster: The Worst Trade Deadline GMs Ever
March 12th, 2014 Another Trade Deadline has come and gone, its significance not to be fully comprehended for many years to come. However, while most everybody remembers the particulars from the most infamous Deadline deals, your Matteau/Amontes, few recall the general managers, the traders who jockeyed with each other in the pit. The better GMs...
