Current Development of Traded Hurricanes

What we Traded:
Axel Blomqvist
13 pts in 19 games, -10 with the Canes
20 pts in 18 games, +13 with the Royals
Obviously this was some sort of Coaching issue in Lethbridge as Axel has been a point per game player in Victoria and some pretty decent +/- numbers(although he still seemed to be a wandering mess when he was here in Lethbridge playing for Victoria).

Ryan Pilon
7 pts in 17 games, -7 with the Canes
5 pts in 18 games, -2 with the Wheat Kings
Stats dont show it, but I know more then a couple folks have said Pilon has played well in Brandon. I dont think it was so much he did not play well here, it was that he had lost a step from last year and obviously the motivation was not there knowing he wanted out.

Sam McKechnie
3 pts in 9 games, -9 with the Canes
4 pts in 26 games, -3 with the T-Birds
Obviously wasnt as good as he thought he was. Think he has been playing mostly 3rd line checking type minutes in Seattle, goes to show that probably just about any player can get 40-50 pts in the Dub playing 1st/2nd line minutes on a bad team.

Jaimen Yakubowski
1 pt in 11 games, -5 with the Canes
5 pts in 18 games, -2 with the T-Birds
Averaging almost 5 minutes of PIMS a night in Seattle. Same comment as McKechnie.

Adam Henry
1 pt in 6 games, -5 with the Canes
21 pts in 33 games, -12 with the T-Birds
Decent point production with Seattle, but his +/- isnt so hot considering the other stats, and playing on a decent team.

Christopher Tai
8GP, 5.38 GAA, .848SV% 1-2 record with the Canes
1GP, 4.06 GAA, .800SV% 0-0 record with Brandon
1GP, 20.40GAA, .714SV% 0-0 record with Med Hat
Career 22GP, 4.54SV%, ,867SV% 5-6 Record
Think the stats say it all here..


Just some interesting 0.02 ramblings..

Pilon looks to be the Wheaties best d-man, night in, night out. He has helped Pulock since being partnered together, Pulock had turned into a d zone nightmare with Roy, Pilon has provided d stability to allow Pulock to gamble offensively. Pilon hasn't shown much offensive prowess yet. Quietly very effective defensively

I remember back when Mckechnie & Yabowski were traded the Pats GM was alittle puzzled as he said his offer was much better then what Seattle offered but seeing how poorly they have played in Seattle I'm very glad the Pats didn't land either of these guys.

On a side note maybe Preston wasn't such a bad coach after all to get that sort of production out of those 2 last season. Its all about putting these young kids in situations where they can excel. I have a feeling the Canes would of been a better team this year under Preston then they have shown so far this year. Preston drafted & brought in players how he wanted to play & now all that doesn't matter as there is a new GM & Head Coach there who will change everything all over again.

alot of sites and tweets saying boes is on his way out of town along with sheen and more that likely walters..if robson by some miracle pulls of a few decent trade for hopefully younger talent the seattle/6th for 19th draft, and Brandon have a better spin to them, not great but better...

Alan Caldwell has another great blog post about the trade deadline. I will repost some of my comments I posted there as it relates to Canes trades.

Alan again stated we could get a really good return for Walters. My reply:

"I am really quite confused when it comes to Nick Walters. When the Canes got him from Brandon people were talking him up as a darn good D-man who would help Lethbridge a lot and/or bring a big return at the Deadline.

To be honest he has not been very good. There have been numerous goals that can be directly tied to his poor decisions and he has frankly looked bad in some games. Maybe he is just trying to do too much on a terrible defensive team. I will be pleasantly surprised if we get a decent return for him."

My response to a possible Boes trade:

"Last, but certainly not least, Corbin Boes. Aside from all of the logical or seemingly reasonable trade scenarios, there is a big political risk in what Robson does with Boes. Like it or not, Corbin has become part of the most controversial trade in Cane's history. I am not even gonna get into all of that but for his sake, a move is probably the best thing for him.

The problem is that Sacher is out 2 to 4 more weeks (about 5 - 6 weeks in all) with an "upper body injury". It is almost certainly a concussion and therefor any trade involving Boes will require a half decent goalie coming back to the Canes. Danny Mumaugh-Seattle-may be part of a package coming back. He is only 17 and has decent numbers.

Anyhow.... trading Boes is the Elephant in the room for Robson!"
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When you guys got walters, I came on here and said, "he's decent, but not the great shutdown d-man people think he is". that wasn't me trolling, but an honest observation. He's ok, but he's not the Aulie type shut down I've seen here in the past. Great team guy though. If he and Boes want a chance on a contendor, I hope they get it because they haven't had good teams in front of them for most of their careers but have been good team guys.....

Its nice to finally see come Canes fans say what I said all along when those 2 trades with Brandon were so suspect. At 1st like every cane fan defended both trades til they were blue in the face. I know myself I had said Walters was just another avg to below avg Dman but no 1 in cane country wanted to believe me & that whole Boes trade not going to get into that over payment

Robson deserves to win the worst GM of the year award & if there isnsuch award they should name it after him then the guy has set you guys back with his trades but most important with that ego coach he hired who should of started off coaching in Bantam hockey & worked his way up.

I for 1 wouldn't mind 1 bit if Sheen ended up in Regina I've always liked him since the 1st time I seen him play with Seattle in Regina.

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Originally Posted by patsdude114

Its nice to finally see come Canes fans say what I said all along when those 2 trades with Brandon were so suspect. At 1st like every cane fan defended both trades til they were blue in the face. I know myself I had said Walters was just another avg to below avg Dman but no 1 in cane country wanted to believe me & that whole Boes trade not going to get into that over payment

Robson deserves to win the worst GM of the year award & if there isnsuch award they should name it after him then the guy has set you guys back with his trades but most important with that ego coach he hired who should of started off coaching in Bantam hockey & worked his way up.

I for 1 wouldn't mind 1 bit if Sheen ended up in Regina I've always liked him since the 1st time I seen him play with Seattle in Regina.

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Uhm, you might want to go back and read the posts, most fans don't like anything Robson did/ has done.

Good job lethbridge83. Nice to see such an informative post. You obviously did your homework and fans like me appreciate that.:clap::clap::clap:

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Originally Posted by patsdude114

I remember back when Mckechnie & Yabowski were traded the Pats GM was alittle puzzled as he said his offer was much better then what Seattle offered

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I remember that comment from your GM. You know what? That was beyond stupid, it was bush league for him to say that. The Pats GM was not part of the final transaction and therefor he did not know the fine details that the Canes GM was working with. So the best thing, and really the only thing he should say is NOTHING!

To this day nobody knows what he offered in the trade. If he wants to shoot his mouth off, maybe he should tell us exactly what players he offered and let us see if it was a better return than what the Canes received.

He can't tell us that tasty tidbit of information because that would be unprofessional. Well then to be a professional ....... he should have just kept his mouth shut.

As an aside to those comments, the return Lethbridge got; Carter Folk (until he was injured) and Riley Sheen have been 2 of the best players the Canes have.
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Hit a nerve did I derek? Lmao

Maybe there was a better deal on the table maybe there wasn't I can assure you though the comment wasn't made to get you Hurricane fans in a frenzy, it was made to take alittle slack off Lang himself to get a some what contending tean here in Regina, but thankfully whatever the deal may of been that those 2 bums didn't end up here

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Originally Posted by patsdude114

Hit a nerve did I derek? Lmao

Maybe there was a better deal on the table maybe there wasn't I can assure you though the comment wasn't made to get you Hurricane fans in a frenzy, it was made to take alittle slack off Lang himself to get a some what contending tean here in Regina, but thankfully whatever the deal may of been that those 2 bums didn't end up here

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You seriously Lmao'd? and no, no nerve was hit your post was just wrong.

Yes yes I dod lmao at you from that rant you had I can say you were wrong as well. Maybe Lang was throwing Robson under the bus showing him that he is way out of his league being a GM in the WHL (which still may be the case) I don't see 1 trade that he has won this year or that even slightly favours his team.

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Originally Posted by patsdude114

Yes yes I dod lmao at you from that rant you had I can say you were wrong as well. Maybe Lang was throwing Robson under the bus showing him that he is way out of his league being a GM in the WHL (which still may be the case) I don't see 1 trade that he has won this year or that even slightly favours his team.

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What rant did he have?

He posted a one line sentence pointing out you were wrong about almost every Canes fan defending the trade. Many of us were pissed about it and thought it was an awful deal at the time.

As much as I hate that Robson will be making the deals the Canes need to move as many pieces as they can for younger players/picks.

Probably would prefer picks as Robson has shown a terrible ability to judge talent. At least with picks there is a chance that someone new could come in and use those picks wisely. Although with the current BOD unlikely we get anyone competent.

There is a recurring theme here with the ownership/management structure of the Lethbridge Hurricanes, hopefully the formatting works... I will bold out the seasons the Canes finished with a greater then .500 record.

We have approx a .492 record as a franchise.. If you take other teams over the same period of 26 years here is what I found:
Medicine Hat .541 (this would include the 2 years they had a combined 30 wins, if you go further back past 26 years, their record would be better)
Saskatoon Blades .525
Moose Jaw Warriors .469
Swift Current Broncos .560

I could go on further, but I think everyone sort of see's the point.. The bottom line is there is no point in fixing the Carriage if the Horse wont pull it..

Season GP W L T OTL GF GA Points
1987–88 72 20 48 4 - 257 357 44 7th East
1988–89 72 27 39 6 - 356 380 60 5th East
1989–90 72 51 17 4 - 465 270 106 1st East
1990–91 72 45 21 6 - 373 281 96 1st East
1991–92 72 39 31 2 - 350 284 80 4th East
1992–93 72 33 36 3 - 317 328 69 5th East
1993–94 72 35 32 5 - 306 317 75 3rd East
1994–95 72 22 48 2 - 263 341 46 8th East
1995–96 72 33 36 3 - 259 270 69 2nd Central
1996–97 72 47 22 3 - 342 248 97 1st Central
1997–98 72 32 29 11 - 261 237 75 2nd Central
1998–99 72 31 32 9 - 224 215 71 3rd Central
1999–00 72 25 38 4 5 220 250 59 4th Central
2000–01 72 29 35 4 4 200 229 66 4th Central
2001–02 72 33 33 6 0 266 247 72 4th Central
2002–03 72 28 40 2 2 236 303 60 5th Central
2003–04 72 27 28 10 7 196 203 71 5th Central
2004–05 72 39 20 12 1 222 162 91 2nd Central
2005–06 72 27 36 3 6 195 250 63 3rd Central
2006–07 72 33 34 2 3 254 265 71 5th Central
2007–08 72 45 21 2 4 245 175 96 2nd Central
2008–09 72 35 32 3 2 227 228 75 4th Central
2009–10 72 20 44 5 3 178 275 48 5th Central
2010–11 72 23 36 5 8 205 295 59 5th Central
2011–12 72 29 42 0 1 225 292 59 6th Central
2012–13 72 28 34 3 7 212 253 66 6th Central

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What rant did he have?

He posted a one line sentence pointing out you were wrong about almost every Canes fan defending the trade. Many of us were pissed about it and thought it was an awful deal at the time.

As much as I hate that Robson will be making the deals the Canes need to move as many pieces as they can for younger players/picks.

Probably would prefer picks as Robson has shown a terrible ability to judge talent. At least with picks there is a chance that someone new could come in and use those picks wisely. Although with the current BOD unlikely we get anyone competent.

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was responding to HR post about his GM but replied to the wrong person because of an apparent head injury he suffered in the past stopping him from catching his mistake........its alright buddy we all have bad days....

and a great game to watch, I hope all the bs about sheen is wrong because he is a great player and the canes are a better team with him...I guess we will find out tomorrow at 3..if they trade hopefully BR can add some key pieces to the team for the years to come...........

Last night (Jan 17) was obviously a great night to be a former Hurricane's player who is still be playing in the Dub, but it was a bad bad night to be a Canes fan!

First of all a trio of Canes that now play for Seattle had their best game by far since they have been traded. They scored 3 of the “Thundercanes” 4 goals in a 4-0 victory over Tri-City. Good for those boys.

McKechnie, Sam RW ………. 1g 0a = 1 - plus 2
Yakubowski, Jaimen LW….. 1g 1a = 2 - plus 2
Maxwell, Russell C ………….. 1g 0a =1 - plus 1

These players were the top 3 point getters for Lethbridge last year. Very frustrating as a Canes fan to see this. Interesting though that they all end up on the same team and would be a great line for Seattle.

I also noticed the following former Canes players had really good games last night:

Axel "Floater" Blomqvist had a good game with 0g + 1a and was plus 2 as Victoria beat the Rockets 3-1 last night. Jay Merkley had 1g + 1a = 2pts and was plus/minus 0 and Ryan Pilon had 1g + 1a = 2pts and was plus 3 for Brandon.

I guess these players have adapted to their new teams "systems and structure". With 6 or more former Hurricanes having such good results on one night, it just adds to the unmitigated frustration we Canes fans have to deal with!!!!

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Pilon looks to be the Wheaties best d-man, night in, night out. He has helped Pulock since being partnered together, Pulock had turned into a d zone nightmare with Roy, Pilon has provided d stability to allow Pulock to gamble offensively. Pilon hasn't shown much offensive prowess yet. Quietly very effective defensively

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For a projected first round NHL pick, the fall from glory must be kind of tough. To fall all the way to the fifth round with how high central scouting had him, shows that teams in the NHL do not like quitters. By falling from the first to fifth round has cost Mr. Pilon millions of dollars. Things don't look so rosy now eh?

Nice to see Jamal Watson get invited to the Canadiens rookie camp. Maybe a good coach can get his game fixed and his speed will wow them.