Ward Re-Warded

Posts : 1813 Join date : 2009-09-21 Location : Chilliwack

BY WEB STAFF sportsnet.ca

Cam Ward is staying in Carolina after signing a six-year, $37.8-million extension. The deal will be announced Wednesday afternoon at a 1 p.m. ET news conference.

The 25-year-old goaltender was Carolina's first pick (25th overall) in the 2002 Entry Draft and as a rookie helped the franchise win its only Stanley Cup in 2006.

He has played at least 60 games the past three seasons and in 2008-09 went 39-23-5 with a 2.44 goals-against average and led the club to the Eastern Conference final.

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He certainly earned a big payday and at 6.3 million per season this should work for both sides.

Posts : 59 Join date : 2009-09-23

Lot of cheese...

Posts : 170 Join date : 2009-09-21 Location : Farmington

Is it wrong... when I first saw "Ward" I thought of that tryout player the Wild had (Joel Ward) a few years back, who got a chance last year with some team...

Posts : 159 Join date : 2009-09-22 Location : St Louis

Velmeran wrote:: Is it wrong... when I first saw "Ward" I thought of that tryout player the Wild had (Joel Ward) a few years back, who got a chance last year with some team...

That's what I thought too.

Posts : 59 Join date : 2009-09-23

Same

Posts : 138 Join date : 2009-09-22

That's a lot of cabbage, but Ward has brought Stan's silver to Raleigh. So... Good signing I think as this is a fringe PO team at best without a solid backstopper.

Subject: Re: Ward Re-Warded Wed Sep 30, 2009 9:20 pm

I'd gladly pay Cam Ward $6.3 mil per over Backstrom's pricetag. Cam Ward has done it all without the suffocating lemaire trap. Also, if I was Steve Yzerman, Ward would start on team Canada. What an awesome goalie, I hate the canes but am always amazed by this guy. Steller performer in playoffs.

Posts : 274 Join date : 2009-09-20

Awesome deal for Ward. I was stoked when I got the text message today claiming he was re-signed. AWESOME goaltender for an AWESOME team. cheers