News from the offseason (complete with stilted sentences because coherent thinking is totally not made for when school is out):
Signs that the next season is getting closer (but still dreadfully far away) were seen in the past few days. The Canes released their preseason schedule, which consists of four games with the Predators and Thrashers being the opponents. The full regular season schedule will be released on the 15th (Wednesday!), which coincidentally is the start of the prospect conditioning camp.
The Canes are continuing to try and solidify the ranks for the next season, signing Jay Harrison to a two-way contract. There is also talk of buying out Frank Kaberle to help save the team some money. If the Canes would manage to sign someone good I wouldn't be against such a move - as of now I really don't see that our defensive depth has improved since the last season (especially with Anton Babchuk looking to take his wicked slapshot back to Russia), so currently I don't think Kaberle being on or off the team really makes a difference.
You may have seen that the Canes made the 1st-of-the-NHL, 2nd-overall position in ESPN the Magazine's Ultimate Team Rankings. Rutherford has some nice things to say about us fans in an open letter about the rankings.
All I have to say is finally - FINALLY! - the Canes are getting some respect from a national source. We Caniacs have known all along how awesome hockey in the Triangle is - it's nice to see other people wising up to that fact as well.
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Friday, July 10, 2009
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Overtime, retirement, and firings
So apparently I missed a pretty good game last night. Game 3 went into triple OT, after the Pens scored two in the first, let in three consecutive and were ~35 seconds away from watching the Red Wings lift the Cup when Maxime Talbot saved the day. Then Petr Sykora won it in triple overtime.
But, I wasn't watching (didn't want to see the Red Wings win, as the Pens performance on Saturday didn't leave me with a lot of hope), and I wouldn't have stayed up for it anyways.
This game does increase the probability of me tuning in tomorrow, but considering all the games I've watched the Pens have lost, and all I haven't they've won...
In other news: Sami Kapanen, the Cane from long ago, has announced his retirement today. He was a fast little skater, and was a part of that special season of 2001-2002.
John Tortorella will not be coaching Tampa Bay next year, being canned from the job today. I'm happy because I thought he was a little arrogant and I didn't like his coaching style - but that happiness depends on the Lightning hiring someone that will enable the Canes to win. Not that having only one line on their won't help with that, it just is beneficial to the Hurricanes if the Lightning can pick up someone moronic.
And rumors are that Barry Melrose, the guy known to me as the ESPN hockey analyst that wears pinstriped suits and gets very little face time since the network dropped hockey games, will be taking the job. Which sounds weird because it doesn't look like he's coached in the last ten years, but it's just a rumor... But, hey, if he makes his team lose to the Canes, I'm all for it.
Which, now that I think about it, is pretty much my outlook on anything that happens in the NHL. Don't steal my players, don't beat my team, anything else is cool. And, if you can hurt Buffalo in any way, that's doubly fine.
Onwards to Game 6!
But, I wasn't watching (didn't want to see the Red Wings win, as the Pens performance on Saturday didn't leave me with a lot of hope), and I wouldn't have stayed up for it anyways.
This game does increase the probability of me tuning in tomorrow, but considering all the games I've watched the Pens have lost, and all I haven't they've won...
In other news: Sami Kapanen, the Cane from long ago, has announced his retirement today. He was a fast little skater, and was a part of that special season of 2001-2002.
John Tortorella will not be coaching Tampa Bay next year, being canned from the job today. I'm happy because I thought he was a little arrogant and I didn't like his coaching style - but that happiness depends on the Lightning hiring someone that will enable the Canes to win. Not that having only one line on their won't help with that, it just is beneficial to the Hurricanes if the Lightning can pick up someone moronic.
And rumors are that Barry Melrose, the guy known to me as the ESPN hockey analyst that wears pinstriped suits and gets very little face time since the network dropped hockey games, will be taking the job. Which sounds weird because it doesn't look like he's coached in the last ten years, but it's just a rumor... But, hey, if he makes his team lose to the Canes, I'm all for it.
Which, now that I think about it, is pretty much my outlook on anything that happens in the NHL. Don't steal my players, don't beat my team, anything else is cool. And, if you can hurt Buffalo in any way, that's doubly fine.
Onwards to Game 6!
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Catching up...
Canes lost 4-1 Thursday night in a horribly played game to the Rangers.
And I have the flu, so that's going to be the end of this recap. Let's just say they played as bad as I felt yesterday...
Oh, Peter Forsberg has been traded to Nashville. It's amazing that I watched ESPN for almost two hours straight last night, and an hour this morning, and the network, which prides itself on sports, had absolutely nothing about this trade! Oh, the humanity!
An interesting thing, though, in the TSN article:
That's kind of sad... The Canes even sold out their playoffs games, even with being in a "non-traditional market".
So, the Canes play Montreal tonight. Erik Cole may be in the game, according to the N&O. (My goodness, I hope so. He is a force to be reckoned with anytime he plays in Montreal.) But Justin Williams, Cory Stillman, and Bret Hedican are all unlikely. Yikes.
And I have the flu, so that's going to be the end of this recap. Let's just say they played as bad as I felt yesterday...
Oh, Peter Forsberg has been traded to Nashville. It's amazing that I watched ESPN for almost two hours straight last night, and an hour this morning, and the network, which prides itself on sports, had absolutely nothing about this trade! Oh, the humanity!
An interesting thing, though, in the TSN article:
The Predators sold over 2,500 tickets as of 3 p.m. CT Friday, including 25 new season tickets. This figure includes the remaining 500 tickets for Saturday's game, making the game a sellout.
Team officials said they hope the trade persuades more fans to show up, especially for the playoffs, where they failed to sell out any of their games in appearances the last two seasons.
That's kind of sad... The Canes even sold out their playoffs games, even with being in a "non-traditional market".
So, the Canes play Montreal tonight. Erik Cole may be in the game, according to the N&O. (My goodness, I hope so. He is a force to be reckoned with anytime he plays in Montreal.) But Justin Williams, Cory Stillman, and Bret Hedican are all unlikely. Yikes.
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