I think I must be some sort of shootout magnet. Three out of four of the games I have managed to watch this season have gone to a shootout - I suppose I must apologize to those who dislike the practice, expect December and January to have a lot of shootouts if current trends continue.
But let's rewind to Wednesday, when the Canes made a trade. They acquired Ian White and Brett Sutter from Calgary for Tom Kostopoulos and Anton Babchuk, Sutter being waived the next day to be sent to Albany. (For those wondering, Sutter is current Cane Brandon Sutter's cousin). Having seen him in action, I can say that White is a smallish defenseman who looks to be pretty solid in the defensive zone - he stepped in pretty well in a pairing with Joni Pitkanen both Friday and Saturday.
I'd say, from this early vantage point, that it's a good trade for the Canes. White seems like a good defenseman, who would certainly be an upgrade from Anton Babchuk's flightiness (I'm not too sad to see him and his seasons in Russia go, although his slapshot might be missed.) Kostopoulos is a good character guy, but not a core part of the Canes team. And I won't miss struggling to spell his name while blogging.
Also on Wednesday the Canes won 7-1 over the Ottawa Senators. Generally a win of this goal differential would be something I'd celebrate, but it doesn't seem right to be cheerful, as the Senators had attended the funeral of the assistant coach's daughter earlier that day.
So let's move on to the two games I was able to view, one on the television, and one in person. The former was a 5-4 shootout loss to the Penguins. I thought the Canes played extremely well in this game, constantly battling back from being down a goal. They really played up to the Penguins level, which I was certainly not expecting, having seen the boxscores from the previous week. They also got a point in the standings, in spite of the refs (and the War Room in Toronto), who showed that they could use a new contact and hearing aid prescription. A goal in the third period was allowed for the Pens where the whistle was clearly blown before the puck crossed the goal line. Luckily, the Canes were able to come back once again so that the call didn't cost them the entire game.
The next shootout loss was last night against the Predators. Where the Pittsburgh game was offensively powered and fun to watch, the Nashville one was defensively driven and kind of a snoozefest.
Interestingly, the same three shooters were chosen for both shootouts - Jeff Skinner, Jussi Jokinen, and Patrick O'Sullivan. Skinner and Jokinen I understand, but I just do not understand the choice of O'Sullivan. Granted, he didn't get to show his stuff in the shootout against Pittsburgh, but I wasn't impressed last night. I somehow get the feeling that Paul Maurice keeps writing down "8" thinking Matt Cullen's on the bench, and then is somewhat disappointed when he realizes it's a different guy in the jersey.
Anyways... a more successful week for the Canes than the previous, I'd say. I was very impressed with the play against Pittsburgh - definitely gives me hope for playing well in other close games this season. Currently the Canes are 9th in the East and 4th in the Southeast with 20 points - movin' on up. Up next for the Canes are the C[r]aptials on Wednesday and the Bruins on Friday - not easy matchups in any sense. Hopefully they can play like they did this past Friday and maybe get a win out of one of them.
And my final thought for this post: Make sure you're voting for the All-Star Game! I'm officially on the Paul Bissonnette bandwagon!
Erik Cole stats (Wednesday): 1 assist
On the season: 4 goals, 6 assists
Chad LaRose stats (Wednesday): 2 goals, 2 assists
On the season: 6 goals, 6 assists
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Sunday, November 21, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
A brief season preview
So, Monday was the FIRST PRESEASON GAME, which, of course, was music to my severely hockey-deprived ears. I eagerly turned on the game once I got back from dinner, so very glad to hear Chuck Kaiton's voice coming from the speakers.
Then I heard the score, which at that point was 3-0 in favor of the Panthers with seven minutes left in the first period. Yes, the Canes went down by three goals less than a period into the new season, all three goals being scored in under two minutes. Needless to say, the radio was turned off.
Granted, it was just the first preseason game. But, let's face it, this is not necessarily what I wanted to see as a Canes fan coming off that horrendous season last year. Luckily the Canes won their next game (Erik Cole got an empty net goal) against the Predators 3-0. They played the Preds again tonight, this time losing by a score of 2-1.
Looking good so far? Well, having not watched these games I can't tell you much, but Patrick O'Sullivan looks like he's making a good case for himself, 2 goals and 1 assist in the 3 games played. The Canes signed him to a two-way contract last Friday. For those keeping track, yes, he is the one who was briefly Canes property in the three-way trade to get Erik Cole back two seasons ago. And, yes, that's pretty much all I know about him, other than a vague idea that he hasn't had the best of seasons of late.
The Canes also signed their first round pick from this year's draft, Jeff Skinner, earlier this week.
And so, now that we're all caught up, this brings me to what will be classified as the season preview. Last season I had the highest of hopes before the season began, only to have them crash and burn shortly after. So, this season, enter skepticism.
We're a young team. I'm not confident that anything will work. Goaltending will hopefully go well, as long as Cam manages to make the saves he ought to. Hopefully the defense won't have more holes than Swiss cheese (for the record, I'm still skeptical of relying on Anton Babchuk). Our offense will hopefully produce and hopefully whatever young guys make the team will be a breath of fresh air. Hopefully Eric Staal takes the captaincy and leads our team to victory. Or something like that.
Do you notice all the "hopefully"s? Yeah, I'm not certain about any of this. In truth, I don't see much different in this squad versus what was on the ice last year. Yes, there are differences, but there definitely wasn't a huge signing or trade over the offseason that I can point to and say "That, that event right there. That's the change that's going to make us a playoff team." Is that a bad thing? Not necessarily, but not being bad doesn't automatically qualify it as good.
So, we'll see. We're 1-2 in the preseason, but who cares about the preseason? Or at the very least, who cares about games where 1/3 of the roster will actually be playing night-in and night-out? Perhaps the next few games, with more of our permanent faces, will be more telling of our game-readiness, but I think that's doubtful too. Last year we went 2-2 in the preseason, and that was definitely not an indicator of our season in October.
Then I heard the score, which at that point was 3-0 in favor of the Panthers with seven minutes left in the first period. Yes, the Canes went down by three goals less than a period into the new season, all three goals being scored in under two minutes. Needless to say, the radio was turned off.
Granted, it was just the first preseason game. But, let's face it, this is not necessarily what I wanted to see as a Canes fan coming off that horrendous season last year. Luckily the Canes won their next game (Erik Cole got an empty net goal) against the Predators 3-0. They played the Preds again tonight, this time losing by a score of 2-1.
Looking good so far? Well, having not watched these games I can't tell you much, but Patrick O'Sullivan looks like he's making a good case for himself, 2 goals and 1 assist in the 3 games played. The Canes signed him to a two-way contract last Friday. For those keeping track, yes, he is the one who was briefly Canes property in the three-way trade to get Erik Cole back two seasons ago. And, yes, that's pretty much all I know about him, other than a vague idea that he hasn't had the best of seasons of late.
The Canes also signed their first round pick from this year's draft, Jeff Skinner, earlier this week.
And so, now that we're all caught up, this brings me to what will be classified as the season preview. Last season I had the highest of hopes before the season began, only to have them crash and burn shortly after. So, this season, enter skepticism.
We're a young team. I'm not confident that anything will work. Goaltending will hopefully go well, as long as Cam manages to make the saves he ought to. Hopefully the defense won't have more holes than Swiss cheese (for the record, I'm still skeptical of relying on Anton Babchuk). Our offense will hopefully produce and hopefully whatever young guys make the team will be a breath of fresh air. Hopefully Eric Staal takes the captaincy and leads our team to victory. Or something like that.
Do you notice all the "hopefully"s? Yeah, I'm not certain about any of this. In truth, I don't see much different in this squad versus what was on the ice last year. Yes, there are differences, but there definitely wasn't a huge signing or trade over the offseason that I can point to and say "That, that event right there. That's the change that's going to make us a playoff team." Is that a bad thing? Not necessarily, but not being bad doesn't automatically qualify it as good.
So, we'll see. We're 1-2 in the preseason, but who cares about the preseason? Or at the very least, who cares about games where 1/3 of the roster will actually be playing night-in and night-out? Perhaps the next few games, with more of our permanent faces, will be more telling of our game-readiness, but I think that's doubtful too. Last year we went 2-2 in the preseason, and that was definitely not an indicator of our season in October.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
So, we're winning now?
Remember that last post where I said that the Canes had to maintain a .780 winning percentage to get close to making the playoffs? Yeah, well, guess which team has won four of the last five? No, not the New Jersey Devils, you moron. The Canes!
The only loss in this past stretch was against the Nashville Predators last Thursday. It's been a week so I don't remember the details, but pretty much just picture the normal underwhelming offence and pathetic defense and there's the game.
The Canes played the next night against the Colorado Avalanche, winning the game 2-1. Ray Whitney scored both Canes goals, including a laser that took Budaj off guard to open the second period. Cam Ward had a shutout going until Colorado scored with 16 seconds left in the game.
The main story in this one, however, was the multitude of fights that peppered the first period - 15 penalties assessed in the first period alone, with 8 of them being for fighting or roughing. The bad news for the Canes was that Tuomo Ruutu, who fought with Darcy Tucker to settle things (Tucker was the guy Ruutu hit from behind to get suspended earlier in the year), injured something in the fight and did not return to the game. Not good news for this injury-plagued team, as Ruutu will be out for a few weeks.
The Canes then won 4-1 against the Senators and 4-2 against the Leafs. Neither game was on TV, so I can't give you much of a recap other than, uh, we won.
Interesting fact: Rod Brind'Amour has 3 points and a +3 in the past four games - perhaps his contributions are the reason the team has been winning? I sure it certainly doesn't hurt the team.
So the Canes head into tonight's game in Detroit on a 3 game winning streak. Unbelievable, isn't it?
The only loss in this past stretch was against the Nashville Predators last Thursday. It's been a week so I don't remember the details, but pretty much just picture the normal underwhelming offence and pathetic defense and there's the game.
The Canes played the next night against the Colorado Avalanche, winning the game 2-1. Ray Whitney scored both Canes goals, including a laser that took Budaj off guard to open the second period. Cam Ward had a shutout going until Colorado scored with 16 seconds left in the game.
The main story in this one, however, was the multitude of fights that peppered the first period - 15 penalties assessed in the first period alone, with 8 of them being for fighting or roughing. The bad news for the Canes was that Tuomo Ruutu, who fought with Darcy Tucker to settle things (Tucker was the guy Ruutu hit from behind to get suspended earlier in the year), injured something in the fight and did not return to the game. Not good news for this injury-plagued team, as Ruutu will be out for a few weeks.
The Canes then won 4-1 against the Senators and 4-2 against the Leafs. Neither game was on TV, so I can't give you much of a recap other than, uh, we won.
Interesting fact: Rod Brind'Amour has 3 points and a +3 in the past four games - perhaps his contributions are the reason the team has been winning? I sure it certainly doesn't hurt the team.
So the Canes head into tonight's game in Detroit on a 3 game winning streak. Unbelievable, isn't it?
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Wrapping up the preseason
Awesome news, guys: THE SEASON STARTS IN TWO DAYS!!!!
Crazy, isn't it? But before we roll into the regular season, let me recap the waning moments of the preseason.
The Canes finished their preseason on a 2-0 winning streak, winning 4-3 against Atlanta last Friday and then 5-2 against Nashville on Saturday. It's always good to see that the team is winning when the roster is pretty much set - hopefully that will be a sign of the regular season (I'm going to ignore the fact that the Atlanta win came against a team playing without Ilya Kovulchuk - a win is a win). The roster didn't turn out too different than expected - Brandon Sutter and Zach Boychuk were sent down to finalize the roster. Apparently Brandon Sutter played very well in the games he was in, so I wouldn't be surprised if he was one of the first call-ups once someone goes down (and someone will go down, unless the Canes have miraculously gotten rid of their injury tendencies over the offseason).
The BIG news today was that Cam Ward signed a gargantuan contract extension - 6 years for $6.3 mil per. I'm glad Cam is wrapped up - the last thing we need is for him to hit free agency and possibly lose our goaltender. Although I am slightly wary of the length, but I think I'll always be wary of long contracts after seeing how Rick DiPietro's contact went down like a lead zeppelin. As long as that doesn't bite the Canes, I think it's a good signing, as that's what top-notch goalies are going for these days.
And finally, I must cast a farewell to the Acid Queen, who is closing down her blog. Her blog was one of the first Canes ones that I read and was actually an inspiration to both turn my blog down the avenue of hockey and to have no qualms about saying what I truly think. So happy trails and good luck, AQ.
7pm Friday. Canes v. Philadelphia Flyers. Attend it, watch it, or listen to it. I don't care which, just do it and welcome in the new Canes season!
Erik Cole stats (Friday): 1 assist
Crazy, isn't it? But before we roll into the regular season, let me recap the waning moments of the preseason.
The Canes finished their preseason on a 2-0 winning streak, winning 4-3 against Atlanta last Friday and then 5-2 against Nashville on Saturday. It's always good to see that the team is winning when the roster is pretty much set - hopefully that will be a sign of the regular season (I'm going to ignore the fact that the Atlanta win came against a team playing without Ilya Kovulchuk - a win is a win). The roster didn't turn out too different than expected - Brandon Sutter and Zach Boychuk were sent down to finalize the roster. Apparently Brandon Sutter played very well in the games he was in, so I wouldn't be surprised if he was one of the first call-ups once someone goes down (and someone will go down, unless the Canes have miraculously gotten rid of their injury tendencies over the offseason).
The BIG news today was that Cam Ward signed a gargantuan contract extension - 6 years for $6.3 mil per. I'm glad Cam is wrapped up - the last thing we need is for him to hit free agency and possibly lose our goaltender. Although I am slightly wary of the length, but I think I'll always be wary of long contracts after seeing how Rick DiPietro's contact went down like a lead zeppelin. As long as that doesn't bite the Canes, I think it's a good signing, as that's what top-notch goalies are going for these days.
And finally, I must cast a farewell to the Acid Queen, who is closing down her blog. Her blog was one of the first Canes ones that I read and was actually an inspiration to both turn my blog down the avenue of hockey and to have no qualms about saying what I truly think. So happy trails and good luck, AQ.
7pm Friday. Canes v. Philadelphia Flyers. Attend it, watch it, or listen to it. I don't care which, just do it and welcome in the new Canes season!
Erik Cole stats (Friday): 1 assist
Sunday, September 20, 2009
First Preseason Game!
The Canes dropped their first preseason game on Friday, losing 4-2 to the Nashville Predators.
First of all, it was completely awesome to hear Chuck K call a game. It's been sooo long without hockey, this preseason is a definitely welcome event.
Apparently the Canes didn't play too well in the first two periods, although my man Erik Cole opened up the scoring with a goal on the power play. Unfortunately, 58 seconds later, the Canes let Nashville knock one in.
Nashville scored two goals in the second, one coming off of a bad turnover by Zach Boychuk. Not good for one of the future stars of the team, but, hey, it's preseason - as long as it's not a habit, right?
In the third the Canes picked up the pace, but they were unable to rally enough to win.
After this game, the Canes have already trimmed their roster. The only person heading up to Albany that played in Friday's game was Nicholas Blanchard - who had a fight in the second period (This guy seems like my kind of hockey player - 132 PIM in 55 games in Albany last year).
The next game is tomorrow against Atlanta. Hockey season is back!
Erik Cole stats: 1 goal
Chad LaRose stats: 1 assist
First of all, it was completely awesome to hear Chuck K call a game. It's been sooo long without hockey, this preseason is a definitely welcome event.
Apparently the Canes didn't play too well in the first two periods, although my man Erik Cole opened up the scoring with a goal on the power play. Unfortunately, 58 seconds later, the Canes let Nashville knock one in.
Nashville scored two goals in the second, one coming off of a bad turnover by Zach Boychuk. Not good for one of the future stars of the team, but, hey, it's preseason - as long as it's not a habit, right?
In the third the Canes picked up the pace, but they were unable to rally enough to win.
After this game, the Canes have already trimmed their roster. The only person heading up to Albany that played in Friday's game was Nicholas Blanchard - who had a fight in the second period (This guy seems like my kind of hockey player - 132 PIM in 55 games in Albany last year).
The next game is tomorrow against Atlanta. Hockey season is back!
Erik Cole stats: 1 goal
Chad LaRose stats: 1 assist
Friday, July 10, 2009
News from the offseason
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.
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.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Thanksgiving annoys me
So... Canes are playing tonight, which I didn't know until about an hour ago, and Tim Gleason is apparently out with an injury sustained in the Canes 5-2 loss to Nashville. Which is another game that I didn't see because it wasn't on TV.
Apparently the Canes went down 4-0 after the first two periods, and only managed two goals of that particular comeback before Shea Weber made it 5-2. In other words, it sounds like I should be glad that I didn't see that game.
Anyways, I'll be missing a string of games, taking my yearly Thanksgiving trip to Pennsylvania. You would think I would have lucked out, considering the Canes are playing the Flyers both of the games I'll miss, so maybe I would be able to pick up the Flyers feed? Haha. My aunt only gets two public access channels. I can't even be saved from family by football! (Although, considering the Thanksgiving match up of Tennessee-Detroit, I don't think I'm missing much...)
So, yeah. So long until Monday, I guess...
Chad LaRose stats: 1 goal
On the season: 5 goals, 2 assists
Apparently the Canes went down 4-0 after the first two periods, and only managed two goals of that particular comeback before Shea Weber made it 5-2. In other words, it sounds like I should be glad that I didn't see that game.
Anyways, I'll be missing a string of games, taking my yearly Thanksgiving trip to Pennsylvania. You would think I would have lucked out, considering the Canes are playing the Flyers both of the games I'll miss, so maybe I would be able to pick up the Flyers feed? Haha. My aunt only gets two public access channels. I can't even be saved from family by football! (Although, considering the Thanksgiving match up of Tennessee-Detroit, I don't think I'm missing much...)
So, yeah. So long until Monday, I guess...
Chad LaRose stats: 1 goal
On the season: 5 goals, 2 assists
Monday, October 06, 2008
Preseason's over!
Let's see here, what's happened in the past week?
Canes won twice against Nashville, finishing the preseason at a 3-3 record.
They also signed their first-round pick from this year's draft, Zach Boychuk, to an entry-level contract.
Scott Walker had surgery on his left hand, which was injured in his fight against Philly.
This opened up a roster spot for Dan LaCouture, who was signed to a two-way contract after a stellar training camp for the free agent tryout.
And the good news, we're already ahead in the Southeast Division, with the Lightning losing their both of their overseas openers to the Rangers!
Opening Night in less than four days!
Canes won twice against Nashville, finishing the preseason at a 3-3 record.
They also signed their first-round pick from this year's draft, Zach Boychuk, to an entry-level contract.
Scott Walker had surgery on his left hand, which was injured in his fight against Philly.
This opened up a roster spot for Dan LaCouture, who was signed to a two-way contract after a stellar training camp for the free agent tryout.
And the good news, we're already ahead in the Southeast Division, with the Lightning losing their both of their overseas openers to the Rangers!
Opening Night in less than four days!
Friday, June 20, 2008
Canes make some moves
Canes made some moves yesterday. The first one being signing Tim Gleason to a 4-year/$11 mil contract. Which is good, keeping him here when our defense is rather lacking personnel right now. I thought he really started to play well last year, and I'm glad to have him locked up for four years.
The second move of the day was trading a fifth-round pick in the 2009 draft to the Predators for the rights to sign Darcy Hordichuk. If the Canes don't sign Hordichuk by the start of the season, they'll get the Predators 5th round pick in 2010.
Not sure exactly what this does for the Canes. From the looks of Hordichuk's career stats, he's definitely a goon and not a goal-contributing forward. But, I guess we have enough of those, and we could use an enforcer to protect our stars.
So, the draft is today. Canes pick 14th in the first round.
*EDIT 10:43am* So, after I looked at Darcy Hordichuk's website (via CanesCountry) and saw some of the fight videos on there... I have come to the conclusion that if the Canes can sign this guy, they will definitely be no worse off. And games might be a little bit more entertaining.
The second move of the day was trading a fifth-round pick in the 2009 draft to the Predators for the rights to sign Darcy Hordichuk. If the Canes don't sign Hordichuk by the start of the season, they'll get the Predators 5th round pick in 2010.
Not sure exactly what this does for the Canes. From the looks of Hordichuk's career stats, he's definitely a goon and not a goal-contributing forward. But, I guess we have enough of those, and we could use an enforcer to protect our stars.
So, the draft is today. Canes pick 14th in the first round.
*EDIT 10:43am* So, after I looked at Darcy Hordichuk's website (via CanesCountry) and saw some of the fight videos on there... I have come to the conclusion that if the Canes can sign this guy, they will definitely be no worse off. And games might be a little bit more entertaining.
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Canes lose LaRose
Canes lost a close one against Nashville last night 1-0.
I only saw the second period, so I didn't see Chad LaRose lose an edge, crash into the boards, and break his leg in the first period.
Poor guy. And just what we needed, another person out with injury - especially LaRose who always has a jump in his step.
So the second period was one with a lot of chances for both teams, but no capitalization. (That doesn't sound right... oh well...)
Anyways, that's really all I can tell you about that game.
Tangentially related, I got Tim Gleason's autograph today. Yeah, I went to the Carolina Ale House and bought one of their magnet hearts, and he was there to autograph it.
While he was signing it I asked him if he rooted for UNC or Duke. (NOT a wierd question, as the game is on tonight. Stupid 9:00 start, though. I'm going to be so dead in the morning tomorrow. Why must the game be on so late? I wouldn't think there's a significant enough West Coast viewing share, so why not start it at 7:00?
...Back to hockey, now.) And he said that he didn't really watch it much, but he would choose (and he "thought" about it for a while) UNC. And I smiled and pointed at my shirt and said "Good choice". He laughed (because I guess he didn't know I was wearing it) and then said that he'd tell the lady behind me who was wearing a Duke shirt that he went for Duke.
It's really cool that the NHL players all seem to have a good humor while signing autographs. (At least the ones I've asked to sign my stuff... although somehow I don't think Sean Avery would come across as a nice guy...)
*EDIT 8:26PM* I added super-cool picture! I love my new scanner!
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Hooray football!
3-0 has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?
Sadly, I'm not talking about the Canes (who lost their third preseason game 4-1 against the Predators), but, instead, I'm going off on one of my forays into NFL-Land.
Yep, the Green Bay Packers are 3-0 after their win over the Chargers today. And Brett Favre tied Dan Marino's all-time TD record.
So, yeah, I'm pretty much in football bliss right now.
Anyways, back to hockey... Canes won their second game Friday against the Predators. I can't really remember anything important about that game... (even though I attended it...) Casey Borer, a defenseman, scored a goal and an assist... Um... Cam Ward looked pretty good... Final score 3-0, held Nashville to 18 shots... Lookin' good so far...
I really have to start writing this stuff down... That is a pathetic game recap.
Sadly, I'm not talking about the Canes (who lost their third preseason game 4-1 against the Predators), but, instead, I'm going off on one of my forays into NFL-Land.
Yep, the Green Bay Packers are 3-0 after their win over the Chargers today. And Brett Favre tied Dan Marino's all-time TD record.
So, yeah, I'm pretty much in football bliss right now.
Anyways, back to hockey... Canes won their second game Friday against the Predators. I can't really remember anything important about that game... (even though I attended it...) Casey Borer, a defenseman, scored a goal and an assist... Um... Cam Ward looked pretty good... Final score 3-0, held Nashville to 18 shots... Lookin' good so far...
I really have to start writing this stuff down... That is a pathetic game recap.
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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