The season is in sight

Hm... I guess I'd better update this blog, eh? I mean, after whining and moaning and groaning about the offseason - HOCKEY IS FINALLY HERE!

Yep, the Canes play their first preseason game this Friday. Training camp has already opened. But let's take a quick look back at what has happened in the remnants of the offseason:

- The Hurricanes prospects beat the crap out of other team's prospects. A good sign for the future, I think.

- Joni Pitkanen had knee surgery and is expected to be out 2-4 weeks.Can we never start a season without some defenseman having surgery right before? I swear, that's the tale we get every year.

- Speaking of defensemen, Bret Hedican announced his retirement.

-And, finally, according to Google Analytics, someone found this site by searching "real live hockey deaths". Which is not only slightly macabre, but also a bit of an oxymoron.

Aaannndd... that's it! The the games begin!

The 3rd jersey better not be ugly...

It was announced today that the third jersey would be revealed on Sept 10.

I'm approaching this new jersey with caution. I love the red jerseys and I don't want to be another team with a boring main color of black. But I'm not against having an alternate - as long as it's not ugly. If it's ugly, I ain't buyin' it.

Actually if it's rather good looking, I won't buy it either. But that's from a pure monetary standpoint. And it's not from a boycotting I'm-not-falling-for-your-ploy-to-get-more-merchandising-moola standpoint either. I'd just rather use the $100 to buy gas. Or to buy about 15 minutes worth of class time at college.
I have a perfectly servicable jersey at home. Why would I buy something else? Especially when that jersey was what I was wearing when the Canes won the Cup. Take that third jersey!

Third jerseys aren't necessary. I think I'll put that down as my official stand on the topic.

Anyways, I'll stop my rambling for tonight. The training camp roster is here - hockey season is on the way!

Oh jeez...

So, Jeff O'Neill is coming to training camp.

Hey, Rutherford... you really don't have to bring back every single person^† who ever played for the Canes - Just an FYI...

Otherwise, Canes news is a little slow recently... Will post whenever something happens.

^† See: Josef Vasicek, David Tanabe, Shane Willis, Jessie Boulerice, etc, etc...

First day of camp!

First day of training camp today, and we've already lost someone to injury.

*facepalm*

Yep... the N&O blog is reporting that Chad LaRose sprained his MCL after his skate was caught in a rut - and now he'll be out 3-6 weeks. That's a real downer for the first day of camp.

Anyways, the N&O is also reporting that:*facepalm*

Seriously, when the correct spelling of the name is in the first sentence of the article - how can you spell it wrong?
Anyways... I'm kind of bummed that my man Erik Cole isn't wearing the "A", but I guess carrying the title of best power forward evah! is enough responsibility.

P.S. - I just learned two days ago how to do a screenshot (Yes, I'm a little slow when it comes to some things), so expect lots of images of mistakes from now on.

P.P.S. - I forgot to mention that Stillman & Wesley are still alternate captains - at home. Staal and Whitney are the road alternates, which I think is incredibly weird, but whatever.

Fantasy hockey!

Ugh.

I apologize for the rather large gap in postage, but school is being a real pain in the behind, and by the time I'm done with all my homework, I just want to go to sleep.

Not that anything has really happened for the Canes in the past week... Official training camp starts on the 14th!

In other news... I've started a fantasy hockey league with Yahoo!. Anyone who reads this blog is open to join, just drop your email address in the comments and I'll forward the league password and whatnot to you... It's bound to be lots of fun!