Pre-season Game Thread ..... @ Atlanta, 9/21/09

[Canesluver]

Time for another game thread!! Wooooooooo!

Would be nice to get a win in this outing.

Puck-drop at 7:00PM

LET'S GO 'CANES!!

[livinthedream]

I really don't have anything to say. I just think it's cool to be the first one to post in the game thread. :lol:

So, did we establish whether the Thrashers will have any kind of in-arena feed going, or will we be left to ChuckandtheletterK and our own imaginations?

[Alicia]

Ugh...I don't know if I can tolerate another game with Chuck & his selective lisp!

[livinthedream]

Tomorrow night's lineup, courtesy of Mr. Branecky (http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=499197).

Samsonov - Brind'Amour - Walker
Kostopoulos - Yelle - Conboy
Goertzen - Ryan - Dwyer
Bowman - Sutter - Boychuk

Alberts - Wallin
Harrison - Carson
Rodney - McBain

Leighton
Peters

[puck_it]

hahah we're gonna get smoked.

[Canesluver]

:eek2:

[superdave]

I guess Mo is going to let the 'utes do the heavy lifting and hope for the best. I don't see the listed top line getting a ton of minutes. I hope we can find some kind of feed on this game because I'd like to see how the Yelle line and the Sutter line will look.

I guess this will probably end up being the end of the road for a couple more with the Rats camp starting Wednesday.

[KaniacFever]

Glad we didn't get that line up :lol:

Alot more cuts will happen tonight. Mo mentioned how Friday night's game should be real close to the opening night roster. Plus Albany has two preseason games with the Phantoms this weekend.

[nccanes]

I'll be at a HS soccer game. Hopefully between NHL_Canes, ice_chip, and lgc_com I'll get the score updates, lol.

[nccanes]

A guess at the Thrashers' lineup via the Blueland blog:





Roster vs Carolina
2009 September 21
7 Comments
by Ben Wright

I’m at the Thrashers morning skate trying to figure out the lines for tonight. Here’s what it looks like so far:

Forwards

Kovalchuk-Antropov-Little
Kozlov-White-Peverley
Fritsche-Reasoner-Armstrong
Boulton-Slater-Thorburn

Defense

Hainsey- Kubina
Enstrom- Postma
Vernace- Popovic

Goalies

Hedberg- Legace


So. Um. Yeah.

hahah we're gonna get smoked.

[puck_it]

was Legace just an invite? or is he signed??

[Cyn4Canes]

I was searching around to see if there's a game feed online and found this:

http://venividivun.com/hurricanes-vs-thrashers-live-stream-sep-21-2009-carolina-hurricanes-at-atlanta-thrashers-watch-online-free-live-stream-september-21-2009/

I have *NO* idea if this is valid or legitimate.

[G-Vegas Caniac]

I was searching around to see if there's a game feed online and found this:

http://venividivun.com/hurricanes-vs-thrashers-live-stream-sep-21-2009-carolina-hurricanes-at-atlanta-thrashers-watch-online-free-live-stream-september-21-2009/

I have *NO* idea if this is valid or legitimate.

I saw some feeds like this for other games in the preseason and they don't work. I'm not saying this one won't, but the other web pages I saw looked just like this one and I didn't have any luck.

And by the way, WELCOME TO THE BOARDS! :)

[livinthedream]

^ Ditto - Welcome!

I'll be at a HS soccer game. Hopefully between NHL_Canes, ice_chip, and lgc_com I'll get the score updates, lol.

I'll be on an airplane. I land at 10:48 pm. Should I just plan to hang around? :lol:

[Alicia]

was Legace just an invite? or is he signed??
He's listed as unsigned attending on PTO.

[Cyn4Canes]

Yeah - I suspect it's bogus, just being hopeful. :spin::spin:

And by the way, WELCOME TO THE BOARDS! :)

Thanks G-Vega Caniac! I met LTD at the first preseason practice and she mentioned these boards so I thought I'd check them out. I'm more a reader than a poster, but on occasion when I think I have something worthwhile saying I'll speak out.

[SoCalcaniac]

Do we know if this game is going to be played? I had heard this morning that there was some "flooding" going on in parts of Atlanta/outside ATL. But I'm watching the evening news and it appears ATL is under water. They have had 10-15 inches of rain since LAST NIGHT. Roads are not passable, and schools are closed tommorow. OMG.

I don't think there will be too many people at Phillips Arena tonight- but the big question is will the players be there?

[Jay]

The online streaming for 99.9 the fan is broken.

Booooooooooooooooooooo

[Convert]

Do we know if this game is going to be played? I had heard this morning that there was some "flooding" going on in parts of Atlanta/outside ATL. But I'm watching the evening news and it appears ATL is under water. They have had 10-15 inches of rain since LAST NIGHT. Roads are not passable, and schools are closed tommorow. OMG.

I don't think there will be too many people at Phillips Arena tonight- but the big question is will the players be there?

Chuck K. is on 99.9 and just did lineups---so sounds like they are playing...I just turned it on.

[Jay]

The online streaming for 99.9 the fan is broken.

Booooooooooooooooooooo

Neither is the nhl.com gamecenter stream. for either team.

Way to put on a professional technological face, people.

[WilkesCanefan]

Whoever is listening please post what is happening. With the online stream broke there is no way for me to listen. :mad: Thanks

[SoCalcaniac]

it's 1-0 Canes Bryan Rodney on the PP from The Captain and Scotty Walker.

I'm also having issues with the 99.9 feed. It's just keeps going out.

[evan]

I tried to listen to Matt Cullen's interview earlier today on 99.9 and it seemed like it would only play commercials and then just completely go silent whenever it was supposed to be playing anything else --- seems like that's what is happening again.

[SouthernHockeyChick]

Wow, who knew I'd be thankful for plain old radio. :lol:


1-1. Kubina. Blah.

[NCCaniac42]

it's 1-0 Canes Bryan Rodney on the PP from The Captain and Scotty Walker.

I'm also having issues with the 99.9 feed. It's just keeps going out.

Crap.. Atlanta just scored on a PP.. Pavel Kubina Drat.. game tied.

I have an actual RADIO in my home office.. and am listening to ChuckandtheletterK.

[evan]

Anybody know where I can find out what affiliate (if any) I can listen to on an old school radio here in Western NC?

[c-girl]

I'm listening to the real radio too. Every time Chuck mentions SamSOnov, I keep thinking "Who???"

Which reminds me, I heard Chuck when I went out in the concourse Friday night and I noticed he pronounced Nicholas Blanchard's name as Blon-Char. Blanchard is from Quebec and I wondered if he does say his name the French way rather than the English way or is this just another Chuckism. Anybody know?

[SouthernHockeyChick]

Popovic scores. 2-1 Atlanta. Both Atl goals off rebounds. Wanna try clearing some of those, boys?

[evan]

Okay, the 99.9 online feed is working for me now! Ugh, I forgot about "Ed-Bear"

[WilkesCanefan]

Okay, the 99.9 online feed is working for me now! Ugh, I forgot about "Ed-Bear"


Thanks for the updates guys. The online stream is working for me now too.

[SoCalcaniac]

Yes, thankS god the 99.9 feed is actually working again- I live in Apex, yet the 99.9 FM "regular radio" signal only seems to go to Ten-Ten road in Apex. We live past Ten-Ten so it dies after dark. :crazy:

Oy. I completely forgot "Ed-bear" and never forget about SamsOnov, it's a running joke with me and hub, we always refer to him that way. :lol:

On the game- I'm going to be very sad when the kids, Boychuk, Bowman, Sutter get sent to Albany. I like that trio.

ETA: I guess we've spent our allotted 1 PP goal. Two PP's down the drain.

ETA x 2: C-girl, yes, it's "Blon'char"/French pronounciation- like Chuck does. Hub and I met his dad (who drove down here from Quebec w/ Nic's uncles) the first camp Nic attended and Mr. Blanchard introduced himself in the french pronunciation. It drives me batty to hear Chuck do though. :-

[SouthernHockeyChick]

SHORTIE!!! For Sutter! 2-2! Awesome!!

[SoCalcaniac]

Woo! Yeah Brandon!

[NCCaniac42]

Finally a SHORTIE in pre-season.. and BRANDON.. WOO WOO !!!!

Stef - FANE Yelle.. that one is making me laugh too.

[Red Storm]

Chuck just said he likes McBain and the way he plays. That's a solid endorsement. I look forward to seeing McBain play too.

[c-girl]

Thanks, Socal, for the "Blon-Char" information. With Chuck, you just don't really ever know for sure. :)

[SouthernHockeyChick]

Bryan Little...3-2. :sick: Sure could hear that one coming.

[SoCalcaniac]

Crap. Yep, could hear that one coming. Antropov has 3 friggin assists.

c-girl, yeah, I was glad I had it straight from the family, lol, because I sure as heck woulda thought Chuck was making it up or doing his thing. ;)

I hear those Blueland drums...... Oy.

[SouthernHockeyChick]

Please tell me I was imagining things earlier and did not hear Chuck call Boychuk "O Boy Chuk-O." Please?

[NCCaniac42]

I hear those Blueland drums...... Oy.

That darn drum.. ugh.

[NCCaniac42]

can we just please win ONE of these pre-season.. please.. or does it really matter....

It was hit with a high stick.. i can see it from here!!! :laugh:

[SouthernHockeyChick]

Slater scores....4-2. This looks familiar....

Maybe a high-stick?


Well, we definitely should be avoiding any feeling that we're better than last season so this should be a walk in the park. :lol:

[SoCalcaniac]

Oy, we're falling apart. and Chuck is rambling on about legitimacy. 4-2.

[Canesluver]

I'm curious to know what Maurice's strategy is for the pre-season..... I don't think winning is very high on his list....

[SoCalcaniac]

I agree. I don't get why we've not had a scrimmage in between these games or something. and shouldn't we have mixed more of our veterans in these four little games? A second game where it sounds like we're "sloppy".

Chuck was impressed by McBain and Forslund says that #16 was really impressive and "could make the team". At the expense of whom?

I'm weary of Maniscalco.

[G-Vegas Caniac]

Dang, there most be a lot of flooding problems going on around Atlanta. There was only 4,126 at the game. I think that's worse then the first Phoenix preseason game? Can't believe they even played tonight if it's so bad in the area?

[SoCalcaniac]

It looked bad on CNN a couple hours G-Vegas, that coupled with the lack of buzz about the Thrash, I'm guessing this is about right.

[KaniacFever]

Well hopefully Mo stays true to his word that we'll be seeing the opening night roster or very close to it Friday. I sure would like the team to get more than 1 game in together before opening night.

It is still good to hear the kids, namely Sutter/Boychuk continuing to do well.

[nccanes]

With 4 games, there's not a lot of time for anything.

Personally, I believe the preseason DOES matter, but I don't think the first 2 games of the preseason (especially with the rosters we've sent out) are that huge. Too bad we only have 2 left.

And with Mrs. Staal in "any day now" mode - we have to consider that he might be out for 1 of the final games as well.

[KaniacFever]

I wonder if JR requested us to only have 4 or if that is what the league gave us. Montreal was playing their 5th game tonight and other teams have also already played 4 games with more to go.

[SouthernHockeyChick]

I think teams design their own pre-season. JR was quoted somewhere talking about how he'd like to have had 5 but, there wasn't another team willing to give us just one game (or that could have been last season).



Every pre-season I find myself pointing out that we stunk pretty bad in pre-season of 05-06, too.:D

[SoCalcaniac]

^ SHC, Mr. Socal said the same thing about us stinking in the 05-06 season too.

SHC's right, it was in Chip's blog/N&O about JR asking for 5 games, but the other team wanted a home and home situation and he only wanted us to play 5.

I question the 9 or 10 games some of these teams play. The Panthers are playing 9 games, and they're all in Western Canada (wtf) I think 5 or 6 games is more sane.

I was really hoping when there was no sign of #12 when they started coming out yesterday, that the Baby Staal watch was closing. Not trying to be pushy with nature or anything, but we need to see things move along there. :lol:

[Lainienc]

^ SoCal, my guess on Baby Staal's arrival is Oct. 4 or 5.

Hopefully we can stop stinking after pre-season.

[SoCalcaniac]

^ SoCal, my guess on Baby Staal's arrival is Oct. 4 or 5.



I sure hope not, cause that would be one seriously overdue baby. :crazy:

[livinthedream]

So I just arrived @ RDU, should I stick around to cheer them up?

Don't know how to do the LOL smilie on BBerry.

Sent from Blackberry Wireless Handheld

[Lainienc]

I sure hope not, cause that would be one seriously overdue baby. :crazy:
Oh really? I wasn't aware of a due date other than sometime in Sept. ? Oh well, whatever the date is, good health and happiness to the Staal family. :)

[SoCalcaniac]

LTD, I dare you to stay.... heehee. Make a sign or something.... :-

Lainie, Chip blogged/tweeted that Eric said the baby is due "any day now" -- a few days ago. Thus all of us speculating, and the hand wringing. ;)

[nccanes]

Every pre-season I find myself pointing out that we stunk pretty bad in pre-season of 05-06, too.:D

^ SHC, Mr. Socal said the same thing about us stinking in the 05-06 season too.


I don't want to burst too many bubbles, but the 2005 preseason (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/standings?year=preseason_2005)was far from stinky.

We were 5-2-1

Since then, it's been a pretty mixed bag. But in 05 we were killin' it because Lavi had taken the 'new rules' stuff to heart and our guys played pretty clean and waltzed thru the preseason. Didn't lose on home ice either.

I think we've pretty much played at season's beginning the way we have during the preseason. This really short 4 games it kinda stupid (imo) unless they were gonna go into Game 1 with about 30 guys on the roster max.

[SouthernHockeyChick]

Oh well, it felt like it was stinky. Maybe those 3 losses came close to the end and bled into the first few games to me, or something. We won that fantastic first home game against the Pens but, we lost to the Islanders and Tampa pretty early on there and I remember that making me nervous.

I guess I partly figure, too, that is just doesn't matter at all anymore. We can start off crappy and miss the playoffs and we can start off crappy, pick it up and roll all the way to the ECF, too. No point getting worked up early when it's THAT unpredictable. :lol:

[Jay]

I don't want to burst too many bubbles, but the 2005 preseason (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/standings?year=preseason_2005)was far from stinky.

We were 5-2-1

Since then, it's been a pretty mixed bag. But in 05 we were killin' it because Lavi had taken the 'new rules' stuff to heart and our guys played pretty clean and waltzed thru the preseason. Didn't lose on home ice either.

I think we've pretty much played at season's beginning the way we have during the preseason. This really short 4 games it kinda stupid (imo) unless they were gonna go into Game 1 with about 30 guys on the roster max.

Who else remembers 5-assist-Hutch

[superdave]

You would think that if the team had wanted some more action they could have played a scrimage game before they sent the kiddies down.

[caveman]

Oh well, it felt like it was stinky. Maybe those 3 losses came close to the end and bled into the first few games to me, or something. We won that fantastic first home game against the Pens but, we lost to the Islanders and Tampa pretty early on there and I remember that making me nervous.

I guess I partly figure, too, that is just doesn't matter at all anymore. We can start off crappy and miss the playoffs and we can start off crappy, pick it up and roll all the way to the ECF, too. No point getting worked up early when it's THAT unpredictable. :lol:

Heh, it's got to where by February -maybe- we'll have an inkling of an idea what kind of team we'll have.

Anyway:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/teams/schedule?team=car&year=2006&season=1

Yeah, that was a weird preseason, 4 home games in a row then 4 away games, then start the regular season with a 5-2 loss at Tampa, rookie goalie Cam Ward starts 5 games in a row to follow, then we go on a crazy 9 game winning streak only to lose 9-0 to Atlanta at home. My goodness what a season.

And yes, I remember 5-assist Hutch ;]

[livinthedream]

So, coupla things I learned about last night's game.

Wallin and Walker were wearing the 'A's.

Michael Ryan had very limited ice time (not much more than a minute), apparently he sustained an 'upper body' injury early and was held out for most of the game. Anyone hear anything about it on the radio feed or post-game? Precautionary?

[c-girl]

Chip tweeted this morning that Ryan's day to day because of the upper body injury. I didn't hear anything on the post-game show last night about it.

[livinthedream]

ARGH. I have got to get my twitter fixed. Thanks for the update CG!

[SoCalcaniac]

Well, they've sent the kids down- except Boychuk, Sutter and McBain:

Canes reduce the roster to 27 (http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=499372&navid=DL%7CCAR%7Chome)

Bummed for Bowman, but I personally think that he'll get stronger down there- he's not as lanky as Sutter, but on that edge, and after he went back to Spokane last year, he made huge improvements and looks that much closer. Albany won't hurt him. Like I like to say: Eric Staal and Cam Ward played in Lowell/AHL for a whole year. Everyone who follows the team says the blessing of the lockout (if that ever made a lick of sense) was that they did play down there. These kids will be fine too.

[Alicia]

Well, they've sent the kids down- except Boychuk, Sutter and McBain:Dwyer?

[andyt]

Chip tweeted this morning that Ryan's day to day because of the upper body injury. I didn't hear anything on the post-game show last night about it.

In the Branecky article about Sutter, JR says Ryan has a concussion.

[nccanes]

Okay, the 99.9 online feed is working for me now! Ugh, I forgot about "Ed-Bear"

Another one I just hate.

And I'm confused. Hedberg is from Sweden. So, does Chuck pronounce Peter Forsberg as Peter FORS-bear? Enrik ZET-ter-bear?

Does ANYONE???

:sick: