Game Thread ..... vs. Florida, 2/9/10

[Canesluver]

Here's another team the guys should be able to beat. Please win this one for me, cause I feel so crappy!

Should be a pretty full house, so y'all need to keep it rockin' for me since I wpn't be there. Don't forget it's Rutuu bobblehead night!! (and if anyone ends up with an extra .... I'd love to have one 'cause I want to paint stitches & black eyes on it!)

Puck-drop at 7:00PM

LET'S GO 'CANES!!

[superdave]

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/3769/ruutubobblehead20100204.jpg

Now, this is better. We know this guy.

[wa10]

18-4-2 and we're in (64.9% chance anyway). Odds of making playoffs? - 1 in 1000.

http://www.sportsclubstats.com/NHL/Eastern/Southeast/Hurricanes.html

[Solracer]

Were Doomed....

[livinthedream]

Well regardless, I'm just thrilled and giddy about this one. :lol:

[caneshockeychick]

Well regardless, I'm just thrilled and giddy about this one. :lol:

Me too!!! :D

[Darkwing]

sigh, gave my tickets away for tonight's game thinking i'd be out of town on a work trip, then my trip got canceled. On a positive note, my Ruutu finland jersey is beautiful :-(

[KaniacFever]

FINALLY a game at the RBC Center. It seems like forever since I've been there.

How bout we lose this bobblehead curse and get a Win tonight.

In honor of Ruutu's return, his bobblehead, and with the Olympics opening Friday, I'm breaking out the Finland jersey :D

[SoCalcaniac]

Yeah, it's game day; it sure does seem like it's been a long time since the adventure to the RBCC in the icy/snow to see the Blackhawks. :lol:

Hey E, here's your reminder to leave the office early so you can get your Bobblehead and miss some of the traffic hassles. ;)

Should be a good game, I'm looking forward to just being in the bldg. I think there will be alot of Olympic jerseys in the house like KF's. Tis the season............

[nccanes]

Hey E, here's your reminder to leave the office early so you can get your Bobblehead and miss some of the traffic hassles. ;)


:kiss: Thanks!

Although I'll be happy to just a) get to park on a concrete surface and b) be there for faceoff.

[ButtersSaysNo]

I am just amazed at how LaRose's bobblehead looks so much like him, yet Ruutu's looks like...well I'm not sure who it looks like.

So for bobblehead likeness, that company gets:

Cole: C
LaRose: A+
Ruttu: A WTF?

[Jay]

Stating again for posterity:

I can haz bobblehead?

Seriously. If anyone gets a bobblehead, please to hook up eveyone's favorite snowed-in Blacksburgian (meeee)

[caniac97]

I am just amazed at how LaRose's bobblehead looks so much like him, yet Ruutu's looks like...well I'm not sure who it looks like.

So for bobblehead likeness, that company gets:

Cole: C
LaRose: A+
Ruttuu: A WTF?

I have to disagree, LaRose wishes he could grow a beard like that instead of the rat fuzz he sports.

[kermelbar]

Stating again for posterity:

I can haz bobblehead?

Seriously. If anyone gets a bobblehead, please to hook up eveyone's favorite snowed-in Blacksburgian (meeee)

As long as I get there in time to get one (and we're planning to leave my office around 5:45), you can have mine.

[SoCalcaniac]

Here's the warning --- Last time they did Bobbles (LaRose) the lines into the bldg were into the parking lots. We are typically in line at about 5 or 10 til 6pm when the doors open. I was STUNNED that we were not even in the door when we walked up to the line; and having gone to all the games where there was a giveaway especially of the bobblehead kind, I've never seen a line that long. Nobody gets to the rink that early on a game day. It's a pretty hardy and familiar group of people that enter the doors when we go in. If it were me doing the driving, I'd be there at 6:30, alas, I am married to Mr. On Time. If the doors open at 6pm that's when we're "supposed" to be there. We don't do "late". :lol:

So the point of this is--- If you are a diehard Ruutu person, and you must have this Bobble, GET THERE EARLY. We sit next to a few STHers who are Chad people, and were bitterly disappointed when they showed up at 6:40 and the BH's were gone.

[c-girl]

We're in-the-door-at-6:00-people too - every game. I want to be in, have my food, and be in my seat for warm ups.

For BH nights though, we get in line about 10 minutes before 6:00. The lines for Chad's BH were some of the longest I've ever seen. I'll bet lines tonight will be even longer for the BH Hubs calls "The Ruutu Bobblehead or Reasonable Facsimile Thereof." I question the "reasonable" part of that title though.

[e2ipiand1]

My mom is dropping my sister off at my office, so that I don't have to drive 3 miles out of my way to pick her up. It should save us about 10 minutes, but every minute counts when you're trying to get one of those bobbleheads.:lol:

[superdave]

I'm on a tight timeline. I'm picking ms. sd up at RDU at 5:08. Let's hope for on time.

[KaniacFever]

I told the boyfriend to have his butt at the house no later than 5:15pm. We should be parked and in line by 5:45pm if all runs smoothly. Of course, I'll have to hear him beatching the whole time while we are standing in line. Oh and please no rain while we are waiting, I don't need that to add to the beatching.

Maybe I'll send him over to the South side to pick up our autographed puck. It'll give him something to do :laugh:

The things we do for a bobblehead.

[caniac97]

I'm on a tight timeline. I'm picking ms. sd up at RDU at 5:08. Let's hope for on time.

I wish you luck on that, cnn is reporting all sorts of cancellations.

[Darkwing]

anyone have any idea where you can stream this game online from?

[DeWaltGirl]

Driving from Charlotte I'm usually in the lot around 5:15. I'm one of those people who would rather be there, sitting and twiddling my thumbs, than be stuck in traffic or get a flat and be late. With the weather today, I'm aiming for 5:30. For the Cole and LaRose BHs I was able to snag an extra but I'm guessing I won't have that luck tonight.

[andyt]

anyone have any idea where you can stream this game online from?

atdhe.net is showing it on the schedule.

[livinthedream]

LOL I was hoping that in all of today's madness they wouldn't forget to do this!

nhl_canes: CAR activates Ruutu from IR. Will play tonite v.FLA.

RUUUUUUU HOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And lest there be a question, today's developments made it easy to choose which jersey I'm wearing tonight!

[IceSun]

Hmm - maybe we should announce bobblehead nights whenever a player gets injured - mythical restorative powers :)

I got to West entrance for LaRose night at 6:30 and no lines - still had plenty.

Not going to post divercat for this one - missing Belfour too much.

Keep dry y'all

[livinthedream]

Weather Rudar tells me this rain will clear up in time for us to wait outside the building. :lol:

[caneshockeychick]

Weather Rudar tells me this rain will clear up in time for us to wait outside the building. :lol:


w00t!!!

[WilkesCanefan]

Does anyone have a link for online streaming for this game?

Thanks

[Greensboro Hurricanes]

This really blows. I got sick today and the doctor told me to stay away from people for 48 hours, so I'm watching this one at home.

This is the 5th game I've missed at the RBC since it opened. Not cool. I don't like watching home games on TV.

[Fghtr4jc]

Canes just noted via Twitter than Stillman has 11 points in 9 games against us since getting traded. That's crazy.

1-1 currently.

[FinFan]

We need a Fin trifecta tonight. Jokinen then Pitkanen. Next goal has to be Ruutu! I'm sure they're still really excited about playing in Helsinki next year!

[toastmasterbone]

Does anyone have a link for online streaming for this game?

Thanks

Sorry to see this late, but it's on HERE (http://www.kilonetsports.com/kilonet1.shtml).

Only works in IE, and you need to have Sopcast (http://www.sopcast.com/download/)loaded to view the game (freeware). Great picture - crappy broadcast crew (Fla).

[FinFan]

Fin 'Fecta! With a bit of Matty thrown in for good measure. BEAUTIFUL! Can't wait for Thursday to see Pete-Dawg.

[caveman]

Hm. Don't look now, but: 11 points back of Montreal (in 7th) with a game in hand and 2 games head to head. So "in theory" as few as 5 points to make up. Just sayin'. (And, you know, Boston and the Rangers to keep struggling, etc.)

Meh. None of that really is sensical, but it's fun to win home games. Just sayin'. 'Cause we have 2 of those left before the Olympic break and all.

[KaniacFever]

Its a FINN Hat Trick. I don't think they're excited about Helsinki ;)

A Tuesday night vs Florida and the attendance was 18,393. Yeah, Ruutu is not popular :lol:

[livinthedream]

Love, love, love the Finns (Cullenen can be honorary Finn tonight since he scored too).

And the bobblehead's not half bad in person. :lol:

A glass of wine, some dim lighting, a little mood music...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2689/4344657615_75dd9058de.jpg

[kermelbar]

Jay -- I got your bobblehead! Since you had a ticket to trade, I presume you're an STH and will be in Raleigh from time to time? I'll be at this Saturday's game if you'll be in town and want to get it from me then. Just PM me and we'll work out handing it off.

In fact, I have an extra (the bobbleheads are where I have drawn my Canes clutter line, though if someone wants to cough up an extra Rosey, I'll find room) if someone would love to have it.

[superdave]

And the bobblehead's not half bad in person. :lol:

Well, there's an unbiased opinion.

[SoCalcaniac]

Good 40 minute ending to that game. (I thought they looked choppy, unsure and out of sorts all first period) I loved the effort, the guts (yes, you Mr. USA Olympian, and while I'm at it I like you too Goertzen) and the Finn Fabulousness going on in the bldg. Hey #25, isn't something when you SHOOT the puck? The shock on your face when it when in, I'd love a picture of that (ahem) just for giggles.

But as all this fun and enjoyment was going on, I was thinking back to Forslund's appearance on NHL Live! today and him mentioning that there would be 12 teams scouts in the bldg tonight. my prayer was that they were looking at AWard up close, but then he started doing that traffic direction crap and then stared down a man while a loose puck was at his feet and I said yeah, they want to steer clear of him.

Good to see the bldg full, especially considering that the last time I was in the bldg it was the 'Hawks game, and well you know it was an intimate gathering that nite. Seemed to me that it was one of those mixed crowds, some coming because it was Teacher Nite, and others maybe haven't been to a game, and that first period didn't give people much to cheer for, then the bldg got going a bit when the scoring happened.

Matt Cullen really had something going on tonight. I thought the Captain was breathtaking in several stretches. Only an assist tonight, but he was a presence. It's clear he's healthy.

I thought our PP had one moment, I'd hate to see it all get shot to heck so they need to get it going.

It was really great to see Ruutu in the lineup. I noticed he left for a bit, and then returned-- was holding my breath on what the heck was going on, and then he came back.

Gleason is going to have one of those scared up faces. I think I just hold my breath everytime he gets smacked with a puck. Honestly, he stresses me out more than Joni does. Two very different reasons, but he stresses me out nonetheless. :crazy:

The Bobblehead will grow on me, and great job by the crowd to Ruu and Woo everytime #15 was on the ice.

Hub says the Canes should do a "Finn Figurine" in honor of the trip to Finland.(He doesn't think it has to be a bobblehead, just something depicting all 3 dudes) Now that would draw a crowd eh?

[SouthernHockeyChick]

That was fun!! :D

My god, how many freaking pucks to the face is Gleason going to have to take?!? Sheesh!!

I was freaked when Manny went down. We immediately thought he may have gotten nutted but then really couldn't tell. Super glad to hear that's all it was.....not that that's not traumatic enough.:lol: But my visions of poor Peters having to come in cold for his second NHL game and his first game at home....ugh.

Man I love to beat the Panthers!! But it will all be for naught if we let the freaking Sabres win Thursday. :sick:

[kermelbar]

And the bobblehead's not half bad in person. :lol:

A glass of wine, some dim lighting, a little mood music...



To paraphrase "The Truth About Cats & Dogs": We can love our bobbleheads, we just can't love our bobbleheads. :lol:

[c-girl]

I was freaked when Manny went down. We immediately thought he may have gotten nutted but then really couldn't tell.

Let's just say that if this goalie thing doesn't work out, he can take over for KK singing the National Anthem because I'm pretty sure he'll be able to reach those high notes now.

[nccanes]

Fun game (but obstructed view seats in exchange for mezz seats absolutely blow).

It appears we've nearly broken the Panthers. George Richard's blog is filled with awful quotes from their GM.

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/flapanthers/

“It is brutal,’’ Randy Sexton spat after Tuesday’s 3-1 loss to the Hurricanes at RBC Center.

“It was [expletive] brutal. We have too many guys who don’t compete. You can’t win in this game unless you’re ready to show up and go to war every night. We don’t have enough of them. .-.-. This is not type of team we want. We’re going to keep making changes until we get that. It takes time.

“It’s like turning around the Titanic and not a rowboat.’’

[caneshockeychick]

^thought it was 4-1...hmmm, guess since Cullen's not a Finn he didn't count his goal? :lol:

Yep, fun time tonight. First period I could have fallen asleep though. It was kind of a weird period IMO. The fights didn't even do anything to get that one going.

But it was worth it for the next 40 minutes.

Good to see all the Finns get goals out there. I guess I'll keep wearing my Suomi jersey to the games. We win when I do :D

[livinthedream]

Let's just say that if this goalie thing doesn't work out, he can take over for KK singing the National Anthem because I'm pretty sure he'll be able to reach those high notes now.

Manny said in the post-game that he actually wears two cups. Have no idea if that's normal for a goalie or for anyone else for that matter, but thought I'd pass it along nonetheless.

[c-girl]

Well, Mike Maniscalco did say "Manny is a MAN!"

(Actually I'm learning a lot more about Manny than I ever wanted to know.)

:lol:

[SoCalcaniac]

E, sorry to hear about obstructed view seats. :( OMG LTD, I turned off the post game because Forslund's not on and I can't deal with MM. :-

DANG. Is it me or is it always when they play us that people blow up? :lol:

I'll say this- for a team that was "only" 5 points out of that 8th spot, they sure didn't look like they cared much.

George Richards made me howl with his tweets:

if you haven't sleeped in weeks, flip on tonight's panthers-canes game...you'll be sound asleep in no time...

^ that was in the woeful first period.

#Jets coach Rex Ryan at #Carolina game wearing a #Flyers jersey ... and giving Tomas Vokoun the fingerRex Ryan now wearing a #Hurricanes (http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Hurricanes) jersey and that is the only interesting thing to come from this game so fartonight's game isn't being shown in Carolina. I bet #Panthers (http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Panthers) fans wishes it wasn't on in Florida:lol:
I'm curious on the Jets coach's connection to the Canes.

[nccanes]

I don't listen to MM too much (and I actually made quick time getting home and didn't keep him on following) but I swear I might prefer Mark Thomas (is that his name - his "Insiders" sidekick). Thomas doesn't attempt to pass himself off as an expert (since he's not) and it's so much more tolerable.

I happened (by some strange "luck") to hear MM with JF, Chuck, and Mo on my commute home and to the RBC and if he said one more time about the big rivalry between us and the Panthers I was gonna scream. Yeah, there's been some odd games with them (mostly in Sunrise) but I'd hardly call it a rivalry.

Until the SE can send more than 1 team to the playoffs and they actually FACE each other, there just won't be a big rivalry - but little blips in intensity given what happened in the most recent meeting.

I mean, how could ANYONE watch that first period and make claim that this was much more than a scrimmage, let alone an intense rivalry. :lol:

[SoCalcaniac]

Any "Rivalry" with anyone (save maybe the Caps) in the SE is laughable at best; I'll contend that the closest thing we had with FLA in a rivalry aspect died when they traded Olli Jokinen away. When it was OJ's team, for some reason we all hate a hate on for each other--- that and Belfour as the goalie. They hated JWill, and EC, and they called us names, and all that jazz, but that would be as "close" as any kinda hate on.

Maniscalco is getting more difficult to listen to (even more than ever) with his constant "What This Hockey Club is" commentary. UGH. Dude, change up the vocab. Oh, and E, yep, it's Mark Thomas. I'm kinda with you- at least you know he's clueless on hockey. MM does seems to feel he's an expert, and then defers to Forslund when he challenges a comment he'll make. :lol:

[nccanes]

I know Mark Thomas is not the right person for the gig and just about anyone is gonna get on our nerves, but when I heard he and MM with PK, he seemed much more at ease with PK than MM. Of course, that may come from him having been a pro athlete and MM just being some radio dude. And I'm not sure what really transpired, but when Thomas made a joke , they talked about JR taking a swing at Thomas' jaw. :lol:

[SouthernHockeyChick]

MM drives me nuts but if all I had was Mark Thomas....I just wouldn't listen. I don't give a sh*t about college basketball or football and he'd have every hockey person talking about that. :sick:

[ncsu1]

http://ncsu1.info/images/rexryan.png

[goalie33]

Manny said in the post-game that he actually wears two cups. Have no idea if that's normal for a goalie or for anyone else for that matter, but thought I'd pass it along nonetheless.

It's not unusual. There are a number of goalie jocks that are built with two cups, and there are also guys who wear a standard cup and then a goalie cup on top.

[livinthedream]

For posterity:

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l83/kellja00/LGC/ThreeStars02-09-10.jpg

:D

Cully's goal (http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=35) is also a highlight video on the front page of nhl.com.

[andyt]

I thought the Captain was breathtaking in several stretches. Only an assist tonight, but he was a presence. It's clear he's healthy.

I picked this out because I think it bears repeating, especially to any Staal-haters who are still out there. What we saw last night was a game where he can dominate without making a major impact on the scoresheet (and that assist was a half-whiffed shot that Vokoun put on Jussi's stick). DeBoer couldn't get Weiss' line away from Staal fast enough. Maybe it's because Horton wasn't there, but they had nobody to physically match up with him.

[ncsu1]

haha did anyone see ESPN just now?

[caniac97]

That was fun!! :D

My god, how many freaking pucks to the face is Gleason going to have to take?!? Sheesh!!

I was freaked when Manny went down. We immediately thought he may have gotten nutted but then really couldn't tell. Super glad to hear that's all it was.....not that that's not traumatic enough.:lol: But my visions of poor Peters having to come in cold for his second NHL game and his first game at home....ugh.

Man I love to beat the Panthers!! But it will all be for naught if we let the freaking Sabres win Thursday. :sick:
speaking as someone with man parts, that is one area you just don't want to get hit. seeing him turtle like that I knew it could only be one thing. personally think the panthers player should have gotten 4 mins.

[FinFan]

So, is it going to be FrankenGleason or Timmystein playing at the Olympics? Chuck didn't mention it that I remember. I got the tweet and cursed. My hubby asked what was up and I told him and said, "Tim's going to look like Frankenstein at the Olympics!"

[caveman]

It took me a while to realize that by "The Captain" you guys were talking about Staal. Still weird. I can't help but call him "The New Captain" and not just "The Captain."

[nccanes]

Same thing here caveman! I thought "yeah, Rod had a nice game I thought, but.....magical?" :lol: Took me a sec.

[caneshockeychick]

^ and ^^ me too. I mean, I remember thinking, "well Rod was on the ice a bit more than I usually thought but...he wasn't spectacular or anything out there...although there was that one spin around move where I thought he might score a goal. Magical? Surely not! " ;)

[livinthedream]

Yeah I definitely have not made the new captain mental connection yet.

[IceSun]

I think we should call Staal "Captain Beast" to differentiate him and recognize his recent play :evil:

On Timmy, gotta go with Gleasonstein since Frankenruutu was done..

[FinFan]

Gleasonstein. I like it. :D

[SoCalcaniac]

HA! :lol:

I thought my use of "breathtaking" (which apparently andyt got, lol and I agree with your statement andyt-spot ON) would differentiate captains. I don't know if there has ever been a time in Rod's career that anyone would have described him as a breathtaking type player. :laugh:;)

I recall the year #12 was drafted and we were in NSH for that draft; we were at this meet and greet the draftees event that the league put on for fans -- there were guys from THN, and other Canadian media outlets there in a Q&A for the fans- and I remember one guy who was a former scout, now a muckety muck type from the Ontario League--- and the question that year if ya'll recall is Staal/Horton with a little yakking about Fleury. Because at the time, FLA had the 1st pick and in Panthers like fashion- they TRADED DOWN. Anyway this panelist described our #12 as "regal with a bit of bite" and went on to break down his skating stride, that long reach, competitiveness, and "when he's on he can't be stopped" etc., etc., and "if he can ever gain some weight" and all this stuff -- "this is why he'll go 1st overall" I never forgot the word "regal" until the 05-06 playoffs, where it cropped back up in my head, and I knew what the dude was trying to say. I saw that last night, even if it was The Panthers.

I'm laughing because I know when #12 was named captain- I think I said we can't call him The Captain- and there I did it. :crazy: How about Captain Baby Bird? :lol:;)

[nccanes]

How did I go from "breathtaking" to "magical"???? :lol: Well, I guess if the old Capt was breathtaking, it woulda been some magic at work.

[superdave]

Manny said in the post-game that he actually wears two cups.

Makes sense. It would take a man with 2 bags full to be a goalie in the NHL.

[SouthernHockeyChick]

Anyway this panelist described our #12 as "regal with a bit of bite"

Makes perfect sense to me. He has that look he gets....like towards the end of game 7 in Jersey last year. The camera catches him and he has this look in his eye....he looks like a lion about to eat. When it happens, you KNOW some sh*t is about to go down.

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