Game Thread ..... @ Boston, 2/12/08

[Canesluver]

Other names for Boston:
The City on the Hill
The Hub
The Athens of America
The Puritan City
The Cradle of Liberty
City of Notions
America's Walking City
and finally...
Bean Town

Puck-drop at 7:00PM

LET'S GO 'CANES!!

[caneshockeychick]

I hope the Canes realize that they have a game...

[apolinar]

1 fight. please.:)

[IceSun]

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Can Carnac figure out which Canes Team will show up for this one?

[Mona2006]

It would be great to see them show a little pride after that arse beating we took in NJ. But at this point, I ain't expecting too much.

[Guyute]

It's that time of the year where I start perpipherally watching games, instead of paying full attention. So at least I'll be able to get other stuff done on game nights. There's a positive. :lol:

[caneshockeychick]

From CH.com


Corvo and Eaves will be available for the Hurricanes’ game on Tuesday at Boston.

[Alicia]

From CH.com


Corvo and Eaves will be available for the Hurricanes’ game on Tuesday at Boston.
Should be interesting...

[caneshockeychick]

Maybe I'll even watch ;)

[Mona2006]

From CH.com


Corvo and Eaves will be available for the Hurricanes’ game on Tuesday at Boston.

OK.. so if I see that puck being dumped in, I will be steamed. I want to see it controlled and skated in the zone, OK??? :mad:

[LostTexan]

From CH.com


Corvo and Eaves will be available for the Hurricanes’ game on Tuesday at Boston.
Whats with new Canes making their debut in Boston this year? It worked for Samsonov last month, hopefully we can get another win with some new guys in beantown.

[nccanes]

Maybe I'll even watch ;)

Thanks for setting the bar so high chc! ;)

[caneshockeychick]

Welllllll..........I do have the night off, I mean, if it gets ugly, there's always American Idol right? :lol:

[IceSaber]

OK.. so if I see that puck being dumped in, I will be steamed. I want to see it controlled and skated in the zone, OK??? :mad:


I'm SO with you on that one, Mona! Steam comes out of my ears with every dump!

[caneshockeychick]

Steam comes out of my ears with every dump!

Are you sure it's out your ears? ;)











:laugh:

[nccanes]

:lol: :laugh: :lol:

[IceSaber]

leave it to CHC...why don't I reread my posts before I submit them???

[andyt]

Eaves may theoretically be available, but he's been out for the last 5 games with a shoulder/neck injury. He also missed 24 games earlier this season with a separated shoulder.

[puck_it]

that's real cute, Ice.

hey, spell Icup :lol:

[Caniac4life]

Are you sure it's out your ears? ;)

You've been eating out of the HT deli too long. :lol:

[nccanes]

Losing Stillman and not replacing him with another F if Eaves can't go. Do we have another F sitting around? A 7th D sitting around? Is my math bad.

[Mona2006]

leave it to CHC...why don't I reread my posts before I submit them???

Sorry IS... didn't mean to open up a can of... ummmm... worms! :lol:

[StormShaman]

Win = good

[Solracer]

Let make Tim Thomas grumble about our guys being in contract years again!

[Guyute]

Are you sure it's out your ears? ;)


ROFLMFAO.

Thank you. I needed that!!!

[caneshockeychick]

^No prob. ;)

BTW, looks like AWard will be back in the lineup for Boston tonight.

[SoCalcaniac]

Aaron's been back in the BOS lineup- he's back to being A Ward- which is good for him. He really fits in well in Beantown.

We "seem" to have the B's number for the most part; I'll take that back and say, we seem to be able to find a way against them- but the Bruins do have a pretty good team, they're battling hard & they're not as pitiful as they were last season, even without Bergeron. So let's see what happens now that the so-called shake up has taken place.

[livinthedream]

Well, I won't be able to watch tonight's game, on account of it being my bunko night. I will say, however, that our record on bunko night is pretty good. The last conflict occurred coincidentally with another game against Boston and IIRC someone won a tractor in that one. :thumbsup:

[car3hur]

And.....let's see...now that Stillman isn't messing things up on the PP, and with Corvo now back there instead of WHITNEY (thank GOD!) I'll say we go 2 for 5 on the PP, with Joey getting at LEAST one assist tonight. :D

[alison]

One of Boston's bloggers just made me lol all over myself:
http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=13267

In other health news, Chara had the day off because of a muscle cramp he suffered during the game against the Panthers. When asked whether or not he would be playing in tonight’s game he responded “GAAAARGH! GHHAHHRHAHAAAAAH!” and then he ate an entire live chicken. I sent away to NASA and they figured out that what he meant to say was “yes”. It turns out NASA is the only organization with equipment powerful enough to transform Charaese into English.

[KaniacFever]

Losing Stillman and not replacing him with another F if Eaves can't go. Do we have another F sitting around? A 7th D sitting around? Is my math bad.

No your math isnt' bad. We are short a forward. I just checked the canes website to see if maybe Nolan was called up, but nope. Guess we are playing a man short tonight, cause last I heard Eaves said he wasn't ready yet.

[caneshockeychick]

Bayda's on his way

http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=353194

[Mona2006]

One of Boston's bloggers just made me lol all over myself:
http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=13267

That made me LOL as well.. although I despise Chara and yell ugly freak at him the entire game. Looks like Lurch and Herman Munster had a baby together. :lol:

Welcome back Ryan...

[Guyute]

Bayyyyyyydaaaaaaa. Go get 'em kid!

[Canesluver]

I have a soft spot for Bayda. True story:

Remember The Eye store that used to be adjacent to the Crabtree Mall food court? Several seasons ago, I walked in there, and I spotted Bayda. He was trying on different hats, and using his reflection off a chrome column in the store as mirror. As I passed him, heading to the t-shirts, we made eye contact, so I said, “Tough decision?” (NCC will tell you I’m pretty good at “small talk” with the players…. :lol: )

“Yeah. I’ve got it narrowed down to this one… or this one,” he said, while he modeled each of them for me. So I said, “Well THAT one looks like something a fan would wear, but THAT one looks like something a player would wear.” And then I WINKED at him!! like…. “your secret’s safe with me, kid!” :lol: I did notice he bought the one I recommended (and I was TOTALLY B.S.-ing him!! :lol: )

He was probably thinking, “oh great! Some old chick just tried to hit on me!!” :laugh:

[caneshockeychick]

Per Luke's blog:

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/canes/index.php/canes

Alex Auld gets the start for Boston over Tim Thomas, who allowed six goals in his most recent start.

Corvo will skate w/Wesley

[SoCalcaniac]

CL- LMAO! Great story!

I just saw that Auld starts over TT. Interesting to see what tonight's game will be like.

[caneshockeychick]

Per some blog I stumbled upon, it appears Chara hasn't been on the ice the past couple of days (today included) but will play tonight. Of course, its probably a shoulder and none of our guys could hit him that high :lol:

[Solracer]

Per some blog I stumbled upon, it appears Chara hasn't been on the ice the past couple of days (today included) but will play tonight. Of course, its probably a shoulder and none of our guys could hit him that high :lol:

Eric Cole sure did try the last time we played, I guess Chara is one of the few players in the NHL that is ok to leave your feet to hit.... :D

[caveman]

Ugh. No Williams, no Cullen, no Stiller, no Eaves. I've liked Aucoin's feistiness and -- is it my imagination or is the smallest guy on the ice the only one going to the front of the net (his goal vs. NJ)? Maybe Bayda will follow along and break the apparently unspoken team rule about going to the front of the net. ;]

We'll see Corvo on the point on the power play, hopefully Staal too. Hopefully we still see Staal on the PK (although in the "what can I wish for" department, maybe I'll wish not to be shorthanded at all tonight...).

[SouthernHockeyChick]

Based on our showing up for every other game (when we're lucky) pattern, we might pull one out tonight. (Though I'm not sure how great our record against Auld is.) They'll save the stink for the home game on Thursday.

[puck_it]

i was hoping for timothy jr thomas :cry:

[tommy]

i'm predicting a cam ward goal tonight. that's right. cam ward will score. and i will be the only person in the history of the world slash lgc.com to predict such a thing.

(at this point even "good fans" have to make an effort to stay positive. oh i went there.)

[Jay]

i'm predicting a cam ward goal tonight. that's right. cam ward will score.

On which net?

(oh, I went there... I couldn't resist)

[tommy]

On which net?

(oh, I went there... I couldn't resist)

Quiet, fool! You already gave away the true meaning of my prediction! lol

[SouthernHockeyChick]

OMG.....the food references have already begun (Tripp). :sick:

[livinthedream]

WOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Ladder gets us on the board early.

Nice pass, Captain.

1-0 for Your Carolina Hurricanes

:D

[tommy]

atta boy, laddie!

[caneshockeychick]

Yippeee!!! Yeah for Ladd...nice point streak there...keep it going.

[tommy]

wooooooooo!

and did chuck just say ron brindamour, anyone?

oh nvm theyre reviewing it

[livinthedream]

WOW - THE GOAL STANDS!!!!!!!!!

Ladder - AGAIN!

WOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

2-0 LETS GO CANES!

:D

[SouthernHockeyChick]

:laugh: There's that karma getting us back for that one really BS goal by Cullen that was waved off for being kicked in.

I don't actually think it was THAT distinct of a kicking motion, though. Looked like a really nice angling in. ;)

[caneshockeychick]

Woww!!! I'm impressed

[ONeillsNo1Fan]

I'm a happy girl!!!

:D

[Jillsdad]

Wow are the Hockey god's actually not against us tonite? That was surely a distinct kicking motion, but hey I will take it!!!!!!!

[livinthedream]

I'm a happy girl!!!

:D

Was wondering if you were here! WOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[ONeillsNo1Fan]

^ Was wondering if you were here!

Lol...I had to make an appearance after that.

:nanner:

[tommy]

:laugh: There's that karma getting us back for that one really BS goal by Cullen that was waved off for being kicked in.

I don't actually think it was THAT distinct of a kicking motion, though. Looked like a really nice angling in. ;)

just because i'm easily confused: it IS legal to re-angle your skate so long as you don't actually "kick," right?

[c-girl]

Has Ladd been reading our "get in front of the frigging net" posts on this board? :lol:

[SouthernHockeyChick]

just because i'm easily confused: it IS legal to re-angle your skate so long as you don't actually "kick," right?

Yep! Beautiful angling, huh? :lol:

[tommy]

Yep! Beautiful angling, huh? :lol:

hahaha no doubt about that

[livinthedream]

:( :( :(

Just flipped channels and caught Stiller (#61) and Commie (#44) in their new Sens jerseys during warm-ups.

[kermelbar]

As I said in an IM to wardo30, "Apparently, a little time in a birdcage does wonders! QUICK! GET THEM ALL BIRDCAGES!"

[SoCalcaniac]

Well, things look good after 1- foot on the gas. Auld looks as Tripp has said about a bazillion times "vulnerable".

LTD- I just flipped over to the Sens/Slugs and saw Stiller on the bench talking to Fisher like he used to with Staal and Cole.

Big Kill- let's go.

[livinthedream]

Is it my imagination, or has the Wizard been taking a lot of penalties lately?

Waiting for it to be over......

Cool......now we get to see Corvo strut his stuff on the PP......

[Caniac]

And we were talking about Corvo turning the puck over?

[LostTexan]

Been watching in my TNLR so here are my delayed reactions:
-Ladd went to the front of the net :)
-I thought the 2nd Goal was a redirection and not a kick (good call by the refs)
-1 for 21 on the PP now, and 2 shorthanded chances, yea our PP still sucks

[Jillsdad]

Well glad to see that Commie and Stiller were not our problems on the power play.

What a bunch of crap that was

[LostTexan]

I've obviously been impressed with the play of Ladd, Brindy, and Samsonov tonight but I also think that the play of Scotty and the Rats has been really solid as well.

[ONeillsNo1Fan]

That was pretty.

[livinthedream]

SERGEI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did you see the smile on his face! He totally earned that goal by setting up the play in the first place.

3-0 Canes

:D

And Corvo gets his first point as a Cane.

[caneshockeychick]

Yeah Sergei!!!

Wooo!!! A goal in the 2nd period. Who'da thunk it? :lol:

[Jillsdad]

I must admit that I am truly impressed with Mr Sam SON ov and I hope like hell that JR can manage to sign him in the offseason.

[SoCalcaniac]

Go little Sammy- That was an awesome play. I now have to get to practice to see the little drill that Samsonov does that Tripp referred to.

There's a crispness in their play tonight. I have no clue what that means, but they are moving and playing with purpose.

LTD- no it's not your imagination- Whitney has taken alot of penalities- I'm calling it the Commodore disease.

Now we need #12's line to get moving.

Corvo gets his first point as a Cane..... and that footage of Tripp in the Beanpot Tourney. LMAO.

[Alicia]

Just a note to Cole: shoot the freakin' puck 'cause your passing sux! kthxbye

[livinthedream]

****

And just like that, we just went from posting a shutout to making this a game off two fluky goals in 27 seconds.

Jeez, good effort by Cole or this thing would be tied.

[caneshockeychick]

Oh Gawd!!!! :cry: :mad:

But hey, at least some Slug fans are trolling it up on a Sens board. So far, not much going on up there it seems.

[IceSun]

WTF just happened

[SouthernHockeyChick]

Oh yes, please, let's do let this one slip away in the last five minutes!

ERIK COLE WAS BACKCHECKING?!??!?!??! OMG!

[caneshockeychick]

Man, they are trying to kill us out there now.

*Powerplay time - keep the elbow down Chara ;)

[IceSun]

Chara - you a$$

[livinthedream]

And before all this sh*t happened (the goals, not the hit), I was getting ready to post about what a great game Wes was having. He looks pretty shaken up.

[SouthernHockeyChick]

Chara - you a$$

Aw, c'mon. That wasn't intentional. It had everything to do with his height. Hard to help your elbow being level with the d-man's face. He belongs in the box for it, though, and that's where he is.

[IceSun]

SHC - Yes, I overreacted to the initial hit - could see it was more incidental than I originally thought on the replay.

Can't believe that ending and that we let Thornton get his first two goals in 4 seconds.

Looks like they wanted to brawl at the end.

And LTD, yes Whitney has picked up for Commie as a hooking machine in the last 3 games.

Moving back to the bright spots - great way to take advantage of the Top 6 opp by Ladder & Sergei continues to impress. Not only was the move around the net for the first SOG beautiful, but to get the rebound change direction and bury it was art.

[caneshockeychick]

Yeah, its over, we get the win...:nanner:

[SouthernHockeyChick]

Oh well....so much for Thursday's game. I guess they'll all be pissed off again when Lavi points out how they almost let this game get away from them (though, I don't think this was a collapse like we had against the Caps).

Overall, pretty well played game, though. Flukey mess at the end. They were winning the battles, beating them to the puck and going to the net. It just makes you ask where the hell that has been the rest of the year.

[livinthedream]

Whew, didn't expect to be saying way to pull that one out.

I thought we played well for 19 minutes and 32 seconds of that game and deserved the win, but they certainly took it to us there at the end.

I thought Walker/Tater/Bayda were just great.

[G-Vegas Caniac]

Well that got way to interesting at the end. Glad we got the win though. Now it's back home. Let's come home and please kick some a$$??

[Alicia]

Whew!

[SoCalcaniac]

Just a note to Cole: shoot the freakin' puck 'cause your passing sux! kthxbye

:lol: A- we were probably both screaming at the TV at the same time- ;)

I don't quite know what is wrong with the Staal troika- but they have not only the passing disease- they're not playing as a line- it's all chaos disorganized whatever you call it.

I agree what a way to eek this out. They did play a solid game overall, and then the Shawn Thornton attack- good grief his first two goals as a B? :crazy:

I can live with the chaos at the end; they played hard tonight, and now that we're all returning to the building to watch them, I hope they have their act together in time for Malkin & those Penguins. They're red hot.

[Alicia]

:lol: A- we were probably both screaming at the TV at the same time- ;) Well...I was more or less rolling my eyes & saying "f**k me"...but we'll go with screaming at the TV. :angel:

[KaniacFever]

It wouldn't be a Canes game if we didn't allow a player from the other team to get their first and second goal.

Cam had a great game. Probably would have liked to have that first one, but the 2nd one, somehow that just trickled through and he did the right thing by not moving. Oh well, wouldn't be Canes game without going into cardiac arrrest :lol:

This team pisses me off though. How can they look like a bunch of mighty mites one night, then the very next actually look like professional hockey players.

With Stiller gone, Ladd gets a chance to prove why he was a first overall pick and why we traded down for him. He didn't let down tonight. Great game by #16.

Staal's working hard, the points will come, just keep working. And I must be dreaming cause I saw Cole backchecking

Timmay had a great game on the back end :nanner:

Good game, thanks for the 2 points now come home and get another 2 points from the Pens.

[Mona2006]

Well we tried to give it to them but thank goodness we hung on. And I hate that elbow-swinging ******* Chara. He should have been thrown out. I loathe him..even had the nerve to run his mouth in the box. :mad:

[toastmasterbone]

Make a trade, win a game, take over first in the division. Nice night. A little frightening, but a good night.

And Staal will get his soon enough. He's backchecking like a bear, and moving the puck up ice. I thought Corvo played well, too.

[SoCalcaniac]

Well...I was more or less rolling my eyes & saying "f**k me"...but we'll go with screaming at the TV. :angel:


Girl, can I just say: insert foot in mouth??? Good grief, eh? :p

It's going to be like this every night , so like JF said in the post game, we better get used to it. They've put themselves in this situation, so now we just gotta live with it.

[WillLikeWhoa091]

With Stiller gone, Ladd gets a chance to prove why he was a first overall pick and why we traded down for him. He didn't let down tonight. Great game by #16.


Just a technical error: He was a fourth-overall pick in the first round.

[IceSun]

We won! We're #1 in the Southeast! The trade worked! Everything is going to be alright! Break out the credit cards and get those center ice playxff tickets! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! :):evil:

ok, I'm kidding and I'm not mocking anyone here - just laughing at the crazy ups and downs experienced weekly. Reflecting upon this crazy season, I've learned in the last 4.5 months that
a) We can win any game vs any team (sometimes big)
b) We can lose any game vs any team (sometimes big)
c) It takes three games to make a streak
d) We are neither the best nor worst team in the league
e) I hope we do make the playxffs, and will be there losing my voice and loving every minute of it, even if we get swept (though that would really suck :D)
f) Our biggest problem has been consistency. Either we sort it out and we do well, or we don't and we start looking at draft picks. Ultimately, despite all the gloom talk, I think our cardiac Canes still have some good surprises left and showed they aren't ready to implode yet.

[Alicia]

just laughing at the crazy ups and downs experienced from one game to the nextFTFY :evil:

[IceSun]

Thanks :lol:

[Caniac4life]

ERIK COLE WAS BACKCHECKING?!??!?!??! OMG!

LOL. Guess there's a first time for everything but someone had to tell him that's what they call it when he got back to the bench.

[IceSun]

BTW did anybody else hear Forslund call Frankie, Tomas Kaberle tonight and then catch himself.

Aww, wishful thinking abounds :laugh:

[Caniac4life]

Eric Staal looks like he is skating in molasses and what the heck is wrong with Ray Whitney. He can't get to a puck 5 feet from him.

-Going to the pantry for a spellcheck on "molasses"

[Solracer]

Wow some gets to the front of the net and we score a goal... who would have thunk it. Pretty good game overall, the last 5 mins were freaky, but Sergi, Ladd and Brindy defiantely seemed to have it going on. I also like the Walker, Aucion, Bayda line they definitely brought the energy.

[Staalgurl4ever]

I thought Ladd had a good game last night!!

[KaniacFever]

BTW did anybody else hear Forslund call Frankie, Tomas Kaberle tonight and then catch himself.

Aww, wishful thinking abounds :laugh:

Yeah I heard that and said 'hmmm even John would rather have Tomas' :lol: