TheCandyMan

I started the game late, but man what a game. It just seems sweeter when we beat Tampa with Vasilevskiy in the net. Dude is something else. Hats off to Freddie too. I really thought we were going to beat ourselves with the stupid penalties in the 2nd, but nice to see us overcome that and pull out a win. We got to fix these penalties though. Cardiac Canes is becoming real. Brady's shorthander to force overtime, and then all the stops in the shootout. That fake Aho put on Vas to seal it made my jaw drop. Things to improve as always, but good win on the road tonight Canes!

I checked the score at 2nd intermission and thought the Pens were going to put them to bed. Does suck that Boston is much better this year, but sounds like the end of the game would have been a good one to watch.

We got a lot of room for improvement, but dang what a win. Let’s Go Canes!

3-1!

Now let’s get one more so I can go to bed.

Ah, I gotcha now.

They’ll have to trade for it. They don’t have a 1st next year.

"What's that Parrot doin?" Good Luck Robbie.

Well HEY! That's true. Too bad the offense doesn't get much use out of the endzones, haha.

Tepper's the one that's made me stop caring about this team. Has he made a good decision since buying the team? He's the reason Matt is here.

We enjoy the messes so much we added twins back in February to go with our 7 and 3 year old kids. THE STRUGGLE IS REAL!

Welcome back Tripp! Glad to see he’ll be back with Mike, Shane, and Hanna for the upcoming season. https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/news/canes-bally-sports-south-announce-2022-23-broadcast-information/c-335505710?fbclid=IwAR0zr80LCUzEEWKzc1Fu-sK1dDN_6HP7_77pMq0UKACknXHy1w1Ajlgumew

Maybe I missed it, but didn’t see anyone mention Ryan is back in the organization. The team is usually good about announcing signings on Facebook. Anyway, found this on the hurricanes website. Does his contract mean he’s likely headed to Chicago? https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/news/canes-agree-to-terms-with-dzingel/c-335081244

IMHO, we peaked early this year. This slide started at the end of the regular season. We had 1st place in the metro comfortably in our hands and had to fight to keep it. We had games with 30+ shots that we lost. It also didn't help losing Freddie. Rod has taken us to the playoffs the last 4 years and into the 2nd round in 3 of those. Yes it sucks not get to the big dance, but we were bottom feeders the 9 years prior. I want to see improvement. The PP has got to get better, and we need to contend on the road, and our stars need to show up. Big players make big plays when the pressure's on, and we couldn't even score a goal when the goalie was out of the crease. BUT, I'd much rather have the last 4 seasons as opposed to the previous 9. If we can fix the power play, keep our level of play throughout the season, and have some things fall our way we'll get better. Coaches always need to be on the hot seat to get better and to improve, but I'm not ready to pull the plug on Rod if he doesn't win the cup next year. We could replace him with the Matt Rhule of hockey. Just typing that made me cringe!

I know you mean this game, but I thought the same for Anderson. Sucks he was on the shelf for this playoff run.

Aho missing the open goal sums up this series for him, and the team really.

Sorry I spoke it true guys. I said we had to win one on the road. Worst fear has come true.

It seems like I’ve heard something like this before….

Where’d Captain Positivity go?

Last night's game has given me a lot of confidence for tomorrow. Even commentators after the game mentioned how much our 4 lines were going against 2 lines for NY. I really hope we can put this thing away tomorrow night.

Yes it was. They played an excellent game tonight.

Almost forgot. Watched this after work today. What a fun game this was. Refs screwed us out of a goal in this one too…

I’ll weigh in since no one asked me. I said we’re going to have to win on the road to advance, and it dang might be this series. Game 5 is a must-win now IMHO. What’s been frustrating for me this series is we handled the rags all season, and to see the games be so tight or us playing from behind the whole series is just frustrating. I get the playoffs is a different animal, but to look like cup contenders we need to handle business in these rounds like Colorado and Tampa have done. Raanta has been great, but he’s not a single starter. I’m glad to say it took him longer than I thought, but we are going to need two goalies to win. I would have like to seen the kid start games 1 or 2. I’d really like to see us win 5 and 6 and have Freddie back for the Tampa round. Getting Martinook back tomorrow would be awesome too.

I’m still not understanding why He was benched after a loss in Boston. Maybe it’s the language barrier or I just still don’t understand hockey, but I thought the kid played great on the whole.