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68% of conference final teams win series after winning game 1. Let's get it. Saw a stat that I knew in the back of my head but made me stop and think--we have been to two conference finals in 2019 and 2009 since 2006--but we have not WON a conference finals game since 2006. Any win against FLA (I am not calling them by their mascot's name. That's our football team, sry.) is territory we haven't reached in 17 years. Enjoy these moments friends. LETS GO CANES

and Horvat right now at 8.5m for 8 yr already looks like garbage/an absolute fireable offense.

their 3rd and 4th lines are gonna be grossly overmatched no matter what happens, that's sort of the separator here that the media lauding FLA for being world beaters and tryharding kind of ignores

if it's me i'm putting Staal on Barkov, KK line on Bennett, and matching up our 1 vs their 3 at home. Not saying you're wrong necessarily, it could go that way. On the road in the regular season finale they matched our Aho line with Barkov so I'm expecting that again on the road.

Rod will obviously move Tuevo around if he is in shape/ready, but i wonder if this initial pairing is more about keeping him away from an immediate Tkachuk slash

we went for Timo and we got out when the price got too steep. The fact that we eliminated the team that DID match that price frees Waddell from any TDL faults. We saw Horvat, Kane, and Meier all underperform in the playoffs, and they're all at home. One thing about those acquisitions is that it inevitably takes time to mesh with new teammates and those acquisitions are going to feel immense pressure to perform. Our window is wide open. Pacioretty has already essentially hinted he would give us a discount for the way we traded for and have treated him. Svech will be back. We can upgrade at goalie and backup goalie or keep one of the guys or use Kotchetkov as full time backup and go for a higher number one..and we can see where we stand and then see if we need to add someone big time at the trade deadline next year. This scenario works whether or not we win the cup this year. Anyone objectively criticizing our GM at this point this season though I simply don't understand. Our roster is injured, but deep and we're still playing hockey. And we literally eliminated two of the dudes people were mad that we didnt end up with..

at this point, every team that sold future assets for a deadline move is eliminated. I don't think it's fair to label this season a failure at this point no matter where it ends, because the story for me ever since we advanced past first round is that we are doing whatever is our end while missing 3 60+ point forwards (hopefully just 2 going forward). that's not something you can plan for. yes, we could have made a move, but if you make those moves and sell those assets and then have similar injuries and get held back anyway--you mortgaged your future for tee times a la boston/new jersey/tampa etc. At this point, the GM not giving up future assets and us making the conference final with major injuries is an outright win no matter what. considering it an abject failure is ignoring immense context and pretty unfair.

if karma exists--we will finally get our due at #1. three player draft makes 1, 2 and 3 all awesome but woo wee wemby pls

WilliPStyle on twitter is the radio PBP dude who had this specific tweet/info Topbin90 and Caleb Adams are must follows as well

while we had a pretty short bench in ATL and did fine, sounds like we will still have health issues tomorrow. Jozwiak, Gaines, Bender, Marks, Corujo listed as out, Vargas is questionable. Sounds like we get good news on the back end though as Tuiloma, Malanda & Mora have no more injury designation. Hope we can keep things going against Chicago and Nashville

if you bought tix and it went through, you're good. i think those restrictions only apply to right after they release the tickets for sale

i would generally agree, but Vegas has had tons of goalie injuries/problems. They are not the team we struggled with this year even though they are playing well. They are on their 5th goaltender now and are not playing the sort of opponents that can properly exploit it while the same time they keep them in check defensively. I think we could--though I would still rather play Seattle, then Dallas

Grabbed some game 2 tickets. FLA won 3 games on the road in each prior series. They aren't winning 3 times in Raleigh. Everyone is talking about how hot Bobrovsky is right now--his numbers are worse in playoffs than both Canes starters. FLA defense has been improved in the playoffs, but overall, was ranked like 19th in regular season. They allow tons of shots--more than any playoff team. The Canes generate more than any team. Their PP is also awful. I've watched all of their playoff games. They have put together a nice run. I would say more than them being world beaters is playing two teams absolute primed for collapse. They were down 3-1 to Boston. Toronto couldn't win one of their first two home games as they celebrated getting out of the first round a little too hard. They play a bruising style--Maurice's Canes team rarely went in as high seed but had good runs with a style that works in the playoffs. The problem for them is that Brind'Amour knows and uses a very similar style, but with more skill and speed and room to adapt. They are basically a worse version of us. Canes in 09 - two series wins. Both times won game 7s against higher seeds on the road. Bruising style, timely goals from unfamiliar names, not the most skilled team in the 'yoffs. Ran into a buzzsaw in ECF in young Penguins team with J Staal, Crosby, Malkin and walked all over us into a sweep. Canes in 19 - two series wins. Upset the Champ Caps in 7 on the road. Made quick work of NYI (got a lot of good puck luck) but essentially were a better version of their defensive system. Bruising style, timely goals from unfamiliar names, not the most skilled team in the 'yoffs. Ran into a buzzsaw in ECF with an experienced Boston team. Walked all over/frustrated us and outgoalied us off the planet. Sweep. Here's my bottom line take: Florida. Two upsets with big road victories. Bruising style, timely goals from unfamiliar names, not the most skilled team in the 'yoffs. HERE COMES THE BUZZSAW. CANES IN FOUR.

Huge 3 on the road in a rivalry match. We will see very quickly with a home match on Wednesday--are we turning this around?

https://www.charlottefootballclub.com/news/charlotte-fc-to-play-birmingham-legion-fc-in-round-of-16-of-the-2023-open-cup we drew @ Birmingham Legion for next round

I think we'll avoid the letdown that we had in game 5 v NYI. Game 3 woke us up. We'll be ready. Might see Raanta tonite but I'm fine either way. Let's bury them.

I'm gonna say it. Freddie these two playoff games has been the dude we brought here to be. And if he can continue that with help/spells from Raanta continuing to play how he has---this team even through the injuries has an entirely different outlook.

that hit in the playoffs where burfict took his head off seemingly changed his entire life

it's so ridiculous. Secondary market doesn't restrict. Every team does it. The Rangers fans went off on us last year for posting something and the Yankees do it. Just outright hypocrisy on anyone that criticizes it. Home team has every right to do what they can to restrict away fans from at least buying up front. There are probably plenty of Leafs fan Sunrise residents who will have no restrictions. The rest can pay secondary market prices or stay home.

he invited criticism with his selfish post. he got plenty of it. if you want to be his knight in shining armor and defend his honor that's fine. he did a stupid. move on

At this point, this feels like loose, free house money, and despite that we felt some round 1 pressure after getting up 3-1, I think we both have the experience to handle it and we'll be playing looser. If our goalies hold up like they did vs NYI I think we advance. NJ has a lot of speed, but our defense as a whole is much better than the Rangers. If we can contain Hughes I love our chances, and I feel like if we can crack their young goalie early the series could be over before it theoretically starts.

I can call a spade a spade. My emotions are just fine about it. Does it mean he can't learn from it? No. Knowing him outside of football isn't relevant to calling out selfish, tunnel vision motives on a football team. It's an objectively bad look.

Yeah, no. I don't subtweet my job. My posting history on here does not affect my work livelihood and I was raised in the internet age to know the difference. Part of making millions should include that nuance IMO. We can all call it a moment and say he made a mistake but deleting the woe is me post doesn't instantly make the mentality that led to it initially not exist--another thing anyone with social media experience knows.

probably cost himself 25k for this lol

while I mostly agree, that's why his post was so ridiculous and immature. We traded up to draft him 365 days ago--for him to act like he's instantly not appreciated for something he should have known we were doing the second we traded up for first overall, just seems like entitled trash. I'm not sure where he thinks he's going in this league where he's going to have some starter's shot that we're not giving him, but GMs that would be trading for him now have that post to question his inability to deal with any remote competition to point at. It was just an extremely emotional / reactionary thing to do and he had a literal month to sit on the fact that he would be on the outside looking in inside our and therefore every QB room in the league