Harbingers

If every seat with a towel on it is full... Holy poo.

I’m just hoping he’s been practicing passing all week. His defense and physicality has been superb, his passing and puck possession have been lacking even at his peak this past month. I know he wants to shoot and get goals but right now I want to see him up his possession in the offensive zone game. Too many times we’ve tried to set up the Aho line in the offensive zone with the 4th line and because a bad pass we end up having the one line on defense for the whole shift. McGinn and Martinook should help that a lot too though.

https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/news/game-1-projected-lineup-nashville-predators-carolina-hurricanes/c-324766100 "Playoff hockey is back in Raleigh, and the Carolina Hurricanes, the top seed in the Central Division, host the Nashville Predators in Game 1 of the First Round. After a weeklong layoff, the Canes are healthy again - for the most part. Brock McGinn will draw back in after missing the last 19 games of the season with an upper-body injury. Meanwhile, Jaccob Slavin participated in the morning skate but remains a game-time decision, according to head coach Rod Brind'Amour Here is the projected lineup for the Hurricanes. Forwards Niederreiter-Aho-Teravainen Foegele-Trocheck-Necas Svechnikov-Staal-Fast Martinook-Lorentz-McGinn Defensemen Skjei-Hamilton Bean-Pesce Gardiner-Hakanpaa Goalies Nedeljkovic Mrazek Injuries: Paquette (lower body), Slavin (lower body) Scratches: Geekie, McCormick, McKeown, Ryan, Shore" Smokescreen perhaps? Really don't know which way this is gonna go.

Ok that's pretty good.

Paquette is a scratch. Lorentz getting the start.

Sounds like Slavin is a big if.

More Hype!

Poo forgot to put this at the header of the OP. @LinvilleGorge would one of you mods mind putting this at the top of the OP please and thank you.

The big question marks going into Game One. Mrazek or Ned, will Pesce and Slavin start? Does Lorentz or Paquette start if we have a true full compliment of forwards? Our last two performances against Nashville sucked. Our defense sucked, Mrazek sucked. Nashville was a new team in essence. Fast forward a week, do our Canes let that carry over? How has the practice effected our finesse game. Are we ready to get physical. I’m guessing Nashville is going to come out with a chip on their shoulder this game and their first home game with a 12/10 physicality level. They are going to try and beat us up, we need to respond in kind, with goals. Getting Saros off his game early is critical. Their 4th line is something special right now but if we actually have a full compliment of McGinn, Paquette/Lorentz, Martinook I feel like we have the better 4th line in the end. If Slavin isn’t a go Gardiner better get his poo in gear cause he’ll most likely be with Hamilton on the one. If we are missing both Slavin and Pesce. Just Ugh. Seriously. On the Nashville front form what I’ve been able to divine they’ll be in the 95% healthy range getting Viktor Arvidsson back tonight. Saros is hot. Their D is not 5/6 call ups. And they are riding a 4-5 win streak. 12,000(11,000 really) fans tonight better mainline that energy directly into the eye wall of our storm. Let’s go Canes!

"For as long as they've been in North Carolina, the Carolina Hurricanes had not qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs in three consecutive seasons until this year. Their ascent to a perennial contender began in 2018-19, when they surged up the standings in the second half of the season to break a decade-long playoff drought. The Canes then re-captured the hearts and minds of a yearning fanbase in a magical run to the Eastern Conference Final. That was only the beginning. The Match-Up (1) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (4) Nashville Predators Game 1: Monday, May 17 | 8 p.m. | PNC Arena Game 2: Wednesday, May 19 | 8 p.m. | PNC Arena Game 3: Friday, May 21 | 7 p.m. | Bridgestone Arena Game 4: Sunday, May 23 | TBA | Bridgestone Arena Game 5*: Tuesday, May 25 | TBA | PNC Arena Game 6*: Thursday, May 27 | TBA | Bridgestone Arena Game 7*: Saturday, May 29 | TBA | PNC Arena *If necessary Revisiting the Season Series The Canes dominated the first six games of the season series, going 6-0-0 and outscoring the Predators 23-9 in those games. By the time the puck dropped in the final two games of the regular season in Nashville, the Canes had already clinched the Central Division title, while the Predators were fighting to secure their seventh consecutive playoff berth. "We played them 4 or 5 times without their full lineup. You could tell it was a big difference," Brind'Amour said. "When they got healthy, they kind of got their game going. I think they were a little bit all over the place, maybe because of the injuries. All of a sudden, the last month or month and a half, that was the team everyone expected to see from the get-go." The Bottom Line The Canes were the top team in the Central Division and third-best team in the NHL in the regular season. But that was just the regular season, the first step in a longer journey. Now, it counts for real. "We accomplished the one part, which was get to this level where we get the chance to compete for the championship," Brind'Amour said. "Now we've got to ramp it up to go get it."" https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/news/playoffs-first-round-series-preview-carolina-hurricanes-nashville-predators/c-324706892 https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/news/game-1-preview-nashville-predators-carolina-hurricanes/c-324746462 "The Carolina Hurricanes make their third consecutive postseason appearances and begin their quest for Lord Stanley's Cup in Game 1 against the Nashville Predators. Game 1 (4) Nashville Predators (31-23-2, 64 points) vs. (1) Carolina Hurricanes (36-12-8, 80 points) Monday, May 17, 8 p.m. Watch: Bally Sports South, Bally Sports app, CNBC Listen: 99.9 FM The Fan, Hurricanes.com/Listen, Hurricanes app Numbers to Know 8: This marks the Canes' eighth playoff appearance in North Carolina and third in the last three years. 3: Three players on the Canes' roster have previously won the Stanley Cup: Cedric Paquette (TB, 2020), Jordan Staal (PIT, 2009) and Teuvo Teravainen (CHI, 2015). 6: Six players on the Canes' roster were members of the Charlotte Checkers team that won the Calder Cup in 2019: Jake Bean, Morgan Geekie, Steven Lorentz, Roland McKeown, Martin Necas and Alex Nedeljkovic. The Opposition Last five games: 4-1-0, 8 points On the road: 13-13-2, 28 points CAR vs. NSH: 6-2-0 Leading scorer: Roman Josi, 33 points (8g, 25a) in 48 games The Predators won four of their last five games of the regular season, including the last two against the Canes, to secure their seventh consecutive postseason berth. Goaltender Juuse Saros was a critical piece of Nashville's second-half push. From Feb. 27 on, Saros was 18-6-1 with a 1.88 goals-against average, a .941 save percentage and three shutouts."

https://www.capfriendly.com/teams/lightning ~20 million over the upper limit?

Ya, especially with Kucherov back. Without him I think Tampa loses that game 4-1.

Welp there goes the overtime streak.

And that was just one period.

If this game is any indication of the rest of their series, one of them is going to be tired as Fug coming out of it. The three games so far were actually pretty measured in comparison to this.

Pretty clear but you could easily argue he was still possessing the puck. He made no motion between shooting and continuing if I recall correctly.

Looks like Duclair(sp?) got a concussion. That was downright dirty. Hopefully he gets a few game suspension.

This series is viscous too.

Refs already saving Tampa.

Oh man going from the golden knights stadium camera to BB&T is like going back in time 20 years.

And the NBC intermission guy called that poo. Holy poo that game was intense. Minny 1-0.

First time in NHL history the first three playoff games went to OT apparently too.

3 games, 3 OT’s.