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I'm looking forward to some of the events: men's & women's speed skating (all distances & disciplines), hockey, alpine skiing events. Of course the bobsleds, luge & skeleton.

The Rags are a trainwreck. If there was ever such a thing as a 2-0 beatdown, this was it. NY had zero serious scoring chances while Quick probably played his best game of the season. Canes collected a post and 2 crossbars, adding to their ridiculous number of near misses. Carolina allowed just 16 shots on goal, including a stretch from 5 minutes remaining in the 1st period to 9 minutes left in the 2nd where Bussi didn't see an SOG.

Glad he got the shutout with 40 friends and family in MSG.

Hall has been on the wrong end of some pretty questionable penalties the last few games. Really want to see him break through 40 points this season.

Going into a 2-week break is a slight distraction, but they look okay.

Would like to see Taylor Hall rewarded tonight. He played really well Tuesday and came away with nothing.

Bussi confirmed. Freddie needs the rest before the Olympics. Is there not another Danish goalie in the league? Don't want to be too harsh, but Freddie making the Danish team is about like having Shadeur Sanders starting the Pro Bowl.

Chris Drury got fleeced in the Panarin deal. Trying to make the deal before the Olympic break was his downfall. Hope Carolina doesn't have to overpay for Trocheck to make up for it.

He'd elevate more if he was on the right line. Acquire Trocheck, and the 2nd line is Ehlers, Trocheck and Blake. Then we see elevation.

Another observation: Brandon Bussi doesn't help himself at all as bad as his puck-handling is. Flat out scary last night that he had to make a couple highlight-reel saves because he failed to move the puck quickly, or failed to move it to the right area, or failed to move it with pace.

LA kings land Panarin for cheap. AHL prospect, conditional 3rd & 4th round picks. Kings gave him a 2-year, $11M AAV extension.

14 goals so far this season surpassed last season's total of 13. 12 of those have either tied the game or put the Canes in the lead. That's putting the team on your back.

Bussi had kicked aside 2 shots in close on the first shift of the game. Nonetheless, another game the Canes were out-shot by a pretty good margin. The Canes didn't really shut the Sens down until the 3rd period.

Don't think so. Was watching the big board at the game. I think it was the 3rd SOG. But your point is taken.

Bussi isn't off to the Olympics, so he's getting a nice break. I'd play him tonite, evaluate his workload after and send him to the crease again Thursday. But we all know that's not how RBA works.

Happy for the win, but c'mon. Like last night, bad bump-up shifts.

And they are perfect during the month of February! The fact they're 11th in the league now, but best in the league since Dec 6 tells you everything you need to know.

Staal is the C who will put this team on his back. Whoever wears it next will have some very large skates to fill.

Here we go again with the refs. The end of the Utah game, yesterday and now Martinook getting called for trying to avoid a bad hit.

It's even more important as the PK is now just average (11th in the league). Hopefully, the kill improves now the blue line is getting healthy. But the PP, aside from the occasional flashes of brilliance, has been trash all season. It's very predictable. Every PP looks the same. And we all know what the definition of crazy is....

Zero expectations. B2b, matinee, quality opponent (who also played last night), and giving up a ridiculous number of SOG. None of this bodes well for the Canes. Prove me wrong.

2 games in a row. Meanwhile, imagine that! Another Tom Wilson cheap shot to the head.

Gotta gap up. Giving them way too much space.

They were outshot by Utah thru 50 minutes with Bussi in net. A league-leading 24.4 SOG allowed, and it's been surpassed in 40 minutes.