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Kochetkov is still working thru his injury, otherwise, I'm totally in agreement.

RBA went empty net down 4-1. Lol. PP is terrible, PK even has issues, and your #1 goalie needs to be sent to Chicago. Unless they scored 4-5 goals a night, the Canes are in trouble.

I'm gonna watch something else for awhile and check the score later.

Are you fugging kidding me?

Toronto is playing better now than the last time Carolina faced them. Carolina was -210, I'm sure that was before Freddie was confirmed in net. Not looking forward to this.

Me, too. Calgary just sagged their D and always has 3 guys down low inside the dots. Carolina had about 40 shot attempts, which is still low for them, but the Flames were taking pucks off their legs, knees, skates. The number of guys laboring to get to the bench after blocking a shot was scary. The longer the game went on and Carolina had not scored, the Flames gained confidence. Who was Andersson (Flames #4 wearing the A) trying to fight after Ehlers scored? I'll have to watch the replay later.

Miller makes a lot of heady plays away from the puck that prevent odd-man breaks, stretch passes, etc that a lot of fans don't see. 20 games into his 1st season with the Canes and knowing his play in NY, I'm pretty happy with the addition.

Preds are looking to move Marchessault & Stamkos. Canucks are looking to unload a handful: Boesser, Elias Pettersson, Jake DeBrusk, Conor Garland. I, for one, wouldn't turn my nose up at Marchessault, Boehner or Garland. Even DeBrusk.

I've been saying this for a couple weeks now. Even if you're not a stat geek, you can watch the games and see he's not performing close to what we've seen over the years. Yes, Kochetkov is hurt, but he won't be forever and I think it's time to move on and call Kochetkov and Bussi your 1 and 2. With $11M in cap space, the Canes have an opportunity.

3 goals on 14 shots. RBA's stubborn ass is going to have a #1 goalie with a 5-6-2 record.

Just play .500 hockey until they can put their 3 complete lines together, I guess. Don't understand why Bussi isn't in net tonight. 3rd line is broken without Staal. 4th line is just broken.

Remember Sunday afternoon? Don't get mad if tonight looks no different.

Freddie has a 5-5-2 record. The Canes have lost 8, Freddie has 7 of those 8. While we can't lay blame totally on him-there has been horrendous D play, terrible turnovers and bad decisions in the neutral zone- you gotta stop a few along the way. If the Canes are gonna roll 3 goalies, then roll 3 and stop giving Freddie the majority of starts.

I heard there was an Amber Alert out for the Canes. I'm also thinking it's about time for Freddie's annual injury.

Andersen is going to have 6 of Carolina's 7 losses at 5-5-1.

Completely agree. They have, in my opinion, played exceptionally well considering the routine shuttle flights between Raleigh & Chicago with players in the starting lineup the very night they arrive... lol.

Oh, that part of the equation is easy. Since the injuries began stacking up, the Canes are beating bad teams, having dogfights against average teams and losing to good teams.

He was playing for the Oilers last night. Name was Roslovic, if I remember correctly.

Yes, the defensive injury list is long and the.best we can hope for is to hold their own until they get healthy. That said, the PP sucks more than last year, the PK is no longer elite and the FO circle is killing the offense.

Kochetkov is 3-0 with a shutout and a GAA under 2. Bussi is 4-1. Freddie is 5-4-1. Tell me who isn't playing well, again?

Lol... 2-0 in 6 minutes....

Whatever. I don't trust Freddie or Kochetkov in net.... as Freddie sets up Roslovic for an easy one.

As much success this team has, the depth, the ability to go "next man up," and still be able to win stops at the goaltender position. We all know Freddie will get hurt and miss an extended period of time. We also know that goalies are hard to find. The Canes have elite players at every position- RW, LW, C, RD, LD.... except goaltender. I don't have the answers, but...

Team cannot afford to lose some players. Kochetkov is not one of those players. I'm happy with Freddie & Bussi. 52 has proven time & again he needs to play regularly to get into a rhythm. Too many games off and he's not good.

I had shingles when I was 13 or 14 years old. Not nearly as painful when you're young. Matter of fact, because it's only contagious to those who haven't had chicken pox or the vaccine, I was still able to go to Boy Scout summer camp for 2 weeks. Of course, this was in the 60s when vaccines were commonplace and the idea of someone not being vaccinated for something like chicken pox was unheard of. Anyway, the most I remember of it was the blisters, mostly concentrated across the back of my shoulders. Hope you come through it okay and have no long-term effects.