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Ty Smith with his first NHL goal on the PP. Update will be posted tomorrow sometime.

Staying with Martinook.

Vatrano is a LW, not a center. He played center his first 2 years in the league at Boston and has played nothing but LW since. He is in the final year of his current $3.65M contract. He's coming off 41 and 60 point seasons in Anaheim. Played mostly on the 3rd line, where Staal is now. Unless Carolina is thinking about moving Robinson? Carrier just signed a 5-year deal, so he's going nowhere. I have no idea why or how Vatrano comes into this unless KK is suddenly in play. I don't get that, either because his contract is ridiculous. Prospects? To get a backup goaltender and a LW, Carolina is going to give someone up from the starting lines as well as prospects, at least 2, I'm thinking. Did KK piss off RBA the other night when KK didn't drop the gloves and protect Necas and Orlov when he was on the ice for both hits? A lot of variables here... And, for the record, I said on this very board a couple years ago the Canes should have signed Gibson as a #2 when he was a UFA.

It was Orlov.

Which retread do you want? In a league that values retread coaches more than any other sport.... who do you want to see as the head coach?

I'm gonna ride Martinook again tonight. The only line that consistently shows up to work every game.

1 season into his extension.

The Orlov- Chatfield tandem is one of the highest ranked defensive pairs in the league right now. KK's contract prohibits moving him unless the Canes retain 50% or more. Maybe landing a UFA goalie at the TDL with prospects and draft picks...

A couple trades are indeed necessary. Unfortunately, the best trade bait the Canes have in terms of contracts are the best players on the team right now- Roslovic, Robinson, Walker...

I have tickets for tomorrow. A repeat of tonight's sh!show, I'm sure.

Just a soft team. Letting the opposing team to skate wherever they want without so much as a check or push or shoulder. Game over.

Changed the goal scorer to Robinson.

Collapse incoming.

Nobody had Blake.

I'll take Martinook against the Devils and Markstrom tonight. Wasn't Markstrom in Calgary or ??? last season? Wasn't he a free agent signed by NJ? Coulda, would, shoulda...

At the risk of being a Grinch, I thought I'd wait until after the holiday to give you the gift of statistics. In 21 wins, the Canes have outscored their opponents 92-38, scoring 4.38 goals per game while allowing just 1.8. In these 21 wins, the Canes have scored 4 or more goals in all but 3 wins. In 13 losses, the Canes have been outscored 58-26; giving up 4.46 goals per game while scoring 2. With the exception of the shootout loss, only 2 other losses have been by 1 goal. PP goals: 28 (33% above than the league average) PP percentage: 26.17 (5.3% higher than the league average of 20.84) SV percentage: .889 (below the league average of .893) 5-on-5 SV percentage: .906 (below the league average of .918) +/- leaders and losers: Orlov (+17)/Chatfield (+14) a combined +31 for a defensive pairing is almost unheard of. Martinook (+11)/Staal (+8) for a combined +19 for the heavy line. Svech (-8), Gostisbehere, Walker, Aho (-6). -------------------------------------------------------------------- What does all this mean? When the Canes win, they win convincingly and usually soundly. When they lose, the lose like they win- convincingly. The Canes have won a game or 2 thanks to the blue line scoring, but more often than not, losses have come when the top 2 lines are non-factors, which has occurred far more than previous years. To be clear, the Canes have lost more games because the top end of the payroll not producing than they've won when the top line shows up. And, I'll just add this from another thread I posted in just 11 days ago. The point is still valid: The Canes lost Bunting (13), TDA (3), Noesen (14), Pesce (3), Skjei (13), Teravainen (25), Guentzel (8), Kuznetsov (2), who accounted for 81 of Carolina's 277 goals (29.2%) last season. They were replaced with Blake (0), Carrier (6), Gostisbehere (7), Robinson (3), Roslovic (9), Walker (10), who scored a combined 35 goals last season.

And, I forgot to add this- your real estate agent wants the projects done because there's a higher commission at stake. Your banker wants you to have the HELOC because it's making the bank money. I'm fairly certain the interest on a HELOC is still a tax deduction, only if used to improve the property. People used to carry a HELOC as a form of ready cash, when all interest was a deduction. Thanks to Trump and his Tax Cuts & Jobs Act of 2017, in order to pay for the tax cuts for the wealthy, the allowances for tax deductions on mortgage interest and HELOC interest was changed significantly, effecting mostly middle-class home owners. We carried a HELOC for several years, used it basically to keep it active. We refinanced our mortgage some years back and had to pay off the HELOC prior to closing the re-fi. Since then, it's not been used and we finally closed to account just a couple months ago. Remember, the HELOC is using your home as collateral, therefore the lending institution becomes a lienholder on your property. A deed is filed with the county Register of Deeds and the bank becomes part owner of you property as long as that account remains open, balance or no balance. Personally, with rates being what they are, I'd be inclined to search out a project card, bank card or other line of credit that would give you 90 days or 6 months interest free. You'd be avoiding high interest rates and the only reason you'd need to pull from your cash reserve would be to pay off whatever balance there may be when the 90 days or 6 months come up and an interest hit is imminent. I replaced my HVAC system in 2019 to the tune of $9k. I wasn't prepared for it and, although I had the cash, the HVAC company offered 6 months no-interest with their Wells Fargo financing. I think I gave them 50% up front, financed the remainder and paid it off at the 6-month mark.

It might be beneficial if you were thinking about holding the property for a while longer. You need to speak with the bank about your HELOC terms and conditions. Some banks will charge you a prepayment fee for early payoff, for example. Other banks may require you to pay off the HELOC prior to closing on the sale, while others may allow you to pay off the HELOC balance with the proceeds of the sale. I would have this discussion with your banker, not your real estate agent.

I'm out. Canes are getting manhandled, bitch-slapped, ass-kicked by a bad team.

No offensive zone time.

Necas.

In related news, the NHL announced shortly after the game NY Rags Matt Rempe was suspended 8 games for his boarding and elbow to the head of Dallas' Miro Haiskenen during Friday's game.

I am celebrating. A road win against the Rags is worth a 1942 on the rocks.