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I love Paquette showing the grit- looks like it's starting to rub off on some of the other guys.

Bean, Lorentz and Fleury with Turbo down (I missed that- why?) and Gardiner. On the other hand, it's a 24-hour turn-around game; maybe RBA is almost conceding this one or he thinks he can mix it up enough to put Tampa off balance.

This set of 4 games will either put Carolina in a pretty good playoff position or the Canes will asking for help from other division foes. Carolina is up 2 points to 1 in the season series based on the OT win in January. The Canes are a much better team today than they were in January and they have 4 solid lines which creates some matchup advantages- Tampa Bay has 2 exceptional lines, a third which is good and a 4th that doesn't impress me. Sorry, I don't see the reigning Cup champs as being all that good- not as good as last year. But they do have a goalie, and that's a big deal, especially when Carolina's 1A is giving up over 3 goals a game. Bottom line- I'll take points from this series any way I can get them.

My Center Vinny...

Wha???? "Gimme fuel, gimme fire, gimme Nino Niedereiter....!" Abby is back!

Him & Slavin set that up- good pressure on the puck got it going.

Don't like the Hartford uni and all I want is a fugging win!

Kinda like Teddy B's QB skills.

Very strong 1st period, defensively and the offense. Is it just me or has Staal already been better this season than all of last?

If I'm looking at this payroll and I'm being honest, I'm not so sure Dougie is coming back next year. May be the reason we'll see more of Bean this season.

Many, many years ago when I was traveling the world while in the Navy, I had a "Balls Deep Project." Anyone care to know how that went?

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As much as I would love to see a quality goalie on the roster, I can't see it happening without making sacrifices elsewhere. I'd rather stand pat and figure out how to pay a couple of the UFA's to stick around. That being said, Reimer has some decent games under his belt when the Canes are smothering on D and giving up 25 shots or less. But they catch a team like CBJ who will throw 35+ shots a game and Reimer is in deep sh!t. I think Mrazek will come back and he'll be the #2 for a while because he'll be a little hesitant at first, Ned is out and Reimer is the #1.

Korshkov was the 31st overall in 2016; 6'4" 214lb forward, leftie.

Good, solid win last night against a team that really pushed around the Canes thus far. But they showed last night, took Laine's spot at the left circle away, Domi did nothing and Paquette had 3-4 quality hits.

Like his line, too. RBA built a nice 4th line with him.

Paquette is doing his job- twice Columbus has wanted to drop the gloves with him.

Wonder if Tripper will call out Gottfried as a Caniac?

May I rephrase that for you? Teddy was a less worse QB than Kalil was a tackle.

Wow, is that really where the bar is set now?

Let's hope he doesn't have an accident on the horrible roads.

Good win, got off the schneid in game 2 losses on the road. Like most of you, I was very wary of Ned in the SO and was hoping the Canes would end it in OT. That hit Comeau put on Aho was a cheap shot and was hoping he'd make them pay in OT. No idea why he felt he needed to pass the puck. Oh well, Ned looked very comfortable and, for his first SO, was pretty damn cool. In other news, Pacquette and Galyenchuk should be joining the team later today and probably practicing tomorrow.

Can't score unless you gain the zone, boys

Da fug..... c'mon

What an ugly start. Letting Dallas dictate.