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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.

Bullsh!t. Freddie hasn't been good this year, but the rest of the team has given up 26 SOG in 35 minutes.

Gotta treat 4 on 4 like a PP.

That's a bullsh*t penalty.

Little concerning Washington has 19 SOG in the 1st.

I never said he wasn't wrong. I'm simply pointing out that Miller is the only guy being consistently lambasted. And, what Moneypuck doesn't mention about the 76 giveaways is the fact that Miller has been paired on all 3 lines and with every blue liner on the team thanks to injuries. The blue line has been a mess all year and it almost feels like it's coming back together.

Not really. There is a big difference between being named an All-Pro and being selected to a Pro Bowl. Obviously, being named as an All-Pro carries much more cred than a Pro Bowl selection.

Did I miss something Thursday night? I don't post when I'm at the game, but, reading the game thread back, did you actually go an entire game without letting us know how you feel about the Miller signing? But, let's be real, Gostisbehere was directly responsible for assisting on 2 of Utah's goals, and Chatty assisted on a 3rd. The Mammoth's 4th goal came on a no-call slash that took Walker's stick out of his hands and Stankoven was tripped on the same play.

I've grown to enjoy Mike & Tripp, even more so after listening to the ESPN, TNT, TBS hacks who, for whatever reason, seemingly don't know dick about the Canes.

Yeah, sorry. $10-12M AAV.