Canes vs Islanders Game 1 Monday

[Harbingers]

 

[DavidEng]

2 hours ago, Harbingers said:

 

All the games are on BSSO, with Mike and Trip and Hanna, excellent!

[Harbingers]

4 minutes ago, DavidEng said:

All the games are on BSSO, with Mike and Trip and Hanna, excellent!

Ya, round one is always done by regional broadcasters. It’s round two you have to sync up the radio broadcast if you want Mike & Tripp. 

[DavidEng]

19 minutes ago, Harbingers said:

Ya, round one is always done by regional broadcasters. It’s round two you have to sync up the radio broadcast if you want Mike & Tripp. 

I’ve tried that, using the Canes ap online radio there’s always a big delay so it doesn’t synch with cable tv. Maybe I will try to find out if there’s a local Charlotte station that carry’s Canes games with less delay.

[Harbingers]

Sounds like Fasty had a maintenance day too. 

[TLGPanthersFan]

Big question. Will the Canes actually win games on the road this playoffs?

[DavidEng]

Darn good question, I certainly hope so. Regular season we have a very good road win record, the same was true in the 2021-2022 season. Yet we had no road wins in 2022 playoffs, and just 2 in two rounds of the 2021 playoffs. 

Time to change that and get some playoff road wins.

[Harbingers]

7 hours ago, DavidEng said:

Darn good question, I certainly hope so. Regular season we have a very good road win record, the same was true in the 2021-2022 season. Yet we had no road wins in 2022 playoffs, and just 2 in two rounds of the 2021 playoffs. 

Time to change that and get some playoff road wins.

Last change has been our bane, or we put too much emphasis on it. Not really sure which or both. 

[Panthers Fan 69]

Well we did beat Florida on the road to win the metro so there’s that. And that game was and felt like a playoff game. 

[DavidEng]

2 hours ago, Panthers Fan 69 said:

Well we did beat Florida on the road to win the metro so there’s that. And that game was and felt like a playoff game. 

Very true, and we scored 4 regular goals plus the two empty netters doing it. Score 3-4 goals a game and I think we win the series.

 Freddie gave up some of goals he should have had (per Rod “Freddie had some good saves and some m sure he wanted back”.) I saw 2 goals Freddie should have had and another maybe, and I put one GA on the rest of the team for a giveaway. Keep in mind thought we held them to 2 goals until they pulled their goalie early and played 6-4 for a minute and then 6 on 5. 

Edited April 16, 2023 by DavidEng

[TLGPanthersFan]

2 hours ago, Panthers Fan 69 said:

Well we did beat Florida on the road to win the metro so there’s that. And that game was and felt like a playoff game. 

Yes but actual playoffs. 

[MillionDollarCam]

 

[DavidEng]

Looking at the competition- 

Bo Horvat acquired by Islanders from Vancouver for a $68 million 8 year contract (he’s 28) at the TDL. That’s a pricey long term contract for someone who will be 36 in their 8th year.

Horvat has 38 goals, 32 assists in 70 regular season games, most of that with Vancouver. With the Islanders in 30 games he had 7 goals and 9 assists. Against the Canes April 2nd he had 0 goals and 0 points.

He has solid playoff experience, with Vancouver in the 2020 playoffs 17 games played he had 10 goals and 2 assists.

So that’s a look at paying out for a big contract- I think it helped save the Islanders season but will it make the difference in the playoffs?

Heres some of the rest of the Islander players stats.

 

 

Edited April 16, 2023 by DavidEng

[Panthers Fan 69]

All talking heads are predicting Canes to lose early in the series…..