Round 2- Carolina (6) vs. Boston (1)

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

Lest we forget, we blew a 3-1 lead against the Oilers a few years ago... worked out ok for us then.

[dexterpyro]

Well we were playingwith house money. think that the refs screwing us has shot our confidence. We may lose this series and if boston wins the Stanley cup i will always feel like we were cheated.

One othe matter the NHL really needs toi look at the holding penalty....what a retarded call...al you have to do is get someone stick under yur arm and put your free hand on them and its a penalty...or hand checks at times???WTF!!

[Scuba Steve]

I really hope the Canes show some energy for 3 periods tonight.....the last two games have been very frustrating watching sloppy passing, etc.....

[dexterpyro]

Going to be a good game...Need to come out on fire and out skate the B's....Dont forget our defensive assignments. Lets GO CANES

[Ncstatefan]

I'm feelin a goal from Staal within the first 5 minutes....

We better be out for blood in this game and score quick

[carpanfan96]

We will win this game, Staal will remember what he was doing to make Chara look bad and will have a goal and an assist in the first period. We win the game 3-2, after going up by 2 in the first. Boston ties it in the second and we get the winning goal with about 6 minutes left in the game.

[Kettle]

truthfully, i'm not optimistic about tonight. I really hope you guys are right though, and the canes come out strong, upsetting the bruins the same way they did the devils. i'm gonna change things up tonight, and not be in this thread during the game...giving the tv my full attention.

[Ncstatefan]

truthfully, i'm not optimistic about tonight. I really hope you guys are right though, and the canes come out strong, upsetting the bruins the same way they did the devils. i'm gonna change things up tonight, and not be in this thread during the game...giving the tv my full attention.

Besides the fact I haven't been on the forum in general much, I would never want to divert my attention away from the game.

I honestly feel good about tonight despite the past two games. I think Maurice /the coaching staff will have the lines prepared and ready to go and I expect a lot of fierce fore checking with a solid defensive presence.

[cdandi1]

sry guys its my fault. the canes were winning when i was at school, but since ive moved back to NC they haven't sniffed a victory(last two games). ill be sure to swing back to louisiana for tonites game.

[Kettle]

Besides the fact I haven't been on the forum in general much, I would never want to divert my attention away from the game.

I honestly feel good about tonight despite the past two games. I think Maurice /the coaching staff will have the lines prepared and ready to go and I expect a lot of fierce fore checking with a solid defensive presence.

when the games are on weekdays it makes watching from home more like watching with friends. thats the only reason i've done it.

[dexterpyro]

Well i had to shave my beard for a job interveiw today. So if the canes win or lose i made the change. I do not feel good about this game like i did against the devils. i love the way Claude Julien has had his team play dirty yet point out every time the Canes to the littlest thing dirty. We got to get them frustrated early and get our game going. dont play to beat them....play to win the game...

[Kettle]

i couldn't do the beard thing. it always irritates me too much. don't see how it helps anyway

[carpanfan96]

i couldn't do the beard thing. it always irritates me too much. don't see how it helps anyway

It's a hockey player superstition. A lot of players wont shave there beard from the time the playoff's start to when they either win it all or lose.

[Kettle]

some of their beards are awfully weak for not having touched them in so many weeks. i can see the superstition though. why doesn't Mo have one? didn't he used to play?