they are being outworked

5/13/2006 3:38:59 PM

I almost want NJ to win b/c I got tix for Game 5

5/13/2006 3:38:59 PM

this game is crazy

5/13/2006 3:40:17 PM

so, if I haven't watched a single hockey game since the 2002 stanley cup finals until today, does that make me a bandwagon fan?

5/13/2006 3:41:01 PM

FUCKING

5/13/2006 3:41:39 PM

WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT BULLSHIT!!!

5/13/2006 3:41:43 PM

5/13/2006 3:41:47 PM

oh come on....brodeur loses his stick and we blow it

meh we'll still win this one

5/13/2006 3:41:54 PM

i blame this on you

5/13/2006 3:42:15 PM

cam ward looks really rattled

5/13/2006 3:42:19 PM

i mean jesus, put a shot on brodeur at least

5/13/2006 3:42:23 PM

^^^^^^^^ you might get your wish

[Edited on May 13, 2006 at 3:42 PM. Reason : ]

5/13/2006 3:42:23 PM

we look totally out of synch in this period

5/13/2006 3:42:25 PM

sure thats logical

5/13/2006 3:42:31 PM

SON OF A BITCH!!!

5/13/2006 3:42:36 PM

i blame it on me. erreytime I watch the canes they lose

5/13/2006 3:43:10 PM

god motherfucking damn it

5/13/2006 3:43:23 PM

2-0 is barely a lead

5/13/2006 3:43:36 PM

why aren't they playing the body more? they are shying away from hits, I guess trying to stay healthy for the next series?

devs are taking it to them as far as checking goes

5/13/2006 3:49:28 PM

that last hit was sick

5/13/2006 3:50:06 PM

there is a lot of time left, but the canes better step up their game big time if they want to win this one

5/13/2006 3:52:23 PM

HIGHLIGHT SAVE

5/13/2006 3:54:04 PM

interference like hell right before it was cleared out

5/13/2006 3:54:15 PM

Quote :

"brilliant goaltending"

I really don't agree with that. He seems to be out of position a lot, and kind of out of control in general. He might have made a highlight save, but only bc he was a little out of control to get in that position to begin with, hasn't been able to really control the puck much either

cue flaming

5/13/2006 3:56:24 PM

cam doesnt look 100 percent

5/13/2006 3:57:27 PM

NO KIDDING

5/13/2006 3:57:37 PM

fucking a.

5/13/2006 3:57:38 PM

i would pull cam, just for this game, he has checked out

5/13/2006 3:57:56 PM

cant really blame him for 3-0, the team aint playing well at all

5/13/2006 3:58:16 PM

i understand that, but it just seems that he's not really into it

that last goal for instance, i mean yea it bounced off gomez's knee, but cam wasn't even in a reasonable position to block a potential tip, he was standing up in no man's land like the puck was in the other end of the rink



[Edited on May 13, 2006 at 4:00 PM. Reason : i think the first goal rattled him a lot, and he hasn't recovered from it]

5/13/2006 3:59:26 PM

yeah seriously, you can't blame him for the first. and the second was a defensive breakdown, and this one just sucked ass

5/13/2006 3:59:34 PM

Quote :

"i would pull cam, just for this game, he has checked out"

are you kidding, can't really say that any of the goals are really his fault

our team is getting throttled, i mean fucking throttled in every aspect of the game

5/13/2006 3:59:34 PM

welp;

5/13/2006 4:00:49 PM

either the team wants to close this one out at home, or they'll come back

5/13/2006 4:01:09 PM

I definetly CAN blame him for the 2nd goal, that shot was from the blue line, he should've stopped it

and the third I can blame him for not being in a reasonable position at all, the first one was bs, but that's what rattled him, if he lets a quick one go in the next period i would definetly sit him down for the rest of the game


it's ok though, the canes are still in really good shape overall (obviously)

[Edited on May 13, 2006 at 4:04 PM. Reason : ldksf]

5/13/2006 4:02:11 PM

Quote :

"that last goal for instance, i mean yea it bounced off gomez's knee, but cam wasn't even in a reasonable position to block a potential tip, he was standing up in no man's land like the puck was in the other end of the rink"

Are you kidding me? He was in fine position. He can't be on top because there are screeners there, and if he's too deep he's dead. He was square and as high as he could be on a shot from the point that was tracking four feet wide of the net. Unless you want him to sit in the butterfly on the goal line, there's no other way to play a shot like that.

^ THE SECOND GOAL!!? YOU'RE BLAMING HIM ON TWO ON ONE WHERE THE DEFENSE DIDN'T PLAY THE PASS? GET. THE. FUCK. OFF.

[Edited on May 13, 2006 at 4:04 PM. Reason : d]

5/13/2006 4:03:57 PM

I'm not saying he should've stopped the puck, and i realize your a goalie so i'm not really gonna question your perspective; however....

imo he should've been in a much more athletic position when the puck came to the crease, it looked to me as if he was standing up (going after the puck), and he completely let go of his form. i think if it was a 0-0 game he would've stayed much lower, and cheated a little to the side that the shot was going to.


it was a 2 on 1, i wouldn't have blamed him for A goal, but i'm blaming him for THAT goal. it was a straight shot from the blue line

[Edited on May 13, 2006 at 4:07 PM. Reason : dlsjkf]

5/13/2006 4:06:57 PM

If you look at the replay, he caught an edge, which is why he didn't slide.

No matter how straight the shot is (and it was from the circle, not the blue line), there's no changing that he had at least ten feet of lateral space to cover with absolutely no help.

[Edited on May 13, 2006 at 4:09 PM. Reason : d]

5/13/2006 4:08:06 PM

Ha ha ha.


Ha ha ha ha.....Okay. let me enjoy it while I can.

5/13/2006 4:09:26 PM

right, but can't catching an edge be a symptom of being a little rattled?

he's obviously done a tremendous job in these playoffs, i think he is going to be a great goalie, i'm just saying i think the first bs goal has thrown him off his rocker a little bit, hopefully this intermission will give him time to balance it out

5/13/2006 4:09:49 PM

Quote :

"either the team wants to close this one out at home, or they'll come back"

either i will sleep or i will stay awake... sounds like a feebleminded prediction

5/13/2006 4:10:01 PM

Quote :

"right, but can't catching an edge be a symptom of being a little rattled?"

Maybe, but considering all the funny bounces on dump-ins and the number of guys losing edges (Cullen, Kaberle that led to the hooking call), I'd say it's bad ice.

5/13/2006 4:12:38 PM

we will see if the canes have a chance in this game in the first 5 minutes of the second period

we have been a come-back team all year, and I was ok going into the break down 2, but 3 goals down hurts an awful lot

5/13/2006 4:13:05 PM

^^that's true, the puck has been all over the place....anyway didn't really mean to start an argument, go canes

5/13/2006 4:14:13 PM

that hit they keep showing was so fucking far out of the play, what a horrible no call

5/13/2006 4:14:27 PM

I just got in from graduation festivities. At least the NBC dude called the refs out on that one play.

5/13/2006 4:14:45 PM

No worries, I know I'm defensive about that shit.

For me, it boils down to the fact that if the d-man doesn't take away the pass on a 2-on-1, you've got a goaltender trying to defend against shots from two distinct angles, as well as a backdoor pass, and unless he gets a huge piece of the puck and then lets it trickle over the line, you can't put anything on him.

On the third, there's not much you can do. If you play deep, you're leaving just as much net open for the initial shot as you are on a tip by playing higher, and common sense dictates that you have to play what is happening more than what might happen.

5/13/2006 4:17:11 PM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8805626/

need to vote carolina up to the top

ok cmon now motherfuckers

[Edited on May 13, 2006 at 4:18 PM. Reason : go canes]

5/13/2006 4:18:16 PM

well shoot

5/13/2006 4:18:17 PM

welp

5/13/2006 4:18:25 PM