the entire city of boston can suck my nuts. i haven't really watched them play before this series, but they're a bunch of bitches

5/10/2009 10:16:38 PM

lets just hope that the Boston Bruins will party hard on Monday night... Everyone, send them booze and hookers stat!

5/10/2009 10:17:53 PM

Scott Walker vs Manny Pacquiao?

obviously I wish we would have won, but if we didn't I'm glad we got blown out. When you play like shit, you can just put it behind you and move on, it's the close loses that are daggers. We have shown we can respond after defeats (game 1 this series) and feed off our fans better than anyone else. The RBC Center is going to be absolutely electric on Tuesday. I cannot wait, should be, tailgating and hockey, what could be better in May?

5/10/2009 10:23:18 PM

holy god boston looked good tonight

5/10/2009 10:27:23 PM

obviously someone needs to bite the bullet and go pull some fire alarms tomorrow night.

5/10/2009 10:29:47 PM

^^ I see what you did there...

5/10/2009 10:31:13 PM

zombie nation: worst goal song EVER?

5/10/2009 10:31:52 PM

Boston was ready. I hope we are ready Tuesday.

5/10/2009 10:33:29 PM

did anyone see the fan sign "What a Pjussi"??

5/10/2009 10:35:12 PM

I have family from AZ and TX visiting on Tuesday and have to eat dinner with them....fml. however, on a good note the last time they visited was may 2006, a month before we won the shiny thing.

5/10/2009 10:36:50 PM

I missed the Walker punch, can someone post the vid?

5/10/2009 10:42:38 PM

haha, i just saw a clip from the press conference:

Reporter: What will be the ramifications of the walker and ward incident.
Mo: Scotty will probably have sore knuckles.

\/ aha, i missed that second part i was laughing too hard

[Edited on May 10, 2009 at 11:01 PM. Reason : ...]

5/10/2009 10:55:43 PM

Reporter: What do you think is going to come of the whole Scott Walker Situation?

Mo: Scotty probably has sore knuckles (wry smile)

[awkward pause]

Reporter: Right, but what about with the instigator major?

Mo: I'll probably have to sell my truck. (wry smile)


CLASSIC...and absolutely hilarious. NHL Net's On the Fly (TWC 330) if you want to check it out.

5/10/2009 10:57:46 PM

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""47.22 Fines and Suspensions – Instigator in Final Five Minutes of Regulation Time (or Anytime in Overtime) - A player or goalkeeper who is deemed to be the instigator of an altercation in the final five (5) minutes of regulation time or at anytime in overtime, shall automatically be suspended for one game. The Director of Hockey Operations will review every such incident and may rescind the suspension based on a number of criteria. The criteria for the review shall include, but not limited to, the score, previous incidents, etc. The length of suspension will double for each subsequent offense. This suspension shall be served in addition to any other automatic suspensions a player may incur for an accumulation of three or more instigator penalties.""

yeah so walker is probably automatically out.

5/10/2009 11:07:23 PM

that sucks for him and the team, but honestly, walker hasn't contributed much to this team's playoff run this year.

5/10/2009 11:11:01 PM

^ that sucks, oh well though. ..ward might have a broken orbital bone wich would mean he is out too...and nt really saying thats okay for a cheap shot, but no ward is a huuge loss, they are already runing 5 deep on D and now to go down to 4....advantage carolina

5/10/2009 11:12:31 PM

i missed this fwiw. anyone have a video link for the "cheap shot"?

5/10/2009 11:14:55 PM

According to Claude Julien, Aaron Ward might have suffered a broken orbital bone when he was sucker-punched by Scott Walker at 17:13 of the third period.

Ward will be re-evaluated tomorrow.

[Edited on May 10, 2009 at 11:19 PM. Reason : youtube scott walker sorting by newest, you'll have plenty to chose from]

5/10/2009 11:18:25 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLnEDFaDEdA

5/10/2009 11:20:00 PM

ward is pretty dumb for letting that happen.

Walker: MY GLOVES ARE OFF, BITCH

Ward: O_O

5/10/2009 11:23:28 PM

i mean yeah it was a very dirty play, but fuck. aaron ward was looking right at him, wtf did he think was about to happen when the glove flew off and he grabbed him by the jersey?

5/10/2009 11:24:26 PM

Pierre saying to Ward, "You have to be ready" for Scott Walker on TSN:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynS7OUUCLx8

This one if you're PISSED:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q11YqO8TLYA

5/10/2009 11:24:41 PM

i don't see how that's a "sucker punch"

ward was pushing and shoving cullen. he shoved off walker and then walker swung back.

whatever. so he dropped the gloves and ward wasn't ready, sorry. (i'm not advocating ward's injury, and as a former hurricane, i appreciate and have nothing against him)

5/10/2009 11:27:15 PM

"standing there saying 'please sir, may I have another?'"

ahahahahah

5/10/2009 11:29:33 PM

wtf was he thinking. walker's gloves came flying off, he grabbed his sweater and wound the fuck up. ward was the whole time.

5/10/2009 11:45:52 PM

5/11/2009 12:01:25 AM

that looked like a dive to me.

5/11/2009 12:02:05 AM

^ ? are you talking about ^^?

didn't look like a dive to me, but definitely didn't look malicious. jokinen wasn't even looking when he dropped his stick. (maybe i have my hurricanes blinders on, but i think the announcers agreed with me here.)

5/11/2009 12:06:53 AM

lol @ the you tube comments on the first video

5/11/2009 12:22:55 AM

Please sir, may I have another?

5/11/2009 1:01:46 AM

Barry Melrose is the biggest Canes hater - he is such a sack of dog sh*t and a greaser. He is all over ESPN badmouthing the Canes and how Walker should be suspended for 5 games and it was a sucker punch supposively. He was fricken getting a hard on practically talking about the Bruins though - Canes need to win so they can also shut his fat greaser mouth up.

5/11/2009 1:40:49 AM

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5/11/2009 1:47:02 AM

freshmenz.

5/11/2009 1:58:18 AM

^^^ you obviously have no idea what you're talking about

5/11/2009 2:38:19 AM

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"Barry Melrose is the biggest Canes hater - he is such a sack of dog sh*t and a greaser. He is all over ESPN badmouthing the Canes and how Walker should be suspended for 5 games and it was a sucker punch supposively. He was fricken getting a hard on practically talking about the Bruins though - Canes need to win so they can also shut his fat greaser mouth up."

Melrose is def. not a Canes hater, hell he picked the Canes to win this series. He was just talking about how they played like shit tonight, which is true. I didn't hear what he had to say about Walker's punch to Ward, but I imagine he will get a game suspension. I still have a lot of respect for Aaron Ward cause he helped us win the Cup. If he's out on Tuesday we need to really take advantage.

The Canes just didn't have anything going tonight, mostly because they weren't moving they're feet. I mean I saw several times guys just standing there in the slot on defense not trying to break up a pass or push the B's around, and they were definitely loosing races to loose pucks. They need to skate hard and use their speed like I know they can and we'll be able to beat them Tuesday. I agree that a game 7 in Boston is not good for us.

GO CANES!

5/11/2009 4:34:32 AM

I like how I've had to go to the NHL section of ESPN to find the article each time the Canes have won, but the Bruins winning is right there on the front page.

Granted, it's a large media market and they're working it into their coverage of Basketball and Baseball, but still it's been kinda annoying have to shift around to find the articles until now.

5/11/2009 7:08:19 AM

last night was painful to watch. We had a serious case of road legs, we sat back on our heels in the defensive zone, couldn't maintain possession long enough in the attack zone to set anything up and then the times we did we were too timid to shoot. Did we forget that Tim Thomas gives off more rebounds than an NBA rim? We had no authority on the attack. 19 shots!? 19 freaking shots compared to 41 in Game 4. We played like shit. I'm so glad we are going back to Carolina for game 6. We have got to end it Tuesday night! Step it up boys

5/11/2009 8:10:17 AM

I know somebody mentioned this before, but I hate it that it was Aaron ward on the receiving end of Scott Walker's pissed-offedness. Why couldn't it have been Lucic, I can't stand that guy. I could've been laughing and enjoying the supposiveed sucker punch, but instead I'm just kinda meh about the whole deal.

5/11/2009 8:17:10 AM

^ I obviously do know what I am talking about - as if you heard what he had to say on Sportscenter you would say the exact same thing. Just because you pick someone to win a series doesn't mean you like them. Wow, I thought that would be obvious. It is truly funny how people get so defensive in here about their "sports knowledge".

*Note: If you have been listening to 99.9 FM the Fan even Mike and Mike touched on the harshness of his comments - I'm not the only one who thinks that.

[Edited on May 11, 2009 at 8:24 AM. Reason : .]

[Edited on May 11, 2009 at 8:33 AM. Reason : .]

5/11/2009 8:21:59 AM

I wish it would have been Lucic too haha.


I think Ward just assumed since he was a former Cane with a ring that no one would try to drop gloves on him.

Then he realized in a split second it was scottie walker who wasn't around in 06 and didn't give a fuck, and Pow - right in the kisser

5/11/2009 8:39:14 AM

Yeh, I wish it hadn't been Ward. Feels wrong but I don't know what he was thinking when the gloves were dropped.

5/11/2009 9:17:18 AM

^probably, "oh shit..."

5/11/2009 9:23:30 AM

I still can't believe how out of character we were. Gah...lets go boys, Game 6

5/11/2009 9:26:18 AM

I still don't see why people are saying he was sucker punched or that this was a cheap shot. The fight had already started, Scott grabbed his jersey, looking him in the eye, then pulled back and dropped his ass. Ward deserved it.

5/11/2009 10:55:15 AM

^^^^ homeboy, Barry Melrose has had our nuts in his mouth the entire playoffs.

[Edited on May 11, 2009 at 10:57 AM. Reason : .]

5/11/2009 10:57:28 AM

I'm not that worried after last night. If we come out like that again tomorrow night at home, then I'll worry.

5/11/2009 11:06:14 AM

yeah i agree it wasn't a sucker punch. I guess people are thinking that it wasn't originally Walker's fight. He jumped in after Ward was pushing Cullen around. But still, the gloves dropped, Ward had already pushed Walker at that point. It was a clean shot.


but lol at Ward's "I want Walker!" afterwards.

5/11/2009 11:13:50 AM

Apparently Time Warner got PISSED because my Internet and TV was out for about 12 hours. Very glad I didn't watch the game here (although I wouldn't have missed much ).

5/11/2009 11:14:49 AM

I know we came out of character last night but there's only so much a team can take before they blow over. I mean, it was obvious Boston was getting away with murder all game long. Cross checks and elbows and roughing calls that weren't called all over the place. If you're up 3-0 and still want to punish a team and expect them to just take it, you're asking for it. Ward knocked down Cullen and still was going at him, Scotty took offense and punched him like he's supposed to. Ward knows Cullen is not a fighter, which is why he took him down and punched him while he was down. The moment Scotty shows up, he wants to say "No, I'm not fighting". Too bad dude. You took out Cullen so Scotty took you out. It's your fault for starting it and getting yourself knocked out. Next time dont pussy out and try to take out one of our guys you know won't do anything back to you.

5/11/2009 11:25:04 AM

^^^^^ Not your homeboy

[Edited on May 11, 2009 at 11:31 AM. Reason : .]

5/11/2009 11:31:14 AM