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SOUTHEAST  		GP  	W  	L  	  OT  	Pts
Carolina Hurricanes 	43 	21 	18 	  4 	46
Atlanta Thrashers 	42 	20 	21 	  1 	41
Florida Panthers 	41 	19 	19 	  3 	41
Washington Capitals 	41 	16 	20 	  5 	37
Tampa Bay Lightning 	41 	15 	22 	  4 	34

1/4/2008 10:23:53 PM

His goal aside, Borer had a very nice Wesley-style board pinch hipcheck late in the game on Hossa...I'm really liking this kid.

1/4/2008 10:36:34 PM

clutch

1/4/2008 11:05:02 PM

you and me both vinyl

I have seen him make one glaring mistake, giving up the puck in the defensive zone that led to a scoring chance

other than that, he's killing it

he played 19 minutes tonight

[Edited on January 5, 2008 at 4:53 AM. Reason : eghst]

1/5/2008 4:51:57 AM

kickass game, way for the team to man up for leighton

after the first period, leighton looked good I thought. maybe he was just nervous for making his first hurricanes start?

it was kinda cool seeing half of albany last night

[Edited on January 5, 2008 at 10:29 AM. Reason : borer for heisman]

1/5/2008 10:29:26 AM

another DAMN good game from the Staal-Cole-Whitney line. 5 pts from Staal, 4 from the Wiz, and 2 from Cole in the last 2 games. They've been generating some great chances in addition to the goals too.

Borer looks pretty damn good out there, and congrats to him for NHL goal #1.

1/5/2008 10:43:01 AM

Not good for Albany

Quote :

"We were horse[bleep],” Albany head coach-GM Tom Rowe said. “They know they were horse[bleep]. It’s as simple as that. From goaltending right on out, it was horse[bleep]. No compete, no systems, no nothing."

1/5/2008 10:46:43 AM

lol

1/5/2008 6:29:36 PM

Leighton in goal again tonight, which is just plain stupid IMO, regardless of what happens. Nevermind the fact that it is a back-to-back; he played decent last night and did exactly what a backup is expected to do, and we won the game. I don't know if Lavi is trying to ride him until he has a Grahame style implosion or what, but I definitely feel it should be Cam tonight.

1/5/2008 6:54:12 PM

Playing Leighton again is just the sort of kick in the pants that Cam needs. He knew he could coast with Grahame on the bench because Grahame would never get tandem-size minutes...Leighton has a clean slate, and Cam needs to see and experience that.

1/5/2008 6:59:41 PM

plz2win.

1/5/2008 8:15:54 PM

lol 2 fights.

[Edited on January 5, 2008 at 8:57 PM. Reason : oh wow they caught him smiling]

1/5/2008 8:56:44 PM

FISTICUFFSMANSHIP

1/5/2008 8:57:50 PM

First time Laviolette has smiled all season

1/5/2008 8:59:13 PM

Goal differential by period:

	1	2	3
CAR	0	-8	+4
STL	-1	-3	+5

	1	2	3
CAR	38	39	55
STL	22	34	39

1/5/2008 10:20:18 PM

or not.

1/5/2008 11:27:58 PM

I realized who LaRose looked like tonight during his between period interview.

1/6/2008 12:52:58 AM

i dont know why but tonights loss didnt piss me off that badly.

probably because either 1. I suspected it would happen or 2. It seems we ran into a goalie absolutely on fire.

1/6/2008 3:07:04 AM

1/6/2008 10:20:19 AM

eventually some of this offensive talent is going to have to be traded to help your goalies out

1/6/2008 10:29:14 AM

The game against the Thrashers was great. However we apparently don't watch too much film since Kovalchuk had his way with us all night. That was disappointing.

Yet after watching that game I agree that we need to find some hard defensive players and stop the bleeding in these games. While they only took 17 shots (or less) they we're all they needed. And that sucks.

I think we can really do well with some defensive help.

And I love my 10th Anniversary patch

1/6/2008 1:58:36 PM

Quote :

"eventually some of this offensive talent is going to have to be traded to help your goalies out "

*cough*erikcole*cough*

1/6/2008 4:37:26 PM

Quote :

" *cough*erikcole*cough* "

A few too many PBRs coach. Cole cant go, JR needs to decide if he is going to keep stillman and if hes not he is obvious one to be traded

1/6/2008 6:23:36 PM

not if you are still planning on winning this year. stillman is vital to any playoff hopes and dreams we have

1/6/2008 6:26:14 PM

^^ Stillman has a no trade clause so he would have to agree to waive it. Cole, Commodore and Gleason are the few without NTC's who could bring something back of value.

1/6/2008 8:02:45 PM

definitely not stillman.

1/6/2008 8:35:55 PM

why not stillman? of all the people whose stock is high now, but doesn't really provide much long term return for us, stillman would be the best bet..how much longer can he feasibly play? cole will be in the league for a while, and commodore and gleason are even younger than he is.

1/7/2008 7:21:46 PM

Yes, but Cory Stillman plays hard every shift and scores points every game.

Erik Cole skates one out of a five and separates himself from the puck more often than he gets it to the net.

1/7/2008 7:33:14 PM

losing stillman this year = no playoffs/1st round sweep

1/7/2008 7:44:07 PM

Stillman = UFA at the end of the season, and at his current pace, probably tough to resign

1/7/2008 8:19:30 PM

I understand that, but I'm hearing a lot about Cole for Smid, and I'm down with that.

1/7/2008 8:26:24 PM

Somebody needs to DVR the games in Canada next week, steviewonder and I are going to be wildin out at both games.

1/7/2008 9:54:09 PM

fuckin right. we will be directly next to the hurricanes bench for the ottawa game, on the 2nd row.

we plan on riding through the stink of buffalo with some canes flags waving as well

1/7/2008 10:07:34 PM

Thats going to be a sweet trip. How did you get tickets so close?

1/7/2008 10:23:20 PM

stubhub... we had to throw some $$$, but when they arrived today they were 2nd row instead of the 3rd row we ordered so that was pretty sweet. paid less than face value. Took a week of vacation for this so I hope we get at least one win out of the deal, and at least one goal in each game.

I've been watching hab fans and leaf fans in the rbc for 5 years now(never really been bothered by sens fans), and I have some things up my sleeve for celebrations to compete with those canadians. you'll know its us if you are watching on TV.

[Edited on January 7, 2008 at 11:32 PM. Reason : k]

1/7/2008 11:31:03 PM

hahaha they'll probably find you if we pick up a few goals then.

[Edited on January 7, 2008 at 11:39 PM. Reason : tip: make sure you keep celebrating until well after the goal.. until the faceoff]

1/7/2008 11:39:20 PM

I agree

stillman isn't that old....look at jagr, tkachuk, etc...

cole would bring value, but who is smid?

1/8/2008 2:37:43 AM

i'm worried about next year

1/8/2008 3:40:11 AM

^^ Ladislav Smid, Czech d-man, 9th overall in Ladd's draft year, rounding into a solid 2-3 over the next couple of seasons.

1/8/2008 3:58:26 AM

Why is he is Springfield?

1/8/2008 4:08:00 AM

Minutes.

1/8/2008 4:08:26 AM

fair enough

And I saw he was involved in the Pronger trade. Nice.

1/8/2008 4:11:23 AM

Quote :

"Colorado Avalanche defenseman John-Michael Liles, who can become an unrestricted free agent after the season, is believed to be atop Carolina's list. The Canes would likely be willing to gamble that they can re-sign the 27-year-old, who has fallen out of favor in Colorado after breaking the 40-point mark in the previous two seasons. Other defensemen who may be on the market at some point include Derek Morris of the Phoenix Coyotes, Tom Preissing of the Los Angeles Kings and Joni Pitkanen of the Edmonton Oilers."

http://www.newsobserver.com/796/story/866952.html

1/8/2008 9:51:31 AM

oh please get Liles!!!

1/8/2008 9:52:39 AM

haha it seems like every single Canes fan (myself included) has had a huge hardon for Liles for over a year now. Guess I should get around to photoshopping him into a uniform.

1/8/2008 10:08:25 AM

I wouldn't say I have a hardon for him, but I'm a fan of his work.

1/8/2008 10:13:36 AM

Starting lineups for the All-Star Game:

East http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?fid=11345

Crosby
Lecavalier
Alfredsson
Chara
Markov
Brodeur

West http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?fid=11346

Iginla
Datsyuk
Zetterberg
Phaneuf
Lidstrom
Luongo

1/8/2008 11:25:17 AM

Canes claim Sergei Samsonov

http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=226756&hubname=nhl

1/8/2008 12:21:49 PM

well...i'm glad we didn't make a trade to acquire a forward, at least.

1/8/2008 12:23:20 PM

Maybe it will be like when Recchi was traded and got on fire...

1/8/2008 12:25:32 PM