Great start to the season. Ward looked great!

10/8/2010 8:51:59 PM

Fun to watch. I find myself rooting for the Canes more than I do Rangers at this point... which is hard to believe for me.

10/8/2010 8:56:23 PM

come on folks.

10/8/2010 9:02:03 PM

i didn't notice until i saw someone point it out on tsn but sutter was 1 of 19 on faceoffs? yikes

10/9/2010 9:56:34 AM

^^good work

10/9/2010 10:35:26 AM

Does anyone have a rip of the games? I was away for training for work and couldnt watch the games. Particularly the friday game

[Edited on October 9, 2010 at 10:47 AM. Reason : 0]

10/9/2010 10:42:15 AM

Quote :

"@icechip: No surprise, but GM Jim Rutherford indicated today rookie Jeff Skinner would be with Canes all season. @icechip: Rutherford on Skinner: "He gets more and more adjusted, and more impressive as you watch each game.""

10/10/2010 10:21:09 AM

We're now number 2 in ESPN's Power Rankings this week:

Quote :

"Can't deny the otherworldly play of Cam Ward and the youthful Hurricanes (did you catch rookie Jeff Skinner's play in the second of Carolina's back-to-back wins in Helsinki?) in sweeping their first two games of the season against Minnesota. After a dreadful start in 2009-10, Carolina comes home from Europe with its confidence way up."

http://espn.go.com/nhl/powerrankings

10/11/2010 1:04:16 PM

Scott Burnside is an idiot, and ESPN's hockey coverage is laughable at best. This is just a confirmation of both those things.

10/11/2010 1:09:44 PM

Let's make it through this damn road trip first

10/11/2010 1:40:42 PM

I laugh at them every week as there are always some face palms with him. Though they opened with 2 wins, they were against Minnesota. Though I do agree with him that Cam Ward is playing pretty damn good so far.

10/11/2010 1:48:36 PM

I have heavily debated posting this in T-dub because I know the knowledge level in here is much higher than on facebook. However, I have mentioned this to a few of my colleagues and they seem to agree.

Does Jeff Skinner not scream Sidney Crosby? I mean the little I have seen him play, and knowing his stats in the OHL.... that kid is just that damn good.

Let the chastising begin if it needs to.

10/11/2010 3:46:39 PM

^the comparison has been made before. I don't know, hopefully Skinner will not turn out to be a whiny bitch

skill set seems similar though

10/11/2010 3:51:51 PM

you're not the first one to think that: http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/rbh/comments/jeff_skinner_drawing_crosby_comparisons/

10/11/2010 3:57:44 PM

I doubt he is a whiny bitch, he is a Cane (which is a biased thing to say)... but Sidney is probably whiny because he is the "savior" and all that jazz. The face of the NHL if you will.

I am just that impressed with his play. Also, haven't had a chance to research lines... but are Sutter, Staal, and Ruutu on the same line always?

10/11/2010 4:12:50 PM

Sutter and Staal have never been on the same line this season (IDK about the PP or PK). Those two guys are both centers.

Here's the depth chart according to the canes website: http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/depthchart.htm?dcid=12

[Edited on October 11, 2010 at 4:24 PM. Reason : lines]

10/11/2010 4:23:31 PM

I must have been looking at a PP video then.

I also don't like Sully on the 4th line. He plays better with higher skilled players. He would be awesome with Samsonov I bet.

10/11/2010 4:26:09 PM

^^those lines, while accurate, are goddamned retarded. Larose is NOT 1st line caliber, O'Sullivan belongs on a scoring line, and WTF is Dwyer doing on the 2nd??

Here's what I'd set:
Skinner-Staal-Cole
Jokinen-Sutter-Ruutu
O'Sullivan-Dalpe-Tlusty
Kostopolous-Larose-Dwyer

10/11/2010 4:40:07 PM

I would put Ruutu on that top line. Cole would be traded. I would try Sully on the right with Sutter and and Jussi. I bet he could adjust.

10/11/2010 4:55:43 PM

well, i'd take 2 mallo mars for Cole, but Mo loves him, so thats why I put him there.

10/11/2010 5:49:50 PM

I think your price tag is too high. Maybe one Twixx?

10/12/2010 11:41:53 AM

I want Lovejoy on the team, so we can have two Simpsons characters.

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=72055

10/12/2010 12:08:38 PM

You mean 3.

And we might as well make it 4.

McBain
Skinner
Lovejoy
Supernintendo Hjalmarsson

10/12/2010 12:27:04 PM

http://twitter.com/nhl_canes/status/27187642029

10/12/2010 8:38:09 PM

nice.

10/12/2010 8:38:56 PM

nice indeed

10/12/2010 10:43:39 PM

canes?????????????

[Edited on October 14, 2010 at 12:20 PM. Reason : fuck dish network???????]

10/14/2010 12:20:11 PM

Quote :

"O'Sullivan out and Samsonov in for the Canes."

http://twitter.com/johhnyf/status/27358268304

POS must have pissed someone off.

10/14/2010 12:52:57 PM

I came in here to post that Sergei is off of the IR and eligible to play tonight, I didnt think they would pull Sully's spot so quick after his preseason. Oh well, as long as we keep winning I'm not gonna question any moves we make

10/14/2010 12:58:32 PM

His talent is going to waste. That's fucking a shame because Sully is a good player. You put him on a 2 line and he scores. Guarantee it.

10/14/2010 3:41:32 PM

Damn, Skinners sister is hot.

10/14/2010 7:50:54 PM

holy cow. BBC line reference on TSN...hello 2002


and a Cary reference- centralized area for relocated yankees

TSN did their homework

10/14/2010 8:12:03 PM

POS will play, Mo is just trying to send some message about god knows what

I hope they keep Skinner with Staal and Cole in the 3rd.

Or maybe Skinner/Staal/Jokinen

[Edited on October 14, 2010 at 9:14 PM. Reason : WOOO! WHERE MY DAWGS AT]

10/14/2010 8:51:03 PM

Skinner played well. REALLY GREAT "move" by cole on that partial breakaway. ffs, i loathe his play.

10/14/2010 10:03:38 PM

Cole played well tonight. Yea he didn't score on that breakaway from the left but who on our team is good at those? He was not the reason we lost. He and Staal showed up tonight, Ottawa couldn't handle their speed. I like to bash the guy as much as any other but he was one of our better players tonight. Our inability to get out of our own end is what cost us. They had a 3 to 1 shots on goal ratio at one point. Its pretty pathetic. If not for Cam, we're not in this game. Our defense is horrible.

10/14/2010 10:55:14 PM

Cole may have been the best player for us tonight aside from Ward. If he can keep playing at that level maybe his finishing ability will come back. He was really flying.

10/14/2010 11:03:46 PM

i'm not knocking him for not scoring necessarily, but he didn't even deke

10/14/2010 11:04:12 PM

dear uh-oh joe,

BLOCK IT OR GET OUT OF THE WAY

alternatively, don't get juked so bad you realize at the last second maybe you should try to let cam see the goddamned thing

jesus christ

10/15/2010 4:29:34 AM

That break away should be testament to just how badly Erik Cole sucks. He had the ENTIRE blocker side open to shoot at, shot at it, and still hit Elliot. What a fucking joke.

Sutter needs to skate with Rod for a little while... he has been terrible at the dot thus far. He also needs to stay on sides. Other than that, he is an animal.

The Canes played really well I thought, that stupid fluke goal was the God of Hockey smiling on a Canadian team that needed a win.

10/15/2010 8:45:50 AM

Sutter Staal needs to skate with Rod for a little while... he has been terrible at the dot thus far

Last night:

Staal - 25% (5 of 20)
Sutter - 59% (10 of 17)
Jokinen - 36% (4 of 11)
Dalpe - 66% (2 of 3)

10/15/2010 9:24:19 AM

yeah i was impressed the canes put together a good third period and came back from being down 2-0 and being beaten in almost every facet of the game for 40 minutes.

but good lord we need to clean up our play in front of cam

10/15/2010 9:29:03 AM

I'd also like to see a power play where we actually enter the zone effectively and set up a cycle. However, I am sure I will continue to see Pitkanen/Corvo/etc slapshots from center ice around the boards while we chase it and attempt to come up with it, failing miserably, and watching it cleared back down the ice so we can do the same thing again.

10/15/2010 9:31:18 AM

pitkanen just needs to get his ass in gear, period. he's looked particularly like crap the beginning of this year.

10/15/2010 11:20:28 AM

^agreed. He and Corvo got abused on what NHL network had as the play of the day.

10/15/2010 11:54:59 AM

I'd just be happy to see us not turn it over so many times in our own zone. That killed them last night.

10/15/2010 1:36:58 PM

I've never been sold on Joni, I mean he is a talented player, but I feel like he doesn't play up to his potential.

I've also always wanted JML and Kevin Bieksa on our squad.

I would say that Staal and Sutter both need to work on their face-offs. They're both less than 40% for the season. Mind you it's an early season. I think I might have just been thinking about power play faceoffs or something on Sutter though. I think there were a couple of key losses.

[Edited on October 15, 2010 at 3:36 PM. Reason : More detail]

10/15/2010 3:32:33 PM

no, you should be sold on Joni, he is the fucking man when he is playing like he can

he's a horse, he played the most minutes in the NHL last year. and when he's on, his offense is bananas. remember that long pass to samsonov against Boston in the playoffs? or the pass right in front of brodeur to jokinen to tie game 7?

i guess he just needs a few more games of warmup.

[Edited on October 15, 2010 at 5:18 PM. Reason : neutral zone turnover on skates OMG]

10/15/2010 5:17:22 PM

Valid points. I will warm up to him.

Don't ask me to warm up to Cole, though. I'm heading to the Checkers game tonight, so I will update everyone on how they look.

I heard a caller on 610 this morning that was both a State fan and going to the Checkers game tonight, was that anyone on here?

10/15/2010 5:20:09 PM

I would never ask anyone to warm up to Erik Cole and his 3 million dollar salary. He had a good last game, but that still doesn't make up for his 30+ game playoff goal scoring drought.

[Edited on October 15, 2010 at 5:24 PM. Reason : i'm not going tonight, but am on sunday.]

10/15/2010 5:24:20 PM

If I was watching the correct game, the Checkers played like shit. However, so did WBS. Samson,Tlusty,Boy Chuck?, Harrison all looked good. Pogge had a few uh ohs. Should be good after a few games together though.

10/17/2010 1:02:11 PM