hahahahaha

Quote :

"Sweden: At cool bars with steviewonder. just overheard the douche bag mention in speaking with a bar patron who i assume is his friend that he is upset that they announce stormy and the storm squad will be at these events yet fail to mention him too. steviewonder told him its because he is a douchebag and he was visably shaken."

while we are on the subject to him, is it too much to ask for canesvision to turn his mic down a little bit? christ.

2/19/2009 6:59:31 PM

51

2/19/2009 7:05:07 PM

^^holy shit i can't stop laughing now

2/19/2009 7:14:56 PM

As much as i hate injured players, i am really happy we get Conboy for this game. I remember going his first NHL game last year. he wasnt in more than 30 seconds when someone pushed him and he started a fight.




[Edited on February 19, 2009 at 7:17 PM. Reason : Go Anton and his cannon]

2/19/2009 7:15:09 PM

BABCHUCK

[Edited on February 19, 2009 at 7:18 PM. Reason : i have no idea what happened there]

2/19/2009 7:17:00 PM

Are you kidding me, Cam?

2/19/2009 7:29:57 PM

cullen!

staal!

[Edited on February 19, 2009 at 7:39 PM. Reason : +1]

2/19/2009 7:38:59 PM

n64!

2/19/2009 7:39:39 PM

good old high scoring game

2/19/2009 7:40:21 PM

Philly up 1-0 on Buffalo.
Pittsburgh up 1-0 on Montreal.
Chicago up 1-0 on Florida.

2/19/2009 7:51:25 PM

Quote :

"Sweden: At cool bars with steviewonder. just overheard the douche bag mention in speaking with a bar patron who i assume is his friend that he is upset that they announce stormy and the storm squad will be at these events yet fail to mention him too. steviewonder told him its because he is a douchebag and he was visably shaken."

hahaha fantastic

2/19/2009 7:59:18 PM

shit, buffalo just tied their game

2/19/2009 8:07:33 PM

plekanec scores for mtl, 1-1

and miro satan gets it back, 2-1 pit



[Edited on February 19, 2009 at 8:13 PM. Reason : -]

2/19/2009 8:11:18 PM

^ really? espn is still showing 1-1

NEVER MIND

[Edited on February 19, 2009 at 8:15 PM. Reason : just changed]

2/19/2009 8:14:22 PM

i'm watching the live CBC broadcast, i promise it's 2-1, also orpik going to the box

espn doesn't care about hockey fans

2/19/2009 8:15:34 PM

hat trick tonight??

2/19/2009 8:28:30 PM

Quote :

"W00T Urbaniak refs NCSU hockey games"

he doesn't like it when you give him shit about wearing gloves on the ice

2/19/2009 8:48:54 PM

HNIC is simulcasting games this weekend in punjabi, italian, and cantonese

looking to replace chinese mtv on the TVs in the quartier chinois i guess

2/19/2009 8:54:36 PM

oh man! i really wanted conboy to get a goal.

2/19/2009 9:00:19 PM

nm not Sammy's goal

[Edited on February 19, 2009 at 9:11 PM. Reason : .]

2/19/2009 9:08:17 PM

Philadelphia 6, Buffalo 3 FINAL
Pittsburgh 5, Montreal 4 FINAL
Chicago 1, Florida 0 midway through the third

2/19/2009 9:29:10 PM

^Chi 2, FLA 0 now...


Its interesting that this team has a better road record than home record... that could translate into Ws come playoff time...

2/19/2009 9:33:59 PM

Either everything goes right or nothing goes right.

SUNDAY:
We beat Buffalo
Florida loses
Rangers lose
Montreal loses

TUESDAY:
We lose to Boston
Buffalo wins
Florida wins

TONIGHT:
We beat the Islanders
Florida loses
Montreal loses
Buffalo loses


It seems like this has been happening for some time now.

2/19/2009 9:53:09 PM

2/19/2009 9:55:34 PM

5 	NY Rangers 	59 	31 	22 	6 	68
6 	Montreal 	59 	30 	22 	7 	67
7 	Florida 	58 	29 	21 	8 	66
8 	Buffalo 	59 	30 	23 	6 	66
 	Carolina 	59 	29 	25 	5 	63
 	Pittsburgh 	59 	28 	25 	6 	62

2/19/2009 9:57:12 PM

quality game

in honor of tonight's game i shall post my latest jersey conquest:

2/19/2009 10:16:27 PM

WOOOOOOOO

Cleaned up at cool bars tonight. Won trivia for a TOUQUE and a piece of the game net from one of the goals for the 07-08 season. Won the raffle for a Samsonov player/number shirt. Also won the awesome factor for having the only Babchuk jersey in existance... and he lights it up.

2/19/2009 10:27:33 PM

apparently you should have bought that jersey a long time ago

fucking excellent work though, it is quality

2/20/2009 12:08:30 AM

Quote :

"PITTSFIELD, Mass. - River Rats defenseman Joe Jensen, diagnosed with a Grade-3 concussion, is amazed there were no fatalities or life-threatening injuries following Thursday's early-morning bus crash on the Massachusetts Turnpike. "I'm kind of shaken up," he said Thursday afternoon from Berkshire Medical Center, where three other players and a team announcer are being treated for concussions, lacerations and other injuries. He had undergone an MRI, CAT Scan and X-rays, as well as a battery of tests. "I think the other guys are doing OK, too," he said after speaking with his teammates. "I'm not too bad," forward Nicolas Blanchard said from his hospital bed, sounding groggy and slightly disoriented. He had not yet been given a precise diagnosis, although he suffered cuts from broken glass. He was asleep and on the low side of the bus when it flipped, seated near the section that slammed into a guardrail. "Blanch was bleeding pretty badly afterwards. I was sitting across from him on the high side and got thrown onto him when it flipped," Jensen said. Jensen said defenseman Casey Borer "took a really bad blow" and he was uncertain if he had broken bones or what his diagnosis was. Jonathan Paiement "suffered a bad blow to the head" and may have suffered other injuries, Jensen said. Broadcaster John Hennessy "was pretty shaken up and was bleeding a lot from cuts," Jensen said. Jensen was asleep on the Yankee Trails motor coach and was jolted awake when he felt the bus sliding sideways on the icy, snow-covered highway and then it flipped on its side in a terrifying, chaotic moment. "Guys were flying around like ping-pong balls, thrown into the ceiling," he said. "Glass was shattering everywhere and my head smashed into something hard and I blacked out for a second. It all happened so fast. There was a lot of blood and it looked real bad. I thought someone might have had a fatal blow." When Jensen came to, he found himself in a jumble of limbs on the low side of the bus that was wrapped around a guardrail. As the dazed players stumbled out of the wreckage into the wintry darkness, some of them in bare feet and T-shirts, they realized part of the bus was sticking out into the highway and semi-trucks were bearing down on the disabled bus at high speed. "Thank God no one was killed," he said. "We're really lucky everyone got away from that bus alive. It's unbelievable everyone survived. It was the worst thing I've ever been through." Jensen said there was initial anger among the players after the first bus broke down and they had to wait in a parking lot for more than two hours before a replacement bus arrived. He did not sense any animosity toward Yankee Trails driver Stanley Novak. "We realize now the roads were bad and it was an accident," Jensen said. "It's not like the bus driver tried to crash." The crash is being investigated by Massachusetts State Police and is centering on whether Novak's speed was prudent for the icy road conditions. The Turnpike Authority had posted a reduced 40 mph speed limit for that stretch when the crash occurred. Jensen hopes the River Rats cancel the next couple games, "out of respect for us who got injured.""

2/20/2009 2:31:47 PM

http://www.oilersnation.com/2009/02/carolina-calling/

2/20/2009 3:28:29 PM

anyone need two lower level tickets to the Buffalo game on Feb 26? Section 127 Row R. Asking $100 for the pair...or best offer

2/20/2009 3:30:52 PM

You can get lower levels in the endzone for $25 or in the sidelines for $35 with a college ID that night.

2/20/2009 3:40:38 PM

http://www.dailygazette.com/weblogs/janack/2009/feb/20/rats-bus-crash-day-2/

Quote :

"* Borer will miss the rest of the season with a broken bone in his neck. He will be required to wear a neck collar for the next six weeks and then be reevaluated."

Fuck.

[Edited on February 20, 2009 at 4:45 PM. Reason : .]

2/20/2009 4:44:56 PM

sucks for borer...

^^^^There is no way we would give up ruutuu for cole

2/20/2009 4:51:44 PM

going tonight. im going to say cane win by 2

final score canes 3
tampa 1

2/20/2009 5:10:13 PM

Quote :

"EPIC SHOULDER CURVATURE"

Shut up, Tripp Tracy.

2/20/2009 7:53:51 PM

what a terrible power play

2/20/2009 8:06:29 PM

goddamn I hate Gary Bettman

2/20/2009 8:42:09 PM

"Well, we promised an All-Star Game, but. . . .suckas!"

2/20/2009 8:49:25 PM

FREAKY JOE CORVO TATTOOS




FREAKY JOE CORVO TATTOOS AGAIN

[Edited on February 20, 2009 at 8:58 PM. Reason : .]

2/20/2009 8:57:53 PM

anyone else have problems watching the canes game on FSCHD with TWC?

2/20/2009 9:21:51 PM

Paul Maurice on what Tim Conboy brings to the lineup:

"Well, he's a great swingman. He can play on the front end, the back end, and he swings well."

2/20/2009 10:11:38 PM

Quote :

"NHL commissioner Gary Bettman toured the Triangle on Friday, visiting hotels and Raleigh's new Convention Center as he prepares to live up to his 2001 promise to bring an All-Star Game to the RBC Center. Bettman wouldn't offer any hint of a potential date, but all indications are that the league has the Triangle penciled in for 2013. "When we made the commitment, these were the things I was told were going to be in place," Bettman said. "We owe an All-Star Game, and I can't as I sit here today say when it will be, but we will get the Triangle into the rotation." "

2/20/2009 11:54:20 PM

ron the ref was playing a little rec league hockey when steviewonder came barreling from the stands and onto the ice. ron tried to bump him off but steviewonder was like "yall checks is so light you cant afford a jumbo potato wedges at KFC" and ron tried to play it off and hurry down the ice, but then steviewonder was all "don't worry son the only icing call you're gonna get is from buckwheat's bakery askin how much you want on your cupcakes" and ron was like damn

2/21/2009 12:31:49 AM

the CORVO CANNON had the safety off tonight

2/21/2009 2:22:08 AM

Anyone have a picture of Ryan's face? I caught a glimpse when he came out so they could assess the four minute penalty. Also, why didn't they do that last year when Patrick Elias high sticked Ruutu? And by "that" I mean consult the linesmen post hoc to ascertain if they were witness the infraction.

2/21/2009 10:27:16 AM

Generally speaking, the linesman calls the referee's attention to an infraction when he saw one, as opposed to the ref always having to say, "Did you see anything?"

2/21/2009 10:40:05 AM

vinylbandit posting on Jen's computer or Jen displaying surprising hockey knowledge? You decide.


On another note. http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/story/1413532.html

Quote :

"RALEIGH -- He saw the new hotels. He toured the convention center. He walked the streets that have changed so much over the past few years. Friday was hardly the first day NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has spent in Raleigh, but he acknowledged it was a different city than he saw during the last major NHL events here, the 2004 draft and 2006 Stanley Cup finals. During his annual visit to the market, he saw a city and an area now capable of hosting the NHL All-Star Game he said in 2001 he would deliver no later than 2006. And Bettman stepped up his rhetoric accordingly: "We will get the Triangle into the rotation." Bettman wasn't saying when, and the league has yet to make an official site visit, but all indications point toward 2013. That's seven years later than Bettman originally promised the game would be here, before the NHL decided the area wasn't ready, but better late than never. The first available opening is in 2012, and the Carolina Hurricanes were hoping to grab that date a year ago, but it now appears headed for Ottawa. There is no All-Star Game next season because of the Winter Olympics, and the 2011 All-Star Game will be hosted by the Phoenix Coyotes. "We know we owe one, and we will deliver on that," Bettman said. "And frankly, with the new infrastructure that's in place, we can do a better job of hosting the events of an All-Star weekend and Raleigh can show itself off better." That wasn't the only good news Bettman delivered to the Hurricanes on Friday. Based on his comments, the Canes can count on the salary cap holding steady for a few years after jumping to $56.7 million this season from $39 million when it was introduced for the 2005-06 season. To keep up, the Hurricanes are spending about $10 million more on salaries than they did during the 2003-04 season, the last before the lockout, and revenues haven't grown enough to cover the difference without making the playoffs. The Hurricanes lost more than $4 million last season. While the NHL's revenue-growth projections have slipped only slightly because of the economy, from 7 percent to 5 or 6 percent, that translates to only a 1 percent increase in the salary cap because of the return to normalcy of the Canadian dollar, which inflated the cap during the past two seasons. The real hit in the revenue department could come next season, after contracts with sponsors expire and season tickets are renewed [or not]. That's when the NHL would really feel the impact of the current economy, which could see the cap decline for the first time. "I cannot predict next season," Bettman said. "The first two road signs we would see are playoff ticket sales and season-ticket renewals. That will begin to give us an indication of what things will look like." Of more concern for the Canes was their inability to grow their revenue at the same pace as the league last season, in part because of the blip caused by the 2006 playoffs, which cost them about $2 million in revenue-sharing money from the NHL. Attendance is almost identical to last season going into Friday's game against the Tampa Bay Lightning, but at higher ticket prices, which should give the Canes a chance to close the gap -- but it could be an issue again if the Canes fall out of playoff contention over the next month. Bettman said there's no impetus to revisit those requirements with the NHL Players' Association in the face of economic hardship, even if newer franchises like Carolina are hit harder by the recession than their more established counterparts further north. "The clubs get a fairly generous revenue-share contribution," Bettman said. "It's worked extremely well so far. I think for us to be making a change which would be based on speculation isn't appropriate. We'll see how it continues to work." The Hurricanes may not be able to expect any help there, but an All-Star Game would be a boost for the franchise and the Triangle. After watching the NHL stall for years, Friday saw some real movement in that direction. Bettman saw how much the Triangle has grown. And the Triangle saw, for the first time, the All-Star Game legitimately on the horizon."

2/21/2009 11:29:36 AM

Allegedly some of the players are going to be at the Hibernian today to shave their heads for St. Baldricks. Does anyone know who will be there?

2/21/2009 1:50:54 PM

Wallin, Seidenberg, and Tripp will be there at 3 PM (10 minutes from now...)

2/21/2009 2:50:46 PM