supposedly the 'authentic' jerseys dont ave the tag. I have the BrindAmour replica, and the tag hasnt bothered me at all. I thought it would, but the jersey is pretty freaking cool, so I havent given it a thought.

3/2/2008 8:26:56 PM

The Edge jerseys don't have the tag, and they also cost about $250 (and that's without a name I think!). I've also heard they tear easier. I've never noticed the tag on anyone wearing one, so maybe it won't stick out as much as it seems.

3/2/2008 8:30:43 PM

Why won't the caps loose

It's 6-0 in the first period!

3/3/2008 7:51:08 PM

man, 8-2 in 2nd int.

don't think that one will go our way.

3/3/2008 8:56:43 PM

damn, the Bruins is getting destroyed.

3/3/2008 9:00:51 PM

9-2

[Edited on March 3, 2008 at 9:20 PM. Reason : credited to someone else]

3/3/2008 9:08:16 PM

10-2 win. Fedorov didn't get a point. HA!

3/3/2008 9:57:36 PM

got cullen, samsonov, and aucoin's autograph tonight

the locker room is a lot smaller than i thought it would be

(after Ruutu high stick, on the bench)

"Oooh my.. gawd."


"Is it that bad?"


"It's... h-horrible."


"It's not that bad, put this towel on it."


"Are you kidding me? Look at him."

that's as close to what i can remember about what laviolette said happened on the bench after that high stick. when you visualize cole standing there looking at it it's hilarious. maybe not as funny without laviolette saying it or something i left out though.

also another funny moment is when they take questions from the crowd and a boy, i dunno, probably 7-10yrs old, couldn't really see him, asks "who decides the trades" or something to that effect, laviolette says "Not me." and laughs and then asks "Who did you not want to see go away, did you like Commodore, Stillman, or Ladd or something like that?" the boy says "I didn't like any of them.."

the discussion would have been better with forsland than tripp though.
the pictures up in the press box in the hall are amazing..

yeah.

[Edited on March 3, 2008 at 10:35 PM. Reason : ]

[Edited on March 3, 2008 at 10:50 PM. Reason : i hope i didn't pick up the flu, i feel like crap]

3/3/2008 10:34:05 PM

i see that you caught tripp's name-dropping disease

[Edited on March 3, 2008 at 11:14 PM. Reason : xtra points if, during the next game, tripp says "john, i got a text from ncsuftw1 this morning. . "]

3/3/2008 11:11:28 PM

he didn't really talk much during those two moments

and i have picked up either the flu from the doctors office from unrelated issues or the team has it still sticking around somewhere, i sort of doubt this.. its just completely ironic.

either that or the BBQ they gave out was bad...

[Edited on March 3, 2008 at 11:16 PM. Reason : ]

oh he did tell the story of being at brind'amour's house and knowing when to leave when he took his dinner out to the hot tub

[Edited on March 3, 2008 at 11:16 PM. Reason : ]

[Edited on March 3, 2008 at 11:17 PM. Reason : the anthem singing girl was also there and apparently does pay attn to the team]

3/3/2008 11:13:46 PM

damnit Boston, help us out. or just don't show up. whatever.

ncsuftw1, what kind of access did you get and for what reason? i'm sorry if you explained before, i don't remember reading about it.

3/3/2008 11:39:32 PM

^season ticket holder party was last night.

3/4/2008 12:21:43 AM

SAMSONOV IS PLEASED (MOMENTARILY)

3/4/2008 7:47:14 AM

This is setting up for some kind of epic disaster where Samsonov goes bust and the fan base implodes since it seems like literally everyone now pretty much wants to marry him.

3/4/2008 9:54:27 AM

Does his contract end at the end of the season?

3/4/2008 10:54:09 AM

Yes. I am almost certain he will re-sign here, though.

3/4/2008 10:56:02 AM

yeah. Probably for less money too.

3/4/2008 10:59:10 AM

Nobody else is going to be willing to give him anything I bet. He went to Montreal and was an epic bust. Went to Chicago and was an epic bust. I say we sign him for 2 years at $2 million per.

3/4/2008 11:00:41 AM

I was thinking 1.5 mill.

The 3.5 he makes now is way to much.

3/4/2008 11:02:15 AM

Quote :

"The Hurricanes spend a lot of time practicing the power play, but very little — outside of training camp, anyway — on the penalty-kill. (Most of that teaching/coaching is done through video.)"

Hm. Now that might explain a few things.

http://tinyurl.com/3y6fcz

[Edited on March 4, 2008 at 2:50 PM. Reason : THESE IS THE TIMES]

3/4/2008 2:50:26 PM

To be fair, there's not much to teach about a penalty kill in general. By the time you're playing on the PK at the NHL level, you know the basic principles: only one man into the offensive zone, don't throw hits, don't go below the goal line, don't chase too far to the point if a passing lane is open, etc. Everything that's coached on a day-to-day basis on an NHL PK is tailored to the specific PP attack of the next opponent.

3/4/2008 3:33:32 PM

^yeah, but it's still always good to develop chemistry with whoever you are playing with in almost all situations.

3/4/2008 4:30:20 PM

Well, here's the thing...there's no system involved in a kill because there's no breakout. If you can get an outlet pass, great, but your first thought as a defenseman in that position is not to look for a winger on the boards. Couple that with the fact that any one of your normal eight killers could be the one in the box, and you basically just have to trust that whoever is playing one of the four positions does their job...stay tight and get the puck out.

3/4/2008 4:40:08 PM

Just by looking at the end of the schedule, I hope we have things wrapped up before the last couple of games. We close out our season a day before Washington, and they get to play the Panthers who will not win that game, especially if there is a chance of them moving up in the draft by losing.

3/4/2008 7:42:56 PM

for the record, i wasn't being a criticizing sports talk douchebag


rather, i was trying to be humorous

3/4/2008 7:57:48 PM

oh i know...i just figured i'd take the opportunity to school your ass

3/4/2008 8:32:36 PM

i now consider myself more learned than i was previously

3/5/2008 10:27:47 AM

bump

because i get to catch another game tonight on the TV. Thanks Thrashers network

3/5/2008 2:00:14 PM

its on FSN south anyway

3/5/2008 2:10:00 PM

Yeah thats the only time I get it. Is when they play the thrashers. I meant to say "thrashers programing" not network.

3/5/2008 3:35:55 PM

as much as i hate to say it

LET'S GO BUFFALO!

3/5/2008 4:20:26 PM

the former whalers get to play in the powder puff division of the eastern conference.

go ahead and talk em up. must be really tough playing against the likes of columbia and chile or whoever the hell plays in the weakest division in sports

3/5/2008 4:22:34 PM

only one former whaler is playing for us tonight

so fix your plural

3/5/2008 4:31:49 PM

guitarguy and myself will be watching the game tonight at the sports book in the MGM Grand

should be a fun time

3/5/2008 4:33:29 PM

the team. the team. the team.

hartford whalers

carolina former hartford whalers

3/5/2008 4:38:59 PM

Nobody here is ashamed about being the former Whalers. The Whalers ruled. The real question is when are the Devils going to move? Incredible new $texas building and yet they are still at the bottom of the league in attendance.

3/5/2008 4:45:49 PM

^Seriously I've wondered this too.

3/5/2008 4:59:08 PM

Why is Ruutu so happy?

And why is he holding a mic?

3/5/2008 6:42:15 PM

can someone p,.ease give me a sopcast link? im on spring break and way to durnk to find it?

3/5/2008 6:46:32 PM

his name has ten letters, and four of them are "u"

wouldn't you be happy?

3/5/2008 6:47:22 PM

so tomorrow is B1G1 with a VIC card? I think I saw something about it somewhere but coouldnt confirm it anywhere on the canes site. gotta hit that up

by the way, I am predicting a Scott Walker pissed-fest tonight which may or may not consist of a fight, a Keith Aucoin goal, and and a pint of blood on the ice.


Bret Hedican is many things:

I had the Hedican suite a couple of years ago and Kristi Yamaguchi was in there asking me about something on the menu... well she whips out one of the girls and starts breast-feeding right there... very uncomfortable moment

[Edited on March 5, 2008 at 6:50 PM. Reason : ,,.,]

3/5/2008 6:47:34 PM

Bret Hedican sings the way he plays hockey.

Poorly.


Yes tomorrow is BOGO with the Harris Teeter card. Will be rocking out the $40 seats at center ice for $20. And I will be seeing Gaborik for the 2nd time this season. Sweet.

3/5/2008 6:49:18 PM

bandit, pleas degive me a sopcast link

3/5/2008 6:49:25 PM

let me hook you up

sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/22668

OR

sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/45749

USE VLC

Quote :

"# Start the SopCast stream and let it buffer. # VLC, go to Open Network Stream, select "HTTP" option, and type in 127.0.0.1:8902 (If port 8902 doesn't work, try 8912). # You MUST leave SopCast running; closing SopCast closes the stream. # You may need to mute the sound on SopCast so it doesn't bleed with the sound in VLC."

3/5/2008 6:51:00 PM

http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=7556&part=sports

^ whered you see gaborik the first time?

[Edited on March 5, 2008 at 6:52 PM. Reason : a]

3/5/2008 6:51:33 PM

(IGNORE THE SHIRT PLZ)

3/5/2008 6:55:12 PM

4 pts in this back-to-back would be pretty fucking clutch. esp if washington chokes tonight

^awesome. when i hit the lottery I am going on a 30 teams/arenas in 29 days trip just so I can say 'Fuck you' to the Tampa guy.

[Edited on March 5, 2008 at 7:06 PM. Reason : oewn]

3/5/2008 7:05:23 PM

I love it when we dominate the first five minutes then they go down and score a goal

3/5/2008 7:13:43 PM

Quote :

"I am predicting a Scott Walker pissed-fest "

Quote :

"I am predicting a Scott Walker pissed-fest "

Quote :

"I am predicting a Scott Walker pissed-fest "

3/5/2008 7:22:02 PM

PISSED

oh well they changed it to Bayda, I still feel that Walker is not finished

[Edited on March 5, 2008 at 7:23 PM. Reason : c]

3/5/2008 7:22:28 PM