man..im in nyc this week...I'm assuming I'll have to find a hockey bar or somewhere with center ice to see this(unless i sit in and watch the slingbox).

3/24/2008 9:59:46 PM

i have to miss the game tomorrow because i have a game at 8:30

3/24/2008 11:46:59 PM

good thing theres 89676876 games in a season

3/24/2008 11:48:07 PM

Hurricane Warning: Take down Ovechkin

Or at least stop him.

3/25/2008 9:02:33 AM

^^or 82, jackass.

I'm damn excited about tonight's game!

3/25/2008 9:44:17 AM

I don't feel good about this one, but I haven't felt good about one outside of the Atlanta games in quite awhile.

3/25/2008 10:50:11 AM

^If the coach can get the intensity level up out the door we are set, we're a better team than the Capitals and we finally have a rest. The team needed this break bad! Hopefully we'll be fresh tonight and play with playoff level desire.

3/25/2008 11:42:34 AM

If they win tonight then they essentially (but not officially) wrap up the division. If they lose this battle could go on a good bit longer. Hopefully that right there will be enough motivation to get it done, but the Caps are going to be playing like their lives depend on it.

3/25/2008 12:07:11 PM

I've got an extra ticket for this game Section 109 Row Z

PM me with offers. I'll entertain anything for the sake of gettin rid of it

3/25/2008 2:50:58 PM

With the NCAA hockey tournament starting this weekend (regionals on ESPNU starting Friday afternoon, Frozen Four in April on ESPN and ESPN2), I figured I'd point out our prospects to keep an eye on.

Jamie McBain, D, sophomore, Wisconsin
2006, 2nd round
Wisconsin is the 3 seed in the Midwest bracket which is being hosted in their home arena, the Kohl Center. The Badgers have had a tough year, but snuck in with an at-large bid and will have a tough matchup against Denver. McBain has 3 goals and 18 assists in 33 games.

Kyle Lawson, D, sophomore, Notre Dame
2005, 7th round
Notre Dame is the 4 seed in the West bracket hosted at World Arena in Colorado Springs. They will play 1 seed New Hampshire. Lawson has 4 goals and 20 assists on the Irish blue line this season. This guy might turn out to be a real steal from the last round of the draft.

Nick Dodge, RW, senior, Clarkson
2006, 6th round
Dodge would like to join Erik Cole as the next great Canes winger to come out of Clarkson. The Golden Knights captain was a 2nd team All-American last season. He has 12 goals and 14 assists in 37 games this season. Clarkson finished 1st in the ECAC regular season, but was upset by Colgate in the tournament. They are a 3 seed and will play Bret Hedican's 2 seed St. Cloud State in the East regional.

Tim Kunes, D, junior, Boston College
2005, 5th round
Boston College finished 4th in Hockey East in the regular season, but won the conference tournament to grab an automatic bid as a 2 seed in the Northeast regional. They will play Minnesota; this is one I really want to watch (go Gophers). Kunes had a goal and 7 assists in 39 games this season.


NOT IN THE TOURNAMENT:

Justin Krueger, D, sophomore, Cornell
2006, 7th round
Cornell finished 5th in the ECAC and did not make the tourny. They lost in the semifinals of the conference tournament. Krueger had 4 goals and 5 assists in 35 games this season.

3/25/2008 3:04:56 PM

Quote :

"ustin Williams and Chad LaRose both participated in the full morning skate, which means it's time to start wondering when they might be able to return. Probably not this week for LaRose, but the watch can start after Saturday's game at Tampa Bay. As for Williams, who looks "terrific" according to Hurricanes coach Peter Laviolette, four months from his surgery is April 26."

3/25/2008 3:09:17 PM

dare we hope?


will big willy return in time?

3/25/2008 4:43:52 PM

anybody know if they let you park at the fairground lot like they do for basketball and football games?

3/25/2008 5:36:02 PM

No, they closed that off this season. You can still park at the horse complex or on the grass across from Wendy's for free, though.

3/25/2008 5:50:21 PM

3/25/2008 6:42:42 PM

What's up with Eaves?

3/25/2008 6:48:28 PM

flu like symptoms

3/25/2008 6:55:01 PM

good god

3/25/2008 7:17:25 PM

Cole just can't finish any of them tonight

3/25/2008 7:25:27 PM

There it is !!!!

3/25/2008 7:36:58 PM

i can imagine the caps fans are not too happy about the calls in the past 5 minutes

3/25/2008 7:46:28 PM

I really wish they would stop saying we are going to win the division if we win this game

3/25/2008 8:39:51 PM

this game is giving me a headache

3/25/2008 8:43:25 PM

LETS GO CANES!!!!!!!

3/25/2008 8:49:06 PM

Damn

3/25/2008 8:53:02 PM

fuck

3/25/2008 8:53:05 PM

Fuck

3/25/2008 8:53:08 PM

Damnit

3/25/2008 8:58:34 PM

at least we got a point out of it

3/25/2008 9:06:33 PM

atleast we only lost a point

3/25/2008 9:06:48 PM

SOUTHEAST 	GP 	W 	L 	OTL 	PTS
Carolina 	77 	41 	30 	6 	88
Washington 	77 	38 	31 	8 	84
Florida 	77 	36 	32 	9 	81
e-Atlanta 	77 	31 	38 	8 	70
e-Tampa Bay 	76 	30 	38 	8 	68

3/25/2008 9:21:17 PM

why does laviolette keep putting JEFF HAMILTON out there for shootouts?

3/25/2008 9:32:47 PM

Probably because he was 2/3 before tonight and has scored the most shootout goals on our team this season. Which is a pretty good improvement over last season, where our team scored a grand total of 1 shootout goal.

3/25/2008 9:38:32 PM

because that's kinda why we signed him in the first place, because we needed help on the shootout and the power play

3/25/2008 9:39:21 PM

nevermind, selfpwn.

still, his last couple attempts have been lacking.

[Edited on March 25, 2008 at 9:45 PM. Reason : a]

3/25/2008 9:44:03 PM

Canes still hold the tie breaker?

3/25/2008 9:51:28 PM

i feel good about tonight. it was a tough game, and we got a point. if we take care of business against tamp and ATL, then the business is over with

3/25/2008 9:52:03 PM

Quote :

"• In the house: Jeff O’Neill, who has been in semi-retirement playing adult league hockey in suburban Toronto. O’Neill remains fourth in franchise history in games played (673), third in points (416) and fourth in goals (198). "

On another note, Versus just showed the area around the Phoenix arena when they built it 4 years ago. There was literally NOTHING there; much worse than the RBC Center area. Yet now, 4 years later, the place is an entertainment complex with shops and restaurants. Looks fantastic. What has gone wrong here? The RBC Center/Carter-Finley complex was originally billed as "the Meadowlands of the South", but none of the other stuff ever followed. Now the only restaurant there (other than Wendy's) has closed down.

[Edited on March 25, 2008 at 10:01 PM. Reason : .]

3/25/2008 9:56:36 PM

Just got back, disappointing loss but managed to get at least a point and almost got two. Cam was unbelievable, defense lacked a little but the Caps came out with a mission from the get-go and I don't think the Canes ever matched that. Officiating was horrible, basically gave them a free goal from the 5 on 3 that should have never happened and also the overtime penalty on Cole which is ridiculous to call in such an important game. Dare I say Conspiracy? Who stands to benefit the most if Ovechkin gets in at the 8 spot and faced, say, Pittsburgh with Malkin and Sid the Kid???

I'm just saying......

3/25/2008 10:25:59 PM

I think you may be giving Hasenfratz and crew a little bit too much credit to be able to be part of a conspiracy.

3/25/2008 10:35:01 PM

^^ not enough high density housing in the area around it where people NEED to shop/purchase

3/25/2008 10:38:00 PM

wasn't as loud as i was hoping tonight. for whatever reason the divisional games, it seems like, never really get as loud as the other games.

oh well...

GO LIGHTNING GO!

3/25/2008 10:44:11 PM

i was def. disappointed with the crowd tonight, but at least we got a point out of it

i've never seen anyone cherry pick as much as ovechkin does. at one point he was literally leaning against the glass while we had the puck in their zone, ridiculous

Quote :

"In the house: Jeff O’Neill, who has been in semi-retirement playing adult league hockey in suburban Toronto. O’Neill remains fourth in franchise history in games played (673), third in points (416) and fourth in goals (198)."

he was sitting one section over from where we were. only saw a few fans go up to him, it was still pretty cool seeing him there

3/25/2008 11:06:42 PM

since i was at the game and didn't see great replays or anything, at least of this, was it me or did washington flop or go down easily a few times?

one play that sticks out was in the 2nd period i think and a washington player was crashing the net and hedican "tripped" him and hedican was just like "WTF?"

at least they didn't call a penalty, but it looked like to me on the replay of the save (couldn't really see it that well) that he dived big time

maybe not



also major LOL at staal, although i really really doubt he meant it this way, in the post game

Quote :

"We played well, we just didn't capitalize"

LOLOL GET IT?

[Edited on March 25, 2008 at 11:18 PM. Reason : ]

3/25/2008 11:15:47 PM

i thought they were flopping a bunch too

3/25/2008 11:20:24 PM

cam saved us from a two point swing. We were outshot and outskated in the 1st two periods. The 3rd period was a hold on for mutual points standoff.... gg Cam

3/26/2008 8:36:46 AM

Ward deserved the 1st star. I know Ovechkin is awesome and all, but he had 1 goal. Ward played outstanding and earned us that point.

3/26/2008 9:55:27 AM

Quote :

"RALEIGH, NC—Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has signed its 2007 first-round draft pick, forward Brandon Sutter, to a three-year contract. Beginning with the 2008-09 season, the contract will pay Sutter $787,500 per season at the NHL level or $65,000 per season at the minor-league level. Sutter receives a $262,500 signing bonus as a part of the contract and will report today to Carolina’s top minor-league affiliate, the Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League."

3/26/2008 10:39:16 AM

he looks an awful lot like the red deer logo:



I know he'll put some weight on as he gets older.

3/26/2008 11:16:17 AM

Carolina - 5 games remaining - 88 points:

vs Atlanta - 1
vs Florida - 1
vs Washington - 1
vs Tampa Bay - 2

3/28 - vs Atlanta
3/29 - at Tampa Bay
4/1 - at Washington
4/2 - vs Tampa Bay
4/4 - vs Florida


Washington - 5 games remaining - 84 points:

vs Florida - 2
vs Carolina - 1
vs Tampa Bay - 2

3/27 - at Tampa Bay
3/29 - at Florida
4/1 - vs Carolina
4/3 - vs Tampa Bay
4/5 - vs Florida


Florida - 5 games remaining - 81 points:

vs Atlanta - 2
vs Carolina - 1
vs Washington - 2

3/27 - vs Atlanta
3/29 - vs Washington
4/1 - at Atlanta
4/4 - at Carolina
4/5 - at Washington

3/26/2008 1:04:46 PM