Archive for February, 2007
Let it Be
Yesterday, Jim Rutherford decided that he would “let it be” concerning the Hurricane’s roster while last night the Canes decided to “let it be” in the 3rd period against the Senators. Let’s talk about the game first. It was a typical home game, typical for the past couple of months anyway. [...]
Even Flow
The Carolina Hurricanes return to the RBC having won two games in a row! Tonight they try to make it three against an Ottawa Senators team which has been playing some pretty good hockey lately. This game is the first of a home and home scenario which has both teams playing again tomorrow [...]
Bird of Prey
The Atlanta Thrashers got a lot better over the weekend and are trying hard to become the birds of prey that they were earlier in the year. They traded one of their top prospects, Braydon Coburn away to the Flyers for veteran Alexei Zhitnik and also traded a 1st round pick, 2nd round [...]
New Kid in Town
Anson Carter is officially a Carolina Hurricane! In a somewhat surprising move yesterday, Jim Rutherford was able to obtain Carter’s services for the rest of the year in exchange for a 5th round draft pick. Not too shabby! After scoring 33 goals and having a career year in 2005-06 while in Vancouver [...]
Feels Like the First Time
Glen Wesley picked a perfect time to score his first goal of the season. Not only was it his first of the season, it was his first goal in 82 games! Last night while the Canes were on the short side of a 4 on 3 situation in overtime, Wesley bravely joined a [...]
Time For Me to Fly
Tonight it’s time for the Canes to fly against the Flyers, the last place team in the entire league. Of course Philadelphia might be the worst team in the league, but that didn’t stop the Canes from losing to them at home on New Year’s Eve. This time, the Flyers don’t have the [...]
A Momentary Lapse in Reason
I’m breaking the tradition and using an album title instead of a song title today because I think it’s fitting. The Carolina Hurricanes pretty much controlled the hockey game last night against Atlanta except for a couple of momentary lapses. The first one was when Cam Ward allowed about the most flukiest [...]
Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day
The Carolina Hurricanes could find themselves in a virtual 3 way tie for 1st place in the Southeast Division with a win tonight against Atlanta and a loss by Tampa Bay. If the Canes lose, they would drop to 3rd place. That is skating on thin ice indeed! Amazingly enough, as inconsistent as [...]
The Captain and the Kid
The Captain, Rod Brind’Amour notched his 400th career goal last night and the kid, Chad LaRose got his second career NHL short handed goal, as the Carolina Hurricanes went on to beat the hapless Habs, 5-3. After a dismal 1st period in which Cam Ward had to make 17 saves on 18 shots to [...]
Fire and Ice
Which Carolina Hurricanes team will we see tonight? The one which looks like a Stanley Cup Champion or the one which can’t kill penalties or get any decent scoring chances on their power play? Caniacs have certainly witnessed both ends of the spectrum this year. The only consistency fans have seen is [...]
Somebody Get Me a Doctor
Rumor has it that Pete Karmanos has purchased a wing at Rex Healthcare to house and care for the ailing Carolina Hurricanes. Unfortunately, they are ailing in more ways than one. On the injury front, things are getting worse before they are getting better. Cory Stillman and Erik Cole remain off the [...]
Big Apple Dreamin’
The New York Rangers are dreaming of success in the playoffs this year. But right now they are on the outside looking in while sitting in 11th place in the Conference with 59 points. Their coach, Tom Renney believes that’s all about to change though. He believes they are primed for a [...]
Synchronicity I
Is it just me or do the Canes still seem to be a bit out of synch? Last night the play-making and passing was off at times, but the hustle was there when it needed to be and Carolina managed to beat Los Angeles, 2-1. The Kings were able to clutter up the [...]
Kings and Queens
Carolina plays the Los Angeles Kings tonight who are in last place in the Pacific Division with 47 points. The Kings have been playing more like queens for the most part this year, but the Canes can’t afford to take them lightly especially after losing to the last place Flyers who are the [...]
East Bound and Down
The Canes lost Saturday night in Minnesota and headed back home, east bound and down. It was a tough loss to take. The boys fought back from a 4-1 deficit and made a real game of it just losing 5-4. It’s too bad they had another 1st period lapse where they just made some poor [...]
Wild Night
Tonight the Canes take on the Wild in the final regular season game of the year for Carolina against the Northwest Division. The Canes have yet to win one of these, maybe tonight is the night to break the spell. It won’t be easy though, Minnesota is 19-5-3 at home which is one [...]
Hey Joe
The Czech Condor has returned to his perch. Today, the Hurricanes traded Eric Belanger to Nashville for the return of Joe Vasicek. This is a surprise move that nobody saw coming. While it had been rumored that the Preds were disappointed with Vasicek and he was being mentioned in some [...]
The Wizard
It took Ray “The Wizard” Whitney all of 1 minute and 40 seconds to beat the Bruins last night! He scored the fastest natural hat trick in the NHL so far this season. It was also the fastest hat trick in franchise history, crushing the previous record of 8 minutes and change [...]
Land of Confusion
Anton Babchuk is thinking. Jim Rutherford is stewing. The majority of the Caniac Nation is just confused. What’s up with Anton, and why won’t he accept his “temporary” assignment to Albany with a little class and dignity? Okay, at this point forget the class and dignity, why is he flat out [...]
C’est La Vie
“Such is life”, the Canes beat the Habs again! Ever since the Miracle at Molson back in 2002, the Montreal Canadiens seem to have been the cure for what ails the Carolina Hurricanes. It happened again last night as the Canes put an end to their 4 game losing streak and actually [...]
Rumors in the Air
The NHL rumor mongers are out in full force and of course the Hurricanes are right in the middle of them. But first things first, Frantisek Kaberle has been cleared to play tonight in Montreal! This will be the first game of the season for Frank, and he couldn’t have picked a better [...]
Every Now and Then
Saturday night the Hurricanes and Bruins played a mistake filled, penalty ridden game between two teams riding losing streaks. The ice was very soft and choppy which certainly didn’t help the game’s flow. Every now and then the Canes had flashes when they looked very good, but then they certainly had times when [...]
America Town
In what was probably the last official celebration for winning the 2006 Stanley Cup, the Hurricanes had a very special day in America Town, Washington DC yesterday. Regardless of your politics, this was a huge promotional event for the team and franchise, as well as for the league itself. Gary Bettman and others [...]
Lost in America
Has anyone seen this team lately? There are a bunch of mysterious strangers at the RBC dressed up in Hurricanes jerseys skating haphazardly around pretending to be 4 million dollar a year professional hockey players! They can’t be the same players we watched last year, can they? Consistency, confidence, never say die [...]
Cold
With 2 losses in a row and 4 losses in the past 5 games, the Carolina Hurricanes are as cold as they have been since the start of the season. On the other hand, the Tampa Bay Lightning are red hot having won 8 out of their last 10, although 4 of those 8 [...]
