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9/19/2009 1:40:03 PM

Babchuk has signed with Avgard Omsk. We get nothing.

9/20/2009 8:15:50 AM

any of yall get to the carnival today? got pretty much all the autos except staal and brindy, but i got them last year

9/20/2009 4:03:27 PM

This was the first time I ever did the autograph session. We got to 3 of the 5 tables. Didn't get to the tables with Staal or Brind'Amour.

This was the reason I went:



Looking pretty nice on my wall.

9/20/2009 4:05:26 PM

yeah those are the three tables i got to also. probably saw you at some point

9/20/2009 4:14:28 PM

I hung out with ^^ so we have the same signatures, but I'm excited so I'm gonna post my jersey.

9/20/2009 5:35:36 PM

Scott Walker was so PISSED that he signed outside the logo

9/20/2009 6:09:11 PM

for the next autograph run we SO need to print up all the tww photoshops and have people sign them

9/20/2009 6:10:36 PM

^YES!

9/20/2009 6:51:42 PM

Anyone else doing a fantasy hockey league? Between that and the preseason game Friday night, I am pretty pumped for the season!

9/20/2009 10:47:17 PM

Lineup for tonight's game in Atlanta, 7 PM on 99.9:

Samsonov - Brind'Amour - Walker
Kostopoulos - Yelle - Conboy
Goertzen - Ryan - Dwyer
Bowman - Sutter - Boychuk

Alberts - Wallin
Harrison - Carson
Rodney - McBain

Leighton
Peters

9/21/2009 12:12:23 PM

what happened to Casey Borer? I stopped hearing about him after the bus accident. I would have thought he'd be in the NHL by now.

9/21/2009 12:15:29 PM

Not looking good for his career. He was supposed to be back for this season but now there are complications with his neck and he has to have surgery again. I don't think he will ever play regularly in the NHL now.

9/21/2009 12:17:02 PM

i'm getting tickets for three games, one of which is this friday's game, and i was going to get tickets for opening night, but lacrosse games will prevent me from attending both.

9/21/2009 8:22:03 PM

We lose 4-2 in Atlanta. Crowd of like 500 people at the game due to the flooding (and the fact that it's a preseason Thrashers game).

Not a big deal since this was our lineup:

Samsonov - Brind'Amour - Walker
Kostopoulos - Yelle - Conboy
Goertzen - Ryan - Dwyer
Bowman - Sutter - Boychuk

Alberts - Wallin
Harrison - Carson
Rodney - McBain

Leighton
Peters

And this was theirs:

Kovalchuk-Antropov-Little
Kozlov-White-Peverley
Fritsche-Reasoner-Armstrong
Boulton-Slater-Thorburn

Hainsey- Kubina
Enstrom- Postma
Vernace- Popovic

Hedberg
Legace

9/21/2009 9:22:32 PM

LOL that is their opening night lineup pretty much

9/22/2009 12:51:34 PM

I'm in the process of looking for a better picture of the actual scratch-off, but this will have to do for now:

9/23/2009 12:09:32 AM

hahaha i'll have to play that once

9/23/2009 12:26:48 AM

I saw the commercial for that last night. It's basically Ric Flair WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOing at an old woman the entire time.

Did enjoy.

9/23/2009 8:31:30 AM

lol that's real?


Staal is now a proud father, and the kid was born here in Raleigh... meaning when that kid gets god it'll say birthplace Raleigh, NC

[Edited on September 23, 2009 at 9:58 AM. Reason : ]

9/23/2009 9:50:39 AM

here is the even better Ric Flair Woooo Scratch-Off ticket commercial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OnB_jalI4U

we will probably see it about 4 million times this season

9/23/2009 12:21:26 PM

Sutter looking to make some noise

Quote :

"RALEIGH -- Talk about being a rapid riser in training camp. Brandon Sutter was centering the Carolina Hurricanes' top line Wednesday. There was a hitch, however. Eric Staal was at home with his wife, Tanya, after the birth Tuesday of their first child -- Parker Lucas Staal. But Sutter is pushing -- hard -- to be in the lineup. The Canes' first-round draft pick in 2007 was in noticeably better shape in prospects camp, has played well throughout the team training camp and played very well Monday night in Carolina's 4-2 exhibition loss in Atlanta. "We noticed it in rookie camp, that we could see the improvement in his development with his leg strength and his stride, his quickness -- basically everything he did," general manager Jim Rutherford said. "Which is natural at his age. But he took a big step from where he was a year ago and carried that from rookie camp into this camp. "Something we've known all along was his hockey sense. He's a very smart player, and he's playing very well." The Canes have talked in terms of having Sutter, 20, open the season with the Albany River Rats, the team's American Hockey League affiliate. Let him play on a line with winger Zach Boychuk, Carolina's No. 1 pick in 2008, get a lot of ice time and then perhaps bring him up as the season progresses. But that plan may change. Sutter has performed so well Rutherford said he's now in the mix for a top-nine forward spot. "Does he need to be top-nine to stay here? No," Rutherford said. "But if he's not a top-nine and not getting the ice time that he should get, then it would be better to get the ice time [in Albany]." Does Sutter stack up as a top-nine forward thus far in camp? "Based on how he's played, yes," Rutherford said. "He's done everything he can do." A year ago, the Canes faced a different decision with Sutter, the son of Calgary Flames coach Brent Sutter: either return him to his junior team, Red Deer of the Western Hockey League, or keep him on the roster. Sutter opened the season with the Hurricanes, playing 50 games as a fourth-center and penalty killer before being sent to Albany late in the season on a conditioning stint. Sutter stayed with the Rats, playing 22 games, then joined the "Black Aces" -- players added to the Hurricanes' roster -- for the Stanley Cup playoffs. Perhaps the most memorable moment of Sutter's rookie season was the huge hit he took from the New York Islanders' Doug Weight. Sutter was knocked unconscious in the Oct. 25 game, and the concussion sidelined him for eight games. Sutter also went through his first NHL coaching change in early December -- out with Peter Laviolette, in with Paul Maurice. He had to prove himself to a new coach. A lanky type at 6 feet 3 inches and 183 pounds, Sutter tried but couldn't pack on many pounds in the offseason but did focus on improving his lower-body strength. "A lot of leg-building and leg exercises," said Sutter, who worked with a trainer. "A lot of jumping stuff, kind of working on explosiveness, quickness." Sutter said that for the first time in a few years he did some power skating in August, and it showed in his fitness at the prospects camp. "I think that helped, for sure," he said. "It was technical stuff, working on the stride. And another part of it was just getting older and a little more mature, a little stronger." Sutter was one of the stars as Carolina won the NHL Prospects Tournament in Traverse City, Mich., early this month. That momentum carried over into training camp. "I came here with some confidence," Sutter said. The Canes are loaded with centers -- Staal, Matt Cullen, Rod Brind'Amour, Stephane Yelle, Sutter, Michael Ryan. Jussi Jokinen may be used on the wing, but that still leaves a numbers game. "I think if I play well enough I'll have a chance to play a lot of minutes," Sutter said. "But you never know. You don't worry about it -- you just play. "Obviously I have no desire to go down to Albany. I'll just see what happens." Rutherford, who takes more of a big-picture view, isn't ruling out anything. Sutter could be in a Hurricanes sweater or in Albany on opening day. "Starting in Albany wouldn't be because he had a bad camp or because we don't think he can play," Rutherford said. "It's part of the plan of what's the right way for him to develop and have the kind of confidence to be a really, really good player when he's here and he's a regular.""

9/24/2009 11:12:52 AM

Staal was back today, getting some nice shots past ward.

Sutter has gotten taller but shit, he's pretty damn thin.

I'd also just like to reaffirm my love for Chad LaRose. The whole team has definitely got some chemistry going.

9/24/2009 12:16:00 PM

yeah i made a comment to my wife at the carnival about how skinny he was. looked more like a punter than a hockey player

9/24/2009 12:17:52 PM

Some lady got pissed at me on the Canes Facebook page:

Quote :

" Carolina Hurricanes Paul Maurice said today that Joni Pitkanen (knee surgery) would not play an exhibition game, but should return to practice next week. - Robin MacMillan Perhaps he'll miss most of the season... don't really need him anyway. - Jonathan Hawkins lol what Yeah who needs the best defenseman on the team - Robin MacMillan Obviously ya'll didn't attend many games to see him (1) just standing around (2) letting the puck go past him on our power plays, causing us to have to regroup in the neutral zone (3) responsible for more turnovers than anyone else on the team. YEAH! He's an awesome player... in his own dreams!! - Jonathan Hawkins I'd be interested to know where you are getting your stats since Pitkanen had 27 giveaways last year, behind Ray Whitney (41), Rod Brind'Amour (40), Eric Staal (37), Joe Corvo (36), Sergei Samsonov (34), Tuomo Ruutu (31), and Dennis Seidenberg (29). He also had more ice time than any of those players except Joe Corvo. He was also 5th on the team in powerplay assists (only Joe Corvo had more for the d-men). I am glad that people who don't understand the game are getting into it and becoming bigger fans; it's awesome for the team and speaks well for the future, but you should really start to pay closer attention before you start bashing our players. Pitkanen has the most raw talent of anyone on our blue line, and with the right coaching can be one of the best two way defensemen in the NHL. - Robin MacMillan I am no statistician, in fact statistics bore me. They are only as accurate and honest as the people who report them- Screw you for saying that I don't understand the game. I have been a season ticket holder for 6 years and have 2 kids who play RYHA. I'm not bashing anyone. Even if I were, it is my First Ammendment right... - Jonathan Hawkins Well, technically it's not, because this is a private website. But anyway, you have the right to criticize whoever you want. I respect your opinion. I was just pointing out that you said he was responsible for more turnovers than anyone else on the team, and in fact, he wasn't. It is MY opinion that anyone who watches Joni play on a nightly basis should be able to recognize how smart he is with his pinching decisions, and how crisp his passes usually are. Not to mention the fact that he was able to successfully cover for Babchuk defensively for most of the second half of the season. I would like to see Mo take the reigns off of him a bit this year if he is going to be paired with Ward. I guess what I am saying is to give Joni another look. I suspect that there is more to your criticism than his actual play (is it because he was traded for Cole? because he is a quiet kind of enigmatic Finnish guy?), but maybe I'm off base."

[Edited on September 24, 2009 at 1:32 PM. Reason : .]

9/24/2009 1:31:47 PM

95%, and that's a low estimate, of the people that post comments on the canes facebook stuff are special ed qualified. I generally don't comment or "like" anything they post because I don't want 20 notifications from retards.

9/24/2009 2:09:19 PM

Same here, but I couldn't pass that one up

9/24/2009 2:20:19 PM

i'm resisting the urge to dominate her, but i can't really top anything you said.

pitkanen is easily one of the better players on the team. he can do some crazy things with the puck (i.e. pass across the entire offensive zone to jussi against nj) and his speed is a huge asset (epecially when recovering for babchuk's bullshit), and contrary to what many flyers fans think, he can be physical when he needs to

9/24/2009 2:29:37 PM

plz to post any updates from that awesome display of pwnage

9/24/2009 2:31:34 PM

oh man that comment thread is great, especially since it got deleted

1) she don't need no stats

2) her credentials are impeccable -- her kids play youth hockey

3) the first ammendment (sic) claim where it doesn't apply, followed by the deletion of the comments

if it was still open i'd have posted something like HEY HAWKINS KEEP THEM NUMBERS OUT OF HERE. I AIN'T MUCH FOR FIGURIN NEITHER, ALLS I KNOW IS PITTKINEN SUUUUUUUUCKS. AN I DONT THINK HE WAS BORN IN AMERICA NOWAYS

[Edited on September 24, 2009 at 2:54 PM. Reason : /]

9/24/2009 2:51:56 PM

They didn't get deleted; it's on the friend page, though, not the fan page. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=724315286

9/24/2009 2:54:37 PM

WELL I AINT GOOD WITH THE FACEBOOKS NEITHER BUT REDNECK HOCKEY OR GIT OUT THE WAY

9/24/2009 2:55:40 PM

lol

9/24/2009 2:56:26 PM

Does anywhere locally do jersey numbering other than the Eye or will I have to send the jersey away to get this done? Unfortunately, the colors arent the same as the Canes.

9/24/2009 3:03:24 PM

Do you want Canes numbers in a different color or just block numbers or what? Five Hole Sports on Buck Jones in Cary can do lots of jersey stuff.

9/24/2009 3:11:15 PM

I joined a team this season and bought the blank jersey to match the rest of the guys, im just looking to get numbers added. Im looking for red with white borders, like the Rags home jerseys.

9/24/2009 3:29:22 PM

lol at whoever posted

Quote :

"Yo Robin, I'm really happy for you and Imma let you "finnish", but Enrico Ciccone was one of the worst hurricanes defenseman of all time! OF ALL TIME"

9/24/2009 3:34:48 PM

twas i

9/24/2009 3:37:48 PM

I had the feeling it was someone from here

9/24/2009 3:44:23 PM

Quote :

"I joined a team this season and bought the blank jersey to match the rest of the guys, im just looking to get numbers added. Im looking for red with white borders, like the Rags home jerseys."

Five Hole can do that, no problem.

9/24/2009 3:48:11 PM

Quote :

"HEY HAWKINS KEEP THEM NUMBERS OUT OF HERE. I AIN'T MUCH FOR FIGURIN NEITHER, ALLS I KNOW IS PITTKINEN SUUUUUUUUCKS. AN I DONT THINK HE WAS BORN IN AMERICA NOWAYS"

HILARIOUS

9/24/2009 3:54:45 PM

lol

9/24/2009 4:43:20 PM

^^^ Ill check them out, thanks for the suggestion.

And to get this back on track with the Hurricanes, Tuomo Ruutu is sitting a few tables over from me at Helios right now.

9/24/2009 5:51:45 PM

Lineups for tonight?

9/25/2009 9:24:48 AM

The lines today had Eric Staal centering Erik Cole and Ray Whitney, with Matt Cullen at center with Tuomo Ruutu and Jussi Jokinen. Rod Brind'Amour had Sergei Samsonov and Chad LaRose on the wings.

Two other lines on the ice: Scott Walker, Stephane Yelle and Tom Kostopoulos, and Zach Boychuk, Brandon Sutter and Pat Dwyer.

Sutter's line will sit out tonight's game, Canes coach Paul Maurice said. Also defensemen Tim Conboy and Jamie McBain as the Canes go with the veteran roster.

9/25/2009 11:17:52 AM

Boychuk and Dwyer sent packing

9/25/2009 12:43:12 PM

what did we do with Babchuk?

9/25/2009 2:09:53 PM

^seriously??

9/25/2009 2:17:00 PM

WITH THE CANES???

9/25/2009 3:46:04 PM

9/25/2009 4:04:15 PM