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I saw it earlier but didn’t pay it attention…why is this frigging game at 8:00? I’m lying in bed sick and don’t want to wait an extra hour for this garbage. 

Literally not even any young guys to watch and get excited for. So depressing. 

2 minutes ago, Anybodyhome said:

C mon guys! I'm 66 and I'll be up for this.  I'll give you a break if you work early and/or have kids....

Kidding. Will be watching just like Friday, will be standing in front of the TV cuz come the third period if I sit, I'll fall asleep.

I roll out of bed at 5:45 and get to work then get home at 6:00 for second shift… a 2 year old, 8 month old, and needy wife.

Glad they’re getting this west coast swing out this early. Nothing worse than getting into a groove watching the games and then there’s a 2 week layover out west. I’m not a young man anymore and work + kids drain me by 9:00. 

3 hours ago, bLACKpANTHER said:

yes.. yesss.. let the tank commence

 

Bouk was the tank commander though. 
 

Cant be drinking while driving a tank. Ask the Russians. 

17 minutes ago, 4Corners said:

Old Super rich Christian fascist white guys loving them some middle class snake oil salesman holding a Bible as an advisor on things they shouldnt be advising 

name a more iconic duo 

Not sure if there is a point somewhere in here or this is just some word salad with every woke buzzword available.

For the record, I have no clue who Jack Easterby is. 

6 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

Not bad, I think he’s one six guys fighting for fourth line duty along with Martinook, Kase, Stromwall, Stepan, and Noesen.

Again, without seeing them this preseason, my gut goes with Marty-Drury-Kase out of those guys. 

1 minute ago, MillionDollarCam said:

He was an additional piece that was thrown in by Vegas in the Paccioretty deal. He looks like he could be a good third pairing puck moving defenseman and QB the second power play.

Seems like they’ve been searching for a PP QB2 for a while and were hoping Bear could be that. Seemed like he was doing well too before his absence last year (I want to say COVID but can’t remember?). 
 

How has my dude Drury looked?

I haven’t been able to watch much but seems like Coghlan has been doing well. Can’t say I even knew who he was a week ago. If him and de Haan can be serviceable that’s a really strong D. 

So what are our most likely defensive pairings?

Not quite the same but Corey Maggette and Ben Gordon. 

Basically the entire Bobcats era minus Wallace and Kemba. 

On 9/9/2022 at 5:16 PM, DeSim said:

Byron Mullens…man, was that tough to watch. 

Don’t be hating on my man Byron. 

Saw a Canes shirt at my office today in Anderson, SC. There are literally dozens of us down here in SC!

1 hour ago, TrevorLaurenceTime22 said:

Of course right after I posted a response to this literally two hours later my wife let me know she's pregnant with our third... haha I'm so done after that I'm almost 40.

Congratulations!

Please not Tepper. 

Alright, I had to look up the lines on Daily Faceoff. It’s been a long offseason- totally forgot about adding Burns, Stastny, and Kase. Also who the fook is Dylan Coghlan and Lane Pederson? I’m assuming Drury slides in somewhere too. 

2 hours ago, lightsout said:

 

Literally same. Shall we join our houses and strengthen the realm?

Lol we need some help bad over here. I haven’t been this out of the loop on my teams in a long time. House has never been this messy either. Who knew a 2 year old could trash an entire house.

Been out of the loop for most of the off-season with my 7 month old and 2 year old. What are our lines looking like right now? 

1 hour ago, kungfoodude said:

I find it pretty strange we didn't have a prospect database already.

That explains a lot.

Unfortunately a database itself doesn't mean anything. The Hurricanes have done a tremendous job with theirs. On the other end of the spectrum you have former Hornets GM Rich Cho who bombed with his database. 

Who knew all it took was a picture of 3 circles to completely confuse a bunch of Tar Holes. I guess that’s what fake classes gets you. 

19 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

Yeah, the center is supposed to hold a common thread with all three circles, but it doesn't.  Baker has nothing in common with either USC's, Carolina (North or South) or Sam Darnold.

I think that's the joke.

SoCal - Caleb Williams

SCar - Spencer Rattler

Panthers - Baker Mayfield

The link is that all 3 have a former Oklahoma QB as their starter. 

This is my first time watching Fan Fest. This is extremely underwhelming. 

15 minutes ago, jayboogieman said:

Could always go big and have Thor play some minutes at SF.

Thor is not an NBA player at the moment. At best an end of the bench rotation guy. 

32 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

For those that are interested, this account has been calling everything we do.

Burns Trade

Pacioretty Trade

Tkachuk Interest

This tweet followed after by a verified insider…

Then the response…

Whoever this is has a hell of a source.

Interesting. I'll have to keep up with this one. 

51 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

Regardless of the opinions of Waddell, rumors are that Tkachuk was headed to Carolina before Florida stepped in at the last minute… the deal had even progressed to Tkachuk indicating that he’d be willing to go to Carolina. However, Florida stepped in at the last minute. I for one am glad that we didn’t try to go toe to toe with the package that Florida sent to Calgary. There are other options out there like Tarasenko and Kane which will be less expensive.

Tkachuk would be perfect for this team. Just curious what it would have cost in the trade to get him. Obviously a lot.