lightsout

Yeah that's the only thing I can think. He hasn't been firm since he got dinged up. Sucks

No clean looks for them. In front of everything. Don't fug this chance up

Jordan is a giant but goddamn if he don't pull up from destroying people. If he's not going to use his frame on the boards, he needs to keep his ass net front and give us room at least

FAST! Let's fuging go

We're getting absolutely mugged all the way down the ice. Jesus Christ.

I'm so tired of seeing our guys get ran and hip checked into oblivion. Start. Running. Their. poo.

So timeout at 5 minute mark and then it's balls to the wall right?

Keep shooting. Bob has to feel pressure the rest of the way.

I'm so sick of having pucks just sail by guys. Slot, on the boards, corners, point. I get they're tired but Florida has more control than us and that's absolutely making a difference.

I don't want a single one of you first period doomers to get hope now. You stay pessimistic the rest of this game. It's working lol

Hard to blame Freddie when the man was left alone on the doorstep. Slight adjustment to get centered and it slips under the pad. But it doesn't matter anyway. Lot of hockey left to play. 2 goal lead is the third worst lead in hockey

That goal was just the sort of thing we've failed to do this entire series save for like, two of our goals.

Aho getting boxed for EXACTLY what Florida has done this whole series with absolutely no call is just lol

The V has that power. Wait what?

That was a flop. Jesus Christ that's a routine push

Here's the reality, and it's the first time I'll have questioned Rod's coaching possibly. The boys have worked hard as hell. They've absolutely given the effort. Nobody with two functioning eyes can in good faith say they haven't. So we're struggling. Either A) Bob is a god, B) Florida is a better hockey team or C) our strategy/lines aren't working. Now, multiple of these can be true simultaneously but the reality is this. If we roll the same lines and the same game plan in game 4, then Rod failed. Period. Even if we win, it's not a winning strategy for the series. If we mix it up and still lose? Then so be it. But you HAVE to try something new

Martinook - Aho - Teravainen Noesen - Kotkaniemi - Jarvis Drury - Staal - Fast There's no reason that as our first three lines couldn't work. Marty can get to the dirty areas well and has shown that.

Marty, Aho, Turbo could work. Absolutely. Noesen with KK is also a really strong idea for the second line. After that you're just making best combinations for 3 and 4 and hoping your top 2 lines net a few. Hell, if you jump out to a comfortable lead and you're trying to play a little tougher with smoother lines, revert back to normal lines. But as long as it's within reach, you gotta shake poo up

Alright now this is a treat. If you look really close here, you'll notice a little gleam. This gleam has ENORMOUS value because it allows one to carry on for months on end without the slightest bit of dread. This is called Hopium. It is amazing. And, oh my, this appears to be from a ridiculously pure source. What an absolute beauty. 4 GAME SWEEP TO CLOSE BABY! LORD STANLEY'S CUP WILL REQUIRE BLOOD BEFORE YOU ENTER HIS FINAL TEST AND BLOOD WE SHALL GIVE!

Alright you salty sons of bitches, time for me to dust off the old Canes Blog energy to bring some joy. I'm like that uncle you remember fondly but then he shows up drunk and at first it's endearing but then by the end of it you're like "he's funny but goddamn dude". Anyway, before the Canes wake up and realize the house is on fire and dominate 4 straight to advance, let's look at the multiple train crashes that lead us here. 1. Sergei "Playing Like He Wants Dad To Move Back And Love Me Again" Bobrovsky This absolute unit who does a Christian Bale weight transformation every two days is playing the best net time of his career. As he should because goddamn is his goal scoring in front average. You see, Bob knows he's fuged if he doesn't play like a man possessed by the power of Florida Man. I think checking his locker for bath salts is fair at this point. But the thing with Florida Man? He always dies or goes to jail. Eventually anyway. So just give it another period or so. 2. The Forecheck: Ode To A Sad Time If you've ever seen somebody drowning while frantically fighting until the bubbles stop, then you've seen the Canes offensive zone this series. It's just a lot of sadness. Seabass is floundering, Turbo is out of gas, Marty is less hearty, and Necas is....bad. But it's cool, because soon there will be a new unsung hero that will drag us to 4 straight kicking and screaming because Jordan secretly wants to play golf. His name? Jesperi Kotkaniemi. That's right, our loveable little loser who flashes brilliance before forgetting if he's right or left footed for a full period is going to have a lot more minutes. He's got that little bit of fight in him we need to get net front and he'll start the floodgates opening in game 4. Or he won't and he'll be shipped out for a ham sandwich by August. 3. Brindy's Crazy Eyes This genius psycho is tapping into his inner Ron Rivera with his post-game pressers, but that's not the problem. It's his goddamn eyes. It's clearly throwing off Seabass. Look at this motherfuger. Fishy is scared of the eyes, and I think that's reasonable. But those crazy eyes are attached to a mind that motivates so thank God for them. Hopefully he has a rousing speech that distracts from the sheer terror emanating from the upper half of his face. 4. Freddie "C'mon, Somebody Please Help" Andersen This is our guy right here. This calm, cool and collected motherfuger has been every bit as good as Bob, just without the scoring. Once KK starts tapping into his inner Crosby, Freddie is going to enter into the 5th dimension where he will cause pucks to divert out of respect for his greatness. Buckle up, motherfugers. Come Wednesday night, we're going to be in here celebrating the start of the wildest playoff turnaround in modern hockey.

135 shots on Bobrovsky across 4 games 132 saves. We're 100% hoping for his team to fail him. They block a ton of shots and take away any chance at great looks consistently. Extremely frustrating.

This. Svech brought this, and Patches could (less so now in his age, but still). They were the balance to Aho and Turbo slicing teams up and the physicality of those guys allowed our scorers to be able to get ice for good chances.

Bob isn't always this level of good because no goalie is. Cam Ward NEVER maintained his Conn Smythe performance levels but nobody doubts he was an absolute monster in net. Yall best stop pretending Bob is just another goalie. Dude is different and always has been.

Like look at Freddie's uninspiring pad design. It's very Cary Price levels of class which is fine, but tell me you wouldn't net a fuging hatty per shift if your goalie was rocking this Nedeljkovic never became the dominant ner presence I envisioned him to develop into, but his pad design was fuging slick