Rocky Davis

I know both Raanta and Andersen are FAs at the end of the year. After what Freddie showed do we re-sign him? I think we only re-sign one of Raanta or Andersen most likely, but Freddie showed up big time and kept us in all the games....and Raanta did as well in Game 2. I like Koochie, but I still don't see him as the starting goalie next year. Some tough decisions ahead.

I agree, this team played hard and through a lot of adversity in this series and lost by one goal each game with almost every ticky tack call going against them, all the injuries, playing two guys who were or would have been in the AHL (Mac and Drury) if we were healthy....nah I am not down on the team at all. Ghost was pretty bad in the ECF, he doesn't deserve to get a big $$$ contract but he will it just won't be from us. Pool Party doesn't know what he's supposed to be, I think Edmonton fugged him up. I think he needs to learn to play some good D with his size and be a third liner with some scoring potential. He looked lost in our "system." Patches and Svech and good health for our other players would have made this series different. Just bad luck!

Florida plays a low key dirty game and if the refs allow it they'll be in good shape. The stick between Freddie's legs/pads is just one of those examples where Florida got away with a lot of poo that should have been called. Injuries killed us.

Yeah, one of those bullshit calls by the NHL and the review center......that was never going the Canes way in Florida.

Congratulations the NHL refs and Panturds moving on to the Stanley Cup finals.

Staal is hurt, he usually doesn't pull up. Especially during the playoffs. I think we'll hear about some sort of upper body injury when the season is done.

This team is so depleted and isn't giving up....whole world against them and they are still grinding. #LetsGoCanes

Of all the teams I didn't want to play it was Florida. The way they came back against Boston and then took Toronto and now us out back behind the shed, I knew they would pose a huge challenge. They were the worst match up left for us and here we are. I give them credit, they have the neutral zone defended well and have been really good keeping us outside when we do gain the zone. Bob is out of his mind right now and we aren't getting any kind of breaks as far as posts or fluke goals. Still think we gotta throw everything remotely at Bob and have net front presence. Oh and for the love of he who is good and kind, please stop making cross ice passes unless they are available.

Aho hasn't been scoring, but no one really has. I am not going to place all the blame on Aho because the Canes are a score by committee team. He's played about as well as anyone on the team has besides our goalies. His defense has been great and most of his passes and shots have had purpose. I've seen a lot of crazy ass passes and plays from the Canes in the last three games that are really uncharacteristic. I don't know when we'll learn that cross ice passes aren't being allowed by Florida and you don't ALWAYS have to make an extra pass to get the puck on goal. It's infuriating seeing our guys give up shots to make an extra pass or try a cute little move only to lose possession or pass it off to a guy who shoots it right into the legs of the defender.

I would add that Nino could have been had.....the Jets got him, but I think he would have been a solid addition to the team. He also knew exactly what was expected and how we play! He was very affordable too! Would he have made a difference? I am not sure, but he scored a lot of dirty goals which would be welcome right now.

Yeah, I was on the "official" Canes board and those were some down times. I've heard people call Rod's style boring...I'm like go watch the Canes during the Bill Peters era. OMG I couldn't wait until they canned him, wish his dark news would have come out sooner so we could have gotten away from him sooner. At any rate, I'm glad the Canes have come so far since then and it would be nice to have a little luck and have our team healthy during the entire playoffs. Still my team through thick and thin and I am enjoying the success we've been having after all those lost seasons in the 10's. #LetsGoCanes

If someone told me we would hold Florida to an average of 2 goals per game through 3 games I would be ecstatic and thinking the Canes would have at least a 2-1 series lead. What I didn't expect was that we are averaging 1 goal per game. Somehow we were able to get through the first two rounds and our anemic offense went into hiding showing up here and there (mostly during the Islanders series). Now it's really obvious how much we miss Svech, how nice it would be to have Patches on the ice, and have Turbo not coming back from a broken hand and being really out of rhythm (he always is when he first comes back from injury). Throw in the fact that the refs have been poo this series and here we are...... I didn't think we'd get past the second round, and to be honest after Turbo went down I was prepared to go out to the Islanders so I am taking this in stride. I am pissed to be down 3-0 when we easily could be up 3-0 or 2-1. I am pleased to see our goalies plays so well, I never thought Andersen and Raanta would be so consistently solid. Give Bob his credit - he's made the saves needed to steal games and he's in the Canes head - along with us not being elite offensively is a bad combo. Oh yeah, having Staal obviously suffering from some kind of upper body injury doesn't help either. His line has still played well, but Staal isn't laying the wood like he was earlier in the playoffs and he can't put anything on his shot, let alone lift the puck when shooting. He's playing through it... I am not going to knock this team, they got farther than I thought they would and the fat lady hasn't sung yet. She is in the waiting room warming up though..... #LetsGoCanes

Yeah, the Devils don't play as "heavy" as Florida does, but they didn't put up 112 points for nothing. They play a style that allowed us to really impose our will and are young. They still were a good team. Agree that our scoring has disappeared at the worst time possible, but I do give credit to Bob and Florida's style of play. It's a tougher road to hoe. I think we need to shoot, shoot again, and shoot some more. We are going to have to start scoring those dirty, scramble goals and that hasn't happened. If that starts happening we can get back into this. #LetsGoCanes

The Canes are playing hard, but here's my issue with them: their turnovers in the neutral zone and way too many passes when shots are there and then shooting when a Panther is right in front of them and they get it blocked. Aho, Turbo, Necas (a huge offender of not shooting enough), Jarvis and Burns have all done this. The neutral zone turnovers are the entire team. It's been terrible and it has hurt us. I think we need more solid net front presence and pepper Bob with shots. Shoot the dang puck when the shot it there, pretty don't win hockey games.

Neither of those teams are terrible, the Canes have been playing well. Both of these games could have gone either way, it's not even close to being like the Rangers series last year. The team isn't playing as well as they did against the Devils, but they have played well enough to be up 2-0 or tied 1-1. Bob is locked in and we've seen what he can do when he gets in these zones. Just have to keep plugging.... You guys are throwing this team under the bus a little and it's not warranted.

Yeah, Staal almost always gets 3-4 hits in a game - he is solid and lays good, legal checks. Something isn't right because he had 3 or 4 chances to lay into some Panthers and he didn't.

Jarvis, Turbo, and Necas are Top 6 talent. (Turbo when healthy, his rhythm is definitely off and he doesn't need to be on Staal's line). Skjei and Pesce are 2nd tier D lineman and Chatty could be put on a 2nd pair I believe. We have more talent than you give us credit for.

Our goalies have not been the issue, they have been great. We do need a more consistent scoring threat. Svech would be helpful, but hasn't shown that he is a consistent goal scorer. Patches kinda did before he tore his Achilles completely...he is a goal scorer.

I think they were hitting just like they have been in Game 1. Tonight, not as much hitting probably due to fatigue and Staal didn't hit anything....I think his shoulder is hurt.

Tough one again, our lack of scoring has reared it's ugly head. See a lot of hate for Aho and I know he's not scoring, but neither is anyone else for the Canes. Aho's game has been solid overall...I've seen worse from our other forwards. Turbo needs to go 1st line and Noesen maybe to the 3rd. This team is tough enough to win 2 in Florida, if they do they are back in the series. If they only get 1 I don't see it.

He has been damn good 98% of his starts. Stepan needs a rest and maybe Stastny too.

Totally agree, but they saw how the refs were calling it and kept doing it. You have to adjust sometimes....

Canes played sloppy pretty much all night, it was not even a good performance. Freddie and luck kept us in this game. Uncharacteristic neutral zone turnovers and so much icing....I thought we were trying to make a cake. This was the kind of game that we would have stolen if we won....we didn't and the boys need to find their A game now. They played hard, but terrible decision making across the entire game.

Where's @glenwo2

Civian was OK, but her undying love of the Bruins can go suck it.