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Actually, remembering any 2 plays by any player all season is a big whoop!

Carson Wentz, Jameis Winston, Baker Mayfield or Matt Ryan.... Please pick up the white courtesy phone.....

Unless the (as yet unnamed) franchise QB is getting sacked 5 times a game.

Cole Beasley incoming.....

Slavin is one of the best D-men in the league, but he and Bear running the PP is a far cry from what TDA brings to the point.

These guys may be headed into a 4-game slide. Washington tomorrow, Rangers and TB coming. That 8-point division lead will be gone by Monday.

2 PPs were terrible. Shots were thru the roof, but most of them were from distance. The best chances they had were with net front. It's gonna take strong play in front of this guy to get a puck past him.

I'm headed west in May to the San Diego area for the first time in about 20 years. I left at the end of 1992 because I saw the writing on the wall where the only thing keeping LA and SD from becoming one is Camp Pendleton. Traffic sucked, real estate thru the roof, and way too many people. My 50th HS reunion is in 2 years- I thought about that, but I kept up with none of them after I graduated.

I want to see Carolina dominate this game from beginning to end. I want to see 200' of hockey tonight. I want 2 points tonight. Last Time Out: The second half of a weekend back-to-back did not go the way of the Canes, as Pittsburgh earned their first victory over Carolina this season. Brett Pesce scored on his way to a career-high seven shots on goal and Sebastian Aho scored in the third period for a third straight game, but ultimately it was a pair of empty net goals that pushed the Penguins to the 4-2 final. In The Crease: Frederik Andersen will start tonight against his former club. Rod Brind'Amour said that it was his turn when speaking to reporters on Wednesday, so not a whole lot of thought needed to go into the situation. This will be Andersen's first time playing in Toronto with more than a crowd of 500, which was the case back on February 7 when Carolina traveled to Scotiabank Arena for the first time. Opposite Andersen will be rookie Erik Källgren, who recorded a 35-save shutout in his first NHL start on Tuesday over Dallas. 100 For Stevie: Steven Lorentz is set to play in his 100th NHL game tonight. Lorentz has already played in a career-high 54 games at the highest level this season and is in his second season with the club. At Home On The Road: Carolina's 18 (18-9-3) wins away from PNC Arena this season ranked tied for second in the NHL. Go Fish: Sebastian Aho enters tonight with point in five straight games and goals in three straight games. Good Through The End: The Canes have a +33 goal differential in third periods thus far this season. With that being the best in the NHL, Carolina has outscored their opponents 74-41 in the last 20 minutes of games. #88 Against Toronto: Having played the Maple Leafs four times in his career, Martin Necas has earned seven points in those meetings. With three goals and four assists, the third-year pro picked up an assist in the February 7 get together. Red On The Road: Toronto will be wearing their white St. Pats uniforms in honor of the St. Patrick's Day holiday tonight, so the Canes will be wearing red on the road for the first time this season. A Look At The Other Side: Toronto is 6-3-1 in their last ten games. Their 21 wins on home ice rank fourth in the NHL. They'll be without leading scorer Auston Matthews tonight, who is serving the second game in his two-game suspension.

"Tepper is a wild card, though. He doesn’t like to lose." After this much time, you'd think he's used to it by now.....

No idea it was this significant an injury. https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/nhl/carolina-hurricanes/article259430764.html Hurricanes’ Brendan Smith details the puck to the head that fractured his skull. The paralysis lasted only a few seconds, but for Brendan Smith, it seemed longer. “An eternity,” he said Tuesday. The Carolina Hurricanes defenseman was hit by a puck behind the left ear, just underneath his helmet, as he attempted to block a shot Feb. 20 against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Doctors later would tell him he suffered a fracture of the mastoid bone. They also told him it could have been a lot worse. “I got lucky,” Smith said. “Someone is looking after me up there. The doctor said, yeah, it’s a tough injury but it’s kind of a blessing it was where it was.” But at first, Smith said he had no feeling in his arms and legs. That’s what he told Canes trainer Doug Bennett as Bennett quickly bolted onto the ice. A lot of fear can fill a few seconds. “Then it was like everything came back — my legs, my feet, my hands and everything,” Smith said. “That was a really good feeling. I was able to skate off and I didn’t think anything was broken or anything. I was able to recognize where I was. I was with it. “Then we went to the doctor and there was bad news.” The good news: Smith’s recovery has been relatively quick. After missing the past 10 games, he was medically cleared Tuesday and joined a limited Canes practice at PNC Arena. Smith, 33, said does not yet have full hearing in his ear but was able to joke, “I can deal with that. Just yell a little louder.” He also noted that he could have taken the puck in the jaw and broken it. “Then we’re talking months of eating through a straw,” he said. Smith’s injury was followed the next game by an upper-body injury to defenseman Tony DeAngelo against Philadelphia. Missing two D-men, the Canes recalled Jalen Chatfield from Chicago of the AHL while readjusting the power-play units — Jaccob Slavin replaced DeAngelo as the quarterback on one unit while Ethan Bear took over for Slavin on the second. DeAngelo, out for nine games, returned to practice Tuesday but has not been cleared to play. Chatfield has been reassigned to the Chicago Wolves. “We have a good group and obviously they’ve been playing really hard and really well, and you see a guy like ‘Chatty’ jump up — I mean, he’s an NHL defenseman in my mind,” Smith said. Then came the shot by Danton Heinen of the Pens that fractured his skull. In a sport and at a position where injuries are both expected and plentiful, Smith said this was the worst of his 11-year career. “It’s a tough injury and tough to come back,” Canes assistant coach Tim Gleason said Tuesday. “The way he went down, it’s tough to watch and re-watch. It tells you he’s willing to do whatever it takes (to return).” Smith said he will wear extra protective equipment in games. But he’s ready to get back in the lineup as the Canes gear up to play three games in four days beginning with their road game Thursday in Toronto. And blocking shots? Smith’s ready for that, too, if need be. “My wife had some conversations with me about that but I’ll be out there blocking shots,” he said. “Nothing’s going to change. My game doesn’t change.”

I heard the same thing from Greg Hardy.

I'll take the owner to be named at a later date.

Okay. I did really laugh at this....

Thoughts and prayers......

Too early to make the call? SUPERB OWL!

Auston Matthews won't be facing the Carolina Hurricanes Thursday night. He was suspended by the league following a net-front cross checking duel with Rasmus Dahlin of the Buffalo Sabres. The Sabres won the game 5-2.

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I think there were a few ahead of DW who get that nod.

Yes sir. The Pens don't play until tomorrow (Tuesday night). There's no reason the Canes needed to be scheduled to start a game 20 hours from the time they left the ice. They could have easily scheduled the game for last night and pushed it out to 28 hours or so.

Would not have pulled Raanta the first time, let alone after. I think they had a better chance at tying 5 on 5.

You can see they're tired and, after the first 10 minutes of adrenalin, there's not much left in the tank.

Nobody but Slavin left in front of the net. Everyone else looking for the clear, weak, late in the period goal.

Who in their right mind thinks less than 24 hours between games is a good idea? WTF, NHL? As a result of this scheduling joke, the Pens are favored today. Looks like Raanta in net today while the rest of the lineup remains intact from yesterday. Last Time Out: A tight, grind-it-out-type game between the Canes and Flyers was decided with 3:50 to go in regulation, when Jordan Martinook tipped home the game-winning goal. Derek Stepan earned his 500th career point in his 800th NHL game in the affair, while Frederik Andersen made 28 saves in his return from injury. In The Crease: With Andersen having started yesterday, it would make sense for Antti Raanta to be the projected starter today. Raanta has started and won both of his team's games against the Penguins this season. Making 31 and 24 stops respectively, the 32-year-old earned his 100th NHL victory in the first outing, which came in Pittsburgh. In the more recent outing, Raanta shut the door over the final 49:21, turning away all 14 stops faced during that stretch. At Home On The Road: The Canes 18 (18-8-3) wins away from PNC Arena this season ranked tied for second in the NHL. Only Pittsburgh has more with their 19.