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Yeah, guess where they were getting their asses kicked last night? Canada?

It's going to look like a 5-on-5 penalty kill with a bunch of gassed Canes players protecting their own net. Hell, if I'm the opponent I'd be short-shifting my guys and just run rampant up and down the ice all night.

That's utter and complete bullsh!t. The increased possibility of injury due to having guys on the ice twice as much as they normally would be is fugging ridiculous. I can't believe the NHLPA is allowing the NHL to go forward with this, especially given how early in the season this is and how easy it would be to modify schedules to accommodate everyone.

Calgary added 17 more to their list.

My biggest complaint right now is the obvious lack of transparency and forthcoming on the part of the NHL right now. Virtually nothing new this morning following a league-wide conference call last night, while both the NBA and NFL are facing a huge number of players testing positive. Last season the NHL was on top of the world when it came to protocols and player safety, yet this year it seems they're trying any and everything to get as many games in as possible, perhaps risking a league-wide pandemic in the process.

https://www.nhl.com/news/carolina-hurricanes-minnesota-wild-game-postponed-due-to-covid-19/c-328987178 The game between the Carolina Hurricanes and Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center on Tuesday has been postponed after four more Hurricanes entered NHL COVID-19 protocol. Forwards Jordan Staal, Andrei Svechnikov and Steven Lorentz, and defenseman Ian Cole entered protocol on Tuesday, one day after Carolina forwards Sebastian Aho and Seth Jarvis, and a member of the training staff, did. The NHL said it will provide a further update Wednesday. The Hurricanes are scheduled for a home game against the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday, when the Wild are scheduled to play the Buffalo Sabres in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Hurricanes' game at the Wild was the ninth postponed this season because of COVID-19 concerns. The NHL announced Monday that the Calgary Flames had three games postponed, at the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday, at the Nashville Predators on Tuesday and at home against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday. The New York Islanders had games Nov. 28 (New York Rangers) and Nov. 30 (Philadelphia Flyers) postponed, and the Ottawa Senators had games Nov. 16 (New Jersey Devils) Nov. 18 (Predators) and Nov. 20 (Rangers) postponed. The NHL had 55 games postponed last season; all were made up as part of a 56-game schedule. Email Sha

The league is heading for a holiday screeching halt. Wouldn't surprise me to see the whole thing shut down until after the holidays. Don't forget how many NHL guys are supposed to play for their Olympic teams as well. How about when those guys start testing positive....

Those were the days.... I still have a mint #57 Lamar Lathon jersey from that season when he had 13.5 sacks, Kevin Greene had 14.5, Sam Mills had 5.5 and Carlton Bailey had 2.5. Those 4 linebackers also had 7 fumble recoveries.

True. But this fan base believes Sam Darnold is a crap QB, regardless of the O-line. On the other hand, the same fan base believes Cam Newton's issues are because of the O-line. Just depends on the weather, I guess.....

The current Panther D may be the most overrated they've ever been.

I'm curious why Pittsburgh let the Conner go? He looked like a legit player and can catch out of the back field. Between him, Kirk and Hopkins at WR, what more does Arizona need? Granted, the end of the game was horrible- everything about Arizona's clock management when they recovered the on-side kick was brutally inept.

Because Tampa Bay would find a way to field a team with a $120M in salaries.....

Cole & Smith have played left & right D and I expect that to be the deciding factor before putting Chats on the left side where he has no experience. Late news last night said Aho & Jarvis are in Vancouver for 10 days, likely to miss 6 games. I know this is a team effort, but it was painfully obvious who was out of the lineup against Vancouver. I don't do social media, but I'm sure there's more accurate and up to date info since 11PM last night.

Aho & Jarvis live together and Calgary is shutting it down with 6 players out.

Both were left in Vancouver. This team is in trouble if RBA can't put together 3 decent lines. I thought the team announced 100% vaccination, not that it's a bullet-proof vest, but that many breakthrough cases? Anyone know how many guys have to go down before they can postpone games?

My 3rd deployment in the Navy was 1979 and we got stuck in Japan for 2 1/2 months, so I got a part time job in a local beer bar working 6 to midnight. Every night the place was full of guys still in their suits and ties just getting tore up on red beer (beer & tomato juice) to the point they could hardly walk. Every night, over & over. And these weren't guys out to have a couple drinks and laugh and joke with their buds. These were guys on a mission. It was, "My life sucks, my job sucks and all I do is work, drink, go home drunk and go back and do it again." It was fugging depressing to watch that poo every night.

I think they've already left and, if Aho did get quarantined, we would have heard by now.

Chatfield has 7 games with the Canes now. Not sure how that plays into the mess, but can't he be reassigned to Chicago? Also, what the heck are the plans for Jake Gardiner? He's costing this team $4M this year and next.

They are both out of the league's protocol and can rejoin the team, however they were quarantined and, much like Ethan Bear was confined to a hotel room in San Jose and didn't have his legs back for a couple days after being released, TDA and Pesce might be the same. That being said, I don't know when they were officially released from protocol and there's a chance they've been on the ice for a couple days while the Canada trip was wrapping up for the rest of the team.

So, the Canes lost a tough one Sunday night. Hey, they're down 2 top defensemen and their top scorer was out with an illness. It's been a week of late night hockey games as the western Canada road trip winds down, so I missed the second half of the game last night. But, what I find refreshing and important is when the Canes lose a game, it's not the end of the world and this board doesn't fill up with pages of threads calling for coaches to be fired, trade players, cut players, stop going to games, stop watching games, stop caring about the team, burn down the stadium, etc. like another message board does here on a weekly basis. Thank you all for remaining civil, remaining calm and enjoying the game. Thanks for supporting the Canes and keeping a positive attitude going forward, knowing they're going to lose a game on occasion. I'll lurk and occasionally post something sarcastic on the Panthers board, but it's gotten as toxic and nasty as the Tinderbox. It's a game, folks.

Hulu is carrying it as well. I don't have Hulu or ESPN+, so I hope it's on DirecTV somewhere.....

Vancouver is not good. This is disappointing.