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No way last night's game even goes to a shootout if the refs had whistled at least one of the pretty egregious penalties during the OT.

For Canes fans, I'm not sure how you arrive at anything besides NYR, Boston and Washington/Tampa Bay.

Pesce clearly got boarded with no call. Svech got held and pulled down twice. Any of those calls gets a 4 on 3 OT the game is over.

Got jobbed by the refs.

Note to NHL: 1. Lose the shootout. 2. Zero points for an OT loss. Somple fix to eliminate what the Caps did.

Think the Pens will stall OT to force a shootout like the Caps?

That's happened more than once with the Canes this season.

Make this PP work, lock down the last few and call it a night.

Fug Letang & Guentzel- borderline dirty players. And the older players get, the more shortcuts they'll take.

Can't score unless you shoot the puck.

Pittsburgh going with Alex Nedeljkovic tonight.

I'm going Aho tonight in PA.

I have another holiday thing tonight and I'll probably miss the 1st and part of the 2nd....

A reach-around?

He'll be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season, so he's playing to get paid. Even if he does get traded, he'll be handed a contract either when the trade is done or at the end of the season. So, if anything, he should be playing his best right now, regardless of what team he's on now, at the TDL or the end of the season. He's literally putting his paycheck on the ice every night.

So now I have to question the news that he suffered rib fractures, both displaced and non-displaced fractures.

There were Vegas fans there?

I had a schedule conflict with the wife. I could have watched most of the game over my shoulder or ducking out to check my phone, but decided just to keep an eye on my phone occasionally and discreetly. I may watch the replay today or just the highlight reel.

Noesen

Ha! You went on about how a coach is only as good as his QBs and how no coach is winning with Pickett and Rudolph, thereby providing an excuse for Tomlin's down year while claiming he is the type coach Carolina needs. If Tomlin can't win with Pickett or Rudolph, both of whom are arguably better than Young, why should anyone believe otherwise?

Staying away from tonight's game. I'll not be watching. If they win, which I highly doubt, I'll check out the highlights tomorrow.

No coach is winning with Bryce Young. So why do I want him here?

Yeah.. Highly doubt his return now with the holiday break coming. He'd be on limited minutes and Carolina will be lucky to get 3 points out of the remaining 6 this week. After the new year.

Holiday break I see the Canes headed into the holiday break at 17-14-3 and 37 points, probably dropping to 5th in the Metro. Don't see them getting past Vegas or the Islanders, but probably squeaking out a victory against an old and tired Pittsburgh team. That's it guys. They'll have played 34 games with 48 left on the schedule. Who knows, maybe Freddie comes back strong and Svech stays healthy and brings some fire to the team. To be honest, they look like they're going through the motions and believing somehow this whole thing will shake out and they go on a 10 or 12-game bender and make a playoff run. But, if we're being honest, there's no reason anyone in the league needs to fear this team.

Standings as of Monday December 18: Standings as of December 13: Harbingers- 3 Anybodyhome- 2 Panthers Fan 69- 2 WelshPanther- 1 MillionDollarCam- 1