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Think Kooch is going. Raanta spent 5 minutes on the ice. Kooch on the whole warmup.

Kooch is first in net for warmups.

It was April 2019. The Canes were in the playoffs again and my wife and I had spent the morning at the fairgrounds for the annual GoodGuys car show. After we were done walking, we decided to head over to the Carolina Ale House for the Canes @ Islanders Game 2 watch party. We got a couple beers, order some food and watched the game. At some point, a young lady approached my wife and asked her if I served in the Navy (I had a Navy hat on). She said, "yes, he retired in 1993 after serving 20 years." Mind you, I met and married my wife after I retired. Anyway, this person got our home phone and information and the next thing you know, we have seats for Game 4 at PNC and I get introduced as (they called it back then) Fearless Hero of the game. It was pretty special. I was just a guy watching the game and they went out of their way to take care of us. Not to mention the Canes swept that series, it was a resounding win, which made it more special. We had just sold our PSL to the Panthers a couple years before, I love hockey and my wife got hooked after 1 game in PNC. We weren't attached to anything sports at that time and we were getting single game tickets every now and then. Not just because of this thing they did for us, but seeing the team built the way it is and knowing they'll be a perennial contender makes it much easier to get those season tickets every year.

I'm sticking with Bunting. On home ice with last change- I think he catches more opportunities tonight.

Is there anyone more snakebit after as many chances as he had last night?

They don't even have to be moral crosses. Look, there are a lot of people who cannot get past Cam's wardrobe, so asking them to get onboard if he were to have a position of management, power and authority? Good luck with that. You know them- they're response is, "Just shut up and play football."

On TV the place was as silent as a morgue.

Tough win against a quality team. I'll be at PNC tomorrow for the Preds. Hope to enjoy some home cookin'.

Traffic, screens, deflections, redirects. That what it's gonna take.

Who is doing the game with Steve Levy? Weak goal on Kooch.

I think Jordo is going to retire after this year. Replacing 3C could be a challenge. Don't see anyone currently on the roster to fill that spot.

Guys are getting pucks in position, gotta get past this guy. High glove, maybe? He plays tall, though.

Wings are gonna score, just a question of how many. Lot of grade A chances already.

He was a very high draft pick 5 years ago. Not like he's a phenom. 2018 draft, right?

It's Jack! And nobody had him.

He got rocked the other night and I was very surprised his teammates didn't start kicking some ass. Pretty weak response to your best player laying face down on the ice after a cheap shot like he took.

I'm going #58 Bunting.

Strike 1: National television Strike 2: Raanta in net Strike 3: 1-4 so far on a 5-game road trip; game 1 of their second back-to-back in 2 weeks.

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

Canes finally decided to build a wall at the blue line. Burns almost let one go but Kochetkov stoned him.

Jarvis screened so well for Aho's first, so the payback was the Aho to Jarvis pass. Y'all need to watch that one back in slo-mo.

Burns was originally called, but refs changed it to 88. Necas in the box and Burns stayed on for the kill.

Svech is down for the count after a crosscheck that was 10x worse.

I have very little confidence the Canes will prevail tonight. Very low expectations for a win, so, if it happens....

Jarvis @ Ottawa