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12-6 tonite with Philly. Slavin - Burns TDA - Skjei Orlov - Chatty The TDA - Skjei NY Ranger reunion tour continues. Orlov gets a goal tonight.

"This place is awful. You have been warned."

When you have more faith in a RB getting 19 than your QB throwing 19.

He was the last 2 years. To a fault. Can't tell you how many times I yelled at the TV or in the arena, "Shoot the fu***** puck!" But if he's playing on a line with Aho, he's got to shoot more knowing the D is going to focus on Aho. I'm glad he is....

Leads me to believe it's not a soft tissue, muscle, tendon or ligament issue. Perhaps a bone shave or spur.

I held my breath when he came flying out of the box and had to hit the brakes when their goalie went after the puck. Svech had 3:43 TOI in the first. Sure seemed like he was out there longer than that. Orlov getting more comfortable with each game. I'll be the first to admit I was okay with trading TT because he just looked reluctant to shoot the damn puck the last 2 seasons. Glad he's shooting. With his line, only good things happen when Turbo shoots.

He might go on #4, keep his minutes down for a few games.

Shots from the point with zero net front- Stevie Wonder could play goalie against the Canes.

TDA and Skjei paired is a NY Ranger reunion where they played together on the blue line.

Chatty is playing exceptionally well.

Orlov is getting shifts on his off side

Very nice pass. Tripp is right- Canes are backing off the blue line too easy. So used to seeing the Canes standing up everything at the blue line.

If it were a hoops play, he would have broke ankles. Was a pretty nifty move from Bjork.

Puck was rolling and he never had a good handle.

Gotta go high blocker on this guy.

So far, so good. I'm watching and they look much better. Back checks, covering passing lanes and some grit.

So, aside from the Canes losing- how did they skate? Scoring chances? Defensive improvement? I saw the stat line the Canes had about 10 more SOG than Tampa, but they scored 3 on 20-some shots? PP and PK?

How the fug does d-bag Chris Berman still have a job on ESPN?

A little tough to call the season when 95% of the schedule is still ahead. We can look at this early hiccup as has already been posted- 12/6 vs. 11/7, blue line not in sync, goalies atrocious, etc. This is the definitive stat that, by itself, encompasses every issue the Canes are sorting through right now: 165 shots allowed thru 6 games. That is 10 more than the league average right now and is 12th highest in the league. Compare this to last year when the Canes allowed 26 shots per game and finished the season a full 400 shots better than the league average. Couple that with the league's worst save percentage (by a lot) at .818, and you need look no further to see what the issues are here.

I'm out guys. I'll likely not be watching any games for a bit. My first game at PNC is the 7th, so I'll ignore them until then.

And collecting a 10-minute misconduct in the process.

Unfortunately, because Carolina kept both Andersen and Raanta this season, we won't know until next year when he has an opportunity to play on a consistent basis. Until then, what we see is what we get. That being said, Carolina goalies are, in part, very successful because the guys in front of them don't allow many shots on goal. Not so much this year.

Nope. That was as easy as an empty netter.

That's game. Canes missing too many pieces and still have not figured themselves out. They'll be lucky to get out of October at .500.

That was a bad call. Distinct motion to redirect the puck with the skate, regardless it stayed on the ice or not. That's a no goal everyday in my opinion.