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Wait, who was in goal for the Devils last night? Some guy I never heard of now has more playoff wins than Vicki Vanacek.

Watching Jets come back from a 4-1 3rd period deficit to tie the game against Vegas with about 20 seconds left. Our buddy Nino, acquired by the Jets at the TDL, has a goal in this one. He averaged almost a point per game after joining Winnipeg. Oh, and anyone of Winnipeg's top 6 forwards would make Carolina better.

I had a 16x32 in-ground when I lived in Greensboro years ago. Was my daily stress reliever when I got home from work and spent an hour or so just vacuuming and cleaning the leaves during the season (Easter thru Halloween). After Halloween, I'd drain it just below the skimmer line, around 12-18", and drain the water from all the lines so they wouldn't freeze. I had a cover as well. There came a time when I had to replace the liner and drained the pool and when it came time to fill it up, I called Greensboro FD and offered them a donation in exchange for the water. They came and hooked their hose to the hydrant and were done in short order. I had a DE filter, learned how to test water myself and did the chemicals myself. There are many variables- how much sun, shade, what kind of stuff is falling into the water. But, if you have the time, I'd recommend just paying someone to get it back to being right and take over yourself. Couple of my neighbors now have pools and they have a pool company come out and do the annual opening and closing of the pool while they take care of it themselves during the season.

After witnessing last night's 3rd period collapse, I think getting out of the first might be a stretch. Also, as a side note/question: When was the last time Freddie Andersen was healthy enough to play the post-season, for any team?

This is the same team that was a couple pieces shy of being a serious contender last year, despite the awful goalie situation. The Canes are really playing with house money at this point. They have less talent on the ice this year than last and are missing more than a few pieces due to injury and the fact everyone in the east got better, in some manner, at the TDL. The fact they'll come back to Raleigh at 2-2, worst case scenario, should be enough for Canes fans. And I can never forget the fact the front office left $10M on the table while everyone else got better, relatively speaking.

How do you give up 4 goals in 4 minutes?

Game. Cannot give up 30+ SOG with a patchwork of forwards.

Can only ask for so many PKs from Raanta.

Raanta playing out of his skull tonight. Regardless of the outcome, he is a stud tonight.

Why do Islander fans do a college football chant?

Be nice if one of the top 2 lines would do something offensively at some point in this series.

Jarvis going into the net with open gloved hand.

It is a shame that the 4 dirtiest teams in the league are all in the east: Boston, Rags, Washington, Isles.

The infamous Rat Marchand move.

3 guys went to the puck, nobody stayed home on the back door.

I thought they might have a little more knowledge of the game. Sounds like a lot of bandwagon hockey idiots that don't know the rules or how the game is played. Good first period. Canes had some opportunities on the offensive end, but when the Isles start to push, they cycle really well and the Canes are challenged to win the board battle and clear the zone.

Not really, but western hockey is different than eastern hockey. The real issue is, especially in the eastern games, is the ref have lost control of the games. The fact that Bunting got a 3-game playoff suspension with a high hit in the midst of a play on the puck, but nothing has been done with the Islander intentional hits and shots on the Canes, Dumba's hit that concussed Pavelski and put him in the protocol, the Boston thuggery that caused the refs to end the game with time on the clock. It's bullsh!t that Bunting got 3 games and Dumba got none. Stupid that nothing beyond interference was called on Martin's hit on Staal and subsequently sitting on him. Pageau's intentional whack that broke TT's hand. McAvoy wanted to start a fight with 3 seconds left on the clock until someone else started a fight instead. I love the intensity of playoff hockey, but it never has to get to the point of injuring the opponents and the league and officials have lost control.

Conventional wisdom was the team overachieved during the regular season and wasn't supposed to be this good for another year or 2. That being said, I was at least hoping the Devils could lean on the Rags a little and wear them out, but they're making this pretty easy and NY might be sitting at home, resting up, and waiting to see who they face next.

End of the Boston game was ugly. Boston had nothing for Florida, so they started taking cheap shots and when the Panthers responded, Boston dropped gloves. Kudos to Florida for standing up and not taking any stupid retaliation penalties. Typical Boston crap- can't win with the stick and puck- so just start hitting guys and hope for a fight.

I love playoff hockey- there is no other professional sport that comes close to the excitement of the NHL post-season. It's a different brand of game and the refs allow for a lot more than the regular season. That being said, there is absolutely no place for some of the incidents that took place last night. The high stick on Aho was one thing- it was a legit hockey play and a penalty was called. However, coincidental with that hit was the head shot that went uncalled. The Martin hit on Staal from behind, then holding him down on the ice should have been a game misconduct and, at the very least, deserves a 1-game suspension. The Pageau slash that broke TT's hand was an obvious penalty and there was clearly no attempt to make a play on the puck. It was a deliberate chop on the hands that should also get the league's attention. We'll see.

Next man up. Guess we'll see what Pool Party is really made of.

Carolina's anemic PP let's teams take double minors with little threat to pay the price.

Isles are trying to forecheck tonite.

Not to get this sent to the TB, but NC is doing its best to regress to the levels of SC as quick as it can.

This. But wait, you were about ready to hand him the Vezina just last week. Just sit back and play house on the Rangers, allow them to cycle 5v5 and rotate the puck at will on the PP, the Devils may get outscored 25-5 in a 5 game series.