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Yes, it was Arizona, keep in mind. Passing was crisp, Staal's forechecking line did their thing, and all the big boys did what they're paid to do. Let's not forget Raanta- he played lights out in the first 2 periods and had some nice saves until the D showed up. There was a stretch from the 2nd period into the 3rd when the Yotes didn't have a shot on goal for over 17 minutes. Watch the replay today on BSSO or watch the highlight reel on YouTube. The assists last night were as nice as the goals.

Necas from Burns (4 assists so far). Other than Aho's breakaway, all of Carolina's goals have been missiles.

That fight though..... lol. Kochetkov's reaction when he gets tossed, standing there like, "Who? Me?"

Aho gets another hattie tonite?

WTF with these calls?

That celly was hilarious!. Gotta see the fight...

Pesce called for the phantom trip. Just a fugging horrendous call. Toronto should be able to immediately call those off. Good kill followed by a cannon shot by Slavin. Burns with 2 perfect assists so far.

Keller is a beast. I like his game.

I went back thru the trade tracker and just listed the deals that Carolina could have been involved in and also improved their move towards the playoffs. Jan 30: Islanders get Bo Horvat and send Anthony Beauviller to Vancouver. Both forwards in this deal would have been good for Carolina. Feb 9: Rangers land Tarasenko and Mikkola; again, both of these guys would have fit in Carolina. Feb 17: St. Louis sends Ryan O'Reilly to Toronto. Another guy Carolina fans were looking at. Feb 19: Rangers get F Tyler Motte... (crickets chirping in Raleigh......) Feb 23: Boston lands D Orlov, F Hathaway from Washington Feb 25: Winnipeg gets Nino Niederreiter (crickets still chirping in Raleigh....) Feb 26: Among a lot of deals that day, Vegas gets F Barbashev; NJ Devils get Timo Meier among a stack of other players Feb 28: Islanders add F Engvall from Toronto; Rangers get Patrick Kane; Wild add Marcus Johansson. And in the blockbuster deal of the day, Carolina lands F Jesse Puljujarvi! Mar 1: Colorado lands Lars Eller; Chychrun ends up in Arizona; Ghost is now a Hurricane...... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "We're going to be aggressive...." What's next, someone gonna run with scissors? Food fight in the PNC staff cafeteria? Stay out after the street lights come on? Every team in the Metro who wants the Cup has made moves to improve their chances, except Carolina.

And kick his ass.....

Just watched the replay of the game before heading to the airport... Anderson was pedestrian, at best, and RBA has not figured out that his D is pinching too deep and opposing teams are just sending someone up the ice getting the open break.

The Canes will not win the Metro, and will likely drop out of 1st place by Monday. I don't know if the Rangers can get to second place even if Carolina plays slightly better than .500. Regardless, both NJ & NY are now much improved, on paper at least, while the Canes arrogant leadership thinks no improvement is needed. "We're going to be aggressive" is looking more like a flat out lie that will not go unnoticed by fans.

I still say Raanta might attract some interest, but too close to the deadline now. And I mentioned Ghost several weeks ago as a blue liner Carolina might look at. Still need a scorer.

Coghlan will likely be headed back to Cleveland, and I think he's waiver eligible? Guessing.

Where does he fit on the PP? Him and Burns together?

What's happening with the Yotes?

In other news, Larkin got 8 years at $69.6 (bargain). What is that, about $8.6 AAV?

Aruba is nice right now.

Thought there a lot more than just one....

He stands the entire game. I can't imagine having to sit in any of the seats 2-3 rows behind him and you can't see a thing.

At this point, you might want to keep imagining. I'm extremely disappointed right now. Waddell could pull something out of his a$$, but I don't see the Canes improving where they need it. Translated: first round squeaker, second round exit.

I'm glad the Canes didn't make that move. Jarvis will be here for a while; Meier, not so much.

I'm a couple thousand miles away enjoying my vacation and this is what I get? I see Waddell at almost every home game. If this is all he's got, I may have to voice my very strong opinion next time I see him.

Isn't there a pretty good blue liner in AZ we could also use?

The one and only detail being reported is there is no extension as part of the deal.