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Gotta be honest, on TV this is pretty fugging cheesy.

BOTTOM LINE: The Carolina Hurricanes host the Washington Capitals after Seth Jarvis recorded a hat trick in the Hurricanes' 6-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens. Carolina is 36-10-8 overall with a 14-4-1 record in Metropolitan Division games. The Hurricanes are 32-4-4 in games they score three or more goals. Washington has a 9-5-1 record in Metropolitan Division games and a 28-23-6 record overall. The Capitals have a 25-3-3 record when scoring three or more goals. The teams meet Saturday for the third time this season. The Hurricanes won the last meeting 3-2 in a shootout. Jarvis scored three goals in the win. TOP PERFORMERS: Martin Necas has 21 goals and 27 assists for the Hurricanes. Andrei Svechnikov has 11 assists over the past 10 games. Dylan Strome has scored 12 goals with 25 assists for the Capitals. Nicklas Backstrom has three goals and two assists over the past 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Hurricanes: 9-1-0, averaging 4.3 goals, 6.6 assists, 3.4 penalties and 8.2 penalty minutes while giving up 2.4 goals per game. Capitals: 4-6-0, averaging 2.3 goals, four assists, 2.9 penalties and 5.8 penalty minutes while giving up three goals per game. INJURIES: Hurricanes: Ondrej Kase: out (concussion), Jake Gardiner: out (hip/back), Max Pacioretty: out (achilles). Capitals: Nic Dowd: out (lower-body), Carl Hagelin: out (hip), Tom Wilson: out (lower-body), John Carlson: out (face), Alex Ovechkin: out (personal), Connor Brown: out (lower body). ___

WTF!?!? 2023 1st round pick, 2024 2nd round pick, 2023 3rd round pick, and 2 forwards. Holy balls..... that's a lot. And, it really puts other teams on notice for future trades the closer to the deadline we get. If Timo Meier is still on Carolina's radar, his price may have just gone up by another draft pick or player.

I think we got up to 103dB at the Canadiens game Thursday night. Let's see how loud Carter Finley can get. For all you attending, have fun and talk as much sh!t as you possibly can to Caps fans! They fell out of the wild card playoff picture last night as they've lost 3 in a row.

Pork is a good choice since that's what Washington is known for producing.

I had my last in 2011 after 37 years. Did it stoned cold and it was a tough go in the tobacco country of Southwest Virginia, at the time. While I'll admit I've had 2, maybe 3 smokes since then, I never went back. Yeah, I've added some poundage, but my wife, who is allergic to cigarette smoke, said she'll take that over smoking. The best part is this- my annual physicals and a few additional tests and chest x-rays over the years, as of right now there is no physical indication that I've ever smoked.

I will not be in attendance, but I will get to see the game, which was kind of up in the air until earlier this morning. It appears the Canes will face the same lineup tomorrow night as Tuesday. Let's see if RBA switches lines again to make some offensive noise. It appears to have worked last night!

So, watching the game back, when KK took the penalty with 2+ minutes left, RBA gave Jarvis some PK time on ice. He scored his shorty hat trick on his 2nd shift of the PK.

I was at the game and I don't remember how he came to get on the ice. He's not normally on the PK, but I think his breakaway came from him coming off the bench. I'll have to watch the game back later today and figure than one out. Looking at the stats, Jarvis had a little over a minute of short-handed ice time, so he must have been on the PK for that last kill. Maybe RBA thought he could get a short-handed chance. Aho had at least one and Martinook had a shortie chance, too, so maybe RBA thought there could be another opportunity.

Nobody else is on the team is willing to get in the muck like Svech, so I have no problem with him hitting someone now and then. The Canes have guys like Staal, Burns, Martinook (who I thought was going to drop the gloves more than once last night, but didn't) who can hold their own when it comes time to throw down, but, for the most part they're all pretty reluctant to do so (because they're all critical to the PK). If Svech is the guy who needs to retaliate or send a message once in a while, so be it. And 2 guys on the Canes team had 3 points last night- Jarvy and Svech.

This is what the Sharks want: 1. 1st round pick. 2. Prospect D-man: LaJoie 3. Veteran winger: KK or Stepan. There are no other vet wingers Carolina is willing to give up unless they decide to part ways with TT or Stastny. The vet winger is going to be the toughest pill to swallow, because I don't think RBA wants to move any of the forwards he has now.

Tripp did a great job. And give cred to the Habs for being a part of it. Nice touch.

To be fair, both KK and Svech worked hard the whole game. You saw that 37 and TT swapped lines tonite, right? KK was everywhere tonight and Svech was playing as physical as he was getting. I don't fault 37 tonite at all.

Had a row and a half of Habs fans behind us. They weren't too bad, but they all left after the 2nd with the score tied at 2. WTF? Oh well, I could sit on the back of my seat and had all kinds of room to roam!

Getting in early to see Cam's number raised to the rafters in PNC. Should happen just before the national anthem. The Habs have scored 18 goals in their last 4 games, winning 3 of those 4. So I'm not counting this as an easy win by any stretch.

Alex Ovechkin's father passed away at age 71. https://www.nhl.com/news/mikhail-ovechkin-dies-dad-of-capitals-alex-ovechkin/c-341084472

Or, from Carr's perspective: Going to Carolina defeats the purpose of me wanting a change. The team has been in the midst of an identity crisis for a few years, has bounced thru QBs like nobody else and now has a new coaching staff that will take 1, maybe 2 seasons to get it right in Charlotte. I'm 31 years old and I have 5-6 productive years left in me. Not sure I can afford to wait for the coaching staff to build a team, a culture and an identity around me.

I'd give a 1st, LaJoie and KK. LaJoie has NHL ice time and a resume; KK is signed forever at nearly $4.82M and 12 of San Jose's 14 forwards are FAs over the next 2 seasons. The Sharks are very top heavy when it comes to salary. Karlsson (D), Couture (C) and Hertl (C) count for well more than 25% of their cap. I like KK and I know why the Canes got him, but in Raleigh, he's overpaid for what averages out to a 25-30 point per year guy. He had 29 points last season and is at 21 this year, so he'll probably get to 30. I love the kid and I think he'll be a stud for a long time, but I don't expect him to set the league on fire every year. He'll probably be a very solid 30-40 points a season guy in a couple years. No way does Jarvis's name come up in the trade conversation.

Caps go empty net at 3 min, then it's game on.

Hathaway got away with a sucker punch on Jarvis. How does that not get called?

This game shouldn't be this close.

Think RBA knew he could get the call just seeing the way he was talking to the ref.

With both Anderson and Raanta being UFAs after the season, I don't know that I wouldn't offer one of them up and bring up Kochetkov. Plenty of goalies injured right now.