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Took 30 minutes to get going, but this isn't the same team that took the opening face-off. Canes will own the 3rd and will win 4-1.

Chatfield's speed has negated many an icing call.

Good back-checking by the Canes.

He's only a small step from becoming one of the bigger thugs in the league.

Little opening night jitters. Not to worry, CBJ can't keep up the pace of chasing the puck with 3 guys and a weak defense.

So be it. Hockey has its bests and worsts, but on any given night...

Nino has looked very good in Nashville, btw.

Including the fact that Drury is a natural center and which vet are you prepared to sit for a rookie? Signing Stepan and giving him the 4th line tells me RBA isn't quite ready to give Drury the reins. Look for Marty and Max to be in attendance at home games for the foreseeable future.

Doubt they'll assign him to Chicago. May see him in a box at home games. He's just biding his time until he's back on the bench.

I'm surprised a single game thread for a poorly run organization, crappy product and substandard performance actually garnered 107 pages of posts. My question is this: if you're willing to invest your valuable time and effort into a historically poor performer, why not find one of the worst performing stocks on the NYSE and put your hard-earned savings there?

Staal has earned the respect that he will decide when he goes, and RBA and the front office will have that conversation with him when that time comes. He wears the "C", but he also leads by example and the reason his heavy line is so effective in the forecheck and slowing the oppositions best lines is his work ethic. And the rest of the roster will follow him into whatever fire he needs them to go into. Don't underestimate the intangibles.

They are both consenting adults who made decisions. The ramifications of those decisions are such that I don't see the need to continue dragging their names thru the mud, especially when both are no longer associated with the organization.

I'm not paying anything. I simply logged onto the pre-sale and took a screenshot. I had a conversation with the Canes ticket office Thursday and the team has very little control over the ticket prices for the stadium series.

Not to mention 8 defenseman, including Bear. This only adds to the mystery. Purely a cap move?

The bearded blue line. The beard brothers.

Here's a hypothetical- what happens if there's no deal for Bear? Is someone else offered up just to get under the cap?

When is the last time any player on any team in an active status ever said anything besides what CMC said? There's truth to this:

I like the looks of this...

Didn't he sit a large portion of the playoffs last year? For some reason, I seem to remember that was a head scratcher. And, to be honest, I thought he might be on his way out when Domi signed last season. But, you're right, Rod loves him and there's a reason in the lockeroom why the team gave him an "A".

The seats I normally select and prefer are in the 80-120 price range inside. Comparable seats, albeit a LOT further away from the ice, are going for $500. I was looking forward to that game, and while I can easily afford the tickets, I think I'll pass if the best the organization can come up with is a pre-sale offer thru Ticketmaster. Check this: Upper level corner of the stadium, for a mere $125 per seat!:

Historically, they've only carried 7 d-men. And I hope Bear's contract doesn't make him an obligatory roster addition.

I have a ticket package and the best they can come up with is giving us a pre-sale offer? We don't have the option of selecting this game as part of our ticket package and, if your stomach can handle it, go take a look at ticket prices for that game. They start at 3-4 times as much as a comparable ticket inside.

Only 5 blue-liners on your list of automatics. I think Chatfield and Coghlan need to round out the list of defensemen and try to move Bear.

If this is prospect versus prospect game, it's pretty ugly.

Bear ($2.2M) and Dronov ($770k) are out. Chatfield ($762k) stays. That's $2.2M saved. Kase ($1.5M) and Pederson ($750k) are out. Drury ($925k) and Noessen ($762k) stays. Another $500k or so saved. After that? I dunno.....