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glenwo2 Grand Master

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Lindy Ruff with an absolutely boneheaded decision to go with Blackwood.

From what I heard, this was a "scheduled" start for him.

And I was like "The hell??"  

This isn't baseball. 

This is crunch time.

 

You go with your best players!!!

Blackwood is NOT your best player.

 

This was an absolute GIFT by Ruff to Carolina.

 

Carolina was like "Here's the Division, NJ.  Enjoy!"

But NJ was like "Nah.  We're good."

 

So infuriating on my end.

 

 

You guys better take advantage of Ruff's idiocy and wrap up the Division.

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1 hour ago, glenwo2 said:

Lindy Ruff with an absolutely boneheaded decision to go with Blackwood.

From what I heard, this was a "scheduled" start for him.

And I was like "The hell??"  

This isn't baseball. 

This is crunch time.

 

You go with your best players!!!

Blackwood is NOT your best player.

 

This was an absolute GIFT by Ruff to Carolina.

 

Carolina was like "Here's the Division, NJ.  Enjoy!"

But NJ was like "Nah.  We're good."

 

So infuriating on my end.

 

 

You guys better take advantage of Ruff's idiocy and wrap up the Division.

All bets are off. Canes make their bad decisions during the trade deadline.

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2 hours ago, glenwo2 said:

Lindy Ruff with an absolutely boneheaded decision to go with Blackwood.

From what I heard, this was a "scheduled" start for him.

And I was like "The hell??"  

This isn't baseball. 

This is crunch time.

 

You go with your best players!!!

Blackwood is NOT your best player.

 

This was an absolute GIFT by Ruff to Carolina.

 

Carolina was like "Here's the Division, NJ.  Enjoy!"

But NJ was like "Nah.  We're good."

 

So infuriating on my end.

 

 

You guys better take advantage of Ruff's idiocy and wrap up the Division.

Welcome to Carolina and our coaching decisions as well. 

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5 hours ago, Panthers Fan 69 said:

Ok whip cream on dog poo time. Rangers lost in OT. Now all the canes need to do to guarantee first round home ice is 1 point in the next two. 
 

canes CAN still win the division tmrw. Canes win and NJ loses. The metro is ours. 
 

 

Yep.   Yet the Canes are doing all they can to NOT win it, though.

That was a brutal loss to Ottawa.  

 

I thought when my Devils lost to the Bruins after the idiotic decision to start Blackwood by Ruff, that the Division was yours for the taking.

The Canes blew that opportunity last night so now with more winnable games for my Devils these final two games, the door has been swung back open after being slammed shut as far as the Division goes.

Canes will probably have to win the rest of their games to win the Division outright as I don't see the Devils losing to the Sabres or Washington. 

 

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3 hours ago, glenwo2 said:

Yep.   Yet the Canes are doing all they can to NOT win it, though.

That was a brutal loss to Ottawa.  

 

I thought when my Devils lost to the Bruins after the idiotic decision to start Blackwood by Ruff, that the Division was yours for the taking.

The Canes blew that opportunity last night so now with more winnable games for my Devils these final two games, the door has been swung back open after being slammed shut as far as the Division goes.

Canes will probably have to win the rest of their games to win the Division outright as I don't see the Devils losing to the Sabres or Washington. 

 

Don’t sleep on the Sabres they are pushing hard for that second wild card spot. Pens and Florida have control though. 

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11 minutes ago, Harbingers said:

Don’t sleep on the Sabres they are pushing hard for that second wild card spot. Pens and Florida have control though. 

Definitely not sleeping on them although it does help that they will be on the 2nd half of a back-to-back when the Devils face them tonight.

 

 

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I have no reason to believe Carolina will beat Detroit tonight. As I said last night, Buffalo is on the 2nd game of a back-to-back against NJ tonite and I expect NJ to jump ahead of the Canes for the Metro lead. 

Canes squandered every possible opportunity to put space between them and the Devils and failed in every imaginable way. Game in hand, playing non-playoff teams, playing against call-up goalies... you name it, they had their chances.

So, the Canes fall to the 2 seed and will face the Rags. I don't expect a sweep, usually a home ice advantage might be good for 1 win; so I'll say NY in 5 games.

After that week long stretch when the Canes played Boston, the Rags twice, Toronto and Tampa Bay (they went 2-2-1), the remainder of the schedule, on paper, was easy compared to that:

Detroit, Montreal, NYI, Ottawa, Nashville, Buffalo, Ottawa... and they go 3-4.

Svechnikov goes down and the team immediately becomes a .500 team. Not saying he's the only reason, but.... among other things- subpar goaltending, the top line is either all or nothing and the last 7 games they should be on a milk carton they've been missing for so long.

On March 1, the Canes were 39-11-8. On April 1, they were 47-18-9. A 30-day stretch of 8-7-1 hockey is not playoff hockey.

 

 

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42 minutes ago, Panthers Fan 69 said:

NJ and Buffalo watch. Come on Sabres.  Help us here. 

NJ is also fighting to clinch Home Ice against the Rags as well so it's not exactly a throwaway game for them.

 

This is going to be a game that is a nail-biter.

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18 minutes ago, glenwo2 said:

NJ is also fighting to clinch Home Ice against the Rags as well so it's not exactly a throwaway game for them.

 

This is going to be a game that is a nail-biter.

How’s Buffalo skating? Fast? That’s all they really has on us when we played. 

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