Canes Vs Sens Round 1 Game 1 Saturday 3pm

[Panthers Fan 69]

Game time officially set. Game thread is up. Let’s fuging go boys!

[DavidEng]

Just like last year Canes are slotted for the early game, FU ESPN I’ll be watching  on Fandual Sports Southeast.

Actually I have movie tickets during the game so will sneak peek on the game. 

[Anybodyhome]

The Griot's Garage & Good Guys Car Show is on the fairgrounds Friday & Saturday. A lot of nice cars, a lot of 60s and early 70s muscle. I usually go, but the traffic and parking is going to be a nightmare with a hockey game going on. 

[Panthers Fan 69]

45 minutes ago, Anybodyhome said:

The Griot's Garage & Good Guys Car Show is on the fairgrounds Friday & Saturday. A lot of nice cars, a lot of 60s and early 70s muscle. I usually go, but the traffic and parking is going to be a nightmare with a hockey game going on. 

I go to that big car show every year!

[Anybodyhome]

11 minutes ago, Panthers Fan 69 said:

I go to that big car show every year!

I go as well, but skipping this year with the game time Saturday. If I was going to the game, I'd spend the day over there before the game. Always looking for a deal, but last year there wasn't much of anything for sale. 

[Panthers Fan 69]

38 minutes ago, Anybodyhome said:

I go as well, but skipping this year with the game time Saturday. If I was going to the game, I'd spend the day over there before the game. Always looking for a deal, but last year there wasn't much of anything for sale. 

I will prob go today. Tmrw will be too busy to go to that area twice. ESP with the flea market. 

[Panthers Fan 69]

Seems the national media is all saying canes lose.  

[TLGPanthersFan]

6 minutes ago, Panthers Fan 69 said:

Seems the national media is all saying canes lose.  

I don’t understand why. 4-2 Canes win. 

[Anybodyhome]

1 hour ago, Panthers Fan 69 said:

Seems the national media is all saying canes lose.  

 

1 hour ago, TLGPanthersFan said:

I don’t understand why. 4-2 Canes win. 

Goaltending. How unpredictable Carolina's is versus how steady Ottawa's is. 

Everything, success and defeat in this post-season, will be based on goaltending. 

[PNW_PantherMan]

1 minute ago, Anybodyhome said:

 

Goaltending. How unpredictable Carolina's is versus how steady Ottawa's is. 

Everything, success and defeat in this post-season, will be based on goaltending. 

I agree, assuming we keep scoring in the postseason.

[Stumpy]

39 minutes ago, Anybodyhome said:

 

Goaltending. How unpredictable Carolina's is versus how steady Ottawa's is. 

Everything, success and defeat in this post-season, will be based on goaltending. 

Typically this is how the playoffs tend to work. However, ET has been preaching for years that Vezinas dont win cups anymore. To his point, this year save percentage had the lowest correlation to winning for any NHL season going back to, I think, 2000.

Basically, all the top goalies are sitting at home right now.

Then again, SCP are a whole new season. Hell, considering the changes in how the game is called, it might as well be a different league.

Edited Friday at 04:28 PM by Stumpy

[PNW_PantherMan]

May just be traumatized, but I'm tired of our power play going MIA in the playoffs.  We have to convert at a reasonable clip to win.

[KingKucci]

We have been doing something this year that the canes haven't had in rods playoff run....scoring.  They can score this year.  That keeps up and they get goalie play, see in you in the SCF.   The PP being hard as a rock right now is the bonus and x factor.  

[DavidEng]

Goaltending. And scoring. Both are needed to win a series.