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Round 3 - Carolina Hurricanes (6) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (4)


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I've never seen a team forget how to play all around hockey so quickly. every facet of our game has flat out sucked since the puck dropped in game one.

We bought into the Malkin/Crosby hype and were scared of those two from the first moment of this series, we gave them too much respect and too much room, add to that Mo seems to have forgotten how to matchup and get his boys ready in the span of 6 days. We weren't prepared at all and at times have seemed completely lost as to what to do against them. We beat ourselves before we even had a chance.

To the Penguins credit they are simply playing lights out right now, beating us away from the puck, on the puck, around the net, in the neutral zone, in their zone, in our zone, they have the mental edge and they seem loose as hell...you name it and they are beating us at it.

No hitting, no defense, no positional play....

I'm utterly sick to my stomach right now at the less than lackluster effort we have put into this series. What a dissapointing way to watch us fizzle away after a great run into the conference finals.

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fug the canes they suck

Dude, go away. What is wrong with you? it's the conference finals after playing 2 series to 7 games. It was a great run to even get to the conference finals. We beat two of the best goalies in the league.

Don't even dare call yourself a Canes fan. We don't want you.

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