GDT: We’re not in Dallas anymore CBJ@CAR

[zman77]

 

[zman77]

 

[A Star is Burns]

I know I'm probably still in the minority, but Fleury hasn't been so good or consistent that he is a must have in the lineup. Not that he's been awful at all either, but he's probably been the worst of the bottom 3 D (obviously some of the top guys struggled for various reasons, but they aren't getting sat) and I'd like to see more of Bean.

Even I was coming around on Fleury at the end of last year where he was inconsistent but had some awesome games. I haven't seen that awesome game yet this season.

 

[tarheelhockey]

This guy is a trooper. Ive been on 4 separate 14 hour bus rides with the Army and i was a walking pile of crap for a day afterwards and I wasn’t driving.

The bigger issue here is that, as anyone who has ever driven from Canada to Raleigh can attest, Paquette is arriving in Raleigh with 5 pounds of body weight attributable to Tim Horton's, Taco Bell, and Bojangles.

 

[zman77]

 

[zman77]

 

[zman77]

Here is the projected lineup for the Hurricanes.
Forwards
McGinn-Aho-Teravainen
Niederreiter-Trocheck-Necas
Svechnikov-Staal-Foegele
Martinook-Paquette-Fast
Defensemen
Slavin-Hamilton
Gardiner-Pesce
Skjei-Bean
Goalies
Reimer
Nedeljkovic
Scratches: Fleury, Galchenyuk
Injuries: McCormick (upper body; injured reserve), Mrazek (right thumb)
Taxi squad: Bibeau, Geekie, Lorentz, Ryan

 

[Unsustainable]

Winning is a good idea I would think

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Chucky is officially a scratch not on the taxi squad?

 

[Incubajerks]

Knowing Columbus like to play a compact defense to minimize shots on the goalie, maybe we are trying to play lower on offense with all 3 forwards to increase our scoring chances. We would need more speed on defense to cover with deeper forwards.

Yeah maybe, but i don't like playing vs them because, to me, they seems very very physical and i don't really like the matchup. So scratching Fleury tonight....it worries me.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Yeah maybe, but i don't like playing vs them because, to me, they seems very very physical and i don't really like the matchup. So scratching Fleury tonight....it worries me.

Im not a huge fan of it either but Im trying to justify it.

I guess when we can control substituting, to a degree, we should be able to put them in better situations.

 

[Joe McGrath]

Chucky is officially a scratch not on the taxi squad?

Nothing is official until game time. They can make any roster moves up until they hand in the lineup card.

 

[Joe McGrath]

Bean is probably pretty pissed off he’s not getting to play somewhere since he said that’s what he wanted. Making AHL money and not playing in either league blows. They were so cap tied though they couldn’t really afford to send him down OR play him while everyone else was healthy. Now that they have some wiggle room they get him in the lineup as kind of thank you for your patience.

 

[geehaad]

Just a worthless feeling, but it *feels* like they could walk away from the non-TBL portion of the division if they win these next two games against CBJ and FLA. Of course, that means they shouldn't allow a let-down over the weekend against CHI, but still.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

I’d like to see these lines because they make the best acronyms...

Aho - Staal - Svech
Martinook - Nino - McGinn
Trochek - Necas - TT
Paquette - Fast - Foegele

My conclusion is we need more players who have last names starting with Vowels.

 

[hblueridgegal]

 

[hblueridgegal]

Could Fleury be on the block, too? Maybe he's just experiencing the new marriage and baby slip that they talk about so much on Sirius NHL.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Go to Chicago and learn some defense

 

[robbieberns]

The bigger issue here is that, as anyone who has ever driven from Canada to Raleigh can attest, Paquette is arriving in Raleigh with 5 pounds of body weight attributable to Tim Horton's, Taco Bell, and Bojangles.

My mom used to drive me and my sisters from Apex to Kitchener multiple times a year for close to 15 years, I know that feeling all too well.

 

[zman77]

 

[zman77]

 

[zman77]

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Got to keep his play up...

 

[MustardStew]

Oh we're Live Thread! I'm already 6 min behind. Please wait 6 minutes before reacting to anything, y'all

 

[Canes]

Fleury hasn't been good but he's also playing his off side and playing the stay at home role for Gardiner. I like him a lot better on his natural side and using his skating ability. But unfortunately he's probably not going to get that chance here.