Who is your favorite Cane?

RodTheBawd

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I ran into Stormy at bar one night, he smelled like whiskey and pulled pork sandwiches. I didn't ask him for an autograph, but he tried to volunteer one. I told him I wasn't interested and he got pretty upset. Said I could go to hell... So I just walked away. Stormy is a real pos, folks.

Fake news, sad! Stormy is contractually obligated to not speak while in costume. True story: The Sabres mascot was in town and my buddies went out with him (my buddy worked for the Sabres) to a bar and met Stormy there (spoiler: he's a small black dude). They all hung out, had some drinks and good laughs. Next day while we're tailgating, Stormy comes by on his scooter. There was no one else around, but he still would not talk. Also, the mascots have this like skull & bones style society/fraternity which is both endearing and kinda creepy.
 

The Faulker 27

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Fake news, sad! Stormy is contractually obligated to not speak while in costume. True story: The Sabres mascot was in town and my buddies went out with him (my buddy worked for the Sabres) to a bar and met Stormy there (spoiler: he's a small black dude). They all hung out, had some drinks and good laughs. Next day while we're tailgating, Stormy comes by on his scooter. There was no one else around, but he still would not talk. Also, the mascots have this like skull & bones style society/fraternity which is both endearing and kinda creepy.

He spoke through interpretive dance. It was hard to decipher at first, might have been the whiskey.
 

tarheelhockey

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I saw Stormy at a grocery store on Glenwood Ave in April. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”
I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.
The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
 

CanesFanBudMan

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Well I guess if we're doing storytime..

Storytime: Back during the cup win I was still in grade school. I went to the cup parade with my family. We had all gone back behind the stage because people were going to see the Stanley Cup (which I suppose was rather unattended). While we heard the raucous noise from the stage and cheers from the crowd, each of us went one by one to get a picture touching the cup. When my turn came I nervously hesitated. But my parents pleaded me on, so I skampered on over to it. Extending my hand onto the cup, I turned to face the camera. In that moment, I heard a voice behind me say, "Excuse me, kid, I gotta take this." I immediately retreated away and turned my head back. There I saw rod brind'amour himself picking up the cup to carry onto the stage. So instead of a souvenir picture of me touching the cup, I got a picture of me smiling in amazement as I watch brindy pick up the cup. A fun memory captured in a snapshot.
I had a chance to touch the cup that year, but didn't because I didn't want to jinx my chances of winning it
 

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I saw Stormy at a grocery store on Glenwood Ave in April. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a *****e and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”
I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.
The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.

I hate when celebs turn out as dicks.

Makes me cherish even more the time when Kris Letang helped me on the road when I got snowed in with my Camry.
 

tarheelhockey

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Skinner is my little boy's favorite player :( He loves him. My little boy is 5 and will have trouble understanding if he is gone.

My favorite hurricane ever is Erik Cole. On the current team, I like Slavin and Aho as co-favorites ;)

I’ve got little kids too (7 and 9) and I’m mentally preparing myself for that life-altering moment when sports is cruel and they never think of the Canes the same way again.
 

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Skinner is my little boy's favorite player :( He loves him. My little boy is 5 and will have trouble understanding if he is gone.

My favorite hurricane ever is Erik Cole. On the current team, I like Slavin and Aho as co-favorites ;)

I’ve got little kids too (7 and 9) and I’m mentally preparing myself for that life-altering moment when sports is cruel and they never think of the Canes the same way again.

 
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garnetpalmetto

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If I had to be dead serious with my answer:

Stars:
Ward, Brind'Amour, Francis, Roberts, Cole, Pitkanen, Slavin

Cult Heroes:
Weekes, LaRose, Vasicek, Svoboda, Seidenberg, Wallin

Favorites that never made it:
Casey Borer, Nick Dodge

I'll take Dave's methodology here

Stars:
Ward, Brind'Amour, Francis, Cole, Whitney, Aho, Salvin

Cult Heroes:
LaRose, Vasicek, Wallin, Ruutu, Commodore, Walker

Favorites that never made it:
Nicolas Blanchard,

I think the nicest player or former player I met was David Tanabe. He was very friendly. It might have just been a good day for all I know.

I've heard a handful of good stories about Tanabe, seems like a really standup guy.

I'll chime in and third this - Tanabe's a great guy who had a pretty crappy hand dealt to him and through it all stayed a great guy.

Fake news, sad! Stormy is contractually obligated to not speak while in costume. True story: The Sabres mascot was in town and my buddies went out with him (my buddy worked for the Sabres) to a bar and met Stormy there (spoiler: he's a small black dude). They all hung out, had some drinks and good laughs. Next day while we're tailgating, Stormy comes by on his scooter. There was no one else around, but he still would not talk. Also, the mascots have this like skull & bones style society/fraternity which is both endearing and kinda creepy.

i played hockey with stormy a few sessions years ago

he is a small black dude named george. super nice guy

Fun fact - he's also formerly Wally the Warthog (the former mascot of the Winston-Salem Warthogs, now the Dash) so I guess you can say he's a porcine expert. @JustHereForTheFights and I were at the Durham Bulls game this past Sunday and it was Wool E.'s birthday. We saw Stormy arrive a little late and I think it's the first time I'd seen him out of costume. I'm pretty sure he's shorter than me. Not on the Canes front but Wool E. is also a genuinely nice guy (and a former University of Delaware YouDee).
 

RodTheBawd

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Fun fact - he's also formerly Wally the Warthog (the former mascot of the Winston-Salem Warthogs, now the Dash) so I guess you can say he's a porcine expert. @JustHereForTheFights and I were at the Durham Bulls game this past Sunday and it was Wool E.'s birthday. We saw Stormy arrive a little late and I think it's the first time I'd seen him out of costume. I'm pretty sure he's shorter than me. Not on the Canes front but Wool E. is also a genuinely nice guy (and a former University of Delaware YouDee).

Is porcine a regular part of your vocabulary?
 

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