Checkers IV: Insert Witty Title Here

[Unsustainable]

Julian “the bust” “goat” Gauthier with a goal

 

[The Faulker 27]

Julian “the bust” “goat” Gauthier with a goal

Own goal? That's the only thing I'd believe.

 

[emptyNedder]

Another poster suggested AHL Live was decent--so I bought it. The feed yesterday was actually almost as good as Canes' games.

So I have watched all the games--I think Bishop has some of Foegele's qualities. He skates well and is aggressive on the forecheck. It looks like he is getting more comfortable shooting the puck. He looks like a player who could be effective on a disruption line.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Charlotte tied for first in the AHL. Canes until last night were first in the NHL.

Wish it were April and not October, but wow.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Lines.

 

[CandyCanes]

Roy & Kooks with goals so far. Good to see them keep producing

 

[Unsustainable]

 

[Unsustainable]

 

[Unsustainable]

Tied up

 

[CandyCanes]

That was Bean’s first AHL point

 

[CandyCanes]

Checkers outshooting the Bears 28-13. 3-3 game tho

 

[The Faulker 27]

Checkers outshooting the Bears 28-13. 3-3 game tho

Just Cane's things.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Well they won in a shootout. Geekie and Necas both scored, and neither Bear did. Necas was named first star.

 

[Canes]

Good for Necas. Regain that confidence. No clue when he'll be back up but getting tons of icetime should do him wonders.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Well they won in a shootout. Geekie and Necas both scored, and neither Bear did. Necas was named first star.

Necas - 0 points, 2 shots. Scores in shootout... first star of the game.

 

[HisIceness]

On pace for a perfect season.

 

[vorbis]

Hershey Bears had 13 shots in the game. with 7 power plays.

 

[VikingAv]

Roy & Kooks with goals so far. Good to see them keep producing

Keep going, Nic. Prove me right

 

[WreckingCrew]

Baby Canes with a Big Canes PK & PP so far...down 1-0 from a PP goal and looking as unenergetic as Canes...

 

[WreckingCrew]

For anyone who feels bad after watching the Hurricanes game, be glad you didn't also watch the Checkers...aka Baby Canes 2.0. Ansolutely f***ing pitiful game...PP was just like watching the Canes (you know, skate up ice, pass backwards, no momentum and now 4 guys waiting at the blue line). No urgency to ever shoot, just hold the puck until everyone is in front of you and goalie is squared up.

Only Needaspellcheck and Brown showed any life in the game. Fleury got a goal...Hainsey style...for the Bears. Even 6 on 4 with the goalie pulled for 3-4 minutes we couldn't get the puck on net. We refused to park someone out front (so no chance for rebounds), most of the time we were bunched up like 6 year olds playing soccer.

And anyone who thinks Carrick could be a #7 Dman...LMFAO. By far the biggest liability on the ice...took 2-3 dumb@$$ penalties, massive power play killer, couldn't hold the blue line if the puck is stopped in front of him even.

Team was 5-0 coming into the night (after beating Bears in a SO last night), they played more like an 0-5 team tonight.

 

[sabremike]

Random idea: when the team visits the Wolf Puke have them wear the Whalers throwbacks.

 

[HisIceness]

They lost last night. RIP season.

 

[emptyNedder]

Watched the Checkers game. The team played well. Darling gave up one goal, which actually was a pass to the crease that went off Darling's stick. Otherwise, he looked quite good.

As far as the other players who had some time in Raleigh:
Fleury was the best player on the ice. He defended really well. He made several forays into the offensive zone and created the goal for Geekie.
Necas is starting to look comfortable. I think the points will come. I like him on a line with Saarela because they are two of the three fastest Checkers along with Bishop.
Speaking of Bishop, he appears to have gained a ton of confidence in Raleigh. His defensive intensity has always been there, but he was aggressive on offense and scored on a breakaway. He crashed into the boards after his goal and left the game with a right arm injury--not sure if he will miss games.

The Checkers were fairly dominant so Darling was not challenged other than one clean breakaway. My guess is he might get another start or two before starting for the Canes.

 

[HisIceness]

As of right now, 2nd in the league behind Milwaukee.

 

[Novacane]

I had a dream last night that Tortorella and Vigneault decided to join the Checkers as special advisors late in the season as they wanted to “win a championship this year” and the Checkers were clearly the best team in the AHL. We, here on HF, debated about how it was terrible and the Checkers were doomed. The dream pretty much ended there