I didnt mean to come off as it wasnt a huge win by Koochie, it just wasnt as lop sided as the shot count suggest. Like I said it was a but like a lot of our games from the last few years. Actually pretty even other then possession, shot and score.
Point was the Devils didnt "run" the Canes they played a slightly better game, but it was close real close and Koochie outplayed his counter parts.
Yep, I agree with all of that. I wasn't saying the Canes got their asses kicked or anything, just that the Devils had an edge in the overall flow of the game until it got to a point where they had to loosen up and take some risks. If you deleted the scoring plays from the first 45 minutes of the game and asked who won, NJ would seem like the slightly better bet. Fortunately we had an edge in the most important part of that formula, the goaltender, and that's a valid way to win a hockey game. I'm not even mad about how the Canes played, they actually played a really good game, it was just a very difficult opponent which played well even in a slump.
Ahh.
Side note - never realized how common those are, until my wife got pregnant the first time. It’s so much more-talked-about now than, say, 20 years ago. At least that’s my perception.
I've experienced a handful of them as the husband, and it really is a quietly devastating event for the woman, both physically and psychologically. Most women have to go right back to normal life while still in the absolute worst of it. I can't even imagine being a Walmart cashier or an airline CSR or something, dealing with people's bullshit a day or two later. I'm glad people talk more about this now, because there's a desperate need for more support.
Only time Hamilton was booed that I heard pretty clearly was the Devils 1st pp, and that coincided with the PA announcement of the penalty.
At least once there were distinct boos when he touched the puck 2-3 times on a single shift. It might have been that same PP, or one of the other ones, but the boos definitely started when he had the puck and stopped when he didn't, something like 3 times in a row.
Dougie should be pretty close to the bottom of the list of ex-Canes to boo. Just a shitty moment for what fortunately was a small number of knuckleheads.
