GDT: No one else is doing it, so I guess I will - Canes @ Avs

[Nikishin Go Boom]

With matchups being rough on the road and even worse with our injury problems, this was going to be a rough game.

 

[Wolfpuck]

F*** this road trip.

 

[User13452]

F*** this road trip.

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And it technically isn’t over Tampa next but at least they go home for a couple days

 

[Heyheylj]

What has happened to our PK? It was our saving grace. Don’t like the mojo of this team. Seems off.

 

[TheOllieC]

not a single reg season game has gone by where we haven’t allowed at least 3 goals

13 allowed in the last 5 periods

the signs were there in the preseason as well tbh

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

What has happened to our PK? It was our saving grace. Don’t like the mojo of this team. Seems off.

It’s been capable of getting run over in small bursts throughout Rod’s tenure. Better now than in a playoff series yet again, hopefully.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Bunting just got hurt

Another PK...

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

Early season disappointment is no bellwether, FWIW. Washington 2018 got off to a lethargic start in October/November. Tampa 20 was in 11th place in the East 34 games in. Pittsburgh 09, L.A. 12, Pittsburgh 16 and St. Louis 19 all fired coaches in season.

 

[ndp]

https://x.com/ryanhenkel_/status/1715924085341917300?s=46&t=KLESFvszmPkacPCHOWuo5w

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

not a single reg season game has gone by where we haven’t allowed at least 3 goals

13 allowed in the last 5 periods

the signs were there in the preseason as well tbh

The pre-season games were meaningless, because they were full of non-NHL guys.

Here's the D for the pre-season games.

5-2 win vs. TB: Orlov, DeAngelo, Chatfield, Beaulieu, Coghlan, Jones
4-1 win vs. FL: Burns, Skjei, Slavin, Pesce, Fensore Mendel
4-2 loss vs. FL: Orlov, DeAngelo, Honka, Beaulieu, Seeley, Montgomery
4-0 loss vs. TB: Chatfield, Coghlan, Fensore, Heimosalmi, Jones, Mendel
5-1 loss vs NSH: Beaulieu, Coghlan, Fensore, Honka, Jones, Mendel
4-1 win vs. NSH: Slavin, Burns, Pesce, Skjei, Chatifield, Orlov, DeAngelo

 

[MisterDobz]

Omg! Slavin with the rocket! We’re coming back, boys!

 

[Borsig]

TDA Skjei pairing.

Slaivn still with Burns

Orlov Mad.

Well, suck less.

 

[chaz4hockey]

this image is why our season has started so poorly:

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

this image is why our season has started so poorly:

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look at this in a positive light.

I'm very confident the Canes will figure out the defense and PK stuff. They have way too long and good of a track record under Rod. Just like last year where it took a couple of months with the new faces.

The Canes are 1st in GF WITHOUT Svechnikov and missing Aho for half of the games. They are getting the secondary scoring from TT, KK, and Jarvis that we missed the last couple of seasons.

I'm not worried. They'll be coming back from their west cost road trip with a .500 overall record. Rangers, Devils and Pens aren't blowing the doors off yet either.

 

[MisterDobz]

A merciful end….

Still a lot better than our denver trip last year, I think it was a 5-0 loss…

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

That was some of the more egregious empty net hunting I’ve seen. Super aggressive gaps at the point and multiple long distance shots. Funny that they didn’t score there.

 

[User13452]

Regroup get some healthy bodies back and show up in Tampa Tuesday they should be pissed off and ready to go

 

[chaz4hockey]

look at this in a positive light.

I'm very confident the Canes will figure out the defense and PK stuff. They have way too long and good of a track record under Rod. Just like last year where it took a couple of months with the new faces.

The Canes are 1st in GF WITHOUT Svechnikov and missing Aho for half of the games. They are getting the secondary scoring from TT, KK, and Jarvis that we missed the last couple of seasons.

I'm not worried. They'll be coming back from their west cost road trip with a .500 overall record. Rangers, Devils and Pens aren't blowing the doors off yet either.

Good to be optimistic given how Early it is.

fwiw: a counter— I believe that once they start to play defense the goal scoring will lighten up too.

Our goal tending is a concern too. Raanti, Kooch, Freddie have all been bad.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Good to be optimistic given how Early it is.

I don't think of it as optimistic. I think of it as realistic based on how this team has played the last few seasons and that they are playing without Svech, Andersen and Aho recently.

fwiw: a counter— I believe that once they start to play defense the goal scoring will lighten up too.

Yes, it very likely will have an impact on the goal scoring. But it's good to know that the scoring is there and "should" get better when Svech and Aho return.

 

[chaz4hockey]

I don't think of it as optimistic. I think of it as realistic based on how this team has played the last few seasons and that they are playing without Svech, Andersen and Aho recently.

Yes, it very likely will have an impact on the goal scoring. But it's good to know that the scoring is there and "should" get better when Svech and Aho return.

I was worried that our early season would be challenging given the long run we had in the spring, the age of our team is now one of the League’s oldest (plus players are going to be smarter about exerting too much energy in the regular season), our goal tending and the d with tda in 3rd pair.

Put me in the camp that is worried re: Svetch this year. We may get him back soon but it might be next season before he is performing at his higher standard before injury. Aho I expect to be back unless he has an injury that is limiting going forward.

 

[zman77]

Postgame Quotes: Rod Brind'Amour | Carolina Hurricanes

Postgame Quotes: Rod Brind'Amour

www.nhl.com

They Said It...​

Rod Brind'Amour on what needs to change...
"Special teams is a big part of it. Right now our [penalty] kill is just atrocious. Everything is just going in. We're going to have to adjust that, obviously... We've got to get 20 guys on the same page. We've got a couple of guys that just aren't quite there yet. That's my job, to bring them all together. When we do that, it looks right."
Jordan Martinook offering his perspective...
"We're trying to build momentum and throughout this year we've got going a little bit, then we shoot ourselves in the foot."

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I was worried that our early season would be challenging given the long run we had in the spring, the age of our team is now one of the League’s oldest (plus players are going to be smarter about exerting too much energy in the regular season), our goal tending and the d with tda in 3rd pair.

Put me in the camp that is worried re: Svetch this year. We may get him back soon but it might be next season before he is performing at his higher standard before injury. Aho I expect to be back unless he has an injury that is limiting going forward.

That’s completely your prerogative to be worried. I’m not.

Many on this board overreact to early season struggles. Just look at the GDT last November after the team had 2 wins in 10 games, and had just lost to AZ.

Canes have some things to fix, no doubt and need to get healthy. It may take longer than a few games, like it did last year, but I’m confident they’ll make the playoffs. As we saw with FLA last year and STL in 2018, I’d rather have the Canes peak in April/May/June than in oct/Nov.

 

[HisIceness]

I'm not pleased with this.

Can we stay out of the f***ing box? Can the goaltenders make a f***ing save? Isn't the blue-line supposed to be better?

 

[Stickpucker]

Game highlights

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Game highlights

Oooooooffffff.

I was about 12. An indirect kick occurred and the other team wasn’t paying attention. I was trying to hurry my teammate to kick the ball to me. They were about 12-15 feet away. Im standing by myself, they kicked it, and right in the ding ding.