GDT: Sharknado!

[Brock Anton]

rip mceichel hello 9th

 

[TheOllieC]

why the **** was gleason and liles out there

 

[Brock Anton]

why the **** was gleason and liles out there

#grit and #veteranleadership

 

[Joe McGrath]

why the **** was gleason and liles out there

Well the 4th line was too. Not exactly the best idea.

 

[TheOllieC]

#grit and #veteranleadership

Well the 4th line was too. Not exactly the best idea.

praise bilpeto

 

[cptjeff]

Well, that was an interesting 3rd period.

 

[Anton Babchuk]

gritty vetran vrasko with the clutch empty net game-winning GWG goal

 

[gocanes88]

Go to 1:21

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

This team is hilarious

 

[TheOllieC]

That is main board worthy

 

[Novacane]

Alright. We need to keep Seksy

 

[DougieSmash]

32 points for Faulk in 52 games. Can he beat Pitkanen record 46 pts in 2010?

 

[bluedevil58*]

Sekera just became my favorite Cane. We gotta resign him.

 

[What the Faulk]

One thing working in the "re-sign corner" is the fact that there might be a lot of defensemen available now/in UFA : Franson, Phaneuf, Green, Petry, Zidlicky, Methot, Michalek, Myers, Ehrhoff, Martin, Beauchemin, Oduya, Yandle, OEL. Not all are on Sekera's level, but the supply is great.

 

[ChuckW]

Yeah so like I was saying, our performance against these "top" teams has been excellent. Bring on the Ducks for take 2.

 

[DaveG]

Question there is if it's a matter of the top teams "playing down" for us, us getting up (phrasing) for top teams but not being able to get up otherwise, or a combination of both.

 

[Quacktastic]

Go to 1:21

Great video, even better avatar

 

[What the Faulk]

^^ I think it's both, and the fact the fact that January is going about as expected:

Beat the Flyers who aren't very good either.
A tough win against a down Boston team.
Lost close on the road to the very good Predators.
Handled Buffalo.
Took a good Blues team to OT in St. Louis.
Beat the playoff-less Avs at home.
Lost to a bubble Canucks team at home.
Ugly win against the struggling Sens on the road.
Dismantled Toronto.
Probably had their best win of 2015 in Tampa.
Again took the Blues to OT.
We are who we thought they were in New York.
Another good OT game, this time against Anahiem.
Scraped by in Phoenix who isn't very good.
Beat the overachieving Sharks.

To me, this seems to scream what most of us thought they were when healthy: a bubble team.

 

[nobuddy]

the CANES

are who we thought they were


and that's why we took the damn rink

 

[dogbazinho]

Francis may not be Rutherford 2.0 but this season is certainly triggering some deja vu like feelings.

 

[Stickpucker]

Francis may not be Rutherford 2.0 but this season is certainly triggering some deja vu like feelings.

Break the cycle!

 

[nobuddy]

i'm am so proud

of

gritty vetrans linholm elias and jfaulko

 

[Ole Gil]

To me, this seems to scream what most of us thought they were when healthy: a bubble team.

Health is so underrated in sports. I think almost every team outside of the very very bottom are bubble teams at worst if completely healthy. The Islanders are a good example of how perfect health can propel an decent team to the top. And now that they're having a few hiccups healthwise, they're playing some mediocre hockey.

Canes are the worst in the league when banged up. But now they have their Staal's back and their defense is healthy, and they're winning more than they're losing despite their 3rd and 4th best forwards not scoring.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Health is so underrated in sports. I think almost every team outside of the very very bottom are bubble teams at worst if completely healthy. The Islanders are a good example of how perfect health can propel an decent team to the top. And now that they're having a few hiccups healthwise, they're playing some mediocre hockey.

Canes are the worst in the league when banged up. But now they have their Staal's back and their defense is healthy, and they're winning more than they're losing despite their 3rd and 4th best forwards not scoring.

If this argument is right -- and I think it is -- it means that the most important skill for an organization is not just "getting the best talent" but also "getting the most out of replacement level talent".

 

[DaveG]

That's a bingo. And that's where we fail the most right now, by FAR. Our player development in Charlotte has struggled at best, and when you make the fewest picks of any team over such a long period that's eventually going to bite you in the ass big time. Add in the challenge we've had in attracting college UFAs that haven't sucked, and all that's obvious is that this team more then basically any other can't afford the misses on guys like Heerema, Dalpe, Tselios, Knyazev, and Boychuk that we've had over the years.