Tonight's Lineups

by Bob Wage on Oct 10, 2008 4:07 PM EDT

These lineups are unofficial and have not been released by the team yet. But "word on the street" has the Canes scratching Babchuk and Melichar on defense. Here are the expected lines-

Staal, Eaves, Whitney

Brind'Amour, Samsonov, Ruutu

Cullen, Bayda, LaRose

Sutter, Brookbank, LaCouture

Gleason, Pitkanen

Corvo, Kaberle

Wallin, Seidenberg

Ward

Of course, Zach Boychuk will also be sidelined.

According to the Miami Herald, Florida will probably ice the following, but this is also unofficial-

Stillman, Horton, Olesz

Zednik, Weiss, Booth

Belak, Creps, Peltonen

Campbell, McClean, Dvorak

Allen, Bouwmeester

McCabe, Murphy

Ballard, Boynton

Vokoun

Cory Stillman is making a return and of course will want to make his presence known to his old 'mates. Tomas Vokoun is usually a brick wall in goal. This team will want to start out their season on a high note as badly as the Canes do. They will not be pushovers.

Who wants it more? We will see tonight.

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I had a brief chat with rookie Brandon Sutter this morning right before a team meeting. This is the center's NHL debut which is a dream, even if your last name is Sutter. More about that on the THN blog which can be seen here.

Just a few short hours until game time. Will the Canes start out the season on a good note? Home openers have not always gone well for this team. If you are still undecided about attending, there are still tickets available.

I'll have a note here before the game, followed by some updates for those who can't make it to the rink.

Ciao!

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I have an idea for a future game giveaway. How about some sort of special magnification glass to put over the game clock on our TV so that we can actually see how much time is left in the game and on the PP.

by J.B. on Oct 10, 2008 7:40 PM EDT reply actions