Cam Ward Shines - Canes 2, Leafs 0

Great 60 minute effort. I am not sure if we have had that in any other game this year. They played with a sense of urgency throughout and when Toronto would gain an edge in the zone, Cam Ward stepped up and was consistent. No short side goals!!
I hope that we can start to gain some points on the teams in front of us in the standings but it is going to be tough. I do not think that we can expect Pittsburgh to stumble again and I would look for them to be extremely good in their last 35 games. It looks like we have to hope that Florida and Buffalo stumble and we might could catch New York.
GO CANES!!

Oh Grasshopper….Toronto is just not very good. Some day you will learn young Grasshopper.

A little bit better effort than the sabres game. Just Wardo shined instead of Miller and Toskala faced some nice quality shots. That level of hockey and you get a chance to win/steal games. Be realistic, though. This is a work in progress. No way these guys could take Boston 4 out of 7 (yet?). They keep it up for a 30 some game run and maybe the hockey Gods smile, maybe not. Was a fun game to watch and I think some of the players are starting to shine, Joni, Seids looked desperate but under control. Ruutu had a wierd game, good one just odd. I don’t know, good game, but is was the leafs…

Let’s get some pen butt tonight and play the Staal drinking game!!!

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BTW, Why was Eaves a +1 and Roddy not?

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Brind’Amour’s point came on the power play. No + for a power play goal for, no – for a shorthanded goal against.

Nice to hear the announcers gushing over Ward’s stellar play. Most have heard “Holy Mackerel!” 2-3 times in the third referring to saves by Cam. Seemed like a desperate game for both teams with Ward being the difference. Nice to see Staal play with a more physical edge, rest of the team followed suit. Ruu and Rosie wrecking shop was nice to see..

Kaiton is the man. I just finished watching his “day in the life.” Well worth watching. I have even more respect for him now. We are so fortunate to have Chuck and John.

Seemed like laRose was taking a break reading the classifieds on that goal.
That’s camped out in front of the net.. and what we should have our players doing on every play.

The 5-on-3 kill was just huge. Give up one (or two) there, and confidence is likely shattered.

Solid performance against a bad team. Their is no reson this wasnt the outcome of the Ottawa game and the Toronto game on fri. How about Larose on his knees trying to keep that puck in before Cullen held it in at the line the back to Chad. A play like that should spark the team. We’ll see what happens tonight in Pitt.

Ill be attending this game! Wifes family lives in Pitt so we planned a visit the in-laws trip for her while i bail and watch the canes!

Have fun blacklisted.

I forgot to mention the 5-on-3, obviously that was huge. The game announcers said that the Leafs were something like 1-18 on converting 5-on-3’s. Ugly.

Oh, Ken. Go find Barbie and maybe you will be more optimistic. Last night was a step in the right direction. Maybe I should have said that more clearly in my response so you would understand.

Hey grasshopper,
Please….really…..really…. The Leafs are horrible. If beating that pathetic group is a move in the right direction, our team is worse off than I think.

How about a dose of reality. The Canes are near the bottom of the league in penalty killing, power play, goals allowed, point differential. Their Captain is last in the league in +/- and says that he has just been unlucky. This team needs help. They are on life support. I checked with Barbie and she even agrees. Take your head out of your a@@ and watch the game more closely and perhaps even you can see the problems that this team has. They are slow, they do not score when they have the chance to, they have no guts, they do not hit, they do not stick up for one another….pathetic. Hence they do not play as a unit. The last time I checked…gutless doesn’t make the playoffs.

I am a season ticket holder and I have the right to complain about the product that is on the ice. Watch more, type less.

Ken,
Let me say thank you for being a season ticket holder. I guess that means you can not be optimistic about the recent play of a team. I suppose beating a slumping Pens team with 2 terrible players on their top line is disappointing too. Watch more games? I will admit that I may have missed watching 2-3 games in the last few years, so for that I apologize. I am sorry that I cannot be as great of a fan as you. If being a great fan like you means whining and complaining, count me out.