what’s Timmy’s stitch count so far this season? poor guy is a puck magnet! did anyone hear Manny’s post-game interview about getting hit in the “love pillows”? LMAO he is a funny guy!

Tim’s stitch count for the last 60 days is 42 . 12 this last game and 30 the time before…go figure…then when i was a kid a loked at some of the older vets during the 60’s they all looked like they kept leading with their faces in a losing street fight! And yes I’ll take a “finnish” hat trick anyday !! Go canes !!

Very good game, especially from a live stand point! The fans were feeling it and so was the team… just a fun time all around! Gleason is a true warrior, the fins are "Finn"tastic, and that goal by Cullen was down right sick! The boys are clicking on all cylinders now! Congrats to Legace on getting the victory, and to Gregory Campbell on the new face lift courtesy of Timmy Gleason! GO CANES!!

Cullen got some props over at the NHL.com front page. They feature that “sick” toe drag goal as a video AND he was named 3rd star of the night in the league. Well done Matt – been so focused on all the other headlines, I hadn’t noticed how great you’d been playing.

We’re still at 28th and 9 points ahead (or behind, depending on your vantage point) Edmonton who is in 30th place. Guess that’ll be okay. Matt Duchene has worked out just fine for the Avs and he was the #3 pick last year.

So… is a point, a fight, and a puck to the face a Tim Gleason hat trick?

Congratulations to the new guy. After Gleason pounded a clearly mismatched G.Campbell to the ice, I guess Bryan Allen, listed at 6’4", 226 lbs, decided to get revenge on Goertzen. Didn’t work out so well. Steve held his own, and body-slammed Allen to the ice at the end of the skirmish.

’’There’s still a chance (of making the playoffs), so we’re battling every time we get on the ice,’’ Carolina defenseman Tim Gleason said.

Here’s Forslund with Joe Ovies this morning. (Forslund was in St Louis calling the Blues-Wings game lat night – hope he caught the game later. that was a fun one)

He talks about the Canes current momentum, what he’s hearing about trade bait. Whitney, Cullen, Corvo. He expects Whitney might not happen till 2:45pm on March 3rd. (for the 3pm deadline)

A friend sent this to me when she heard about the ‘Canes opening in Finland. It’s a Finnish rap song about hockey: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4osfbh7Q_g Pretty hilarious and awesome (and catchy).

I was at the game and thought the Canes played well as a group. The 1st period was a little slow and didn’t have much flow, but the rest of the game moved along. Some of the passes were a little off and some of puck-handling wasn’t great.

Matt Cullen really did have a very good all-around game and should have increased his trade value. I really like the move by Staal that resulted in a penalty and then resulted in the PP goal. He was weaving in and out of defenders like the Staal of old, I’ve missed that this season.

Again, it was a good overall game and the FINNish was perfect. We’re playing some good hockey as of late, it will be interesting to see if we get what we expect from our trades and whether we will continue to play this level of hockey once certain players are gone.