bryan-mccabe Stories - Canes Country
Rangers Analysis: McCabe a Key Piece to Rangers' Playoff Puzzle
On Saturday the New York Rangers acquired 35-year-old defenseman Bryan McCabe from the Florida Panthers. The veteran blue-liner was a target of GM Glen Sather's for at least a month leading up to the deadline, as he felt the Blueshirts' young and inexperienced defensive corps was lacking something...
Panthers: Off-season variables, potential, and concerns created by the Trade Deadline
"We added a great number of picks and got younger and really solidified our future. The future is most important for us." These were the words from Florida Panthers GM Dale Tallon after the dust settled from Monday's busy Trade Deadline. He couldn't have been more right. It's all about the future....
11 years ago yesterday...Iron Mike arrived and raised hell!
The headlines read: "KEENAN LANDS ON THE MARK SORRY VANCOUVER ADDS MIKE TO MESS".Then-Canucks coach Tom "Mr. Positivity" Renney was fired and replaced by Iron Mike Keenan. The Canucks came limping out of the gate in the 1997-98 season with a 4-13-3 record when Keenan took over.Most Canucks fans...
Slow start but fast finish in 1st Period- update
Did I say that the Panthers would have trouble scoring? Forget that. The Cats jumped out to a 2-0 lead and it looked like Cory Stillman and company were going to run the Canes out of the rink. But a powerplay re-direct by Ruutu and an even strength wrister by Whitney tied things up. Both teams...
Canes Country Clash - Southeast Division
This is the final edition of "The Clash" as Cory and I break down the Southeast. Cory's picks- Washington Carolina Florida Tampa Bay Atlanta Bubba's picks- Carolina Washington Florida Tampa Bay Atlanta Cory- While...
The Southeast Division Gets Defensive
Two big-name blueliners have recently changed addresses and are moving south. First of all, the Tampa Bay Lightning acquired Andrej Meszaros from the Ottawa Senators for defensemen Filip Kuba and Alexandre Picard. The Lightning also included a 1st round draft pick in 2009, acquired from San Jose...
The Ragdoll Incident
Wardo at Leaf Club has made some excellent observations on the aftermath of this incident on the career on the career of Bryan McCabe. Check it out - ir beats pondering three game losing streaks!






