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Friday Caterwaul: Panthers GameDay Open Forum
Florida hosts the Detroit Red Wings tonight at 7:30...our Game Preview at 3, followed by the LBC Live Game Thread at 6. Onward... Hockey Weekend Across America kicks off with "Wear Your Favorite Hockey Jersey" Day. Our attorney friends will be looking extra sharp this afternoon sporting their...
Sam Gagner - #2 In The Oilers Top 25 Under 25
Player development is not a linear function. It doesn't fit into a normal distribution, either. For most players, developing into an effective NHL player is a process marked by incremental improvements in the smallest parts of their games. Along the way, progress is often impeded by factors like...
Not a Bang But a Whimper
In a career reaching into four decades, Mike Modano has built an impressive resume: over 550 goals, 800 assists, one Stanley Cup, and the reputation of an "every-minute" forward with point-per-game skills in a period when the former was rarely recognized and the latter hard to come by. Now, we are...
The League of Extraordinary Statisticians: The Trophies
The League of Extraordinary Statisticians (LOES) is a weekly forum bringing together the top analytical minds in the hockey world to answer a variety of questions that straddle the line between stats analysis and something you might hear floating around section 304. They have agreed to answer...
Sam Gagner, The Next Bobby Clarke? Dave Keon? Bobby Carpenter?
Yesterday, we looked at Sam Gagner's place in hockey history among other under-21 players. Today, we'll look at other comparable players that might give us an idea as to what the Edmonton Oilers have on their hands. The incomparable Lowetide loves his comparables, and after searching high and...
The Morning After: Carter owns Brind'Amour for OT winner
The Flyers beat the Carolina Hurricanes in overtime tonight by a score of 2-1. Jeff Carter scored the game-winner on a beautiful shot immediately following a faceoff win over Rod Brind'Amour. The Flyers are now 9-1-3 in their last 14 games and are also 7-0-3 in their last 10 games against Carolina,...
Drowning - Sabres 3 Canes 1
While the effort was better, the Carolina Hurricanes lost their fifth game in a row last night by a score of 3-1 to the Buffalo Sabres. The last time the team lost five games in a row was during the 2002-03 season, when the Canes finished dead last in the NHL. The Sabres jumped out to a 2-0 lead...
Hurricanes Mid Season Grades - updated
The Carolina Hurricanes have completed 41 games and are officially half-way through the regular season. Let's take a quick look at where they stand and grade the players based upon their individual performances so far. The team has a record of 21-15-5, good for 47 points and seventh place in the...
Special Teams Implode - Wild 3 Canes 2
The Carolina Hurricanes played what could be considered a good game in St. Paul last night, but their failure to capitalize when they had their chances and a few untimely mistakes ended up costing them yet another victory as they lost to the Minnesota Wild by a score of 3-2. As Ron Francis...
Corvo Works Magic - Canes 2 Panthers 1, OT
The Carolina Hurricanes came out in the first period skating hard and never looked back as they defeated the Florida Panthers, 2-1 in overtime last night at the RBC. Not only did the Canes outshoot the Panthers in each and every period, but they held the advantage in time of possession and scoring...
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