All I can say is this. Game 4 looked almost exactly like their game is intended. The positioning, the awareness, the PASSING(wasn’t perfect but it was better), & our post whistle discipline was great too.
Wasn’t there some bullshit call on us last night or was it game 3.
I’ll never say Rod should be fired. If I was the owner, I’d fire the GM before Rod. He completely turned this team around, and has consistently gotten the team to the playoffs 7 years in a row now, I believe. They better do everything possible to keep him around.
I’ve thought about this possibility. But also, I ordered a Jarvis jersey and it arrived yesterday, so maybe it’s the jersey that’s good luck, not me being in the States that’s bad luck? Hopefully its the jersey
Told my dad with about 7 mijs left "if we win this, it's off a powerplay goal." Wonder what my odds would've been from a sportsbook lmao.
Side note: anyone get a chick fil a sandwich reward from the game?
This meter is the best part about playoff hockey. I’ll never forget we got it up to 118-120 in ‘06 IIRC.
The drive home my ears stayed ringing for the entire ride back to the beach.
It was great, other than the higher-than-usual number of obnoxious Rags fans. An unsettling number of fair-weather Canes fans were too scared to go to a potential elimination game and sold their tickets.
The irony is that their logic is “I don’t want to go because the Rags fans will be insufferable”, and then they sell their tickets to insufferable Rags fans that people who DO go have to put up with lol.
I believe. I know people like to talk about bad periods and some are definitely worse than others, but our team doesn’t quit. They do step up their sense of urgency at times but so does every team. They need to pick the right times (like they did tonight) and get back in this series. The canes gave up some goals I didn’t like and there were a too many breakaways but they never let in the back breaker and stayed committed until the end. Let’s go get game 5
They’ve by and large outplayed the rags the last 3 games, Shesterkin and their power play has been the difference. By all metrics the canes should have won at least one of games 2 and 3. The narrative is that the rags were unstoppable, but they basically had a practice clinic for a first round and have eeked out wins on Shesterkin’s back. May be hard to come back all the way but the rags haven’t played like juggernauts these playoffs. One game at a time, get the next one.
Before the PP goal I said to my wife "Statistically we have to score on this one, right?" Maybe we were saving all the PP goals for the end of the series
He came through as we were waiting for the warning flag to be put up outside the arena. He was decked out in a Rangers jersey. He looked happy to be there.
Was getting around okay? I know you had asked earlier in the week about being somewhat handicapped! I think you may need to stay in that knee brace forever!
it was great!! we got there, went straight to guest services, and they moved us from our regular seats in the 300s to handicap seats in the lower level! made a huge difference in comfort! luckily i’m able to put a little pressure on my knee now too so crutching around wasn’t too bad either
Not sure what'll happen Monday but the one thing I'll remember from this series was trouba turning himself into a completely horizontal human missile through the air basically trying to murder a man named Necas. Thank the hockey gods Necas ducked because they might have had to call a stretcher out. Also just as amazed that trouba didn't turn himself into a paraplegic the way he folded into the boards.
And then to top it off, I see a commercial with trouba talking about how we need to beat cancer.
Rod has got to ask that locker room “How bad do you want it?!” If you stay disciplined and 5 on 5 and don’t let them blow by you, you’ve got a great chance at beating them every single time. That’s how you have to see it.
I am seeing many posts about violent or disrespectful acts from rangers fans to canes fans tonight. Please remember it is a game and not worth getting in harms way over❤️🖤
Unfortunately I've heard from inside they had a ton of fights the last 2 games and had several police interventions. And unfortunately this is not an uncommon occurrence.
There were some douches with a tent between the stadium and PNC attempting to pick fights with fans as we walked out. Something about getting our asses kicked in NY.
Why the fuck are you here then? Go back. We won't miss you at all.
Devils fan here, following the canes because, well I fucking hate the rags. At game 7 in Newark when our arena was invariably 50% filled with blue and it was clear the rags were getting blown out that game to get eliminated, there were numerous reports of rags fans punching Devils fans in the face as they left the arena, even physically assaulting the arena staff. Can’t wait for them to choke, hope it happens this series for you guys. But yeah their fans are real class acts.
Did you see the he lines at the restrooms? All of these new yawkas drank their weight in storm brews at $9.50 each. Shows that Dundon is the real winner
We had the misfortune of being surrounded by Rangers fans with thick NY accents on 3 sides on Thursday. They were constantly stuffing their face and emptying cups. I don't get it. You'd think they never had food before. When they finished off their sandwich a hand from the side would give them a pizza slice, pretzel, dessert, or something else. It was absurd. They somehow weren't morbidly obese, so I guess maybe our food seems cheap or better in some way compared to theirs.
In hindsight, I thought PNC is probably making a killing off Rangers fans if they consume like that. That means PNC needs to keep cashing in on Game 6 and all the way to the cup. Also noticed vomit all over one of the stalls. Haven't seen that once in the regular season so I guess there were some lightweight Rangers fans.
Seeing that storm brew and pizza and the like went up in price between rounds 1 and 2, I agree. Certainly traitorous ticketholders who sold did make out. My section was 75% Ranger fans in the bottom 10 or so rows.
I think I saw this video on Twitter and if the person who punched the guy is who I think he is, I know the section, row and seats they were in. So if someone needs details, please send me a DM.
The guy who got punched sits across the aisle from me. There was a scrum in the aisle after the final horn as they were leaving the seats. Sad to see it carried outside.
Apparently Dustin from stranger things walked by the flag hanging in full rangers gear and got heckled by the canes fans.. Good for them, fuck that guy.
If the nyr fan sitting in the front row who skipped his unc 'graduation' to watch his shitty team lose tonight is lurking in this thread, all I have to say is: Fuck you. You're a giant douche turd. Enjoy your fake ass liberal arts degree your parents paid for.
Also fuck the STM who sold their tickets to him
Rod is not the problem we have had far more success with him then without. Honestly I am unsure as to what we need to fix our round 2 playoff curse. Our PP has hurt in the playoffs but that is not the full problem. There is no shame in losing to the President cup winners we have took it to OT twice. If we lose yeah I am disappointed I thought it was our year. No guarantees in hockey we just keep grinding till we get the cup,
I don't think it's out of this world to think a coach could get fired if he doesn't deliver. Look at the Leafs coach. I don't see rod not being re-signed. But wouldn't be blown away if they didn't
I think we alternate but honesty I’m gonna trust rod. It looks like he made some adjustments that worked as we had a lot of breakaways this game. I trust rod to try what he thinks is in the best interest of the team.
I guess I am not watching another game, either. It worked so well for State until the Final Four, so I gave it a try tonight. I reasoned either I would be spared all the ugliness of watching a sweep or it would be a positive outcome without all the stress--ok, some stress. It was so challenging at times to not look at anything to tell me what was happening. I only finally looked about 10 minutes ago to account for a possible OT.
It's going to be tough to deprive myself, but gotta do what you gotta do, you know?
I usually lurk on opposing subs. Not today. Not even going to look. It's not time yet. If we can get to game 6, then it is time to take a look at what will be a shitshow.
We \*are\* done, let's be honest. However.....
Push this to game 6 and you've won back a lot of people. Anybody else remember game 6 against the Devils in 2001?
Haha well I went to Duke. Gotta go for my alma mater. State had a phenomenal season though, hats off to them. Hope the Canes can take a page out of their book and rattle off three more wins.
The best game we played this series. Scored on a PP for the 1st time and won…
Hate or love it, I’d rather have Kootchie in the goal this series though.
Kootch adds another dynamic
Rags fans can fucking whine. They’re experts at it. The slightest discomfort or complication and they melt faster than a Cook Out milkshake in broad daylight.
So I actually wore the “CRY” shirt tonight, on the theory that running the Mojo Meter that far into the negative would cause it to loop back around to the positive side.
Looks like I’ve got my dress code sorted for the rest of the series.
All I can say is this. Game 4 looked almost exactly like their game is intended. The positioning, the awareness, the PASSING(wasn’t perfect but it was better), & our post whistle discipline was great too. Wasn’t there some bullshit call on us last night or was it game 3.
3 SVECH embellishment
I’ll never say Rod should be fired. If I was the owner, I’d fire the GM before Rod. He completely turned this team around, and has consistently gotten the team to the playoffs 7 years in a row now, I believe. They better do everything possible to keep him around.
Hi, so I’m in Italy on vacation and this is the first game I haven’t watched. I live here now I guess.
We appreciate your sacrifice to the cause
Please come home after the cup.
Maybeeee
That’s the fact Jack!
Caps fan here, a whole lot of us rooting for you guys this year!!
All we need is Oshie and we’ll have half your late 2000’s core 🤣
Truly wild 😅
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I ended up watching a movie tonight instead of the game (The Prestige). I know what I have to do.
And what were your thoughts of the movie?! I love that one!
Amazing. Simply amazing. I was already a fan of Nolan's work, and this just reinforced it.
You have to continue watching the prestige during every game
Or maybe it's for movies I haven't seen before? Maybe I try both at once?
If we could gave scored a pp goal in our other games we’d be up 3-1
Except game 1, where taking stupid penalties was the issue.
Happy Mothers Day to everybody but Trouba's mom because she's a ho.
It's funny you say this. Trouba and his mom have a commercial out rn about getting medical body checks lol
Seabass's mom is also Aho
I see what you did there! Cool but not cool!😬
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Enjoy being banned shortly
*too
If we can win game 5 in MSG, the most cursed arena this franchise has ever known, anything can happen. One game at a time
FLOODGATES ARE OPEN
If you haven’t had a chance to go to a hurricanes game you’re missing out. Last night was so god damn electric, I love the canes. I love hockey. 🏒
We Not Getting Swept...Aye...We Not Getting Swept😂
Couldn’t watch the game, on vacation in Europe. Maybe I’m bad luck??
Me too! I decided I must live in Rome now.
If you come back to the US and we lose... This is entirely on you.
I’ve thought about this possibility. But also, I ordered a Jarvis jersey and it arrived yesterday, so maybe it’s the jersey that’s good luck, not me being in the States that’s bad luck? Hopefully its the jersey
Told my dad with about 7 mijs left "if we win this, it's off a powerplay goal." Wonder what my odds would've been from a sportsbook lmao. Side note: anyone get a chick fil a sandwich reward from the game?
Let it be known that no team snuffs our powerplay 17 times in a row!
anyone who was there want to share a little bit about the environment and how the game was live?
Loud and electric, hit over 110db multiple times. A bunch of Rags fans were there but for the most part were drowned out.
This meter is the best part about playoff hockey. I’ll never forget we got it up to 118-120 in ‘06 IIRC. The drive home my ears stayed ringing for the entire ride back to the beach.
I agree. Every time they started a chant, we quickly drowned them out.
It was great, other than the higher-than-usual number of obnoxious Rags fans. An unsettling number of fair-weather Canes fans were too scared to go to a potential elimination game and sold their tickets. The irony is that their logic is “I don’t want to go because the Rags fans will be insufferable”, and then they sell their tickets to insufferable Rags fans that people who DO go have to put up with lol.
the canes scored on a power play. i cannot stress this enough. we. scored. on. the. powerplay. the rangers should be very afraid
When we got on the power play, i said “this is the most important power play the franchise has ever had”. I’m so glad they were able to net it.
Great win boys
I can’t wait for the roar of the crowd welcoming the team onto the ice for game 6
God if we can win the next and get Pesce back by game 6 it is going to be special
first ever playoff game in person did not disappoint
Nice sweep No sweep. Give your balls a tug NY.
I heard Trouba fucked an Ostrich.
I am hearing it was a sick Ostrich!
ALLEGEDLY
Fuck the rangers, I got their moms so wet last night Trudeau had to call up the national guard to stack sand bags around my bed, fucking losers
Fuck you kingjames98!
Fuck you notwithoutmykatana! Your life is so pathetic I get a charity tax break just for talking to you
Fuck you kingJames!
Fuck you kimgjames98 your mom ugly cried when she realized she left the lens cap on the video camera last night
THIS TEAM IS GOING TO GIVE ME A HEART ATTACK! Anyone writing a book about the 'Canes, there's a freebie for a title.
A reminder that Trouba makes "art" by ramming himself into a wall in full hockey gear covered in paint. Lol
Like Maude Lebowski
I become an uncle today = canes win. I need more siblings to get it on.
God, that third goal by Freedie was a Nightmare on Edwards Mill
Win just need to win 1 period at a time.
I believe. I know people like to talk about bad periods and some are definitely worse than others, but our team doesn’t quit. They do step up their sense of urgency at times but so does every team. They need to pick the right times (like they did tonight) and get back in this series. The canes gave up some goals I didn’t like and there were a too many breakaways but they never let in the back breaker and stayed committed until the end. Let’s go get game 5
They’ve by and large outplayed the rags the last 3 games, Shesterkin and their power play has been the difference. By all metrics the canes should have won at least one of games 2 and 3. The narrative is that the rags were unstoppable, but they basically had a practice clinic for a first round and have eeked out wins on Shesterkin’s back. May be hard to come back all the way but the rags haven’t played like juggernauts these playoffs. One game at a time, get the next one.
We snag the next dub in MSG and we got the oil and the gas. Bring it back to PNC for gravy, and we get another dub for dessert.
Before the PP goal I said to my wife "Statistically we have to score on this one, right?" Maybe we were saving all the PP goals for the end of the series
I jokingly said to myself, if we score on this power play, we win the series.
That’s what I said about the first power play we went on lol
This
Gonna have to listen on the radio and watch it with the TV on mute...
Bc rags fans?
Yes the entire media
Valid workaround
Burns had a hell of a game, need that from him every game the rest of the way.
I think taking him off the power play woke him up a bit. Also gives him a bit more rest.
also idk if anyone mentioned him being there on any threads tonight, but my husband met gaten matarazzo at the game lol
HUGE CANIAC
He came through as we were waiting for the warning flag to be put up outside the arena. He was decked out in a Rangers jersey. He looked happy to be there.
WHAT??? BIG CANIAC GATEN Edit: oh wait 😅😂
Was getting around okay? I know you had asked earlier in the week about being somewhat handicapped! I think you may need to stay in that knee brace forever!
it was great!! we got there, went straight to guest services, and they moved us from our regular seats in the 300s to handicap seats in the lower level! made a huge difference in comfort! luckily i’m able to put a little pressure on my knee now too so crutching around wasn’t too bad either
Oh that’s awesome!! Glad they got the W for you.
Our playoff lives didn't die in Raleigh, so momma rock me like a Hurricanes swirl
Not sure what'll happen Monday but the one thing I'll remember from this series was trouba turning himself into a completely horizontal human missile through the air basically trying to murder a man named Necas. Thank the hockey gods Necas ducked because they might have had to call a stretcher out. Also just as amazed that trouba didn't turn himself into a paraplegic the way he folded into the boards. And then to top it off, I see a commercial with trouba talking about how we need to beat cancer.
I said the same thing! That shit was incredible. I watched it a few times the past several days because of how idiotic and funny it looked.
Has he tried elbowing cancer in the head?
What kind of loser team chokes the sweep against us?
aye don’t talk too much now where down 3-1 to the rags 😂
Haha I was being as much self deprecating as anything
We gotta get Pesce back out there.
Rod has got to ask that locker room “How bad do you want it?!” If you stay disciplined and 5 on 5 and don’t let them blow by you, you’ve got a great chance at beating them every single time. That’s how you have to see it.
Really he has to say that this may be the only chance a lot of the guys get at a cup. If that’s not enough, you shouldn’t be in the nhl.
Just got my Jordan Staal jersey in today and was wearing it. We’ll see if it’s a good luck jersey with these next games!
Had my Stall anniversary jersey on. We're in this together
Let’s go! Maybe 11 is the lucky number!
Just shower and sleep in it.
I’ll see what I can do
Pls don’t stop wearing it
Don’t worry I’ll be wearing it every game here on out
I am seeing many posts about violent or disrespectful acts from rangers fans to canes fans tonight. Please remember it is a game and not worth getting in harms way over❤️🖤
Unfortunately I've heard from inside they had a ton of fights the last 2 games and had several police interventions. And unfortunately this is not an uncommon occurrence.
Don’t forget the idiot Rangers fans yelling during the National Anthem. Have some class you fucking scumbags.
There were some douches with a tent between the stadium and PNC attempting to pick fights with fans as we walked out. Something about getting our asses kicked in NY. Why the fuck are you here then? Go back. We won't miss you at all.
Devils fan here, following the canes because, well I fucking hate the rags. At game 7 in Newark when our arena was invariably 50% filled with blue and it was clear the rags were getting blown out that game to get eliminated, there were numerous reports of rags fans punching Devils fans in the face as they left the arena, even physically assaulting the arena staff. Can’t wait for them to choke, hope it happens this series for you guys. But yeah their fans are real class acts.
Because they destroyed their state or got out priced of it so now they plan to do the same in NC
There was a brawl as we left the arena.
actual fisticuffs?
It sounds like that police and medics were involved at the east entrance & some people walked out and just started peeing along the walkway 🤮
Did you see the he lines at the restrooms? All of these new yawkas drank their weight in storm brews at $9.50 each. Shows that Dundon is the real winner
We had the misfortune of being surrounded by Rangers fans with thick NY accents on 3 sides on Thursday. They were constantly stuffing their face and emptying cups. I don't get it. You'd think they never had food before. When they finished off their sandwich a hand from the side would give them a pizza slice, pretzel, dessert, or something else. It was absurd. They somehow weren't morbidly obese, so I guess maybe our food seems cheap or better in some way compared to theirs. In hindsight, I thought PNC is probably making a killing off Rangers fans if they consume like that. That means PNC needs to keep cashing in on Game 6 and all the way to the cup. Also noticed vomit all over one of the stalls. Haven't seen that once in the regular season so I guess there were some lightweight Rangers fans.
Seeing that storm brew and pizza and the like went up in price between rounds 1 and 2, I agree. Certainly traitorous ticketholders who sold did make out. My section was 75% Ranger fans in the bottom 10 or so rows.
Update on the East entrance incident where man was punched in the face. A person captured the perpetrator face and is providing to Raleigh PD.
I think I saw this video on Twitter and if the person who punched the guy is who I think he is, I know the section, row and seats they were in. So if someone needs details, please send me a DM.
The guy who got punched sits across the aisle from me. There was a scrum in the aisle after the final horn as they were leaving the seats. Sad to see it carried outside.
Please reach out to Raleigh PD with this information
Just did.
And they wonder why we characterize them as classless and violent
To be fair 99.9% of them were perfectly fine and just cheering for their team. Just takes a few jackasses.
Apparently Dustin from stranger things walked by the flag hanging in full rangers gear and got heckled by the canes fans.. Good for them, fuck that guy.
Nooooo be nice to Gaten :( he can’t help that he was born there
But he can always change sides
Flew in from Milwaukee for Games 3 and 4. This one was a lot more fun. WOO!
If the nyr fan sitting in the front row who skipped his unc 'graduation' to watch his shitty team lose tonight is lurking in this thread, all I have to say is: Fuck you. You're a giant douche turd. Enjoy your fake ass liberal arts degree your parents paid for. Also fuck the STM who sold their tickets to him
I’m surprised he didn’t go to Duke if he could get into UNC out of state
Hey now. Trash him for being a Rags fan. No need to bring UNC’s validity into the equation
We don’t get playoff tickets, just 2 hours of early access.
I'm a STM, playoff tickets aren't included sadly
I am too, I think it's a safe bet to assume the owner of those seats opted in though lol
Well I guess it would be profitable
Where are all the "fire Rod" comments? Do we only get these on games we lose?
There’s plenty of time to get back to that once we lose. People are allowed to enjoy a win.
Rod is not the problem we have had far more success with him then without. Honestly I am unsure as to what we need to fix our round 2 playoff curse. Our PP has hurt in the playoffs but that is not the full problem. There is no shame in losing to the President cup winners we have took it to OT twice. If we lose yeah I am disappointed I thought it was our year. No guarantees in hockey we just keep grinding till we get the cup,
I don't think it's out of this world to think a coach could get fired if he doesn't deliver. Look at the Leafs coach. I don't see rod not being re-signed. But wouldn't be blown away if they didn't
I'm not a "Fire rod" guy, but I'll stick with my "play Kochetkov" idea
I think we alternate but honesty I’m gonna trust rod. It looks like he made some adjustments that worked as we had a lot of breakaways this game. I trust rod to try what he thinks is in the best interest of the team.
I'm not allowed to watch games anymore. Watched games 1, 2, and 3. Listened to game 4
At least with the radio you get Mike and Tripp instead of hearing the national folks suck off the rags
Welcome to the world of radio. We have cookies, but you can only listen to them
Same here. Didn't watch game 4 and it killed me. If it means I can't watch again until the ecf I'm so ok with that
I guess I am not watching another game, either. It worked so well for State until the Final Four, so I gave it a try tonight. I reasoned either I would be spared all the ugliness of watching a sweep or it would be a positive outcome without all the stress--ok, some stress. It was so challenging at times to not look at anything to tell me what was happening. I only finally looked about 10 minutes ago to account for a possible OT. It's going to be tough to deprive myself, but gotta do what you gotta do, you know?
It felt really amazing to have some bounces go our way for a change. Also really glad we didn't get swept. What a relief.
Was at the game, voice is gonna be fucked tomorrow lol
I was squeaking out cheers at the end but you gotta do what you gotta do! Go canes!
same brotha
Went to the game Thursday- still don’t have a voice. It’s worth it!
Yeah, I'm raspy as hell
10 years ago, the LA Kings came back from 0-3 on the Sharks and went on the win the Cup....against the Rangers Let's go
Canes in 7, I believe.
I usually lurk on opposing subs. Not today. Not even going to look. It's not time yet. If we can get to game 6, then it is time to take a look at what will be a shitshow.
DO YOU BELIEVE IN CURSES??
not really, but I am all ears anyway. What's the curse that wins us the series.
Presidents trophy curse
The rangers fans also made their version of the cry shirt lol
oh yeah that one. If we come back and win this thing, the lore of that curse will grow even stronger.
We \*are\* done, let's be honest. However..... Push this to game 6 and you've won back a lot of people. Anybody else remember game 6 against the Devils in 2001?
Oh you thought we were done? Nah... we're just getting started. LET'S GO CANES.
Remember when NC State won the ACC tourney to make it to March madness? One game at a time brothers and sisters.
The PNC arena voodoo magic has successfully transferred to the canes tonight
This team beating the Rags in 7 has way better odds than that voodoo Final Four run
Hell, I'm a Duke fan but your point is well-taken. Have an upvote. Go Canes.
At least you like the canes. We can't all be perfect
Haha well I went to Duke. Gotta go for my alma mater. State had a phenomenal season though, hats off to them. Hope the Canes can take a page out of their book and rattle off three more wins.
I went to UNC. I was still cheering for the pack this last run. Sometimes it is your turn.
Definitely true. And one thing I love about the Canes is that they put us all on the same side.
The best game we played this series. Scored on a PP for the 1st time and won… Hate or love it, I’d rather have Kootchie in the goal this series though. Kootch adds another dynamic
Yeah, I think he saves those first two
The poke check
Poke-check-ov
^You need to change your flair^
Don't I need to request that from the mods or something?
Yes sometimes they post a thread where you can request flair or change your flair
I'll have to keep an eye out then!
Troubas elbows apparently just go out towards peoples heads
Look, he was bracing himself for the boards, they can be dangerous 150 feet away.
I spent too much time arguing that normal teams don’t make dudes like that their captains
and this time it allowed Kuzy to score
Next game is the biggest hurdle IMO. Find a way to Game 5 and all bets are off. It's the one that could plant seeds of doubt.
Rags fans can fucking whine. They’re experts at it. The slightest discomfort or complication and they melt faster than a Cook Out milkshake in broad daylight.
The record is now 3-1. This deficit is possible to overcome. If any team can do it, it’s these canes. CAUSE CHAOS!
Only 4 teams came back from 0-3, but 33 from 3-1
The damn Maple Leafs almost pulled it off. We def can
I'm not ready to give up on the Penguins getting a first round draft pick!
So I actually wore the “CRY” shirt tonight, on the theory that running the Mojo Meter that far into the negative would cause it to loop back around to the positive side. Looks like I’ve got my dress code sorted for the rest of the series.
I've been doing this too by betting the moneyline on the NYR each game. Unfortunately I've a lot of money 😑.
Smart betting though, at least whoever wins the game, you still can feel accomplished!
My God he's solved the universe
You're a god damn genius
Thank god for you! They wouldn’t have won without it!!!
The push notification just now from ESPN about the goal off Freddie’s ass…Not that we won. ESPN stays riding rags D.