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Road trip starts badly for Canes
by David Lee on 10/21/09 at 11:27 PM ET
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The Hurricanes continued their annual late October extended road trip in desperate need of a win. The Islanders were a winless team, but have been playing good hockey. Unfortunately for the Canes, this was the night the Isles finally got into the win column. After falling behind 3-1, Carolina mounted a third period rally to tie the game, which was ultimately settled in the shootout. The home team converted all three of their shootout attempts, while the Hurricanes succeeded just once.
It was a night to celebrate Ray Whitney, who was playing in his 1000th NHL game and his 300th as a Cane. Unlike last Wednesday, when he lit the lamp twice, he failed to light the lamp this time. Eric Staal got off the schneid, but it wasn’t enough to lead the Canes to victory.
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Canes get it going against Cats
by David Lee on 10/10/09 at 09:16 AM ET
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On Friday night against the visiting Florida Panthers, the Hurricanes finally figured out how to get the puck in the net. Seven different guys scored goals and twelve different guys had scoring points in a 7-2 romp of the Cats. The Canes continued to have success in the black sweaters as they wore them for the first time this season.
While the penalty killers got better, the power play units did not, and that continues to be a major area of concern. The Canes were limited to three power play chances, and failed to score even in a minute of five-on-three. On the other side, the Canes killed off all six shorthanded situations including 40 seconds of a two man disadvantage.
Tom Kostopoulos scored the game’s first goal on a shorthanded situation after forcing a turnover in the Florida zone. The unassisted goal came at 7:00 of the first. After that, it was all gravy.
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Finns get Canes off the schneid
by David Lee on 10/06/09 at 10:23 PM ET
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On Tuesday night, the Finnish connection got the job done in Carolina, handing them their first win of the season. It took a shootout to break a 1-1 tie with the Lightning, and the Hurricanes were successful.
This was one of those odd games that fell through the cracks, and wasn’t broadcast by either team’s network. This meant that, even with the Center Ice package, this game wasn’t on television. Thank goodness for internet radio and Chuckandtheletterk.
This was the first game of the season for defenseman Joni Pitkänen, who had knee surgery over the summer. Unfortunately, he didn’t last the whole game. However, he and the other Finns all pitched in for the win. It was also the first game of the season for tough guy utility player Tim Conboy. As I expected, he spent more time in the box than on the ice. I sincerely hope that this experiment will come to a rapid end and one of the skilled forwards from Albany is recalled.
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Hurricanes re-sign Jokinen
by David Lee on 06/29/09 at 06:54 PM ET
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On Monday, the Hurricanes agreed to terms with forward Jussi Jokinen on a two-year deal. He will earn $1.5M in 2009-10 and &1.9M in 2010-11.
This is a huge coup for the Canes, as they have saved a bit of money by signing him before he became a RFA on Wednesday.
Jokinen made $1.875 last season, and was one of many casualties in Tampa. He joined the Hurricanes in February after a trade sent Wade Brookbank, Josef Melichar and a fourth round pick in this year’s draft to the Lightning. Brookbank and Melichar were pieces of garbage, so this was really a fourth round pick for Jokinen.
The 26-year old Finn, who is no relation to Olli Jokinen, scored just one goal and ten assists in 25 regular season games for the Hurricanes. Not counted in those stats was a shootout winner against the Sabres. He was a stud in the playoffs, scoring seven goals and adding four assists for a total of eleven points in 18 postseason games played. Of those seven postseason goals, three were game-winners, including the game four winner against New Jersey with 00:00.2 showing on the clock.
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Canes off-season. The forwards
by David Lee on 06/14/09 at 03:57 PM ET
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So we’ve got a few days before the Awards Show, then another week before the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. Carolina will have the 27th overall pick, and most prognosticators are saying that Carolina will draft a defenseman.
A few days after the draft, the real fun begins. The free agent signing period. Carolina has never been a big spender in the FA signing period, and I don’t expect them to be this summer. Their primary focus will be on re-signing the guys they have, then picking someone up in the bargain bin. Last summer, they were inactive in the FA market, but made the blockbuster trade with the Oilers, sending Erik Cole that way for Joni Pitkänen.
This summer, while some people are dreaming up elaborate ways to get Dany Heatley here, I expect little if any activity from the Hurricanes camp. At least not as far as the forwards are concerned.
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Hurricanes dump Boston 4-1, get stranglehold on series.
by David Lee on 05/08/09 at 11:00 PM ET
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On Friday night, in front of a packed RBC Center crowd, the Hurricanes seized control of the Eastern semifinal series with Boston. They won the game 4-1 behind two goals from Eric Staal and now have a commanding 3-1 series lead. Game five will be Sunday night in Boston.
Eric Staal scored his eighth and ninth goals of the postseason and has passed some guy named Ron Francis on the franchise postseason scoring list. He stands alone as the most prolific Hurricane in postseason play.
For the second game in a row and the third in these playoffs, Jussi Jokinen got the game-winning goal, his sixth of the second season. The newfound crowd favorite added two assists and earned the first star of the game.
Read on for full details including a great highlight…
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The Jus is loose! Canes win game three.
by David Lee on 05/06/09 at 10:23 PM ET
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On Wednesday night, Carolina had a chance to take a lead in the series with Boston. They had the same opportunity in game three of the series with New Jersey, but the Devils prevailed in overtime. This game went to overtime, and the Caniacs held their collective breath for the umpteenth time this playoff season. Jussi Jokinen pulled through for the Canes, potting the game winner at 2:48 of the fourth period.
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Bs take game one
by David Lee on 05/02/09 at 09:16 AM ET
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The Canes and Bruins opened their Eastern Conference semifinal series on Friday, and it was a solid victory for Boston. Just as the Devils did in game one of the first round, the Bruins won game one 4-1. The Bruins have won all five postseason games, and none of them have been close.
David Krejci started things off for the home team at 1:34, tipping a right point blast from Aaron Ward. Michael Ryder got the secondary assist. To me, it looked like Ward’s goal. However, they determined that it was touched by Krejci in the slot, and he gets the credit....
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Canes win thriller, advance to conference semis
by David Lee on 04/29/09 at 12:25 AM ET
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Tuesday night was a do-or-die for the Hurricanes and the Devils. With 90 seconds to play, the Devils had a 3-2 lead in their own building and it looked grim for the Hurricanes. I had already started making mental notes for a Canes eulogy and for a concession letter to the gals at Interchangeable Parts.
But then....
The Canes decided that it wasn’t over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor. Nothing was going to be over until they decided it was. (please click the link if you don’t already get the joke)
Jussi Jokinen, the hero from the uber-dramatic game 4, scored a Finn-tastic (sorry) goal to tie it. The crowd at the Rock and the Devils on the ice were shell-shocked. Their shock turned to horror when Eric Staal fired a shot in from the right circle to win the game at 19:29 ....
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Jokinen beats buzzer
by David Lee on 04/21/09 at 11:01 PM ET
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Holy cow! A miracle at the RBC Center!
Jussi Jokinen deflected the game-winning goal with two tenths of a second left. The last time I saw anything like that was when Kevyn Adams scored a shorthanded overtime goal with one tenth of a second left at Atlanta on March 5, 2004.
Carolina dominated the first 39 minutes of the game, building a 3-0 lead. Eric Staal and Ryan Bayda scored one minute apart in the opening frame to give the media (and Carolina fans) what they wanted: a game where Carolina took the lead. The Canes also did what every Canes blogger was begging them to do: they shot the puck. And they established a forecheck and offensive pressure. And they forced New Jersey to take penalties. And they got physical. And they neutralized Parise/Zajac.
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Scott Walker: concussion or vertigo
by David Lee on 02/11/09 at 09:06 PM ET
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I look up, I look down. I look up, I look down....
After a successful West coast road trip, the Hurricanes returned home for a few days off before a big home game against the Panthers on Thursday. They took Monday off and when they returned to practice on Tuesday, a couple of the injured were there. Rod Brind’Amour, who was sent home to nurse his groin injury and defenseman Dennis Seidenberg practiced for the first time in a week. Brindy will hope to make a return to the lineup on Thursday, while Seidenberg will remain on the IR with his own groin issue.
Meanwhile, right wing Scott Walker continues to be totally out of commission with an “upper body” injury that is rumored to be a concussion. Now, though, there’s speculation that he’s suffering from vertigo.
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Canes nab another Finn
by David Lee on 02/07/09 at 03:30 PM ET
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On Saturday, the Hurricanes traded away dead weight Wade Brookbank and Josef Melichar plus a draft pick for 25 year old winger Jussi Jokinen. Jussi is not related to cane killa Olli Jokinen, whose Coyotes will host the Hurricanes tonight.
Jokinen has scored 16 (6/10) points for the dreadful Lightning this season. He was placed on waivers a few days ago and was acquired after he cleared waivers. This move will take on a few hundred thousand dollars over what Melichar and Brookbank were making. His salary this season is $1.875M.
One year ago, Carolina had zero Finns. Now they have three. There are just 40 Finns in the entire League, meaning that the Canes have a robust 7.5% of them. The only Finnish Hurricane I can recall from the past is Sami Kapinen.
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