Oh yeah ... three more games to play, suckers. You can't escape just because the playoffs are officially off the table and everybody's writing post mortems. Florida's not out of it yet, either ... so the Canes have the chance to either play spoiler or play roadkill. Personally, I don't have strong feelings one way or the other.
The Canes recalled Roland McKeown, which I guess means that Faulk or somebody else in the D group is either too banged up to play or close to it. Otherwise it would be pointless to distract from Charlotte's playoff push like that. Wait a minute. Pointless IS what we do best around here, so forget that comment. After effectively benching Val Zykov in the last game, it will be "interesting" to see what Peters does with his first line for this one. Aho, Terravainen and Zykov had been on a pretty good role before Peters decided ... whatever the heck he decided. I might tune in to the start just to see ... who am I kidding? You couldn't pay me to watch anything more time consuming than a highlight package at this point.
Personal stuff on the table for the Canes: Aho is 2 short of 30 goals. Terravainen and Skinner are within reach of 25 goals. Stall is 3 short of a 20 goal season. Skinner and Williams are a few points away from 50 point seasons. If Ward plays all three and wins them, he could finish with 25 wins. And if Justin Faulk can manage to go -4 in the last 3 games he can reach the epic milestone of finishing the season -30! Aim high, Captain. Aim high.
So ... keep on keeping on Canes fans. I'm just in it for the board at this point.
The Canes recalled Roland McKeown, which I guess means that Faulk or somebody else in the D group is either too banged up to play or close to it. Otherwise it would be pointless to distract from Charlotte's playoff push like that. Wait a minute. Pointless IS what we do best around here, so forget that comment. After effectively benching Val Zykov in the last game, it will be "interesting" to see what Peters does with his first line for this one. Aho, Terravainen and Zykov had been on a pretty good role before Peters decided ... whatever the heck he decided. I might tune in to the start just to see ... who am I kidding? You couldn't pay me to watch anything more time consuming than a highlight package at this point.
Personal stuff on the table for the Canes: Aho is 2 short of 30 goals. Terravainen and Skinner are within reach of 25 goals. Stall is 3 short of a 20 goal season. Skinner and Williams are a few points away from 50 point seasons. If Ward plays all three and wins them, he could finish with 25 wins. And if Justin Faulk can manage to go -4 in the last 3 games he can reach the epic milestone of finishing the season -30! Aim high, Captain. Aim high.
So ... keep on keeping on Canes fans. I'm just in it for the board at this point.
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