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Playoff GDT: Stanley Cup Final Game 3 Canes @ Vegas 6/6 8:00

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andyt

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Hopefully the series momentum flew west with the team. The Canes are 6-0 on the road in the playoffs, outscoring the opponents 20-8.

A bad start, a rousing comeback, a bad challenge and 2 power play goals all made an appearance on Thursday. Hopefully the game winner jumpstarts Jarvis and Aho.

No word from Vegas on Brayden McNabb’s status. He did fly back with the team after being checked out in the hospital on Thursday.

ABC for TV, Mike and Tripp on radio, Forslund on National radio. I’m going to miss this one, I’ll be walking my daughter down the aisle when the puck drops.
 
Another reason to be glad we closed out Montreal in 5 else today's would be a home game you are missing! A great reason to miss one though.. congrats to you, the MOtB and blessings to the happy couple!
 
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I did see where Vegas listed McNabb as questionable for tonight. Knowing Torts, he’s playing games with that. Also knowing Torts, it’ll be a dumb, pointless game. That shouldn’t impact Carolina’s game plan for tonight and the stuff you might change is stuff you can adjust on the fly. So … meh. I hope he’s not hurt as badly as it looked like he could be though.

You know what this series really needs? A less cinematic game, please. Something normal. Like a 3-2 nail biter. But given how this has gone so far, we’ll probably end up with multiple OTs. Fine. Whatever it takes, I guess.

I’m interested to see how quickly the Canes can figure out how to defeat whatever obstruction Torts cooks up to keep them off the forecheck tonight. One of the under-commented things that happened in the 3rd period on Thursday was Carolina figuring out how to get the 2nd forward past the pinch point Vegas had been setting up to slow down the pressure. It kind of started to click when Brindy gave Staal two flyers on his wings, because to beat the forward who’s coming to chip him, Carolina’s F2 has to be really moving. That makes me think that he might either start the game with those line changes or at least be willing to go back to them fairly quickly.

Honestly, other than fan support and sleeping in your own bed, I don’t think there’s a lot of advantage to being at home in this series. It’s really not a matchup game so much as it’s a cat and mouse game with small tactical tweaks. Brind’Amour may not have a reputation for that kind of stuff, but that’s kind of a sneaky strength of this staff. And while I really would like a more normal game at some point, I don’t think the matchup is going to serve up many, if any, of those. Buckle up buttercup
 
andyt said:
Hopefully the series momentum flew west with the team. The Canes are 6-0 on the road in the playoffs, outscoring the opponents 20-8.

A bad start, a rousing comeback, a bad challenge and 2 power play goals all made an appearance on Thursday. Hopefully the game winner jumpstarts Jarvis and Aho.

No word from Vegas on Brayden McNabb’s status. He did fly back with the team after being checked out in the hospital on Thursday.

ABC for TV, Mike and Tripp on radio, Forslund on National radio. I’m going to miss this one, I’ll be walking my daughter down the aisle when the puck drops.
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