CanadaCanes
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Leafs played without Matthews, Marner, Tavares and others and still won that game…wow.
2021-22 Season Hurricanes Misc. Thread
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CanadaCanes
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Didn’t matter in the end when Tampa won on their own…I still think the Canes didn’t want the two time defending Champs in round 1…that’s no reward for winning the Metro!
The playoff schedule was released early today. No surprises for the Canes, every other day starting Monday. All games will also be on Bally Sports South, no national exclusives. Luke says the ESPN crew will be Sean McDonough, Ray Ferraro and Emily Kaplan.
Wednesday, May 4: Bruins at Hurricanes, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN, SN360, TVA Sports)
Friday, May 6: Hurricanes at Bruins, 7 p.m. ET (TNT, SN360, TVA Sports)
Sunday, May 8: Hurricanes at Bruins, 12:30 p.m. ET (ESPN, Sportsnet, TVA Sports)
*Tuesday, May 10: Bruins at Hurricanes, TBD
*Thursday, May 12: Hurricanes at Bruins, TBD
*Saturday, May 14: Bruins at Hurricanes, TBD
Carolina Hurricanes (M1) vs. Boston Bruins (WC1)
Monday, May 2: Bruins at Hurricanes, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN, SN360, TVA Sports)Wednesday, May 4: Bruins at Hurricanes, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN, SN360, TVA Sports)
Friday, May 6: Hurricanes at Bruins, 7 p.m. ET (TNT, SN360, TVA Sports)
Sunday, May 8: Hurricanes at Bruins, 12:30 p.m. ET (ESPN, Sportsnet, TVA Sports)
*Tuesday, May 10: Bruins at Hurricanes, TBD
*Thursday, May 12: Hurricanes at Bruins, TBD
*Saturday, May 14: Bruins at Hurricanes, TBD
cmaleski2
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This article was front page in today's printed N&O:
Unfortunately its paywalled I believe. Basically another reminder that the Dundon and the NHL are pushing the Centennial Authority and NC State to significantly partner with major renovations to the arena and area surrounding the arena (aka giving up some parking and land). Bettman gets to make comments that Dundon probably doesn't want to make, such as the entire PNC situation is out of date and the entire experience needs significant upgrades. NC State is reluctant and wants to know what's in it for them. Anything that happens will require the Canes to seriously lock in very long term lease wise to the area. Dundon willing to significantly invest in the entire project around the arena, etc. etc.
There is a "special board meeting of the Centennial Authority" scheduled for today (Thursday) where all of this is expected to be a prime topic.
I really hope that all sides can get moving on these concepts. We have an owner now who actually has the money and willingness to spend it to significantly upgrade the experience around the arena. After 20+ years of a football stadium, arena and nothing but parking lots, its time to get going on making that entire area more. And its NECESSARY if this area wants to keep the NHL here long term.
Unfortunately its paywalled I believe. Basically another reminder that the Dundon and the NHL are pushing the Centennial Authority and NC State to significantly partner with major renovations to the arena and area surrounding the arena (aka giving up some parking and land). Bettman gets to make comments that Dundon probably doesn't want to make, such as the entire PNC situation is out of date and the entire experience needs significant upgrades. NC State is reluctant and wants to know what's in it for them. Anything that happens will require the Canes to seriously lock in very long term lease wise to the area. Dundon willing to significantly invest in the entire project around the arena, etc. etc.
There is a "special board meeting of the Centennial Authority" scheduled for today (Thursday) where all of this is expected to be a prime topic.
I really hope that all sides can get moving on these concepts. We have an owner now who actually has the money and willingness to spend it to significantly upgrade the experience around the arena. After 20+ years of a football stadium, arena and nothing but parking lots, its time to get going on making that entire area more. And its NECESSARY if this area wants to keep the NHL here long term.
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It’s a good article. It’s also indicative of how bad the print edition has gotten, it was posted on their website on Tuesday.
CanadaCanes
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I sure hope all sides can get on the same page with this stuff and start coming up with a nice long term plan to make it special. It would be a shame to see several years pass with a bunch of bickering and back and forth from all sides and wasting more time.
It's a completely different leadership group on the Authority board now, andI think they're committed to doing whatever they can to move development plans forward. There's some stuff the Canes and the League want that's all but impossible because of land ownership and zoning issues ... but whatever. It's a more accommodating landlord now that Steve Stroud's self-interest is out of the way.
cmaleski2
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This will probably be paywalled again, but the Centennial Authority voted to move forward with efforts to improve the arena and area around the arena today:
Here is the initial snippet from the N&O followup article today:
Here is the initial snippet from the N&O followup article today:
Dundon's not of a temperament to let people dilly-dally on this. I expect he will be very energetic in driving it forward.
The other thing in the article is that Raleigh and Wake County both stuck a knife in any thought of a downtown arena.
They're attacking both fronts at once, asking HOK and Ratio to update the arena enhance,ent plan that was priced at $200 million in 2019 and asking CAA Icon, whom they used to advise during negotiating the lease extension, will develop a master plan for development inside and outside the arena.
We've been over and over this ... the downtown arena just isn't practical. Everybody knows it.
Paulie Walnuts
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Its good the CA is no longer essentially the Wolfpack Club with a few token locals added . Gasp, they even have a few UNC grads and an ECU grad.
Not everyone, there were still some folks who thought it was a grand idea. Now it’s well and truly dead.
I mean everyone with the power to make it actually happen. For going on 30 years the idea of a downtown arena has been talked about like it could actually be built when there was a VERY close to zero percent chance it would ever happen. State Construction Office put the official kibosh on it happening on State land back in the early 90s and the City never actually wanted the thing located downtown unless somebody else paid for the massive infrastructure overhaul. It clearly offers NC State exactly nothing to have the building downtown, and Downtown is still not on campus. That's the only thing that changes the metrics for the University. The press and Wake County have always had this fantasy of a gleaming downtown arena and I guess it's tough for them to let it go ... but please, for everyone's sanity can we just drop it please? So much ink, arguing and time has been spilled over a thing that probably died as a practical concern in the 70s or 80s. Back then you could have bulldozed wide swaths of Downtown and called it Urban Renewal ... and maybe even gotten a Federal Grant to help with the costs. The City had the chance in the 70s when they cheaped out and built that tiny bandbox of a Civic Center that they had to replace 30 years later. THAT was your window for a Downtown arena.
StormChaserBH
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From Around The Horn Hockey & CapFriendly:
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