cmaleski2
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Canes and Wings go again tonight at PNC in what is really a must win for the Canes.
I expect that other than backup goalie, the Canes will roll out the same lineup with possible forward line adjustments. The Ryan Murphy drive to 35 will continue and I would think that Nedeljkovic will be flying up from Florida to man the door for the Canes tonight with Charlotte playing in Cleveland this evening (we should have an announcement on the emergency recall sometime by noon).
In other action important to the Canes long shot playoff chances, Nashville is at Boston, Florida is at Toronto. Philly also plays tonight but the reality is that for the Canes this is all about the 4 teams in front of them at this point. All of the teams ahead of the Canes need to lose multiple games cleanly and the Canes need to get 2 points every time pretty much from here on out. There is still a scenario where Toronto goes on a major swoon, Boston takes the 3rd position on the Atlantic and the Canes sneak into the 2nd wildcard spot so we are actually rooting for Florida to beat Toronto tonight. Any scenario where the Canes make the playoffs is very unlikely, but still possible. Grabbing the one point late in the game last night was important.
So root for Nashville, root for Florida, and hope the Canes can get the 2 points tonight to keep the crazy longshot dream alive.
I'm hoping the Canes rally from here on out to honor Eddie Lack and don't lose focus and fall apart. Yeah, professionals doing a job, get ready for next game and perform, blah blah blah, but that injury last night had to shake up the Canes.
I expect that other than backup goalie, the Canes will roll out the same lineup with possible forward line adjustments. The Ryan Murphy drive to 35 will continue and I would think that Nedeljkovic will be flying up from Florida to man the door for the Canes tonight with Charlotte playing in Cleveland this evening (we should have an announcement on the emergency recall sometime by noon).
In other action important to the Canes long shot playoff chances, Nashville is at Boston, Florida is at Toronto. Philly also plays tonight but the reality is that for the Canes this is all about the 4 teams in front of them at this point. All of the teams ahead of the Canes need to lose multiple games cleanly and the Canes need to get 2 points every time pretty much from here on out. There is still a scenario where Toronto goes on a major swoon, Boston takes the 3rd position on the Atlantic and the Canes sneak into the 2nd wildcard spot so we are actually rooting for Florida to beat Toronto tonight. Any scenario where the Canes make the playoffs is very unlikely, but still possible. Grabbing the one point late in the game last night was important.
So root for Nashville, root for Florida, and hope the Canes can get the 2 points tonight to keep the crazy longshot dream alive.
I'm hoping the Canes rally from here on out to honor Eddie Lack and don't lose focus and fall apart. Yeah, professionals doing a job, get ready for next game and perform, blah blah blah, but that injury last night had to shake up the Canes.
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