GDT: 3/8 Canes @ Devils - Sympathy for the Ruutu

[cptjeff]

Ruutu knows the deal. Hold off on burning your old team until the perfect time.

 

[Novacane]

Heheheahaheha

 

[TheOllieC]

I love that it was the player JR just traded that may finally put the nail in the coffin for his playoff dreams.

 

[Wolfpuck]

No point in playing the rest of the game. Ruutu got the game winner.

 

[Joe McGrath]

Revisionist history at its best. The truly ironic thing here is that you've been one of the absolute worst apologists, preaching patience and not making moves for their own sake. And now that -- 4 1/2 years later -- most of us are on board with the horrific state of the Canes, it no longer matter how we all got to that conclusion? Ridiculous.

The mess started when we didn't trade Whitney. People said Rutherford's hands were tied. It continued with the re-signing of Pitkanen. People said he was a No. 1 d-man. It continued with re-signings of Gleason and Ruutu. People said we can't replace them in free agency.

You guys are a joke if you think this is only about the 2014 team. This has been coming for years.

Just make your point about it being something long lasting instead of making ******** up originally then. Your post said literally a month ago 98% of people here thought this was a playoff team. That was total ******** and you knew it.

 

[Wolfpuck]

Nice, Harrison

 

[Wolfpuck]

This team is hilariously pathetic

 

[Wolfpuck]

Good luck in the playoffs, Devils.

Oh wait...

 

[My Special Purpose]

Same dumpster fire, different day.

 

[Hornswaggle]

Well, it was interesting at least.

 

[VAcaniac]

That was an innovative way to lose. Devils fans were acting like they just won the Stanley Cup.

 

[HisIceness]

Lets see here.

Give up Shorthanded goal

Give up goal after Canes score

Have former player score against us

Allow late 3rd period goal to break tie

Anything else?

 

[THE REEM]

i liked the Staal Staal Semin line maybe they should try that for some games see how it works

 

[AhoLottaLove]

Thank you Tuomo. If the Canes aren't going to make the playoffs they might as well lose an entertaining game. Kapanen here we come!

 

[bluedevil58*]

Fire Muller!!!!

 

[gocanes88]

Obviously I didn't watch... but Ruutu with the GWG? I mean... is there any other way it could've gone? Too funny.

 

[Wolfpuck]

That was an innovative way to lose. Devils fans were acting like they just won the Stanley Cup.

They won't even make the playoffs, so they have to take what they can get.

 

[Wolfpuck]

Lets see here.

Give up Shorthanded goal

Give up goal after Canes score

Have former player score against us

Allow late 3rd period goal to break tie

Anything else?

Ward with the loss. What a bum.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Lets see here.

Give up Shorthanded goal

Give up goal after Canes score

Have former player score against us

Allow late 3rd period goal to break tie

Anything else?

Ward inexplicably getting the loss despite being probably the best goaltender to play in the game. Brodeur and Anton looked awful.

EDIT: Great minds think alike.

 

[AhoLottaLove]

Lets see here.

Give up Shorthanded goal

Give up goal after Canes score

Have former player score against us

Allow late 3rd period goal to break tie

Anything else?

They scored a powerplay goal so not a true hurricanes game...

 

[HisIceness]

Alright, it's time for a little house cleaning.

 

[Neighbor Lee]

AS TEARS GO BY
-Mick Jagger

It is the evening of the day
I sit and watch the HURRICANES play
Smiling faces I can see
But not for me
I sit and watch
As tears go by

 

[DaveG]

Well, we all need someone we can lean on
And if you want it, just draft Dal Colle

 

[ugrimugri*]

So... if Ruutu and Jokinen both do well as soon as they get the hell out of Carolina and they also play well in the Olympics - does that perhaps indicate that the Canes coaching staff is still below average NHL standards and they don't have a clue how to handle pretty good top 6 players even if they have them...

 

[My Special Purpose]

Ward inexplicably getting the loss despite being probably the best goaltender to play in the game. Brodeur and Anton looked awful.

EDIT: Great minds think alike.

Wait a sec. Ward made *eight* saves in just over 26 minutes, for a very Ward-like .889 save percentage. He may well have been the best goalie in the game (by default), but allowing a floater to beat him glove side high when he's at least a foot off his angle on a shot from directly in front of the net puts him directly in line for the loss, if you ask me.

The team fought all the way back from a two-goal, third-period deficit and lost because Cam Ward can't stop a shot that 100 percent of NHL goalies have to stop to stay in the league. Lather, rinse, repeat.