GDT: Feb 26, 7PM | Hurricanes @ Capitals

[Identity404]

Tripp Tracy @TrippTracy


Edit: CanesAvs beat me to this post, but I'll leave it up with the photo. That photo cracks me up.

Interesting that he doesn't seem to be using his translator. As far as I know he only did one interview without one during his time in Washington.

 

[bb99]

He has been in Carolina long enough to speak fluent redneck by now. I'm looking forward to hearing him speak to Tripp..lolz to go around.

 

[garnetpalmetto]

Interesting that he doesn't seem to be using his translator. As far as I know he only did one interview without one during his time in Washington.

Don't you remember? Tripp is fluent in Russian now.

 

[cptjeff]

I may try to get to this one, we'll see. If I do, I'll probably just try to get a ticket off a scalper for $20 or whatever.

 

[Oenatzu]

Don't you remember? Tripp is fluent in Russian now.

The first and the last interview he'll ever do with Tripp

 

[geehaad]

Tripp has been slightly better this year, but this is completely negated by how thoroughly meh Chantel has been.

I'll disagree, only because I always fast-forward through Chantel, but I can't fast-forward past TT. That renders Chantel moot for my estimation.

 

[Sasha Cares]

Chip Alexander ‏@ice_chip

Early PP work: EStaal, Semin, Tlusty, LaRose, Faulk on first unimt

oh goodie... LaRose on 1st line PP...

 

[Zombie Mike Murphy]

Honestly he's been playing with some real fire of late. He's earned it. The whole earn your ice time mantra does mean that occasionally guys will bubble up higher than some may like them, but it's on the guy who gets bumped down to earn the spot back. Nothing wrong with that.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Tripp Tracy @TrippTracy


Edit: CanesAvs beat me to this post, but I'll leave it up with the photo. That photo cracks me up.

You can tell a lot from someone's body language while they're in a conversation. Tripp is comfortable, relaxed, actually almost too casual in his posture. Semin appears to be gripping the bottom of his chair. That's a sign of genuine stress, and likely a way to keep himself from fidgeting on camera.

Reminds me a lot of the way guys like Pitkanen and Kessel deal with the media. Hopefully it will do Semin some good to be around a guy like Tripp, who is going to do nothing but throw softballs and make references that probably make no sense in translation.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Chip Alexander ‏@ice_chip

Early PP work: EStaal, Semin, Tlusty, LaRose, Faulk on first unimt

oh goodie... LaRose on 1st line PP...

Our PP is running at a 16% success rate. Does it really matter who Muller tries on it at this point?

 

[Oenatzu]

Tonights lineup:

LaRose-E.Staal-Semin
Jokinen-J.Staal-Dwyer
Tlusty-Nash-Dalpe
Westgarth-Welsh-Wallace
Bowman

Corvo-Faulk
Harrison-Sangs
Gragnani-Murphy

 

[Beardy*]

You can tell a lot from someone's body language while they're in a conversation. Tripp is comfortable, relaxed, actually almost too casual in his posture. Semin appears to be gripping the bottom of his chair. That's a sign of genuine stress, and likely a way to keep himself from fidgeting on camera.

Reminds me a lot of the way guys like Pitkanen and Kessel deal with the media. Hopefully it will do Semin some good to be around a guy like Tripp, who is going to do nothing but throw softballs and make references that probably make no sense in translation.

I would hope so.

Semin is probably that way because it got to the point that everything he did and said in Washington was under a microscope. He could do no right. They needed a scapegoat, and they singled him out. I don't blame him for not trusting the media, after all the abusive crap he dealt with in DC.

I hope he's able to open up some more here in Raleigh. So far he genuinely seems to like the area and team, and I hope that continues.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Semin is probably that way because it got to the point that everything he did and said in Washington was under a microscope.

Or it could be that he's just naturally introverted and doesn't like interviews. My understanding is he was this way in Washington from day 1, not just later on in his career.

 

[VAcaniac]

I just hope someone on the D got the memo not to pinch with Cam playing the way he is.

And hopefully the last game was a turning point for Cam. He needs to challenge the shots.

 

[Beardy*]

Or it could be that he's just naturally introverted and doesn't like interviews. My understanding is he was this way in Washington from day 1, not just later on in his career.

Probably has a little to do with both.

He also didn't know much English when he started in the NHL, so there was already a language barrier, and I can understand how that made him not want to do many interviews. And then, when he actually started to do them in DC, he began to get absolutely roasted for the things he did say, while the media and fans were picking through his game and his personal life with a fine tooth comb.

I'll say this, if I had the same experience he did in DC, I'd keep away from the media as well.

 

[Sasha Cares]

we are 1-0 with LaRose scratched

Just sayin

 

[tarheelhockey]

Or it could be that he's just naturally introverted and doesn't like interviews.

I think that's likely it. Generally speaking, guys like Semin/Joni/Kessel come by their aversion to social stress naturally. In all three cases it seems like their relationship with the media is being driven by a lack of natural comfort in interviews, rather than the other way around.

It'll be interesting if this team ever makes a deep playoff run to see what the organization does to shield Semin and Pitkanen from a potentially disruptive level of media access.

 

[CanesAvs16]

I am so happy that he is doing this interview now, especially after all of the remarks made yesterday.

 

[Lazyking]

So they sent Murphy down because Gleason's close?

This is a must win game. Caps seem to be putting it together a little bit and we can't go 0-5 in division

 

[CanesAvs16]

So they sent Murphy down because Gleason's close?

This is a must win game. Caps seem to be putting it together a little bit and we can't go 0-5 in division

They didn't send Murphy down.... our lineup for tonight:

http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/depthchart.htm?dcid=12

 

[Oenatzu]

Gleason's not even at the practice.

 

[Lazyking]

They didn't send Murphy down.... our lineup for tonight:

http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/depthchart.htm?dcid=12

oh okay thanks I must of missed that. What's Gragnani like?

 

[StormCast]

oh okay thanks I must of missed that. What's Gragnani like?

He and Bryan Rodney were separated at birth.

 

[Oenatzu]

oh okay thanks I must of missed that. What's Gragnani like?

A good description of his defensive abilities is that he was drafted as a defenseman but started his professional career as a winger.

 

[Lazyking]

No surprise given JR's eye for defenseman