GDT: Game 1 - 1-CAR vs 4-NAS

[Joe McGrath]

faulkner said he didnt show up with buns

There was at one time a Twitter account dedicated solely to Mr. Haula’s backside if I recall correctly.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

I have a source of a source that says he's a bad friend. The flaky type who agrees to a weekend cookout but then pulls a no show after volunteering to bring the buns.

That's a lie. I would never agree to come in the first place, and I certainly wouldn't agree to bring anything. That's the kind of responsibility I go out of my way to avoid.

Or perhaps you're actually talking about Haula, but being the self centered prick that I am, I presume you're talking about me.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Reminds me of the lines between Major Grant and John McClane in Die Hard 2.

McClane: "Guess I was wrong about you. You're not such an asshole after all."
Grant: "Oh, you were right. I'm just your kind of asshole."

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Reminds me of the lines between Major Grant and John McClane in Die Hard 2.

McClane: "Guess I was wrong about you. You're not such an asshole after all."
Grant: "Oh, you were right. I'm just your kind of asshole."

Why is this not an avatar?

 

[The Faulker 27]

If there’s anything we can agree on, is that Haula does in fact have buns.

But he didn't show so he didn't bring them. C'mon man, keep up.

 

[A Star is Burns]

I saw Haula at a grocery store in Raleigh yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”
I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.
The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly

 

[Bunch of Jurcos]

Haula, c'mon man. we dont want none if you aint got buns hun.

10/10 would like again.

 

[The Faulker 27]

I saw Haula at a grocery store in Raleigh yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”
I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.
The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly

I knew he was a real SoB but this confirms it.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

I knew he was a real SoB but this confirms it.

I hope you know that's pasta.

 

[The Faulker 27]

I hope you know that's pasta.

Yes, Bomber.

 

[HisIceness]

What the f*** did you just f***ing say about me? You little bitch, I'll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals.....

 

[tarheelhockey]

A stand against what, though?

If "self centered prick" is the roughest it gets, then what are we all tangled up about? I myself am, from time to time, a self centered prick, as Mrs. Hank occasionally reminds me. Comes with being a Leo.

There's legitimate reason to suspect that Haula is not well liked by many of the current Hurricanes players. If you think that's pushing some kind of toxic narrative, fine. No one's accusing him of being a bad husband or father. We just don't like the guy on the ice.

edit: on second thought I'm not going to quote posts and just escalate what's already an out-of-proportion thing.

I will leave it as, a number of comments went beyond "we just don't like the guy on the ice".

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Yes, Bomber.

Hard to tell over the net.

 

[AD Skinner]

Totally unrelated to haula I was watching some nhl network guys talking about the game and Weekes and Grimson had nothing but glowing praise for the area and canes fans as usual. The other guy whose name I cant remember did refer to Jordan Staal as being a key piece in the canes 06 cup run though....

 

[A Star is Burns]

Totally unrelated to haula I was watching some nhl network guys talking about the game and Weekes and Grimson had nothing but glowing praise for the area and canes fans as usual. The other guy whose name I cant remember did refer to Jordan Staal as being a key piece in the canes 06 cup run though....

Eric will never forget his moral support during that time.

 

[bleedgreen]

Here's the interview, which didn't capture the back-and-forth with the fans:



I post this because it kind of gives you a sense of how they took a guy who was already getting booed in the first place, and then scored a goal with a mocking celly, and had him stand 10 feet in front of a full section of fans and stare directly into the crowd for like 3 minutes. Of course the fans were giving it to him, and of course he was giving it back to them. No harm done on either side.

Haula was a good soldier for the Canes, and he was a good soldier for the Preds last night. Not sure what folks were expecting in a playoff series, but this isn't about being kind and respectful to the opponent. If he can get under the Canes' skin and make it about chasing him around to get revenge for wounded pride, that's exactly what he's going to do. Meanwhile, yes he is going to hit guys and run his mouth and go to the net and generally be a pain in the ass. It's the playoffs.

With the exception of that celly, he didn't do a single thing last night that we wouldn't have wanted him to do for us if he were still wearing a Canes sweater.

Thanks for the dose of common sense. The negativity against Haula was ridiculous.

The jokes about the negativity are of course perfect.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Edit: nvm, was joking but after reading it again it may come off poorly.

 

[bleedgreen]

Edit: nvm, was joking but after reading it again it may come off poorly.

That reminded me of this.

 

[VibesAlive]

I was just glad to be back in person finally, and thought the whole Haula vs. the fans thing made the game better, at least for me. Nobody was wrapping bricks in rally towels and raining those down on him. I did think it was a dick move to line him up in that spot and do that interview. Surely there were other options.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

I hope you know that's pasta.

Pastrnak did that?

 

[3CanesInTheBox]

I'll just say it's funny that @tarheelhockey and me (a duke fan) have come together on this Haula issue. lol.

Again, it's been beaten to death on this board, but it's probably the first time I've found a narrative generally distasteful on this board about a player-- on a personal level. That's just my opinion and again not losing sleep over it. Nor do I think booing someone is the issue, but the shots taken along with it.

Anyway, the important thing is we're winning, so Let's go Canes.

 

[the halleJOKEL]

for this argument, it seemed like you were both in for the long haula

 

[Dishface]

I saw a Lets go Preds billboard on I-87 near the knightdale exit. Da faq?!? I must conclude Haula paid for this.

 

[3CanesInTheBox]

for this argument, it seemed like you were both in for the long haula

On a mercifully unrelated note, you HAVE TO POST YOUR 5-1 anti-jinx post. I think one of the only times you didn't post it was our last regular season game against Nashville.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

edit: on second thought I'm not going to quote posts and just escalate what's already an out-of-proportion thing.

I will leave it as, a number of comments went beyond "we just don't like the guy on the ice".

Based solely on the events of the last 1.5 years there is no doubt in my mind that Erik Haula has committed murder at some point in his life.