GDT: JERKS IN THE HEART OF THE ENEMY

[Stanky and Janky]

Me in the GDT the night of the Chatfield incident: "This Caps team is gonna go down in flames. Mentally weak paper tigers. They haven't even played all that great even when they win recently."

 

[DaveG]

If we lose the ECF 4-1 it’s still progress!

If we actually win an ECF game I'm going to completely take the piss on the main board with it. Still deciding how at this point.

 

[ViD]

Svechnikov almost scored half the goals he had in regular season

 

[tarheelhockey]

If we actually win an ECF game I'm going to completely take the piss on the main board with it. Still deciding how at this point.

GDT: Carolina Hurricanes ECF Victory Celebration Thread

 

[The Faulker 27]

CANES WIIIINNNN!!!

Sorry a little delayed.

 

[BrindAmours Army]

If we actually win an ECF game I'm going to completely take the piss on the main board with it. Still deciding how at this point.

Andrei Svechnikov Adjusted Points

 

[Tryamw]

I certainly am. The last thing I want are major injuries to our guys.

You know it's just freakish good luck that the panthers have teams lose their best player against them.. /WINK!!!!

 

[tarheelhockey]

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

Found on the Panthers board, thought it was funny

 

[baconandbread]

Start it up Wilson!

 

[htdoc]

So happy to see us get the win tonight…..

We did t prolong the series so our vets can rest up for the next round….

Also we now have gotten nikishin a game without it hurting the team… we still finished off the series and got to see him in a highly stressful first game….

Lots of things to work on and help him to get better and more settled with the team. Even with all the rust and the tentative play there is a player in there and I’m so glad to see some things validated with our guys playing with him as opposed to just seeing KHL games…. He’s our version of the bouch bomb for the power play once we get him settled in…

 

[VAcaniac]

Didn't realize we’d have home ice advantage against Florida, so I’m just gonna tell myself everything will be okay.

 

[Unsustainable]

Nikishin grew as the game went on.

 

[CanesFanBudMan]

Thought Ghosts arm was broken on that slash. Caught him right between the glove and elbow pad

 

[chaz4hockey]

Burns gets a lot of deserved stick but he played great tonight (wild shots aside).

 

[Unsustainable]

Also. Props to Martinook for bullying Wilson all seties

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

Brent Burns haters eat crow.

 

[HisIceness]

The positives from tonight

-Closed out a series on the road
-Svechnikov continues to be hot and scored the GWG, this is the Svech we've dreamed of
-Won a coaches challenge!
-Walker didn't kill Freddie
-Didn't let the Thompson save on Stankoven or the Jarvis double doink bother them
-Nikishin wasn't perfect but you can tell he's good.

Now we can all enjoy the weekend.

 

[WhiteTiger]

My playoff grades for the Canes since the run of sustained success began:

Overachieved: 2019, 2023, 2025

Par: 2020, 2021

Underachieved: 2022, 2024

Those damn Rangers series’ really were the bitter disappointments of this era. Just a horribly frustrating matchup both times. Getting swept in the ECF in 2023 was also annoying, but making it there sans Svech definitely exceeded expectations. Nobody expected to get that far in 2019, and 2025 was supposed to be a slight down/retooling year. 2020 and 2021 played to about their level in the playoffs, with the format being all jacked up due to COVID both times.

 

[The Faulker 27]

Nikishin grew as the game went on.

Agreed. He looked 7 feet tall by the end.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

My playoff grades for the Canes since the run of sustained success began:

Overachieved: 2019, 2023, 2025

Par: 2020, 2021

Underachieved: 2022, 2024

Those damn Rangers series’ really were the bitter disappointments of this era. Just a horribly frustrating matchup both times. Getting swept in the ECF in 2023 was also annoying, but making it there sans Svech definitely exceeded expectations. Nobody expected to get that far in 2019, and 2025 was supposed to be a slight down/retooling year. 2020 and 2021 played to about their level in the playoffs, with the format being all jacked up due to COVID both times.

In hindsight, it really was that Igor was on the top of his game both times. Sometimes an elite goalie can do that and steal a series even with a talent gap.

 

[WhiteTiger]

In hindsight, it really was that Igor was on the top of his game both times. Sometimes an elite goalie can do that and steal a series even with a talent gap.

Yep. Penalty kill also let us down in both series. And Freddie imploded in the third period of game 6 last year.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Brent Burns haters eat crow.

I never have. The guy is still a beast for 40 years old and can clearly still play NHL hockey. All sorts of respect for him.

 

[Negan4Coach]

So that was great. Didn't realize Svech would finally catch fire in the playoffs. Maybe some hope against the Cats?

 

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