ChuckW
Keep the Hurricanes great!
Two reasons:
#1 We are playing at a high level right now, including two defeats of the defending Stanley Cup Champions.
#2 There aren't enough good teams in the East to deny us a playoff spot. Who is going to take our spot? Go ahead, find those teams that are better than us? None there, the East is weak.
As long as we keep playing the way we are playing, we're getting in. And as someone who is old enough to remember the playoff runs of 2002, 2006, and 2009, once we get in we are DANGEROUS. We don't do "first round exits". And it doesn't matter if we play a "top team"...lol the Bruins in 2009 were a "top team", how'd that work out for them?
In short, we are going to the playoffs.
One caveat...if we are STUPID and trade Eric Staal, we don't make the playoffs. We need veteran leadership and proven playoff performance. Get Staal re-signed and we make it, that's my prediction. Remember the debacle of the Justin Williams trade when people on THIS BOARD said get rid of him. How'd that work out for us? Same with Andrew Ladd. We need to keep our good players, not look for every excuse possible to save a few bucks and ship them out of town (going all the way back to Ron Francis in '91).
If we trade Staal at the deadline, I quit being a fan of this team, I am that serious about the need to RE SIGN STAAL.
#1 We are playing at a high level right now, including two defeats of the defending Stanley Cup Champions.
#2 There aren't enough good teams in the East to deny us a playoff spot. Who is going to take our spot? Go ahead, find those teams that are better than us? None there, the East is weak.
As long as we keep playing the way we are playing, we're getting in. And as someone who is old enough to remember the playoff runs of 2002, 2006, and 2009, once we get in we are DANGEROUS. We don't do "first round exits". And it doesn't matter if we play a "top team"...lol the Bruins in 2009 were a "top team", how'd that work out for them?
In short, we are going to the playoffs.
One caveat...if we are STUPID and trade Eric Staal, we don't make the playoffs. We need veteran leadership and proven playoff performance. Get Staal re-signed and we make it, that's my prediction. Remember the debacle of the Justin Williams trade when people on THIS BOARD said get rid of him. How'd that work out for us? Same with Andrew Ladd. We need to keep our good players, not look for every excuse possible to save a few bucks and ship them out of town (going all the way back to Ron Francis in '91).
If we trade Staal at the deadline, I quit being a fan of this team, I am that serious about the need to RE SIGN STAAL.